to take up one's pen, to write a letter

Alternative form of tourner sa langue sept fois dans sa bouche

(informal) to think carefully (before one speaks); to refrain from speaking the first thing that comes to mind, to carve every word (before letting it fall)

(informal, figuratively) to never be at a loss for words, to be very talkative, not to be shy; to have the gift of the gab / (informal, figuratively) to speak plainly, to be very frank

not comfortable in one's own skin, not comfortable with who one is, feeling ill at ease with oneself

(figuratively) to be riding for a fall, to be heading for disaster, to be on the road to ruin

to draw to a close, to come to an end, to near the end, to near completion

to draw to a close, to come to an end, to near the end, to near completion

(figuratively) to talk under one's breath, to mutter, to mumble

(transitive, informal, figuratively) to get on someone's good side, to get someone to like oneself; to twist someone around one's little finger