poor-looking; impoverished-looking; scrawny (e.g. figure); thin-looking; sparse (e.g. meal)
young girl; lass; adolescent female
way; method; means; resource; course
to straighten up and stick one's chest out; to throw oneself back (e.g. in a chair); to lean back (arrogantly); to assume a haughty attitude; to behave arrogantly
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation
period of youth; while young
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
very young; little; childish; immature
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
reigning (over a country); dominating; controlling; dictating
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
preparation; provision; defenses; guard; military formation; troop arrangement
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
since one was born; (in) all one's life
good policy; wise policy; best plan
hereditary system; hereditary succession
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
comfort; consolation; diversion
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
to manage a state; to govern a country
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)
a great variety of; diversity
beauty of form (oft. used of nature); beauty of a sculpted shape
sense of values; values; value system
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding