In an executive position a good secretary can greatly ease matters.

Maybe they thought that if all the David-son-of-Davids were together on a given day it would ease matters.

Strictly speaking, I, at any rate, might have retired from the contest and eased matters by offering to accept Cabin 28.

Hauksberg tried to ease matters with a grin.

I will say that I have no difficulty at all in stepping aside for another if it will ... ease matters among us.

Even the drought in 1929 did not ease matters, and ten more years of bad harvests meant they would not recoup their losses.

At Lisele's suggestion he learned the trick of putting his emotions at distance when talking with Elzh-and it did ease matters a lot.

Neither had much idea what they talked about, and Forbin's covert glances at his watch did nothing to ease matters.

Then, hoping to ease matters for Suldrun, she blundered on: "It was just one of our little walks we were having.

It will go a long way to ease matters at home till Marj leaves.