invitation; introduction; temptation
diplomatic; diplomatically
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
next generation; future generation
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
celebration; congratulations
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
had better ...; had better not ...
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
target group; target persons
to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
doing whatever one pleases
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
everyday; always; at all times; frequently
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
your highness; your grace; your eminence
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
prejudice; bias; distorted view
youth; minor; young people
to understand (each other); to comprehend
inflated price (assigned in anticipation of being haggled down); overcharging; exaggeration
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse
treating someone like a child
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.