literary and military arts; the pen and the sword
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
southern part; the south (of a region)
next term; next period; next version; next release
queen; female monarch; queen consort; consort of a king; queen; princess
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
older half-brother (by a different mother)
stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
defeating; crushing; smashing; destroying
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada); continent; province (of Japan); province (of ancient China); prefecture
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
right of control; supremacy; sovereignty
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
order of chivalry; chivalric order
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
receiving an official appointment; being appointed (to the post of)
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to stand (up); to rise; to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on); to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to leave (to do something)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly