plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
royal castle; imperial castle
outline; summary; gist; basic points
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
baked sweet goods (e.g. Danish pastry, melon bread); sweet pastry; sweet bread
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
incidental; ancillary; accessory; secondary; collateral
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
violence by weight of numbers; tyranny of the majority
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
capturing alive (an animal or person); something captured alive
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
to harden earth into a mass
storage; putting or stowing away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting
death from cold; freezing to death
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
prototype; model; pattern; archetypal
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
baton (of command); order; command; direction
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
serious; grave; dignified; solemn