bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
somewhere to go; place to go
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
custom; practice; convention; precedent
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
luxurious and gorgeous; magnificent
(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)
conference room; place of assembly
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
to spend time (on doing something)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
anything and everything; just about everything
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
all sorts of; all kinds of
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
it's been a long time; long time no see
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
normal practice; proper practice
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start of a season
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
beard (esp. on the chin); goatee
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time