talks (i.e. formal discussions); conference; meeting
that's the way it is; such is life
celebrity; personality; prominent figure
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
as usual; as is one's habit
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
charge (for admission, a meal, etc.); fee; price
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to grow; to cultivate; to let grow (e.g. weeds)
ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
glaring at; scowling at; looking contemptuously at; frowning down upon; domineering with a coercive look
image; figure; figure; form; image
evil spirit; (vengeful) ghost; specter; spectre
origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
resentment; indignation; anger
barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house
to complete decisively; to do to completion
sandbank (in a river); sandbar
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
birthplace; origin; cradle; motherland
Island; insula; island; islet
(large) compilation; culmination (of hard work)