sympathy; empathy; response
praise; glorification; extolment
drunkenness; intoxication
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
tottering steps; drunken staggering
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
supremacy; predominance; being superior to
non-drinker; someone who cannot drink
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
organization; organisation; systematization; systematisation
and; thereupon; because of that
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
secrecy; highly classified information
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
horseplay; fooling around
adoration; admiration; devotion
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
good feeling; feeling good
halfway-done; mediocre; uncertain; half-heartedly; insufficiently
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
negotiations; discussions; connection
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
to search for; to seek for; to look for
loved one; lover; sweetheart
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
hearsay; rumor; rumour; report
with a friendly grin; smilingly