dead language; extinct language; obsolete word; word that has become passé
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
social life; social intercourse
amusement center (centre); game arcade; gambling hall
to face on; to look out on to
society; public; community; social studies
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
every evening; night after night
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
many; much; plenty; hardly
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
counter seat; seat at the counter
able; capable; competent; able person; person of ability
to lie deep in; to extend far back
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to smoke (e.g. pipe); to puff (cigarette)
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to amuse oneself; to make merry
scarlet eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum); gilo
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
(political) power; authority; influence
abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess