anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
back to back; discord; feud; opposite sides of the same coin
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
both; together; jointly; simultaneously
to be opposite; to face each other
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
light; faint; pale; fleeting
loved one; lover; sweetheart
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
fourth day of the month; four days
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
sundry; various; assorted
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
derailment; digression; deviation
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
support; backing; patronage
in terms of; from the point of view of
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
makeshift; temporary expedient; stopgap measure
to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like