if possible; if it is in my power; if it was realistic
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
follower; attendant; valet; servant
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
story; tale; talk; discussion
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
discovery; detection; finding
corridor; hallway; passageway
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
light; faint; pale; fleeting
red; red color (colour); red-colored; red; communism; the left
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to say; to be called; to do
this occasion; at this time; now
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
surname; family name; last name
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
formal dress; ceremonial dress; morning dress; evening dress; dress suit
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing