to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
to force open; to push open
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
as you see; as you can see
corpulence; fatness; obesity
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to manage a state; to govern a country
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
self-deprecating; self-mocking
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
sudden change; sudden turn
legitimate; orthodox; traditional
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
establishment; settlement
conferral of honors (honours), according to merits
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
not necessarily so; is not always true
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
succession struggle; succession race
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
cavern; cave; cave system; grotto
smoothly; easily; readily
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
authority; power; influence