encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
unexpected meeting; coincidence
treatment (of a person); dealing with
favorable treatment; favourable treatment; hospitality; warm reception; good treatment; hearty welcome
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
once in a lifetime (opportunity); (a golden opportunity that may) happen only once in a thousand years
cold reception; inhospitality
cordial welcome; hearty welcome; kind treatment; hospitality
encounter; engagement; battle
improvement of labor conditions (labour)
favour; favor; warm friendship
preferential treatment; privilege; favor; benefit; incentive
courteous reception; honorable treatment; honourable treatment
to complain about one's hard lot
most favored nation treatment; most favoured nation status
one's dark days; the period during which one suffered misfortune and obscurity
national treatment; treating foreigners and locals equally
being neglected by the world; being denied one's deserved recognition and status
special favour; special favor
meeting; happening across
poor or inhospitable reception
pair; couple; contraposition
being appreciated by one's employer; meeting (someone)
most favourable treatment; most favorable treatment; very warm reception
(being granted) the privileges of one's former (official) post
attitudinal expression (indicating the speaker's respect, contempt, etc. for the listener or the person being discussed)
tidal hypothesis (of the origin of the solar system); near-collision hypothesis