son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
to taste; to try (food or drink)
drinking straight from a bottle
declaration; statement; proclamation
one's condolences; feelings of sympathy
formal; proper; prescribed; conventional; stereotypical
to know (a person); to think
in order; in turn; one by one
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
to bail out (water); to scoop out
to detain; to take into custody
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
whatever the case; under any circumstances
carrot and stick; (lit.) candy and whip
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do
financials; on the funding (capital) side
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
adversary; opposition; hostile forces
massacre; mass slaughter; genocide; holocaust
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
sycophant; apple-polisher; flatterer; sesame seed grinding
superior; boss; them (as opposed to "us"); person above; upstairs neighbour (neighbor)
diplomatic; diplomatically
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)