leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
economic strength; economic power; economic might
treatment (of a person); dealing with
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal
one's own discretion (idea, responsibility)
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
all present; all concerned; all of us
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to mourn
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
speedy; as rapid as possible; as soon as possible
should do; ought to do; must do
to say; to tell; to state; to do
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to say; to be called; to do
in an instant; in a flash; in the blink of an eye; in no time at all; just like that
soaking (wet); wringing; dripping; drenched
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern