trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
recommendation (of a person for a position); nomination
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
(having great) expectation; pinning one's hopes on
that kind; competition; match
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
roundabout; indirect; circuitous; ignorant (of the world)
prime minister; premier; chancellor
small number; few; minority
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
(another's) spirit; God's heart or spirit; Lord's will
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
guess; conjecture; surmise
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
beard (esp. on the chin); goatee
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
to be at a loss for words
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
extremely dangerous; full of peril