agency; agent; answering (the door, phone, etc. on someone's behalf); ushering in (a visitor); passing on (a message); conveyance
being very busy; busyness
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
big man; large man; tall man; giant
young (usu. of a woman); blooming; in the prime of youth; with a charm appropriate to one's age
mohawk (hairstyle); mohican; Mohican (tribe); Mahican
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle; end of the world (esp. in fiction); apocalypse
supreme ruler; autocrat; dynast; high king
counter for generations; epoch
to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine
ongoing; in progress; afoot
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
since the dawn of history
opaque; obscure; opacity; obscurity; unclear; unpredictable
as you (they, etc.) say; as you suggest; I absolutely agree
sphere of action; scope of activity; range of work
uncharted territory; unknown waters; unfamiliar terrain
opinion; intention; thought
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
this and that; all kinds of things; one thing and another
all-out confrontation; total confrontation
expressing one's mind; speaking out
to desperately cover up; to hide at all costs
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means; at all costs; at any cost; no matter what (happens); by fair means or foul
to entrust (someone) with; to pin one's hopes on (someone's future); to have great expectations for; to have (someone) deliver (a letter, etc.); to leave (a message); to send word
with an extreme cold (i.e. temperature); lonelily; lonesomely; (acting) coldly (toward someone)
militant (faction, group, person, etc.); hardliner who favors force over compromise; hawk
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
good luck (in battle); may fortune be with you
to run about; to rush about
distinguished family; famous family; noble family; prestigious organization (company, school, etc.)
trickery; wiles; finesse; Machiavellism