to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
thirtieth day of the month; thirty days
periodic; regular; routine
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
weekend; Saturday and Sunday
real intention; true motive; true meaning
last ray of hope; only hope
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
to lie down; to throw oneself down
(right at the) side; just beside
basic mistake; careless mistake
to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
putting off (doing); postponement; delaying
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
matter of time; question of time
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to come to one's senses; to calm down
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
to handle (a thing) roughly