to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
traitor (to one's country); quisling
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
intimacy; affection; familiarity
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
winning over; placation; gentle persuasion
cordial welcome; hearty welcome; kind treatment; hospitality
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
suspicious character (person, figure)
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin
gossip; corner of the mouth
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while they sleep; to catch someone off their guard by setting traps
head of a sleeping person
something; something or other; something something
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
exchange; reciprocation; give-and-take; reply; riposte
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
how can (one) do something
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)