meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
easy; simple; simple (way of thinking, etc.); simple-minded; soft; lax
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to pile up; to accumulate
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
number of words a person speaks; number of dependents; number of mouths to feed; number of shares, items, applications, etc.
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
a gap develops; a significant difference emerges
setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
sympathy; compassion; pity
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
educational institution; school; academy; campus