to spread gradually among people
распространяться постепенно среди людей (rasprostranyatsya postepenno sredi lyudey)
"News of the promotion quickly filtered through the office."
"Новость о повышении быстро распространилась по офису." (Novost' o povyshenii bystro rasprostranilas' po ofisu.)
to have a friendly relationship with someone
a perfect romantic couple
to dismiss something by treating it as a joke
past one's prime; no longer young or at peak performance
to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong
exactly at the right moment
