east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
village festival; autumn festival; harvest festival
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
flair; flash; insight; flash (of inspiration, wit, etc.); waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)
doing as one is told; yes-man
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)
inspection (for compliance); investigation (tax, etc.)
body; group; party; company; troupe
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
somehow; for some reason or other
from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
to be led by; to be headed by
to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others
(enter into, be in) a state of war
expression; presentation; representation; notation
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
several years; a few years
repeated at intervals; every other (day, week, month, ...)