your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm
individual; one by one; separate; each
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
declaration; proclamation; announcement
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
to cut off (a relationship)
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
emperor; ruler (with a heavenly mandate); heavenly being; celestial being
rebel; traitor; insurgent
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
to sever relations (with somebody; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
legitimate; orthodox; traditional
to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
precious stone (esp. jade); egg (sometimes esp. as a sushi topping); stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold; position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer); geisha; time charge for a geisha
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
ability; capability; skill
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
hostile nature; inimical character
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
tearfully; in tears; weeping; reluctantly; unwillingly; with a heavy heart
blunder; miss; slip; oversight