to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
front; frontage; facade; main
side; flank; position where one is not directly involved (in a matter); outsider's position; the sidelines
meeting hall; assembly hall
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor; assailant; offender; at-fault party (e.g. in an accident)
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish
complete devotion (to); total commitment (to); unvarying support (for); unwavering fixation (on); rigid preoccupation (with)
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to face each other; to be opposite (to)
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
killing and wounding; bloodshed
these guys; these fellows
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
testimony; (verbal) evidence
difference; disagreement; conflict; clash; discrepancy; inconsistency
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
instead of; replacing; on behalf of
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out; (arch.) to lose motivation; (arch.) to get discouraged
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
on the occasion of; at the time of
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)