polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
private regulations; bylaws; internal rules; tradition
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
to laugh away; to laugh off
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
divine punishment; wrath of God; justice of heaven; suitable punishment; just deserts; come-uppance
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
moron; idiot; stupid person
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
to happen to meet; to come across
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
This isn't over; I will get my revenge
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
disgrace; humiliation; insult
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
holy water; urine (esp. as related to urolagnia)
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
to strike a pose (in kabuki); to assume a posture; to make a proud gesture; to put on an air of confidence; to speak boastfully
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
impudent; brazen; shameless; bold
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on