imperial court; royal court
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance
woman; female; feminine gender
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
war; fighting; fierce competition
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
personal combat; one-to-one fight
jostling; milling about; crush; packed with (activities, products, etc.); teeming with; chock-full of
making (book, etc.) into film; making a screen version; adapting for the screen
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
tendency; trend; inclination
based on; built on; made from
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
famous scene (in a movie or play)
alone; by oneself; on one's own
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
right in the middle (of); midst; height
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
voluntary training; voluntary practice; free practice
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
people; citizens; subjects; folk
imagination; supposition; guess
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
in the end; at the end of the day
not yet known; unknown; strange
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
book; volume; this; present; main; head