mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
(really) terrible; awful; (very) nasty; (extremely) harsh; severe
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
prohibition; inhibition; ban
court (of law); courtroom
departure; leaving; going away; recession
quotation (to support one's argument); citation (e.g. of a precedent); invocation; claim
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
proof; certain truth; demonstration; argumentation
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
farfetched (argument, opinion); forced (sense, view); strained (interpretation); distorted
imprisonment (without forced labour); incarceration; confinement
recommended sentence; prosecution's demand for punishment
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
guess; conjecture; surmise
visitor's gallery; seats for the public
to show up; to appear; to turn up
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
condition; situation; prospects
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
to be in the firing line; to bear the brunt of (an attack, criticism, etc.); to face (e.g. questioning)
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
to sentence; to assign a penalty
to speak; to talk; to argue; to manage; to dispose of; to carry through
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
covering; protection; backing; relief
American Civil War (1861-1865)