successive generations; successive emperors
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
remains; corpse; (dead) body
religious organization; religious organisation
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
dispute; argument; contention
must not; should not; do not
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
proposal; proposition; suggestion
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
to disperse; to take a castle
to kill; to choke the life out of
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
the reverse; other side; lining
how long; how far; how much
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
amount of sugar; sugar content
in consideration of; in deference to; out of respect for; for (someone's) sake
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
the future; future prospects
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
current administration; present government
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
come, come; come; come now; here you go; here; when handing something
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)