trusted (friend); close (relationship)
treacherous; dangerous; untrustworthy; sneaky; cunning
close; intimate; on good terms
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
to do in place of or on behalf of (someone)
tedious; boring; being fed up with
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser
to put on; to wear; to be used to wearing
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to wear a mask; to hide one's true intentions
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
to press a question; to cross-examine
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
curse; spell; malediction
sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
taste; liking; preference
literally; to the letter; literal
in its entirety; whole; wholly
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
observation; survey; watching
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
antiquity; the previous era