value; worth; virtue; blessing
warm welcome; friendly reception; hospitality; entertainment
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree
to slide into; to slip into
to sit down; to take a seat
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
sickroom; hospital room; ward
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
between times; when there's a spare moment
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
auditor; auditing student
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
depiction; description; portrayal
preference; priority; precedence
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
to have something (likely) come to mind; to be reminded of something; to understand a point
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
reinforcement; strengthening
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
to change; to alter; to run counter to; to go against; to make a mistake (in); to err
frequency (of occurrence)
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
story; tale; talk; discussion
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
decrease; reduction; decline
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
terminal; computer terminal; information access device (smartphone, tablet, book-reader, etc.); end (e.g. of a roll of film)
one way or the other; either way
as before; as ever; as it was originally
witnessing; observing; sighting
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say