encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
soldier; combatant; warrior
to draw (something) toward one; to pull toward one; to pull closer; to attract; to draw; to entice
(one) scene (in a movie, etc.)
bright and beautiful; gorgeous; showy; prosperous; flourishing; thriving
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
feeling; sense; impression
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal
tentative decision; unofficial offer (esp. job offer); informal offer
official announcement; proclamation
and (also); both ... and; as well as
queen (consort); empress (consort)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
their Majesties the Emperor and Empress
to be overcome with emotion
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
interpersonal; between individuals
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
thereupon; shortly thereafter
alone; by oneself; unaccompanied; unaided; single-handed; without one's family
good (person, nature, etc.); good-natured; virtuous; honest
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
(state of) house arrest; (state of) confinement
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
offender; criminal; culprit