heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
participation; joining; entry
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
friendship; goodwill; friendly relations; amity
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
date (of an event, meeting, etc.)
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
if it is (the case that ...)
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)
in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short
mask; disguise; guise; mask
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
dignitaries; very important persons; luminaries; big shots; VIPs
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location
thought; consideration; thinking
interest (in something); enthusiasm
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
as expected; as predicted
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
to be at a loss for words; to be speechless; to be dumbfounded; to be struck dumb
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; presence; appeal