seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
sense of being the chosen people
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
to frame; to falsely accuse of a crime
isolation; being alone; being friendless
to dispose of; to sell off
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
more and more; increasingly; all the more
old woman; joker (card); hag; bitch
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
(another's) daughter; young lady (esp. of respectable upbringing)
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
colleagues; cronies; merry men
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
professor; teaching; instruction
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
be on your guard!; take care!
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
need for caution; need for care; requiring special attention
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
orders; instructions; directive; command
head; brains; intellect; understanding
to join forces; to cooperate
one way or the other; either way