automatic; intransitive verb
corporate bond; corporate debenture
to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle
commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription)
past days; bygone days; days of yore; while still alive; during one's lifetime
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)
phone conference; conference call
to be prolonged; to drag on; to take a long time; to persist; to linger
engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably
old gentleman; elderly gentleman
coming; going; being (somewhere); (please) come; go; stay
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
fixed cost; fixed expense
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic
punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal provisions; penal code
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant
assembling (in full force); muster; lining up; gathering; getting together
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
to make the sign of the cross; to bless oneself; to cross oneself
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
(present) head of a family
to shake each other's hands; to shake hands with each other
tobacco; cigarette; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
in person; personally; directly
this family; our family; this house; we