main question; real issue at hand
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
cardinal (Catholic church)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
opinion; intention; thought
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
very; much; greatly; a lot of
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
sobering up; method of sobering up
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view
handrail; railing; banister
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude
deadly serious; deadly earnest
in plain words; in plain terms; put simply
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
scriptures; canon; teaching guide
banning of books; banned book
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise