pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
many; numerous; various; large number of
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
authority; power; influence
decrease; reduction; decline
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
these days; now; recently
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
plural; multiple; several
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
incompetence; inability; disability; incapacity
abstractness; abstraction
opposite side; opposition
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
at a stroke; with a single swoop
saying; maxim; aphorism; proverb
something like ...; something called ...
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
otherwise; or else; if not
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty
conformity; compatibility; adaptability; congruity; congruence
to be pedantic; to assume the air of a scholar
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
to be worth; to be worthy of; to deserve; to merit
consequence; result; conclusion
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
admission; (self-)acknowledgment; (self-)acknowledgement; self-identification
possessing (what is required); having; fulfilling (conditions); satisfying (requisites); being endowed with
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with