voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
artificial intelligence; AI
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
artifact spirit; in folk belief, long-lived objects (household objects, living beings, nature, etc.) become inhabited by a spirit
function; facility; faculty; feature
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
highest level; high-water mark
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
that is to say; so that means
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
defense; defence; protection
putting into operation; invocation
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
gauge; standard; length; size; (measuring) rule; scale
serious; severe; grave; acute
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
only; merely; but; no more than
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone