receiving; acceptance; reception
people; men and women; each person; everybody
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
(facial) expression (esp. fierce, fearless, sinister, etc.); look
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
topic of discussion; agenda
information; news; report; reward; retribution
disinformation; false information
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
noninvolvement; nonintervention; neutrality
(I am) not sure; (I) can't say which
three; three years of age
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
fifth day of the month; five days
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
to take part in a conference
to be prolonged; to drag on
stipulation; stating clearly; documenting in writing; stating explicitly
headquarters; head office; main office
east, west, south and north
all parts; various parts; every department
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
rating; classification; allocation; grading
merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
the same rank; equality; apposition
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
be that as it may; even so; though that be so
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
thinning out; pruning; culling; infanticide
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
to prevent; to take precautions
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
distant look; faraway look
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
you could say; you might say; verging on the