just past noon; afternoon
one person; another name; nickname; alias
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings
to say; to tell; to state; to do
decrepitude; (being) rickety; (state of) falling apart; looseness (in machinery); play
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
to half-rise to one's feet
every ...; every other ...; at intervals of ...; with ... in between; ... apart
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
upper half of the body; upper body
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
guess; conjecture; surmise
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
fallen leaves; leaf litter; leaf fall; dropping leaves; deciduous
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
as hoped for; as expected
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
(stroke of) luck; (unexpected) good fortune; godsend; windfall
superiors; big shots; higher-ups; VIPs; dignitaries
female fox; vixen; she-fox; woman who deceives men
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to mourn
our country; our land; one's own country
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
to spill; to drop; to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
arrangement; handling; measures; management; discretion
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
polite; respectful; reverent
to bow one's head; to hang one's head; to droop (e.g. ears of grain)
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view