investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
to talk; to chat; to chatter
taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to take a roll call; to take the register
pupil; student; schoolchild
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
transfer student; student changing schools
middle stage; middle phase; middle game; midfield
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
time; season; period; phase; stage
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
something like ...; something called ...
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
suited figure; person in a suit
woman; female; feminine gender
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to resound; to make a stir
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
make-up; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front)