desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
plenipotentiary powers; full authority; plenipotentiary; delegate with full powers
entrusting; charge; delegation; authorization
like a decent person; human
to carry around; to be roundabout (speech, actions, etc.); to be indirect
to be like-minded; to have the same goal
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
since; henceforth; ever since
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
timid; faint-hearted; wimpish
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
glaring at; scowling at; looking contemptuously at; frowning down upon; domineering with a coercive look
to reach a situation about which nothing can be done
honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances
financial support; funding; support fund; subvention
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
firm; solid; steady; secure; unshakeable; unwavering
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
flustered; confused; panicked
inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness
arrangement; pact; agreement
to do together; to share; to participate in
to lose sight of; to miss
unhurriedly; leisurely; slowly; relaxedly; taking one's time
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
to take upon oneself; to volunteer; to undertake; to offer (to do)
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); because ...; for good reason; there is a (good) reason that ...
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
evening meal; dinner; supper
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot