compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration
prime minister; premier; chancellor
strong nation; powerful country
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
to have (something) innate; to be born with
this for sure; certainly is
accession to the throne; enthronement
chief vassal; senior statesman
one (esp. of two); the other; one way; on the other hand
to prove; to verify; to guarantee; to promise
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
merger; joining into one; amalgamation; melding; merging; annexation
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
to take away; to carry off
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
open air; outdoors; outside
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
tacit; unspoken; implicit
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
going around; patrol; round; tour
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
praise; glorification; extolment
romanticist; romantic; dreamer
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected
opening session; anteroom
the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual
capital punishment given personally by a feudal lord after a disrespectful act
sharp-eared; keen-eared; quick-eared
almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
one of these days; someday; one day