terrible; dreadful; tremendous; terrific; appalling; shocking
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
inherited; family (heirloom); ancestral
powerful person; influential person
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
illegal digging; illegal mining; grave robbing; tomb robbing
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (suit)
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
smooth (i.e. without problems)
on a line; on the borderline (between); on the verge (of); on the brink (of)
(surprise) attack; assault; raid; charge
operation; functioning; running
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to show up; to appear; to turn up
amount of light; quantity of light
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
to become clear; to be made public
royalty and titled nobility
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
four corners; four ordinal directions
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
on and after; from ... onward; since
degradation over time; time-related deterioration
material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber