help; assistance; service
very good luck; excellent fortune
nothing but; none other than
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
excessive; unmerited; generous; past participle
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
our country; our land; one's own country
important point; strategic position; key point
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
process; course; mechanism
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
moving tale; impressive tale
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; one kick
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
deed; act; conduct; behavior; asceticism
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
imperial court; royal court
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
common saying; everyday talk; common parlance; vulgar; lowbrow; indecent
to ask a question; to ask questions
to like; to love; to be fond of
stifled (laughter); simmering
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
from what (I've) seen; given that ...
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force