castle (in place names); castle; fortress
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
hard to deal with; hard to handle; difficult; trying; intractable; incorrigible
distant; remote; isolated
steering; piloting; flying; management; handling; control
independence; self-reliance
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
underside; undersurface; inferior surface
very; extremely; excessively
equality; impartiality; evenness
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
maiden flight (e.g. of an aircraft)
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
high (e.g. ball in baseball); highish; on the expensive side; comparatively expensive; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a higher score
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
autonomy (philosophy); self-control
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
to couch (a sword); to look at cynically or ironically; (arch.) to stand ready (to do); (arch.) to adopt a formal attitude
one person; one customer; unmarried and childless older woman
complete picture; panorama; what it all adds up to; bird's eye view; all-embracing portrait; overall perspective
arrangement of stones in a garden
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
breastwork; parapet; fortress; parapet; chest wall
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
storehouse; warehouse; godown
inner citadel; core; center; centre
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest