dinner party; ceremonial dinner; dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)
person of high rank or position
personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
village headman; village mayor
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
latent; hidden; secret; behind the scenes
southwestern part; the southwest
exposing; unmasking; laying bare
collection (of a debt, rent, taxes, etc.); dunning; selection (for a position); exceptional promotion; fresh; freshly picked
mediation; arbitration; conciliation (e.g. in civil or family court, leading to a settlement based on mutual concessions); mediation (of a labor dispute, by a labor relations commission)
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
right to arrest; power of arrest
one; same (mind, path, etc.)
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
today and tomorrow; today or tomorrow; in a day or two; very soon
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
please (e.g. forgive me); I beg of you; kindly; humbly
manners; courtesy; etiquette
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
thinnish; somewhat thin; weakish; on the weak side; rather light; rather pale
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
sound asleep; fast asleep; untidy; slovenly
person standing watch; guard duty
glaring at; scowling at; looking contemptuously at; frowning down upon; domineering with a coercive look
to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
stomach acid; gastric acid