prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
program (musical, concert, theatrical, etc.); programme
the whole company; the party; attendance (at a gathering); presence; banquet; dinner; troupe
public performance; exhibition in a foreign country
cordial welcome; hearty welcome; kind treatment; hospitality
empirical; from experience
entertaining with food and drink; treating to dinner; wining and dining; immediately agreeing with someone else; pandering
live bullets; live ammunition; ball cartridge; money
avid desire; craving; thirst; watering at the mouth; drooling
animal passions; carnal desire; lust
sexual prodigy; stud; Don Juan
by hook or by crook; by all possible means
to suture a wound; to sew up a wound
context (of a passage); line of thought; context; environment; circumstances
besides; moreover; in addition
mixing; blending; adding; adulteration
article (in a collection, etc.); piece
woman of unmatched beauty; beauty like no other
rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
undeclared income; unreported earnings; unreported income
source of funds; resources; finances
great person; eminent figure
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
chief vassal; senior statesman
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
to flatter; to play up to; to fawn on; to pander to; to cater to
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine; thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth
paints; painting material
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
decisive action; carrying out; resolute enforcement; execution
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
speaking tube; voice pipe
reception (telephone); listening (to a telephone)