cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
royal capital; imperial capital
proposal; proposition; suggestion
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
to continue to do; to persist in doing
highly ridiculous; quite absurd
to let slip a secret; to let the cat out of the bag
change of tone; variation (music); irregularity; modulation (in radio)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
guard; sentinel; garrison
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
confronting directly; meeting face-to-face
to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect
sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment
pair; the two; both persons; both things
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
lower region; lower part; region below
control; check; restraint; inhibition
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
decision; ruling; award; arbitration
chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage
to deliver; to hand over; to transfer
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care
to have meaning; to be meaningful
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto
shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.