(being) among close family or friends only; private (gathering of intimates)
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
reserve; spare; note; memorandum; duplicate; copy
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
ahead (of); before; slightly earlier
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
retainer; attendant; escort
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
immediate reply; quick answer; ready agreement
return journey; one's way home; one's way back
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
along the road; along the way
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
perennial youth; eternal youth
immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead
astounding; tremendous; wild; crazy; exorbitant; outrageous
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
to read smoothly; to skim
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
to stop communicating; to never be heard from again; to disappear; to go missing
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure
inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted