(speaking) bluntly; frankly; straightforwardly; openly; directly; unhesitantingly
... years old; age (of) ...
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
(coil) spring; spring (season); light overcoat (worn in spring and autumn); topcoat
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
colloquialism; colloquial language; slang
to talk; to chat; to chatter
on the way back; when about to go back
literally; to the letter; literal
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
(written) contract; agreement
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
speech is silver, silence is golden
saying; maxim; aphorism; proverb
to soak (into); to permeate; to sting (of a wound, sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (e.g. with vice); to be steeped (e.g. with prejudice)
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
performance fee (for an actor, singer, etc.); appearance fee
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
100,000; hundred thousand