national crisis; national disaster
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
depending on the circumstances; due to (with modifying verb)
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
ultimate; final; last; eventual
insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith
love; attachment; tender emotions; falling in love
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
laughing while crying; smiling through one's tears; (alternately) laughing and crying; tears and laughter; joy and sorrow
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
loyal retainer; loyal subject
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
about; concerning; related to; -ish
to betray one's country (to an enemy)
traitor (to one's country); quisling
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
passionate; fervent; affecting; moving; touching
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
place to die; place of death
to shoot a person to death
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
the late king; the preceding king; good ancient kings
beyond this point; from now on; after this
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
stigma; dishonour; dishonor; infamy
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
contact; connectedness; rapport; mutual touching
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation