cooperation; collaboration
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
to make merry; to be festive
programme; program; plans; arrangements
to attract someone with food
to smack one's lips (over a dish); to eat with relish
nothing but; none other than
to have a meal together; to sit at table
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
way; method; means; resource; course
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
just the other day; quite recently
what kind of business; what sort of matter
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
judgment; judgement; discernment
bad influence; negative influence
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
disaster; accident; calamity; catastrophe
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
success or failure; outcome; result
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
the last moment; the very end
to worry; to fret; to get anxious
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
inconsistency; mismatch; nonconformity; unconformity