''At first, I thought he was going to throw me out of the window, but I kept on talking."
(a) Why did the speaker expect ‘him’ to throw him out of the window?
(b) What does the statement ‘but I kept on talking’ tell us about the speaker?
© What is the antonym of the word ‘throw’ as it is used here?
(a) The speaker expected ‘him’ to throw him out of the window because he had taken the liberty of following his daughter (of a marriageable age) over such a long distance and expressing his feelings about her to ‘him’, her father.
(b) This shows that he is a persistent person, who is not afraid.
© The antonym is ‘keep’.