hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner
culmination; acme; height; peak; ultimate; perfection
pushing forward (undaunted, bravely); working vigorously towards an aim; struggling on; striving towards
staff member; station employee; official
separate case; another matter
courteous; decorous; polite
to blossom; to flower; to bloom
not limited to; not just ...
to ask for; to apply for; to make an application for; to file a request for; to submit (e.g. one's resignation)
to ask for instructions; to ask for someone's opinion; to inquire of; to invoke an oracle; to consult an oracle
various opinions; various theories; various rumors (rumours)
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
unsettled; pending; unresolved
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
standing for; advocating; championing; professing (to be)
to seize (secure) evidence
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
worship; adoration; admiration; cult
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
ancestor; forefather; foremother
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; scamp
miscellaneous goods; general goods; sundries
minimalist (person, artist)
to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent
folklore studies; folkloristics
being dotted with; being scattered
how long; how far; how much
northern part; the north (of a region)