receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
reality; actuality; hard fact
looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least