to ascertain; to check; to make sure
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
slightly early; just before
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)
much less; to say nothing of
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
entreaty; supplication; petition
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)