encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)
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); golden (opportunity); one-in-a-million (chance)
cold reception; inhospitality
cordial welcome; hearty welcome; kind treatment; hospitality
encounter; engagement; battle
improvement of labor conditions (labour)
preferential treatment; privilege; favor; benefit; incentive
favour; favor; warm friendship
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
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
being neglected by the world; being denied one's deserved recognition and status
national treatment; treating foreigners and locals equally
meeting; happening across
special favour; special favor
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; expression of treatment; expression indicating the speaker's respect, contempt, etc. towards the target
tidal hypothesis (of the origin of the solar system); near-collision hypothesis