restaurant with only set meals
the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)
all right; very well; okay; I got it
lecture; sermon; preaching; moralizing; moralising
both; many; various; together
to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious
entry into a castle (by a conquering force)
having an audience with someone of very high social standing (e.g. the emperor)
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
homecoming; returning home
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders)
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
virile; tough; masculine; intense
showing special confidence and courtesy (to someone, often to convince them to take a post, etc.)
to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge; to resent; to bear a grudge
hybrid; crossbreed; mongrel
under the command (of); under the banner (of); influenced (by)
lust killer; lust murderer
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
dark; gloomy; somber; depressing
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
to have sexual intercourse
outskirts (of a town); run-down district
way of living; manner of living; lifestyle
mock exam; practice exam; practice test
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft
Charon (moon of Pluto); Charon (Greek god)