having no idea; having no clue
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
internal conflict; family quarrel; domestic trouble
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
to be lacking in options; to be too few
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
self-condemnation; self-reproach; self-accusation
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
the reverse; other side; lining
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
outlet (for one's anger, etc.); place (to turn one's eyes, to vent one's dissatisfaction, etc.); place to put something; place to dispose of something
double suicide; lovers' suicide
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
humanity; sidewalk; footpath; human realm
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
official announcement; proclamation
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
tail (animal); tail end; tip
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision