audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
reception room; parlor; parlour
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
to kill (with a weapon); to slay; to defeat (an opponent); to beat
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to look on enviously while doing nothing; (lit.) to hold a finger in one's mouth
to be perturbed; to be agitated
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
to act hastily in pursuit of glory; to hasten after success; to be too eager to succeed
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to leak (urine, feces); to soil one's pants; to dump (untreated waste, sewage, etc.); to discharge (untreated effluent); to leak (information, secrets, etc.); to bleed (a deficit, losses, etc.)
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
the place for; the time for; the level of
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
matter of time; question of time
point of compromise; common ground
to rise (to a high position); to work one's way up; to push one's way up; to be promoted
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
to bark; to howl; to howl (of the wind); to roar (of the sea); to yell; to shout
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
finally; in the end; after all that; eventually; on top of all that
to make an example of; to make a victim of; to hold up someone (something) to ridicule; to pierce with a spear
loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
countenance; features; looks
to take one's leave; to excuse oneself; to resign (from); to step down; to decline; to turn down
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
namely; that is (to say); in other words
to give one's life (e.g. in battle); to devote one's life (e.g. to a cause)
to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
elder sister; effeminate man