meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
first person (to do); person going first; first place; top position; person in the top position
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
approximate (number); rough (calculation); sloppy; lackadaisical; crude
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
to have meaning; to be meaningful
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
as planned; according to plan
fast (talking); rapid; quick-tongued
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
to have a meal; to take a meal
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
state of mind; mentality; psychology
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
results (of a study or investigation)
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
rich in variety; diverse; wide-ranging; multifarious
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
fried chicken (esp. American-style)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
to pour into; to wash down (food); to insert (e.g. into a data stream); to integrate
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
to throw into; to toss into; to throw-in; to play a throw-in
western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful
only; merely; but; no more than
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
and then; and so; and; so then
learned society; scientific society; academy; academic meeting; academic conference
mysterious disappearance; being spirited away