upper level; upper grade; high rank; advanced level; senior level; upper class
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
office and rank; an official rank
system; institution; organization; organisation
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
ten; 10; ten years of age
rank and official position
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
things one is carrying; things one has on one's person; thing one owns; one's property; mistress; lover
if it is (the case that ...)
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
government official; public servant; civil servant
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
small person acting arrogantly on someone else's authority; person who borrows the authority of another to browbeat others; (lit.) a fox that borrows the authority of a tiger
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
to bring disgrace (dishonor, dishonour) on; to fling mud at; to put to shame
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
to put on airs; to throw one's weight about; to swagger; to act arrogantly
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
existence; being; presence
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to become haggard; to become gaunt; to become emaciated; to become worn out (from illness, worry, etc.)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
escort (e.g. under guard); convoy
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
one cause; one reason; one factor
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; campfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake