to form new friendships
交朋友 (jiao pengyou)
"It’s easy to make friends when you’re kind to others."
"当你对别人友善时,很容易交朋友。" (dang ni dui bieren youshan shi hen rongyi jiao pengyou)
to start working seriously
to be tough in making a deal or negotiation
to continue for too long and become boring
discussing a problem makes it easier to solve
to analyze data in great detail
to avoid mentioning unpleasant details