mistress; kept woman; concubine
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
opinion; point of view; visual point
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
to be conspicuous; to stand out
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
guest of honour; guest of honor; privileged guest; visitor
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
to be main; to be principal; to be important; to be conspicuous; to be prominent
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
(in) her way; peculiar to her
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
unapproachable; inaccessible; difficult to access
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
kindness; intimacy; friendship
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
land near a castle; castle town
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say
self-determination; suicide
you (plural); all of you; you all
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
everything; anything; nothing
sticky; thick (e.g. thickly plastered); ikky; to stick closely
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to chase; to run after; to pursue
listen!; you see; mind you; remember