to exert	to use power or influence to affect sb/sth	
praise	words that show approval of or admiration for sb/sth	
to sing one's praises	to extol or praise continuously	
counteroffer	offer made by someone who has rejected a prior offer	
to go over old ground	to deal with the same subjects or the same part of a subject that has already been dealt with | to revisit, tiresomely, an old argument 	
momentum	ability to keep increasing or developing | force that is gained by movement	
to infer ~ sth (from sth)	to reach an opinion or decide that sth is true on the basis of information that is available	
to align ~ sth (with / to sth)	to change sth slightly so that it is in the correct relationship to sth else	
to wing it	(informal) to do sth without planning or preparing it first | to improvise	
trap	unpleasant situation from which it is hard to escape	
insight	ability to understand the true nature of sth | perception	
to tilt	to move, or make sth move, into a position with one side or end higher than the other | to make sth/sb change slightly so that one particular opinion, person, etc. is preferred or more likely to succeed than another | to change in this way - e.g. The hot conditions may tilt the balance in favour of the Kenyan runners	
to think on one's feet	o think quickly | answer or act without waiting | know what to do or say right away	
to gain an edge	to get an advantage	
sidetracked	led to start to talk about or do sth that is different from the main thing that you are supposed to be talking about or doing	
to sidetrack	to divert or reduce to a position or condition that is relatively secondary or subordinate in activity, importance, effectiveness, or the like	
query /ˈkwɪərɪ/	question, especially one asking for information or expressing a doubt about sth	
prior to	before	
to commit ~ sb / yourself (to sth / to doing sth)	to promise sincerely that you will definitely do sth, keep to an agreement or arrangement, etc	
tailored to	adapted to	
endeavour (to make an ~ to do sth)	attempt to do sth, especially sth new or difficult	
approach	way of dealing with sb/sth | a way of doing or thinking about sth such as a problem or a task	
to execute	to do a piece of work, perform a duty, put a plan into action, etc	
to trade sth for sth else	to exchange sth that you have for sth that sb else has, e.g. concessions	
compatibility	ability of people or things to live together without problems	
fragile /ˈfrædʒaɪl/	easily broken or damaged | weak and uncertain | easily destroyed or spoilt	
to perceive	to understand or think of sth in a particular way | to notice or become aware of sth	
considerably	in a way that is great in amount, size, importance, etc	
to set out	to take the first step or steps in carrying out an action | lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line	
to be after	to have the will and intention to carry out some action | try to get	
to get underway	to start, begin	
underway	on the move, currently in progress	
intended	that you are trying to achieve or reach	
to enable	to make it possible for sth to happen or exist by creating the necessary conditions	
hence	for this reason	
likelihood	probability	
subsequently	afterwards | later | after sth else has happened	
assumption	belief or feeling that sth is true or that sth will happen, although there is no proof	
vain	that does not produce the result you want | useless	
standstill	situation in which all activity or movement has stopped	
impasse /æmˈpɑ:s/	difficult situation in which no progress can be made because the people involved cannot agree what to do	
stalemate	situation in a dispute or competition in which neither side is able to win or make any progress	
to constrain	to force sb to do sth or behave in a particular way	
to reject	to refuse to accept or consider sth	
to restate	to say sth again or in a different way, especially so that it is more clearly or strongly expressed	
party (the other ~)	one of the people or groups of people involved in a legal agreement or dispute	
to maintain	to make sth continue at the same level, standard, etc | keep (e.g. eye	
to reciprocate /rɪˈsɪprəkeɪt/ ~ (sth) (with sth)	to behave or feel towards sb in the same way as they behave or feel towards you	
to seek ~ (for) sth/sb	to look for sth/sb | to try to obtain or achieve sth	
to restrict	to limit 	
adjournment /əˈdʒə:nmənt/	break (in a meeting)	
breakpoint	pause	
to tackle	to deal with	
to assess ~ sb/sth (as sth)	to make a judgement about the nature or quality of sb/sth	
counterpart	person or thing that has the same position or function as sb/sth else in a different place or situation	
to bluff	to try to make sb believe that you will do sth that you do not really intend to do, or that you know sth that you do not really know	
exposure	fact of being discussed or mentioned on television, in newspapers, etc	
to facilitate	fact of being discussed or mentioned on television, in newspapers, etc	
to meet half way	to yield or concede half of the difference in order to effect a compromise or reconciliation with	
fringe benefits	extra things that an employer gives you as well as your wages	
BATNA	best alternative to a negotiated agreement. In negotiation theory, the Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement or BATNA is the most advantageous alternative course of action  a party can take if negotiations fail and an agreement cannot be reached	
coinage	process of inventing a word or phrase	
intrinsic	inherent, essential | belonging naturally (intrinsic value)	
extrinsic	not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside	
to appeal to	to attract or interest sb	
to bid	to make a formal proposal to buy at a specified price	
to outbid	to bid higher than others	
to jeopardise	to pose a threat to | present a danger to	
to wrap up	(informal) to complete sth such as an agreement or a meeting in a satisfactory way