black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
largest class; top category
person with a bounty on their head
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
to be hesitant; to feel timid
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
giving a loud pep talk; encouraging (someone) strongly in a loud voice
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
delay; lag; falling behind; falling behind in; lagging behind in
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
legend; folklore; tradition
one (thing); one piece; one item
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
ringlets (hairstyle); ringlet curls; sausage curls
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
chance (of success); odds
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell
long sword; minute hand (of a clock)
this (battle)ship; aforementioned ship
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
still (continuing); as ever; further