straight face; composed expression; nonchalant look
hole; hole; cup; (electron) hole
soft to the touch (e.g. fur, feathers); fluffy; to stroke (something fluffy); to rub; to pat
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
university student; college student
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
empress (consort); queen (consort)
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
being excited; having the jitters (with expectation)
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
offense; offence; method of attack
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
to be transparent; to show through
good-for-nothing; useless; worthless
to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do
general mobilization; full mobilization
(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
to succeed (in doing); to manage to do; to accomplish; to carry off; to pull off
to make a fuss over; to pamper; to spoil; to indulge; to flatter (with attention)
to weigh (one thing against another); to compare (the relative merits of two options); (lit.) to weigh (something) on scales; to try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
to end without incident; to not turn into something serious
inside and outside the country; domestic and foreign