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You've got to be on your guard [toes].

an incorrigible liar

act with resolution

Out of the mouth comes evil.

Confine your tongue, lest it confine you.

a profession of regret

invoke martial law

I'm sorry to disturb you when you are so busy.

be under martial law

Haste makes [is] waste.

break discipline

The drawers do not move smoothly.

barge about [along]

a positive refusal

understate one's losses

accept [allow, take] bail

break with precedent

requite a wrong

bring…to ruin …

The damage was slight [small].

lay a charge

disembarrass oneself of a misconception

err on the side of severity

keep down a mob

withdraw a false charge

an emphatic denial

Such pressures are apt to unstring a man.

an accusatory look

mark (the) absences

smooth over faults