futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
emphasizing (a point, argument, etc.); stressing; insistence; arguing strongly (for, against)
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
alone; by oneself; on one's own
property; fortune; assets
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
such; this sort of; like this
individual; private person; personal; natural person
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
how many years; how long; what year
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
close aide (of a powerful person); close associate; entourage; attendant; retainer
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way; to grow freely (e.g. of weeds)
time; season; period; phase; stage
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
by myself; in person; by oneself
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
fair attack; fair tactics; straightforward approach; standard procedure; established method
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to stand up; to get up; to recover; to regain one's energy; to (stand up and) take action; to rise up (against); to rise (from a crouch) and make the initial charge
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
filthy; dirty (looking); drab
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
earthly paradise; heaven on earth
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous
queen; female monarch; queen consort; consort of a king; queen; princess
other than; excluding; without
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government