dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
lifestyle; way of life; daily goings-on; daily habits
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
(open) a little; slightly; narrowly; (cut) finely; thinly
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
to begin to walk; to set out
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
duty; function; office; mission; task
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
too much; excessively; too
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
unexpected meeting; coincidence
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
each nation; many nations; many countries
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
international politics; world politics
center; centre; metropolis
secrecy; highly classified information
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
floating island (mass of floating aquatic plants); island that appears to be floating (due to the mirage effect)
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
personal; individual; private
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else