to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
blood vessel; blood relationship
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
troops; group members; team members
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
to find out; to discover; to locate
capable of anything; liable to do
not budging an inch; to stand one's ground
all the officials, both military and civil
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
special directive; special order; special mission; special appointment
in respect of; in regards to; as for
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
looks; personal appearance; features
polite; respectful; reverent
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
right in front; just opposite; under the nose
your Highness; his Highness; her Highness
to say; to be called; to do
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
to extol; to laud; to sing the praises of
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
secret art; the mysteries
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress