offer justifications

talk imaginatively

be confounded, be taken aback, be struck dumb, be nonplussed

be confounded, be taken aback, be struck dumb, be nonplussed

correspondence

keep up active or brisk correspondence, send letters or petitions, etc.

to make someone memorise, to make someone cram without comprehension

repeat, memorise like a parrot without comprehending

to be pretend Muslim

to be unfaithful, to be disloyal

chatter, brag, bother much

puff

teach someone to chatter meaninglessly

sputter out things from memory, speak without understanding