actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
court noble; nobility; Imperial Court
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
power map; power structure; power relationships
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
to send or direct a person to
that's the way it is; such is life
one way or the other; either way
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
had better ...; had better not ...
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
registration; accession; register; entry; record
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
forgery; falsification; fabrication; counterfeiting
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint