first meeting; first interview with
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
by itself; automatically; naturally
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
to say; to be called; to do
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
entry (event, competition, etc.); applying for entry; registering to participate; entry (blog, database, etc.); post
to go out and away; to leave
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
witnessing; observing; sighting
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to stay calm; to keep cool
to turn towards; to point
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
participation; joining; entry; adherence
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
question; inquiry; enquiry