chair; stool; post; office; position
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
creaking; groaning (e.g. under physical stress)
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
right of succession; right to the throne
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
right (to do something); authority; power
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
to need; to call for; to require
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
possible; likely; probable
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
accession to the throne; enthronement
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
royal authority; regal power; authority of the king
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
such; this sort of; like this