to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
cloistered emperor; ex-emperor who has become a monk
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
within; inside of; less than
supreme; sublime; highest
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
blood and iron; military might
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
job; work; duties; trade; skill
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
pride; dignity; self-respect
duty; obligation; responsibility
to write down; to record; to register
conversion; reform; correcting someone's conduct
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
falling in love; attachment
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
several times; once or twice
application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery