oral; verbal; spoken; parol
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)
to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel; to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension)
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
regarding highly; attaching importance to
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
in range; within the limits (of...); within (a) range
in that respect; on that point; in that regard
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
unthinkable; count for nothing; not matter; out of the question
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
time for ...; time to ...; good opportunity to ...; season
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
to give off (a smell, scent, aroma); to smell of; to perfume (a room, etc.); to hint at; to suggest; to insinuate
don't get me wrong, but ...; I'm sorry
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.); attending (without participating); sitting in (e.g. on a meeting); observing
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
dial-style (e.g. of phones)
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
using as an intermediary; through
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
while moving; on the move
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
process document; procedure manual
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
dissenting opinion; opposite viewpoint; contraview
putting a plan into operation