pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
triangle; triangular shape
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
secondhand bookshop; antiquarian bookshop
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
beginning (of writing); opening passage (sentence, paragraph, etc.); written claim; bill
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
feeling keenly; fully realizing
to trample down; to devastate
commander-in-chief; leader; head of a group of companies
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
outbreak of war; starting a war
receiving an official appointment; being appointed (to the post of)
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
strategist; tactician; schemer
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
hostile party; enemy side
ingenuity; resourcefulness
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
feeling of tragic heroism; feeling of grim resolve; sense of determination
to stiffen; to become stiff
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be reverent; to be purified
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
ancestor; forefather; foremother
to shout (in anger); to yell
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
approval; license; licence; permission
power; authority; jurisdiction
to inherit; to receive; to take over by transfer
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to hand over; to turn over; to cede