inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
fort; stronghold; fortification
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to attack; to assault; to assail
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
tenth day of the month; ten days
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
beginning; outset; first; onset
all over; all over the place; everywhere
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
banquet or reception hall
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to feel; to sense; to experience
stairs; stairway; staircase
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
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)
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
assembly room; assembly hall; meeting room; community room
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway