a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
encampment; position; side; end; goal area
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
polite; courteous; hospitable; careful; handled with great care; treated with attention
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
shapeshifting (of an animal or spirit); goblin; incarnation; transformation
to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
blip bleep; in short repeated movements
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
to have something (likely) come to mind; to be reminded of something; to understand a point
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
action; operation; process; agency; effect; function
everywhere; all over; throughout
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)
price; cost; charge; price (of achieving something); cost; sacrifice
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
firm; strong; solid; stable
castle wall; town walls; defensive wall; rampart
inner structure; internal anatomy
perfection; thoroughness; consummation
loading (on a ship); equipping (an aircraft, car, etc.) with; being equipped with
suicidal tendency; suicidal wish
telling (on someone); tattling; snitching
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
to blaze; to burn brightly
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
to irritate; to offend; to provoke; to get on one's nerves
to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to); to freeze hard; to freeze completely