a person who anonymously supplies information about covert or illegal action in the organization where they work
cough slightly so as to speak more clearly, attract attention, or to express hesitancy before saying something awkward
respond to what someone has said in a sudden and angrily critical way
a feeling of tightness or dryness in the throat caused by strong emotion, especially sadness
force ideas or material on a person’s attention by repeatedly putting them forward
put one’s hands around someone’s throat, typically in an attempt to throttle them
lose one’s voice or find it hard to speak because of hoarseness
a small, finchlike African bird of the waxbill family, with speckled brown plumage, a conspicuous crimson throat band, and a rufous belly
a small, lively thrush found in northern Eurasia and Alaska. The male has a blue throat with a reddish spot in the center