interruption; interference; butting in
official notice; notification
recall (esp. of an envoy or an ambassador); calling someone back; summons (home)
firm promise; definite promise
temporary employment; temporary employee
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; suddenly (losing a lot of weight); looking emaciated; becoming very thin
lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings
to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
how about ...?; what about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
to dress oneself up; to deck oneself out
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
sparing a life; clemency; reconsideration of an employee's dismissal
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
persecution complex; delusion of persecution; paranoia
I got it; I see; I now know; so that's the reason
treatment; conduct (towards another); behavior; stage performance; movements (of an actor); acting gestures
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
last years; closing years; last days; closing days; end; last stage
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
to coagulate; to congeal; to be fanatical (about); to be obsessed (with); to stiffen; to become stiff
national defence; national defense
to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)
sphere; circle; range; category
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
to compete; to bid; to sell at auction
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
to praise highly; to sing the praises of; to applaud; to acclaim; to admire
home position; origin; usual place (for something)
assistance; backing; support; aiding and abetting (a crime); abetment
to flap (hands, feet, wings); to thrash around; to flail
short distance; short range; short-haul
turning point; change; transition; (arch.) point of difference
far beyond one's power; not at all equal; no match for