to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
bond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; tether; fetters
tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
serious look (on one's face); straight face
ugh (when angry, irritated, etc.); ack; ach; tsk; keh
to bud; to sprout; to arise; to begin to grow
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
never mind!; don't worry about it
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
conference room; council room
forcibly; by force; against one's will
from the beginning; from the first; of course; not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...
quarrel; dispute; argument
sanity; consciousness; soberness
successively; one after another
casualties; the killed and wounded
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
because of; owing to; due to
piece of junk; worn-out article; clumsy; useless; dismantled car; hitting (with fist)
personal feelings; self-interest
to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
acting arbitrarily on one's own authority; acting arbitrarily without consultation
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to lecture; to read aloud; to devise (e.g. a strategy); to work out (e.g. a tactic); to confer; to hold conference (with)
sweet words; smooth talk; cajolery; flattery; sycophancy
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
to put up (a notice); to post
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)