simply; merely; only; solely
tale; short story; sketch comedy; skit
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
the other day; a few days ago
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
while; even though; despite
military campaign; battle; war
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
incident; affair; happening; event
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to differ; to vary; to disagree
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
time; season; period; phase; stage
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
that day; the very same day
many; numerous; various; large number of
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
beginning; outset; first; onset
(the privilege to have) an audience (with one's lord, a dignitary, etc.); interview (with one's superior); one's debut (first) appearance; debut (of a new product, work of art, actor, etc.); trial service (of a servant)
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
people; citizens; subjects; folk
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class