battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
legitimate; orthodox; traditional
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
1,000,000; one million; million; many
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
rite of scattering flowers; glorious death (in battle); heroic death
to repeat a mistake (of somebody); to make the same mistake as that of ...; (lit.) to follow the rut (left by someone else)
mind of the emperor; inner feelings of the emperor
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
honor; honour; credit; prestige
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
foolish thought; (one's own) thought; (one's own) idea
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
talkative person; chatterbox
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
beyond help; past salvation; incorrigible; irredeemable
child; young lad; stripling; greenhorn; inexperienced person
floating; buoyancy; fishing float; bobber; buoy; lifebuoy
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to mind; to care; to worry
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
society; company; the public; the world