to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
thought; consideration; thinking
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
cut; reduction; curtailment
give up; relinquish; serve up; let loose
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan
common language; lingua franca; standard language (language variety understood throughout a country)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
work style; way of working
something like ...; something called ...
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to watch over; to watch attentively