discussion; discourse; lecture; sermon
I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...
accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer
to be expensive; to be costly
to pay with one's own money; to pay out of one's own pocket
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
de- (indicating reversal, removal, etc.); post-
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
the question remains; it comes into question
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
not yet known; unknown; strange
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
drunken sickness; getting sick from drinking; drunken frenzy; becoming violent or disorderly when drunk
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
option; selecting an option; optional extra; individual item; separate item; option
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently
to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up
release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what somebody feels (using one's intuition)
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)