mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
to take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
number one; first; best; most; game; round
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to feel; to sense; to experience
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
settlement; solution; resolution
than; from; out of; except; but; more
(some) more; even more; longer; further
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
doubt; suspicion; fear; apprehension
looks; countenance; facial features; physiognomy
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
with a friendly grin; smilingly
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
flat; level; flat (e.g. in 10 seconds flat); exactly; flat; flat
harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid
covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address