(informal, slang) to be hungry, to feel like eating

(idiomatic) in the news, on the frontpage

in a hurry, hurriedly, hastily

soft-boiled

up to date, in the know

freelance

freelance, as a freelance

to become out of touch, to lose one's touch, to lose the habit of doing something / to lose the advantage of going first

(cooking, of a dinner service) à la russe (having courses already prepared and handed out to individual guests)

to throw someone a line, to give one a helping hand, to make it easier for someone / to give the opportunity to somebody to talk about a given subject; to give someone an opening