assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site; grounds
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
man; male; masculine gender
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
to put one's hand on; to touch
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
antiquity; the previous era
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
odds and ends; all; every
to stare at each other; to lock eyes (with)
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
farmer; farming family; farmhouse; School of Agrarianism (China); School of Agronomists
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica); monkey jump (endgame move)
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
mail; postal matter; postal item
unusual space; other dimension
event; phenomenon; matter
countermeasures headquarters; task force; countermeasures office; emergency headquarters
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
writing paper; stationery; notepaper
material; materials; data; information; documents
to name; to call; to christen; to term
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
to say; to be called; to do
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
solitude; loneliness; isolation