wall-mounted ornament; wall decoration; wall hanging; wall-mounted
with little space remaining; being almost full
retaining warmth; keeping heat in; heat insulation
painter; artist; painter supported by patron
royal capital; imperial capital
decorative carving; design; plan; sketch
of paramount importance; extremely important; essential
excavation team; dig team
"it was all a dream"-ending
wooden hammer; wooden mallet
conventional forces; conventional military forces
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
realistic; practical; grounded
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
pipsqueak; little runt; midget; dwarf
brilliant; radiant; bright; sparkling
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
affected (appearance, attitude); stuck up; self-loving
to set one's teeth; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
Tinea translucens (species of clothes moth)
croak; ribbit; sound of frogs
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
final part; last bit; end
cutting a fingernail (or toenail) to the quick; cutting a nail too close; deep-set nail; deep-set part of nail
prophetic writing (e.g. Biblical); written prophecy
about 80%; almost certainly; mostly
skylark (Alauda arvensis)
to feel depressed; to be down
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear