first meeting; first interview with
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
evacuation order; evacuation notice
number of persons; personnel
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
how; in what way; how about; questionable
as you see; as you can see
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
personage; person (deserving of respect)
succession; continuation; series; sequence
doubting; questioning; being skeptical (of)
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
acquaintance; appreciative friend
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy
high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous