to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
inside; interior; inner part
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to kindle; to build a fire; to instigate; to stir up; to incite
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
existential threat; life-or-death crisis
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge
proposal; proposition; suggestion
protracted war; war of attrition
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
land near a castle; castle town
promotion of industry; inauguration of a new industrial enterprise
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
covert action; covert operations
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend
clearly; distinctly; vividly
to walk behind someone; to follow in someone's footsteps
self-consciousness; self-awareness
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
family a woman has married into
to draw a bow; to oppose; to defy; to disobey one's superiors
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange