negotiation team; negotiating body
to take completely; to deplete; to block off; to isolate
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
economical; efficient; lean; compact
briskly; quickly; promptly
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
government service; the bureaucracy
compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing
to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter
racking one's brains; worrying oneself; being anxious
admiration; being impressed (by)
striving for effect; heroics; dramatics; showmanship; staginess; (exaggerated) theatricality
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
interference; meddling; butting in
envoy; ambassador; delegate; emissary; mission
the big two...; two major...; two main...
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
silence (not speaking); muteness
plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid
the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown
start; beginning; first step; clue
granted that; even if; even though
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
in this manner; in this way; like this
however; nevertheless; but; and yet; whereas; while
to hasten to join; to hurry to visit
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
cause for concern; reasons for uneasiness
relatively; comparatively
topic of discussion; agenda
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for