to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand); to present; to submit; to sacrifice; to give (up)
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)
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 take a breath; to take a short rest
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
how; in what way; by what means
fast-talking; rapid talking
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
as expected; as predicted
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
that kind; competition; match
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
all night; throughout the night
(I) won't say anything no matter what; unwilling to tell even under threat
to serve as a reference; to provide useful information; to be helpful; to be informative; to be instructive
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
point in common; common feature
to have sparkling eyes; to have shining eyes; to have a gleam in one's eyes
without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily