cold reception; inhospitality
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
person who avoids others; social outcast
sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging
according to (depending on) the mood of the moment; as one's fancy dictates
to yell; to shout; to scream; to bawl
adopted daughter; foster daughter
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
diagnosis; medical examination
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
running errands (for someone else); errand boy; gofer; dogsbody
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
death from disease; death from illness
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
casual speech; peer language; informal language
emergency meeting; urgent meeting; emergency session; emergency conference
call; summons; convening; convocation
stupidity; silliness; asininity; imbecility; dim-wittedness
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
head; leader; top; (arch.) important part
array; muster; line-up; full force
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
hanger-on; follower; flunky; purse strapped round one's waist
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
bribe; money under the table
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
immediately; right away; on the spot
powerful family; powerful clan
to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally
outside the country; abroad
armed might; military power; the sword; force
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
overlooking; turning a blind eye