to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
to have a smattering knowledge of
supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder
rushing around; running wild
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
genius; prodigy; natural gift
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
the art of war; strategy; tactics
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
messenger; envoy; emissary
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
calamity; disaster; catastrophe
to occur one after another; to happen in succession
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to feel sorrow for
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
(all) important positions; every strategic point; each key post; (all) important parts; every important point
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to prove; to verify; to guarantee; to promise
insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
to put one's hand on; to touch