(exp) to save money
(n) monetary tightening
credit squeeze
credit crunch
(v5r,vi) to run about
to rush about
(v1,vt) to round up
to gather
to muster
to mobilize
to mobilise
(exp) to move troops forward
(v1) to stereotype
to squeeze into a pattern
to regiment
(v1,vt) to tie
to fasten
to hitch
to secure (e.g. load, patronage of customers, etc.)
(v1,vt) (1) to kill
to slay
to shoot dead
to cut down
(P)
(n) Cease fire
(v1,vt) (1) to fix upon (one-sidedly)
to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case
(2) to scold
to take (a person) to task
(v1,vt) (1) to fix upon (one-sidedly)
to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case
(2) to scold
to take (a person) to task
(P)
(exp,v1) to fill in a hole
to plug up a hole
to fill in for a vacancy
(exp) to gaze at the moon
(v1,vt) to talk down
(v1) to correct oneself
(v1) to do sweet-talk
(v1,vt) to give detailed instructions
(v1,vt) to talk down
to argue down
(v1) (1) to say say previously unspoken thoughts
(2) to start saying
(3) to court someone
(v1,vt) to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence)
(v1,vt) to talk down
to argue down
(adj-i) old-fashioned
(v1,vt) to challenge
to call somebody to halt
(v1,vt) to call together
to convene
(v1,vt) to challenge
to call somebody to halt
(v1) to admonish sternly
(adj-i) feeling guilty
with a guilty conscience
(exp) in a bad temper
(n) weaning ceremony
(exp) to put stress on a word