to keep expenses under control
mantener los gastos bajo control (mantener los gastos bajo control)
"The company managed to hold down costs despite rising raw material prices."
"La empresa logró mantener los costos bajo control a pesar del aumento de los precios de las materias primas." (la empresa logro **mantener los costos bajo control** a pesar del aumento de los precios de las materias primas.)
to visit someone casually without prior arrangement
to express gratitude for something
to look in different places in search of something
to decide which tasks or goals are most important
to do something that one has missed or delayed doing before...
to start discussing a topic in a conversation or meeting