to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
ultimate; final; last; eventual
private talk; confidential talk; secret talk
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
close; intimate; on good terms
adversity strengthens the foundations; after a storm comes a calm; what doesn't kill you makes you stronger
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
gooseflesh; goose pimples; goose bumps
equipment; harness; fittings
to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
to have an audience (with); to have an interview (with); to meet; to see
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
message; informative matter
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia)
day something goes on sale; date of issue; release date
festival; feast; carnival
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
to amuse oneself; to make merry
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
smoothly; easily; readily
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
the farthest ends; the furthest ends