pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
getting (something); obtaining; scoring (goal, point, etc.)
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
criticism; commentary; review
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
to become popular; to grow in popularity; to catch on
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
those (near the second person)
banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
something like ...; something called ...
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
virile; tough; masculine; intense
rustic; rude; vulgar; rough
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
body; physique; build; stature
audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level
invitation; introduction; temptation
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
acting as a group; doing something together (in a group); collective action
sports club (e.g. at school); sports department (e.g. in a newspaper)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
uncle (younger than one's parent)
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
utter villain; atrocious fiend; devil
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
last week; the week before
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
whispered conversation; whispering