adjudication committee meeting; decision conference
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
aimless; rambling; desultory; casual
success; prosperity; boom
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
refinement; elegance; grace
beforehand; in advance; previously
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
celebrity; personality; prominent figure
holding a position of responsibility
this world; this life; the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.); this corrupt world; present world
majority decision; majority vote; majority rule
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
interference; meddling; butting in
outsider; someone outside of a group
competent; suitable; qualified
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
number of persons; personnel
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
originally; by nature; from the start
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to stitch; to hem; to mend; to sew up; to darn
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all