to defend oneself; to protect oneself
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to follow; to come after; to come next (to); to rank next (to); to rank second (to)
to give no leeway; to press (for an answer, etc.); to shower (questions on someone)
way of listening; listener
Guinevere (wife of King Arthur)
Mordred (in Arthurian legend)
hey there; I say; see here
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
probability; likelihood; chances
immorality; injustice; adultery; illicit relationship; murdering one's teacher or a government official (one of the eight unpardonable crimes)
end (of life); death; demise; (peacefully) spending one's final years
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
to be taken aback; to be dumbfounded
first person; self-reference term; term used to refer to oneself in the first person
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject
the latter; the second; successor; descendant
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
social; societal; societary
bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh
terrible; dreadful; tremendous; terrific; appalling; shocking
insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to ask (humbly); to request (humbly)
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
decrease; reduction; fall; depreciation; mitigation
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
once in a while; occasionally; at long intervals
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession