chalk (mineral); white wall
conference room; council room
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
solemn; sublime; grand; magnificent; impressive
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
water lily (any plant of genus Nymphaea); pygmy waterlily (Nymphaea tetragona)
(earthenware) mortar (for grinding)
stairs; stairway; staircase
conference room; place of assembly
desk for a speaker; lectern; rostrum; platform
place of execution; execution site
wisdom; intelligence; intellect
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to get one's head around; to think about
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
to push down; to knock down
dying in a fit of anger or indignation
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start of a season
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)