shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
imperious; proud; heavy (nasal breathing)
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse
something; some kind of; for some reason
wisteria trellis; wisteria arbor (arbour); wisteria pergola
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
wages; pay; rental payment
before god; before an altar
false evidence; perjury; false testimony
first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy (logic)
report; return (e.g. tax); statement; declaration; notification; filing
judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
to look away; to avert one's eyes
innocence; being not guilty
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
hung up; hoist; denounced; severely criticised; kangaroo court
Assistant Vice-Minister; Deputy Director-General; Councillor
interrogation; hearing; trial
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
business trip; official trip
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
to detain; to take into custody
large amount of money; great cost