to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
to discuss; to talk together
official announcement; proclamation
to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
topic of discussion; agenda
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
assembly room; assembly hall; meeting room; community room
attendance; presence; appearance
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
unstopping; uncorking; uncapping; connecting (e.g. gas supply)
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
mixture; jumble; cord made by entwining threads of various colours
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
to look upwards; to look up
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
even though; despite; when
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
one by one; one after another; successively
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
infinite loop; closed loop
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
room connecting the two main rooms of a building; intermediate room
to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover