stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
land near a castle; castle town
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
personal security; personal protection; provision of a bodyguard
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
using one's own judgement; making up one's own mind; judging for oneself
blood relationship; blood relative
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
one by one; in detail; minutely
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
complete; whole; perfect; safe
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
high-spec; highly competitive (on the dating scene, e.g. by having a high income, being good-looking); ticking all the boxes
to differ; to vary; to disagree
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
height of; middle of; full bloom
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
date(s) (e.g. for exhibition)
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
New Year's Eve; end of the year
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days
to get on a horse; to mount a horse