giving a royal welcome; extending every courtesy
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
one of these days; someday; one day
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
one's feeling while riding; comfort (of a vehicle); ride quality
polite; courteous; hospitable
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
to make an appearance; to show up
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
entry into port; arriving in harbor
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
seventh day of the month; seven days
return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
continually; continuously; incessantly; without interruption
main body (of an army); main force; these troops
something like ...; something called ...
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
based on; on the basis of
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
Grand Eunuch (former Chinese government title); (arch.) eunuch
job; work; duties; trade; skill
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)