gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
one's relationships; people one knows; circle of friends
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal
PET bottle (clear plastic beverage bottle)
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
on the occasion of; at the time of
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle
to penetrate; to pervade; to spread
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
being satisfied; being convinced; understanding
craving for the limelight
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless