palatial residence; stately mansion
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent
to employ; to hire; to charter
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
offender; criminal; culprit
reason; cause; circumstances
emergency meeting; urgent meeting; emergency session; emergency conference
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
to incur someone's enmity
generosity; magnanimity; tolerance; length and capacity; measures
successor; replacement; second wife
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
having one's own way; giving free rein to one's desires; acting as one pleases
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
what happens to one today may happen to another tomorrow; misfortunes can happen to anyone
bloodthirsty killer; cold-blooded murderer; homicidal maniac
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
order of chivalry; chivalric order
exposing; unmasking; laying bare
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
each place; various places
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
impossible; unlikely; improbable
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation