freshly-ground (e.g. coffee, pepper); fresh ground
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
Chief Cabinet Secretary (Japan); Chief of Staff (to the President, Prime Minister, etc.); Cabinet Secretary; Executive Secretary
receiving an official appointment; being appointed (to the post of)
secretary (government); director; chief
successive jobs; consecutive jobs
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction
token (effort); something done for form's sake
hypocrite; dissembler; wolf in sheep's clothing; fox in a lamb's skin
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
bird of paradise (Paradisaeidae family)
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
arrogant; haughty; insolent
-less; lacking; non-existing
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to mix; to stir; to blend
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
ago; since; before; previous
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
to reach; to get to; to arrive at