arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
clean; clear; pure; honest; clean
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown
to say no more; to sink into silence
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
penance; austerities; mortification; difficult work; strenuous task
to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea); to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become rough (of skin); to get chapped
ahead (of); before; slightly earlier
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
to assign; to allot; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate; to assess
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
exploitation; overuse; abuse
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
removal; taking away; dismantling (a building, facilities, etc.); withdrawal (of troops)
adding (equipment, facilities, etc.); establishing more; installing more; increase; extension; expansion
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
consecutive defeats; series of defeats
to be dispelled (of doubts, ill feeling, etc.); to disappear; to be put behind one; to burst (of a boil, abscess, etc.)
to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up
powerful person; influential person
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
right to decide; having say (in a decision)
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
feeling of relief (for the time being); peace of mind (for now)
prominent; eminent; leading; foremost; distinguished
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
in three days' time; two days after tomorrow
that; the matter in question
(land) with a thump; slumping (of something heavy); (lying down) with a flop; effortlessly (throw onto); roundishly (shaped; of something large)
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
serious; severe; grave; acute
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
holding out a little longer
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)