(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
learned society; scientific society; academy; academic meeting; academic conference
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
winning a prize; receiving an award; being awarded
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
twenty years of age; youth; early age; tender age of ...
being present (at the same meeting, occasion, etc.); attendance (with); sitting with; same (seating) precedence; same rank
with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
call; summons; convening; convocation
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
to act timid; to show diffidence; to be hesitant; to appear embarrassed; to look ashamed
moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
discipline; training; teaching manners
to spit out; to eject; to dump
each place; various places
to be frowned on; to invite frowns of disapproval; to displease (people); to disgust
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
armed forces; military; troops
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
manufacture; production; production (of a film, play, TV show, etc.)
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
indictment; prosecution; complaint
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
personal grudge; personal enmity
to be smeared; to be covered
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy
ancient times; prehistoric times; the distant past; a very long time ago
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not