The figure presiding continues in this function during the sobremesa, that is, the time spent lingering and chatting after the meal. It's perhaps significant that in English there is no specific word for sobremesa.

He looks up and greets me in the bluff good-natured way that makes him popular with everyone from Jimmy the One down to our newest ordinary seaman.

Currently, there are 15 subprovincial municipalities in the People's Republic of China.

victim of an optical illusion; victim of a string of bad luck