care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
manuscript; version; draft
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
(in the) same house; (under the) same roof
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
absolute best; very finest; top-class; first-rate; elite
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured
to get to the main subject; to move on to the main topic; to get down to business
incoherent; vague; silly; foolish
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
to lose heart; to lose interest; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose focus; to let one's guard down
to throw at; to fling at; to hurl at; to hurl (abuse, insults, etc.) at; to use (rough language) with (someone)
rebellious phase; rebellious age
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
proper; reasonable; right; appropriate
to think of; to come up with
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
flight; running away; absconding; elopement
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
conclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.); conclusion
angry voice; one's voice when shouting with anger
cannot bear (doing); cannot bring oneself (to do); reluctant (to do)
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
critic; reviewer; commentator
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
nothing but (this); no more than (this); none other than
to establish; to formulate
process; course; mechanism
to talk of one's dreams (esp. unrealistic, far-fetched ones); to dream out loud
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce