to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
to extend; to expand; to spread out
to teach (the way); to guide; to instruct; to enlighten
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person
to entrust; to leave to a person
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to complain; to make a complaint
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to call again; to call someone back
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
caller; visitor; company; guest
gesture; gesticulation; motion
to refuse; to decline; to deny
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
bolt from the blue; great surprise
principal of a private school
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to be powered on; to be turned on
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
to redeem (from sin); to save
quarrelsome; easy to anger; quick to lose temper