control; management (e.g. of a business)
negligence; carelessness; incompetence; mismanagement
never mind!; don't worry about it
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
utmost limit; extremity; result
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
-less; lacking; non-existing
sharp ear; long ears; ability to remember everything one hears
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
(written) contract; agreement
reasons; circumstances; significance; hindrance; obstruction; interference
later on; eventually; afterwards
inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
immediate (effect, result, etc.); instant; instantaneous; prompt
to satisfy one's appetite
reduction by half; halving
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
older sister; elder sister
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
stupid; half-witted; dull-witted; blockhead; idiot; dimwit
to accompany; to go with; to go together
prostrating oneself; kowtowing; going down on one's knees
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money