diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify
declaration; proclamation; announcement
now that; since; as long as; provided that
propagation (e.g. a religion); proselytizing; missionary work
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
(social) position; status
to slander; to libel; to criticize; to criticise
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
time; season; period; phase; stage
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
to take advantage (of somebody's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on
leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
two times; twice; two degrees
to dart one's eyes about; to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
retainer; attendant; escort
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
ballast; crushed stone, gravel, etc. used on a roadbed or railway track
to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
that is to say; so that means