dining with one's superior; dining with one's superiors
to have a long life; to live a long time
seasoning; flavour; condition; state; (state of) health; physical condition
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
arranging; ordering; sequence (e.g. DNA sequence); arrangement; array
one's descendants; one's offspring; posterity
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
to change (with time, the ages, the seasons, etc.); to shift
prime of one's life; stage of maturity
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
minister (of a government department)
spring and autumn; spring and fall; years; age; The Spring and Autumn Annals; The Chronicles of Lu
Xia dynasty (of China; ca. 2070-1600 BCE; possibly mythological); Hsia dynasty
to do; to commit; to carry out; to bring about
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
rut; wheel track; furrow; groove; (fig.) footsteps; (fig.) wake
any more; anymore; any further; any better; any longer
new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer
killing time; keeping oneself occupied; time killer; wasting time; waste of time
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
(any) more; further; in addition (to this); at this stage; now; now that things have come to this
small fry; unimportant people
justice; fairness; impartiality
element; component; factor; element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
wet nurse; nursing mother
longevity; eternal life; cycle that can be repeated indefinitely and neither group dies
several hundred; hundreds (of)
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
to be dead; to be lifeless
interest (on a deposit, loan, etc.)
to pay attention (to); to show concern (for); to worry (about); to be careful (about)
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)