telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening
petty underling; small fry
dealing with; coping with
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to collect; to assemble; to gather
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
some people; a few people; several people
appearing with one's (full) name; showing one's name (on a nameplate, etc.)
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; in a whisper
considerably; greatly; a lot
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address