leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
friction; discord; strife
new and old; incoming and outgoing
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself
bad example; bad precedent
even though; despite; when
domestic discord; internal discord; internal strife; internal struggle; infighting
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
being buried; remaining unknown; being forgotten; being absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed
forevermore; for eternity
dispatch of troops; despatch of troops; expedition
supreme command; high command
to alert; to get one's attention; to draw one's attention
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
(afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to face on; to look out on to
vaporization; vaporisation; evaporation
just like; exactly like; as if; (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ...
youth; adolescence; springtime of life
war; fighting; fierce competition
the same generation; coeval
sweet (taste); luscious; sweet (melody, dream, etc.); delightful; pleasant
talk; chat; troth; lovers' vow
service in the first reserve
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
struggle (for); scramble; contest
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing