moral duty; moral obligations; justification; pretext; just cause
homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country
proposition; thesis; task; problem; giving a title; naming
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; throwing one's weight around; acting as if one owns the place
to be sacrificed; to become a victim (of); to fall victim (to); to lose one's life
heir; inheritor; successor
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect; to honour; to honor
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
if you like; if you prefer; if ... doesn't suit you; if you don't like ...; what's more; furthermore
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
butter from cow's milk; storax (resin); styrax; toad venom
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
dust; small debris (e.g. dirt, crumbs); trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit
exactly the opposite (of); completely opposite; quite contrary
wicked tongue; sharp tongue; abusive language
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
non-disabled; having no physical or mental disability; able-bodied
to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care
to do (something negative); to make (a blunder); to commit (an error); to eat (up); to drink
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound
mud; mad; crazy; ridiculous
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
dry riverbed; river beach
favoritism; favouritism; partiality; prejudice; bias
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
repaying a debt after achieving success; promise to repay a debt after achieving success
payment by installments; payment by instalments; hire-purchase
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
being widely talked about as a prominent prospect (for)
to be playful; to gambol; to flirt with; (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement
unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive