direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to someone in person
conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
white of the eye; cold, unwelcoming eyes
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); (court) case; project; enterprise; advertisement
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to urge; to press
(foreign) trade; (international) commerce; importing and exporting
to pick a fight (with); to find fault (with)
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
at once; immediately; right now
empty lot; vacant plot of land
blunder; bungle; gaffe; bungling; stupid; tactless
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
to pour (sake); to serve; to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with; to intuit
viscous; mushy; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy; somewhat base; vaguely underhanded
to take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away
breakwater; mole; seawall; bulwark; shield (e.g. against critcism); protective barrier
looking on; standing by and watching; sitting back and watching; remaining a spectator
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
talk; conversation; informal expression of opinion; off-the-cuff remarks; discourse
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
danger to oneself; (fear of) one's physical safety