notice; notification; report; posting
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
tattling; telling on (someone)
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
to say something better left unsaid; to go too far (by saying something rude)
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what somebody feels (using one's intuition)
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
intention; idea; inclination; wish
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
all-out confrontation; total confrontation
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to quit; to resign; to decline; to turn down
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
that's a different matter; that's a different story
to take an aggressive position; to stir up trouble
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
manner of using one's hands