all is well that ends well; it will all come good in the end; All's Well That Ends Well (play by Shakespeare)
scriptures; canon; teaching guide
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
the Big Three (countries)
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
cracks or fissures in the ground
loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
religious organization; religious organisation
small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah
useless; vain; aimless; idle
free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action
information; experience; knowledge; observation
cool or attractive expression (when posing for a photo)
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
to harmonize; to harmonise; to be in harmony; to say the same thing in unison (inadvertently)
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried)
alternately sucking in and blowing out air through one's mouth while eating something hot (in order to cool it down)
sulfuration; sulphuration
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
slight superiority (in knowledge, experience, ability, etc.); being slightly older
cruelty; hard-heartedness
reasonable (person); obedient (e.g. child); doing what one is told
scorpion (Scorpiones spp.)