tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
to watch steadily; to stare
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
what people say; rumours; public opinion
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
other intention; hidden purpose; ulterior motive; ill will; malice
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
long-cherished ambition; satisfaction
cold; indifferent; unfriendly; unsympathetic; unkind
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility