"matter" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He suggests that a letter to Jack's father might smooth matters over.
- But it's not clear why the collapse of Communism should smooth matters over.
- Perhaps apologize to Jellico in the hopes of smoothing matters over?
- Having served nearly her whole life as a person of authority, Kahlan knew that it often smoothed matters of leadership if you matched people's expectations.
- Fortunately for Mills, McCoy, who spoke the native tongue with considerable fluency, was able to smooth matters over.
- The reporter smoothed matters with: "Not my fault, commissioner.
- Finally Zhou himself helped to smooth matters, and at the closing banquet the president is described as getting happily tipsy from all the toasts.
- They always had maids around, though, which smoothed matters somewhat.
- I was anxious to smooth matters between us.
- It occurred to him, then, that he could smooth matters by making available to Barney one of his discarded-but still serviceable-former mistresses.
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