main guest; guest of honor; guest of honour
great man; great god; hero; big man
good-natured person; nice person
slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
unmarried; not yet married
(courteous) invitation; call
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
major incident; major happening; big scandal
(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable
status elevation; upgrading; promotion
jue (ancient 3-legged Chinese wine pitcher, usu. made of bronze); peerage (hereditary title bestowed by the emperor)
bonus; bounty; reward; compensation
several years standing; over several years
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
deferment (e.g. of savings); leaving (a thing) as it stands; unredeemed; unredeemable; irredeemable
lawless; outrageous; insolent; rude; inexcusable; unpardonable
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
walking sideways; staggering; striding; being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
to coquet (of a woman); to entice a customer (of a prostitute); to flatter; to butter up
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
award for distinguished service
awarding; conferment; granting; presentation
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
to become insensitive; to become less perceptive; to lose one's touch; to get out of practice
to speak with an accent; to be corrupted (of word); to mispronounce
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to