someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord in one's heart
somewhere (very vague); someplace (very vague)
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
near; close; beside; third person
big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage
last night; yesterday evening
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
mediation; intercession; smoothing over
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy
to go against; to act contrary to; to run counter to; to deviate from
incorrect; wrong; incorrect interpretation (answer, solution)
evaluation; criticism; commenting on; assessment; estimation
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
impudence; shamelessness; brazenness; arrogance; audacity; effrontery
to attract interest; to capture attention
appearing in one's finest clothes; appearing in one's hour of triumph
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
to resound; to make a stir
seeing things in a favourable light (favorable)
to perceive; to understand
after-party; second party (of the night); second meeting
one too shy to actively join in the party; wallflower
someone who is suddenly quiet and meek; (lit.) borrowed cat
terrible; awful; I don't even want to talk about it; without reason; inevitable; that's just how it is
affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella
to open one's mouth wide and eat heartily; to gulp down food
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
leader (of an alliance); leading power
good-for-nothing son; profligate son