astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
Her Majesty the Queen; mistress (in S&M); dominatrix
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
ruining a country; ruined country
muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking
heir; inheritor; successor
throne; first place; top spot; championship
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
walking encyclopedia; walking dictionary
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
raw metal; unprocessed metal; base metal (for plating); (one's) true character; (one's) true colors
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
preface; foreword; introduction
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
handle; grip; holder; person who holds
living in peace; living a quiet life; being content with one's present position; being satisfied with one's lot
rainbow-colored; rainbow-coloured
diamond; (railway) schedule; timetable; diagram
real experience; actual observations
three days and three nights
insertion slot (e.g. coins, tickets); input port
slot (e.g. dispensing tickets); outlet
lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots); balloting
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to make (with great attention to detail); to produce; to craft; to build (something) into
hard rubber (e.g. ebonite, vulcanite)
one more; another (one); (not) quite; (not) entirely; (not) enough
passion for gambling; fondness for speculation; speculative spirit
line-up (of players, products, etc.); lineup
something thrown in (with a purchase); something extra; (giving a) discount; price reduction; addition; embellishment (e.g. to a story)
colouring; coloring; colouration; coloration; painting