to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
having lost face; in a bind
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
inside one's heart; in one's mind
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
eccentric; crank; oddball
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
proposal; offer; request; application
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
the five fingers; leading five; top five
every year; yearly; annually
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
superfine; extra-fine; extremely thin; extra-fine woollen yarn
everywhere; all over; throughout
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to concern; to be related
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
to attack; to assault; to assail
to thrust before; to thrust at
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
coming flying in (migratory birds, airborne sand, pollen, etc.); coming by airplane
along; parallel to; in accordance with
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
in succession; one after another