to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
serious; severe; grave; acute
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to be affected; to put on airs; to pose
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
by-product; spin-off; outgrowth; side effect
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
naming (esp. of a commercial product or company); branding
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides
distinction; differentiation; classification
rampaging; raging violently; going berserk
to be to the point; to be pertinent
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)
to stop (plug) one's ears
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
talk; recital; narration; topic
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)