this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge
farewell; goodbye; adieu; if so; in that case; then
dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
conference room; council room
chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table
both sides (on the left and right); both neighbours
to sit silently (and submissively) at a meeting
match; game; bout; contest
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
feelings; thoughts; meaning
fixed form; regular shape; standard-size mail
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
as usual; as is one's habit
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
return present; return gift; something done in return (as way of thanks); retaliation; revenge
petty bourgeois; lower middle class
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
nature; disposition; quality; that which does not change according to external influences
something small; something petty; trifle
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
this and that; one thing or another; something or other; various things
lightly; gently; (breaking apart) easily
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
honest person; person of integrity; straight shooter
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
to make a mistake; to blunder
to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says
plan; project; attempt; plot; scheme; undertaking
victim; injured party; sufferer
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent