disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic; luxuriant (of vegetation)
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
life; living; I; me; student
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
heir; inheritor; successor
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
children; sons; (lit.) children and younger brothers; young people
and so; therefore; for that reason
even (e.g. even a child); as long as (it is, you are, etc.); (if) only; just
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
on bad terms; at loggerheads
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
prohibition; inhibition; ban
I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity
unable to resist; unable to suppress
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
to push into; to stuff into; to be enthusiastic (about); to be crazy (about); to get excited; to be stirred up
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
(not) in the slightest; (not) at all
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
gradually (progressing); steadily; slowly; seeping out (sweat, tears, etc.)
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again