presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of; serving (in the military, congress, etc.)
order of chivalry; chivalric order
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
selecting a suitable person; personnel selection
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way
(national) capital (city); metropolis
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
to repeat; to do over again
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
full portrait; whole aspect; full story
grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip