in good taste; tasteful; (person) of refined taste; of cultivated tastes
colour usage; color usage; use of colour
poverty without selfish desire; honourable poverty (honorable); being poor yet honest
feel uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
fortune; riches; goods; incorporated foundation
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
the majority (of people); majority view; behaviour of the majority
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
to grow cold; to get chilly; to cool down
false accusation; trumped up-charge; pretext; statement that cannot be retracted; saying something one cannot take back
physical evidence; real evidence; material evidence
protocol; written evidence; record (investigation, interrogation, etc.); preliminary memo; charge sheet
to get one's head around; to think about
to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; to find someone's fault; to get evidence on someone; to get a lead on someone
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
surmise (about someone's feelings); guess; conjecture; (showing) deference (to); consideration (of someone's wishes); servility
material; materials; data; information; documents
suggestion; hint; implication
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
these guys; these fellows
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
evading blame by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; (lit.) a skink lizard's shedding of its tail
challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
copy; duplicate; facsimile; cc (on e-mails); carbon copy
to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
to take one's leave; to excuse oneself; to resign (from); to step down; to decline; to turn down
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
whatever happens; no matter what; under any circumstances; in any case; at all costs; at any price
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead