hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
you (primarily used by men in letters to their equals or inferiors)
do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
to get angry; to lose one's temper
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
supreme council; high council; Supreme Soviet (former USSR)
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
underestimation; undervaluation
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
ageing; aging; senile deterioration
actual profit; practical use; benefit
becoming a mere shell; becoming a dead letter; losing (one's) substance; being reduced to a formality
arrogance; haughtiness; conceitedness
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
old age; old person; the old; the aged
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
your; indicates high rank or status; indicates love and respect (usu. for an older person)
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
to be needed; to be wanted
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
almost; roughly; approximately
how dare ...; how could ...
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
big mouth; mouth opened wide; boastful speech; tall talk; large amount; large quantity
worry; mental agony; heartache
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
toast; congratulatory cup
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
matter of the highest priority; top priority; first priority
neighbour to the right (person, building, etc.)