the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
ten best people (in a particular field)
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
establishment; settlement
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
population (of animals, etc.); population size; number of individuals
mixture of wheat and chaff; mixture of the good and bad; jumble of wheat and tares
to be moist; to be damp; to profit by; to receive benefits; to become rich; to become at ease financially
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
easy to deal with; tractable; manageable
chitter; chatter; giggle; screeching; squealing
going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
to perceive; to understand
due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work
feeling one gets from listening to something
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
finish; end; completion; result
the very best; excellent; superb
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
doublet (14th-17th century men's jacket)
to strum (an instrument); to thrum; to pluck
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
performer; entertainer; actor
guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi); audience
to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
to paint over heavily; to plaster up
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
The Ant and the Grasshopper