meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
mediator; manager; caretaker
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
all-night vigil over a body; wake
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
each field; various circles
central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
fighting spirit; (will to) fight
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
mum; mom; mummy; the missus
will; testament; last request
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
descendant; posterity; offspring
to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
depression; low spirits; dejection
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
wherein; therein; thereinto
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
to be a matter of life or death
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
person concerned; interested party; related party
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
few decades; many decades; several decades
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality