grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
right of or to independence
royal authority; regal power; authority of the king
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
fourth day of the month; four days
great inconvenience; great deal of trouble; big nuisance; royal pain in the behind
explanation; interpretation
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
distant land; remote location; distant province
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
near oneself; close to one; familiar
most part; greater part; majority
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
practical problem; practical matter
foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
to balance the accounts; to make consistent; to make coherent
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)
every person; each one; everybody
chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table
in the same manner as before; the same as always
on the occasion of; at the time of
second day of the month; two days
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
to play a leading role; to play a central part
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely