to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
deeply impressive; memorable; striking
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); a person standing in one's way; a superior who obstructs one's freedom of action
such ... as; or some such
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to talk (a person) down; to confute
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to put out one's tongue; to stick out one's tongue
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
quietly; calmly; comfortably; peacefully
to be silent; to say nothing
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
piece; fragment; one (object)
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
raging fire; conflagration
to be in a fit (of anger); to rage
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed