promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
rosary; string of prayer beads
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
high-functioning; high-performance; sophisticated
having an immediate effect; taking immediate effect
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
attenuation; damping; decay
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
half and half; fifty-fifty
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
proper (appearance, posture, etc.); correct; neat; straight; upright
there is no need to; it is fine if you don't; unnecessary; does not match; out of reach of
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
to point down; to look down; to get worse; to begin to fall (e.g. of a price)
neighbour to the right (person, building, etc.)
strangely shaped rocks; massive rock of unusual shape
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name
to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on
to stir; to mix; to banter; to make fun of (what a person says); to stir up
gesture; gesticulation; motion
to hide; to conceal oneself
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush