to get information out of a person; to begin listening
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
to press a question; to cross-examine
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
influence (on someone); inspiration
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
without being able to help oneself; against one's will; compelling; pressing; irresistible
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
to be in danger of; to be liable to
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to become lost (e.g. of dignity); to be sullied
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
opening (for that day's business; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); opening (of a new library, museum, cinema, etc.)
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
westering sun; setting sun; afternoon sun
uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
soon; before long; shortly thereafter
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties