to be satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); to be happy
to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength
practice; practising; experience
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
trauma (usu. psychological)
thickly; heavily; richly; severely; strongly
equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
depressed; bummed out; down; heavy-hearted; heavy-spirited; feeling reluctant (to do)
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
very much; exceedingly; extremely
sour look; surly face; pout
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
beyond that point; after that
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
more than friends, less than lovers
couple who are more than friends, but not in an intimate relationship
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
dullard (gen. from not picking up on other people's feelings)
to feel goodwill (towards); to wish someone well; to have a strong liking (for); to be emotionally involved
to have a comeback for every remark; to be always ready with excuses; to contradict everything
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
closing (for the day; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); closing down (of a library, museum, cinema, etc.)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
breaking off a relationship; permanent breach of friendship; rupture
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
getting (something); obtaining; scoring (goal, point, etc.)
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive