attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
several people; some people; a few people; a number of people
expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
to engrave an inscription; to call (designate) itself; to mark; to label
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)
under the orders of; by order (command)
to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
behind; in the rear; in back
wearing a sword; being armed with a sword; sword
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
power; might; authority; influence
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
you (plural); all of you; you all
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
floating; drifting; weightlessness; softly; gently; lightly
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager