tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to move (to another place or state); to change (e.g. of state, affiliation, scenery, etc.); to spread (of a fire, smell, etc.); to catch (an illness); to move (e.g. of one's focus); to change (e.g. of one's interest)
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
transactions; dealings; business
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly
absence; disregard; indifference
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
our country; our land; one's own country
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; relationship; relation; (good, bad, etc.) terms
war; fighting; fierce competition
to exercise one's authority (over); to influence; to glare (at); to scowl; to glower
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
invasion (e.g. of a country); raid; aggression
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
medal of honour; medal of merit
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand