raise someone's consciousness
stoke
hear
speak someone's language
sensitize
inculcate
talk through
insee
conscientize
humanize
orient
pick up what someone is putting down
pump someone's tires
bend someone's ear
sympathize
soothe
civilise
read the room
grip
get into someone's head
make an impression
play to
embolden
commiserate
obsess
mix it up
hear of
feel for
warn
quicken
get into
be with
know like a book
sarpork
look to
talk over
talk
get to grips with
cry someone a river
empathize
look around
give the devil his due
pour oil on troubled waters
sing the praises of
know what one is about
politicize
talk up
get in with
sustain
underscore
accommodate
hit different
clock
underpoint
declare
look at oneself in the mirror
oblige