do the honors — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
pop for — to make a short, quick, explosive sound: The cork popped.
put up — planned beforehand in a secret or crafty manner: a put-up job.
spring for — to rise, leap, move, or act suddenly and swiftly, as by a sudden dart or thrust forward or outward, or being suddenly released from a coiled or constrained position: to spring into the air; a tiger about to spring.
ponder — to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate (often followed by over or upon).
cherish — If you cherish something such as a hope or a pleasant memory, you keep it in your mind for a long period of time.
conceive — If you cannot conceive of something, you cannot imagine it or believe it.
deliberate — If you do something that is deliberate, you planned or decided to do it beforehand, and so it happens on purpose rather than by chance.
heed — to give careful attention to: He did not heed the warning.
hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
imagine — to form a mental image of (something not actually present to the senses).
maintain — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
recognize — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
recognise — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
support — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
keep in mind — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
