department store; department
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
to stand side by side; to stand in a row
traditional (esp. fashion); trad; traditional jazz; trad jazz; Dixieland jazz
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
person of letters; literary person
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
headquarters; head office; main office
well-known and unknown; somebodies and nobodies; both famous and humble
eccentric; queer; unconventional; peculiar; original
like this; in this way; as you see
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid
to be erected; to be built
scale; scope; plan; structure
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way
near; nearby; not far off
main building (as opposed to an annex, outbuilding, etc.); this library; this museum; this theatre
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
cabinet (of a government); ministry
deputy prime minister; vice prime minister
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
chief vassal; senior statesman
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize