dinner party; ceremonial dinner; dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)
presence; sitting with; being with
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity
national character; regional character
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
future (usually near); prospects
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
name; given name; first name
coming to a store (restaurant, bar, shop, etc.)
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
suffix for familiar person
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
story; tale; talk; discussion
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with