celebration; congratulations
formal; proper; prescribed; conventional; stereotypical
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
straight-laced person; stubborn person
pushy; pushing; self-assertive
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
to let out a cry; to shout
to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
magic; conjuring; sleight of hand; legerdemain
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
sake sold in a cup rather than a bottle; drinking sake from a regular-size cup rather than from a small sake cup
conjurer; magician; illusionist
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
Chinese cooking; Chinese food
refusing to see a visitor
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
frequent; continual; constant; great; intense; strong
previous engagement; prior contract
thank you very much; I'm sorry; excuse me
to tie one on; to get drunk
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire
good evening (greeting, e.g. in emails sent in the evening)
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
cold; indifferent; unfriendly; unsympathetic; unkind
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
in consideration of; in deference to; out of respect for; for (someone's) sake
two legs; two feet; two pairs
socks; sock; stockings; stocking
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping