direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to somebody in person
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
retention; maintenance; preservation
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
generally; in general; widely; commonly; universally
opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
to exchange (messages, thoughts, etc.); to communicate
depression; low spirits; dejection
in a few days; in the near future; soon; one of these days
refutation; rebuttal; retort
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
elder sister; effeminate man
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
to be at a loss for words; to be speechless; to be dumbfounded; to be struck dumb
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
to be annoying; to be troublesome
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)