people; men and women; each person; everybody
one by one; one after another; successively
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
rumor; rumour; gossip; hearsay
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
to get angry; to get mad; to be angular; to be square
god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
cessation; (coming to an) end
prayer (for something); supplication
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
important point; strategic position; key point
dukedom; duchy; principality
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
neighboring countries; surrounding countries
country; territory; domain; realm
to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
military force; military strength
to emphasize; to attach importance to
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
periodic; regular; routine
practice; exercise; military exercise; manoeuvres; seminar
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to be formal; to be ceremonious; to stand on ceremony
war; fighting; fierce competition
death (of an emperor); demise
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command