to speak; to say; to vocalize
correction; revision; amendment
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
unusual; unconventional; mold-breaking; outside the box
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
sorry to bother you, but ...
irritating; impatient; annoying; frustrating; vexing
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to finish watching (e.g. a movie)
trouble; bother; annoyance
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to pitch forward; to fall forward
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
careless; thoughtless; hasty; rash
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)
spoiled; spoilt; ruined; wasted (chance, etc.); messed up; destroyed
imputation; shifting (blame, responsibility, etc.); passing the buck; (arch.) second marriage; (arch.) remarriage
to gather; to (pick up and) collect; to glean (information)
to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
to feel a chill run down one's spine
hoarse voice; husky voice
horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling
without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily
to strangle; to constrict
to twist; to wrench; to twist (a body part); to bend; to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck); to defeat easily
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling