guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
jumping to a wrong conclusion
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
in loud gulps (esp. of alcohol)
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
to drink up; to drain (cup)
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
already; now; no longer; not any more
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
close; intimate; on good terms