hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
taking over another's debt; shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation
bosom (buddy); trusted (friend)
self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
tea-drinking companion; crony; buddy; spouse married late in life for companionship
promotion; raising of status
by-product; spin-off; outgrowth; side effect
present continuous tense; present progressive form
record of war; war chronicle; commentaries of war; military history
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
enactment; establishment; creation
war or military record; score; military achievements; results
weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline
family a woman has married into
copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript
mistress; kept woman; concubine
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
billboard; advertising sign
worthy of special mention
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
newly appointed; inaugural
to knead again; to rework; to revise; to polish
to weave together; to interweave; to intermingle
long-term storage; long-term preservation
binder; clipboard; binding machine (wheat, etc.); binder
at any time; at any moment; when; at what moment
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
experience; being accustomed (to something); poise in a critical situation
one's daily life; condition; well-being; standing and sitting; movements
deep knowledge; attainments; scholarship
being reluctant to give out (pay, provide, etc.); giving out grudgingly