meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
closing (for the day; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); closing down (of a library, museum, cinema, etc.)
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
final performance; last performance
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
pretext for not revealing something (e.g. actual reason for one's failure, vested interest, etc.)
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
bunch of flowers; bouquet
on the occasion of; at the time of
bolt from the blue; great surprise
superintendent; director; curator; chief librarian
shortage of talented people; shortfall in human resources
to quit one's job; to resign
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
strong opposition; vehement opposition
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
(having) same family and personal name
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
change; transition; vicissitudes
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice
10,000,000,000; ten billion
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)