empress (consort); queen (consort)
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
connection; link; relationship
envoy; ambassador; delegate; emissary; mission
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
peace of mind; relief; (sense of) security; safety; assurance; confidence
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
annexation; absorption; merger; swallowing up
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to adjust; to regulate (e.g. rhythm, tune, one's breathing)
to make the same; to have the same ...; to be of the same ...
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); minor battle; squabble; (petty) quarrel; argument
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
report to the throne; reporting to the emperor; reporting to the monarch; offering (a prayer) to the deity
bold; daring; dauntless; intrepid; stout-hearted
cunning (acquired with age); astute; crafty; sly; wily
another; different; something else
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
parting (of people); separation; farewell; breakup
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
territory; domain; dominion; possession
river surface; surface of a river
thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
hesitation; wavering; faltering; balking; recoil; flinching
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
to turn over; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (a flag); to let (a skirt, cape, etc.) flap in the wind
alone; by oneself; unaccompanied; unaided; single-handed; without one's family
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
stairs; stairway; staircase
climbing rose; rambling rose