activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
(political) power; authority; influence
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
husband and wife; married couple
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
rebellion; uprising; insurrection; (arch.) treason
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
messenger; envoy; emissary
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
fully armed; armed to the teeth
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to take away; to carry off
loss (of weight or volume, e.g. in transit); ullage; outage; decrease (in value); reduction
domestic affairs; internal administration
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
one of these days; someday; one day
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
the one thing that is well-remembered
solid body; three-dimensional object; multi-storey car park