drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
to throw on the fire; to burn
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
chair; stool; post; office; position
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
to move up (e.g. date, rank, order); to be advanced; to be carried (of a number in addition)
positive (e.g. thinking); positive (photography); positive (electrical polarity)
mourning (dead persons); memorial
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
you could say; you might say; verging on the
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
tediously; repetitively; insistently; ad nauseam; at great length
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
Federal Bureau of Investigation; FBI
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
memories; recollections; reminiscence
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish