lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative
to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)
to care for someone; to look after someone
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
hiding one's embarrassment
fast-talking; rapid talking
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
partially consumed drink; partially consuming a drink
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to shake one's head (in denial)
very great; enormous; serious
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
duty; obligation; responsibility
inexpensive; cheap; easy; simple
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
major incident; major happening; big scandal
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of