a story within a story

to raise an issue

fable, fiction

dispute to be settled

affair, matter

art is long and time is fleeting

to make a long story short

put a stop to fighting

story in verse, versified tale

urge horse

to take off a suit of clothes, disrobe

to increase strife or a feud, to foment a quarrel

take off one's jewellery, (Often eastern women take off their jewelry to express sorrow and grief on the death of their husband)

to cross the own limits, the put steps out from limits, to exploit

to take the lead, go ahead, to overstep, exceed bounds, to desist from one's former courses

developing expertise in a task

clear the table, bring a meal to an end, remove the tablecloth