puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
to forget everything; to lose one's memory (e.g. of a period); to black out
harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
patch; patching; join; joining; successor; heir
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person
as far as ... is concerned; so far as ... can tell
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
script; libretto; scenario
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
high-handed; domineering; on one's high horse
not serious; frivolous; insincere; unsteady
to get used to; to become accustomed to; to be at home (on the stage)
superiority complex; sense of superiority
abstention; nonparticipation
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
taste; smooth talking; reception; hospitality
to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight
for some (unspecified) reason
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
modesty; self-control; discretion
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
several weeks; a few weeks
extravagant; extreme; hyper
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
otherwise; or else; if not
spineless; backboneless; timid; cowardly; weak-kneed
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy