czar - Kaiser, Pharaoh, absolute monarch, absolute ruler, all-powerful ruler, autocrat, commissar, despot, dictator, disciplinarian, driver, hard master, khan, martinet, mikado,
touch of conscience - better self, compunction, qualm, scruple, throes ,
sweep the strings - pick, pluck, plunk, thrum, twang ,
prima facie evidence - corpus delicti, hearsay ,
loss of honour - degradation, ignominy, infamy, obloquy, odium, opprobrium ,
poles asunder - assorted, at odds, at variance, contrary, deviating, different, differing, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, discrete, disparate, dissimilar, dissonant, distinct,
find for - act on, condemn, decree, doom, find, order, pronounce, report, rule, sentence ,
scent ball - atomizer, censer, perfumer, pomander, pot-pourri, sachet, spray ,
high-swelling - big, bombastic, extravagant, gassy, highfalutin, inflated, pretentious, swollen, tall, windy ,
pay for - acknowledge, back, bankroll, capitalize, chip in, defray, finance, fund, grubstake, make, patronize, pay, provide for, purchase, redeem,
touch of conscience - better self, compunction, qualm, scruple, throes ,
sweep the strings - pick, pluck, plunk, thrum, twang ,
prima facie evidence - corpus delicti, hearsay ,
loss of honour - degradation, ignominy, infamy, obloquy, odium, opprobrium ,
poles asunder - assorted, at odds, at variance, contrary, deviating, different, differing, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, discrete, disparate, dissimilar, dissonant, distinct,
find for - act on, condemn, decree, doom, find, order, pronounce, report, rule, sentence ,
scent ball - atomizer, censer, perfumer, pomander, pot-pourri, sachet, spray ,
high-swelling - big, bombastic, extravagant, gassy, highfalutin, inflated, pretentious, swollen, tall, windy ,
pay for - acknowledge, back, bankroll, capitalize, chip in, defray, finance, fund, grubstake, make, patronize, pay, provide for, purchase, redeem,

