when you really think about it; on reflection; in actual fact; once again (fashionable, popular, etc.); back (in style)
otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense
gold nugget; gold bullion; gold bar; gold ingot
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
suddenly (e.g. falling, weakening, etc.); sharply; with a jerk
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to ask a question; to ask questions
copper pyrites; fool's gold; chalcopyrite
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to knock together; to strike against each other; to clash; to arrange (e.g. a meeting); to discuss (in advance); to coordinate
one's own work; making by oneself; farming on one's own land; independent farmer
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
haughty; arrogant; insolent; presumptuous
advisor; adviser (to a lord, etc.); wise counselor allowed to speak to a lord without restraint
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
curiosity-seeking; bizarre (crime, etc.); grotesque; abnormal
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
beauty of slender female legs
contemplation; meditation
high efficiency; high performance
guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)
killing two birds with one stone
capture (of enemy weapons, supplies, etc.); seizure; plunder
to continue to do; to persist in doing
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
expressive power; inventiveness; creative power
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
testimony; (verbal) evidence
artifact; relic (of a past civilization); relic (of a former age); vestige of a bygone era; anachronism; outdated thing
prevailing view; common opinion; commonly accepted theory
to read and understand; to interpret (e.g. a difficult text); to read deeply; to decipher; to decode