Vocabulary

prostration

to lie face down (e.g. on the ground, napping on a desk); to lie prone

overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view

bird's-eye view; aerial view; overhead view

lying face down

crescent moon

scimitar

enjoying oneself with others

growing old together

happy life partnership; living faithfully together till death

to make

snatching a moment of rest; dickering for time

stealthy glance; furtive glance

robber; theft

puppeteer; puppet player

puppet government

instructor; tutor (to a prince)

to wait upon; to serve

bringing up; tuition

haughty; arrogant; supercilious

proud; arrogant; haughty

haughty; arrogant; overbearing

haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud

(stroke of) luck; (unexpected) good fortune; godsend; windfall

to usurp boastfully

usurpation of a throne

presumptuous; arrogant; audacious; forward; insolent

usurper king

usurper; tyrant

usurpation

pretension; assumption (of a title)

audacity; forwardness; effrontery; impertinence

exceeding one's authority to use something

jiangshi; Chinese hopping vampire; reanimated corpse in Chinese legends and folklore

colleagues; fellows; comrades

strict; stern

dui (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: swamp, west)

conversion (of paper money, esp. into specie)

bank of issue

convertible banknotes