sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
fundraising campaign; donation (to a fundraising campaign); contribution; (political) campaign
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
final; eventual; ultimate
(political) power; authority; influence
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
alternately; by turns; one after the other
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs
to ask a question; to ask questions
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
(in) his way; peculiar to him
good feeling; feeling good
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
practice; practising; experience
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
insisting (unreasonably); obstinate insistence
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
nodding; greeting (with eyes)
after-party; second party (of the night); second meeting
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
silence (not speaking); muteness
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust