breakup (of a ceremony, wedding, party, meeting, etc.); closure
acknowledged; accepted; agreed
first meeting; first contest between
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
a few years ago; some years back
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
to entertain; to make welcome
on hand; readily available
practical problem; practical matter
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to be filled with grief; to be overcome with sorrow
persuasion by tears; using tears to get one's way; sob story
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
official title; name of one's job
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
if you run after two hares you will catch neither
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
business conditions; trade conditions; financial situation
to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
great erudition; extensive knowledge; vast stock of knowledge
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
necrology; roster of the dead
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice; request