surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
please sit down; please have a seat
number of stairs or stories (storeys); rank; order
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
intention; aim; preference (for); orientation (towards a goal)
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
water of life; life-giving water; distilled liquor (brandy, whisky, etc.); spirits; (arch.) semen
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
one by one; one at a time; in turn
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
to dart one's eyes about; to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
dated; date; fixed; external
process; course; mechanism
yes and no; for and against
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
successor; replacement; second wife
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
younger scholar; future reference
presence; sitting with; being with
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)