dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely
stripping (of rights, rank, etc.); deprivation; forfeit; revocation; divestiture
previous king; late king; ancient virtuous king
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
penalty; sentence; punishment
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
recapture; retaking; recovery; taking back
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
playfulness; mischivousness; naughtiness
mischief; prank; mischievous; naughty; pastime; hobby
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel
heedless of danger; braving dangers
two times; twice; two degrees
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
to stare back at; to look back at
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)