with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask
emphatic verbal prefix; humble verbal prefix
really; truly; very; extremely; exceedingly; sincerely
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
buying (in large quantities); (wholesale) purchase; buying in; (one's) usual (store, supplier, etc.); regular; favourite (brand, shop, etc.)
cloud; (the) cloud; cloud computing; cloud service; crowd
cold reception; inhospitality
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
person who is socially ostracized (e.g. an ex-convict, mistress, illegitimate child); social outcast; person with a shady past; obscure person; person who lives in obscurity; person who has been forgotten by the world
stickily; glutinously; persistently; insistently; tenaciously
according to (depending on) the mood of the moment; as one's fancy dictates
to yell; to shout; to scream; to bawl
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against
adopted daughter; foster daughter
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
diagnosis; medical examination
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
running errands (for someone else); errand boy; gofer; dogsbody
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
to exchange; to replace; to shift personnel; to replace one person with another
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
death from disease; death from illness
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
casual speech; peer language; informal language
emergency meeting; urgent meeting; emergency session; emergency conference
call; summons; convening; convocation
stupid; dim-witted; dense; dull; obtuse; slow
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
head; leader; top; (arch.) important part
assembling (in full force); muster; lining up; gathering; getting together
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
act (usu. undesirable); action; deed; conduct
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
hanger-on; follower; flunky; purse strapped round one's waist
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
bribe; money under the table
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words