to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
somewhat; to some extent; to some degree; some; part; portion
human; human-like; as a person
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
mimesis; mimicry; camouflage
interior; inside; internal
cave; hollow; cavity; hollow
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
(not) even once; (not) ever
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
nothing but; none other than
phone extension; indoor wiring; inner line
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
to breathe out; to exhale
folding chair (with tubular metal frame)
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
kindness; intimacy; friendship
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others