opportunity to continue a conversation
old bones; aged body; advanced age
to break off (mid-sentence); to stop (saying)
to be about to board; to be riding on; to get on top of; to lean over; to set about; to collide with
to meet somebody by chance; to happen upon
forbidding look; uncanny look
to begin to grow light; to dawn
to stick one's nose into (someone else's business); to meddle; to interfere; to butt in
to clear away; to remove; to demolish
scrap of cloth; odds and ends
to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
to ask elsewhere; to try another (store, service, etc.)
to speak energetically; to talk big; to argue heatedly
to be wrought up; to be on edge; to get irritated; to get excited (about); to be unsettled
farewell address; parting words
to form a complete whole; to be joined together
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
age relationship; luck attending age
being somewhat puzzled; looking somewhat baffled
to be ready and waiting for; to be on the alert for
die all together; go to the grave together
shady; underhanded; questionable
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
grain (1-7000 of a pound, approx. 64.80 mg); grain (wheat, etc.)
to make an example of; to make a victim of; to hold up somebody (something) to ridicule; to pierce with a spear
current; hip; trendy; fashionable; stylish