stamping; embossing; tooling (e.g. leather); sigillation
dye; dyestuff; coloring agent
counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
if I had to say; if pressed (to answer); if I must choose; if I had to choose
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
new building; new construction
all year round; all the time; year in and year out
to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
other people's affairs; someone else's problem
His Holiness; Your Holiness
to carry around; to be roundabout (speech, actions, etc.); to be indirect
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
getting tired of; getting sick of; getting bored with; getting fed up with
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
infant (below 1 year old); suckling baby
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
eyes and nose; looks; facial features; shape; form
to be stiff; to be starchy
(good or bad) feel when wearing something
candy; sweet; confectionary
chillingly; shiveringly; with goosebumps; uncomfortably; restlessly
king; monarch; ruler; champion
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
superficially polite but actually rude; rude under a veneer of politeness; courteous on the surface but insolent at heart
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
to become serious; to take something seriously (e.g. a joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (esp. at something trivial); to get worked up
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
to be interested in; to take an interest in; to care about
formal; stiff; pompous; stern; solemn; grave
always; all the time; at all times; (at) any time; whenever (you like)
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion