thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
one bow; one salute; one greeting
permission; approval; authorization; license
nodding; greeting (with eyes)
to look up to (a person) as one's preceptor
to press a question; to cross-examine
no, not like that (but like this)
stress relief; stress release; blowing off steam
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
way of calling (something or someone)
simply put; putting it simply; in short
to become attached; to begin to love
to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede
to speak sharply (e.g. during a heated discussion or argument)
winning over; placation; gentle persuasion
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
to shake; to waver; to tremble
measure to win someone over to one's side
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
apathetic; indifferent; nonchalant; callous
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
firm; solid; steady; secure; unshakeable; unwavering
mental; spiritual; emotional
burdening; bearing; load (electrical, mechanical, etc.); stress; stress testing (of physical function or performance); provocative testing
open; frank; outspoken; unreserved; straightforward; honest
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
to subsist; to keep on living
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to take root (of a plant); to strike root; to root; to become established (e.g. of an idea, a movement); to take hold; to take root
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
not caring; not giving a damn
chillingly; shiveringly; with goosebumps; uncomfortably; restlessly
dissection; autopsy; postmortem examination; analysis; postmortem
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short