twinkling of stars or light

superintendent, deputy, representative, agent, correspondent

to behead, to cut off the head of (someone)

pay office, adjutant or paymasters office, general's office

message bearer, messenger, prophet, apostle

dreaming in sleep, seeing in sleep, dream, fancy

disobedience, refractoriness, mutiny, rebellion, insurrection

gallows, gibbet

bathroom, bathhouse, hot bath

one who sits on a cushion, the one who seat on the royal cushion, king, president

one who earns nothing

a drunken or careless man

attack, invasion, charge, aggression

interim government

provisional, interim, transitional

at first sight or glance, prima facie, to all appearances, apparently

sociable, affable, convivial, friendly

daring, bold, fearless

an election that happens at a different time from a main election, to choose a Member of Parliament to replace one who has died or left his or her job, by-election

result, consequences, end, termination, conclusion, upshot, vexation