to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
convenient; handy; useful
tool; implement; means; furniture
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
lasciviousness; lechery; salaciousness; lust; sensuality; lewdness
to care for someone; to look after someone
to remind (someone of something); to call attention to; to make sure of; to emphasize; to emphasise
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
thereupon; shortly thereafter
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; marijuana; cannabis
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
handing out flyers; distributing leaflets
putting flyers into mailboxes; posting (to online message boards, etc.); posting (accounting transactions)
self-employed profession (e.g. actor, artist); liberal profession
that's true; of course; obviously
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit
no!; no no!; no, not at all
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
work; business; company; study
to ask for permission (before doing something); to ask first
addition; appendix; supplement; postscript
things left (to one) by the deceased; inherited item; estate; lost item; lost property
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
not limited to; not just ...
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
the place for; the time for; the level of
being scattered and ultimately lost; dissipation
bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased