necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
surroundings; environs; circumference
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
imagination; supposition; guess
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
ingenuity; resourcefulness
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
that is to say; so that means
every person; each one; everybody
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
moderator; host; chairman
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
Island; insula; island; islet
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
don't you think?; indicates question
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
way of speaking; intimation
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
the ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand