the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
military service; conscription
attendance; presence; appearance
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
to make an appearance; to show up
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to dance; to perform dance steps
arbitration; intercession; mediation
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
hard worker; hardworking person
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly