party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
weak constitution; ill health
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
manufacture and sales; vertical integration
sharing; share (on social media); market share
brothers (usu. in company, etc. names)
mistress; lover; prostitute
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
to intercommunicate; to exchange (messages, vows, etc.)
temporary employment agency; personnel placement agency; staffing agency; temp agency; temping agency
doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation
husband and wife; married couple
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
old gentleman; elderly gentleman
special selection; finest pick; top pick
oldest member of a group; longest-serving member
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
charisma (i.e. attractiveness, charm); charisma (i.e. divinely conferred power or talent); charism; charismatic person; someone famous (usu. for their talent); celebrity
taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
January; first month of the lunar calendar
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard
poor physical health; bad shape
to be a matter of life or death
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; not knowing the true nature
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now