empress (consort); queen (consort)
security; stability; safety; peace
legal wife of an emperor or king; first wife; queen consort; empress
derby; Japan Derby; battle (for first place); competition; derby (match); local derby
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
to take a step backward; to retreat a step; to back up
(musical) conductor; commander; leader; director
composition (of music); setting; writing music
The Nutcracker (ballet by Tchaikovsky)
to begin to dance; to break into a dance
laughingstock; butt of ridicule
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
seeming to want to say something; looking like one wants to give one's opinion
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
sparing a life; clemency; reconsideration of an employee's dismissal
grotesque; disgusting; gross
flag; banner; ensign; (one's) stance; position; opinion
I wonder about that; don't bet on it; famous last words
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off (workers)
to chase away; to drive away; to drive out
faint-inducing; dizzying; overwhelming; mind-numbing; staggering
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
cancellation; withdrawal; asking to be excused; begging off; not taking
rematch (after an earlier loss)
official recognition; official approval; certification; authorization; authorisation
that's got nothing to do with me; that's none of my business; that doesn't involve me
chivalrous spirit; chivalry
under the command (of); under the banner (of); influenced (by)
the first to thrust a spear (at the enemy); the first to achieve fame; the first to achieve merit
definite; certain; decided; fixed; settled
loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity
loyal retainer; loyal subject
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
molecule; numerator; element (of a group); member; particle