meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
potential; latent faculties; potential capacities
to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
whispering; murmuring; subdued
light and darkness; light and shade
common saying; popular version; folklore; tradition
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
dispute; contention; conflict; controversy
proof; certain truth; demonstration; argumentation
to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade
singularity; singular point
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
opposing (a thing) to (another); contrast; contraposition; antithesis; counterposing
to shake; to wave; to swing; to sway
titubation; shaking; swinging
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
primordial; fundamental; basic; primitive
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
to etch into one's mind; to remember well
potentiality; dormancy; latency
hard problem; person hard to please; hard nut to crack
opposite side; reverse; (on the) other hand
traction; towing; hauling; driving (e.g. economic growth)
perfunctory; cursory; passing; chance (e.g. customer); transient; stray
day after day; day by day
contriving (to raise funds, to find time, etc.); working out (a solution)
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)