pillbox
acropolis, bastion, beachhead, blockhouse, bridgehead, bunker, castle, citadel, fastness, fort, fortress, garrison, garrison house, hold, keep,
go to extremes - aggrandize, amplify, ballyhoo, build up, burlesque, caricature, carry too far, draw the longbow, exaggerate, exhaust, go overboard, go too far, know no bounds, lay it on, magnify,
nipped at - badgered, baited, bedevilled, beset, dogged, harassed, harried, heckled, hounded, needled, persecuted, pestered, plagued, ragged, tormented,
punctilious - accurate, active, attentive, careful, censorious, choosy, close, compliant, conforming, conscientious, conscionable, constant, conventional, correct, critical,
jubilant - bursting with happiness, carried away, cock-a-hoop, crowing, delighting, ecstatic, elate, elated, enchanted, enraptured, entranced, exalted, exultant, exulting, flushed,
kid around - be merry with, crack a joke, crack wise, dabble, dally, fiddle, fiddle with, fidget with, finger with, fleer at, flirt, fool, fool around, fool with, fun,
corniness - banality, commonness, mustiness, sentimentality ,
conscientiousness - accuracy, censor, compunction, conscience, delicacy, detail, discrimination, exactness, grace, honesty, meticulousness, nicety, particularity, precision, punctuality,
afford proof of - ascertain, bring home to, cinch, clinch, demonstrate, determine, establish, fix, follow, hold good, hold water, make good, make out, nail down, prove,
ill-natured - bad-tempered, bitter, crabbed, cranky, cross, crusty, dour, gloomy, ill-affected, ill-disposed, ill-humoured, ill-tempered, malevolent, morose, petulant,
good behaviour - breeding, courtesy, discourtesy, etiquette, good manners, manners, savoir-faire, sociability ,
nipped at - badgered, baited, bedevilled, beset, dogged, harassed, harried, heckled, hounded, needled, persecuted, pestered, plagued, ragged, tormented,
punctilious - accurate, active, attentive, careful, censorious, choosy, close, compliant, conforming, conscientious, conscionable, constant, conventional, correct, critical,
jubilant - bursting with happiness, carried away, cock-a-hoop, crowing, delighting, ecstatic, elate, elated, enchanted, enraptured, entranced, exalted, exultant, exulting, flushed,
kid around - be merry with, crack a joke, crack wise, dabble, dally, fiddle, fiddle with, fidget with, finger with, fleer at, flirt, fool, fool around, fool with, fun,
corniness - banality, commonness, mustiness, sentimentality ,
conscientiousness - accuracy, censor, compunction, conscience, delicacy, detail, discrimination, exactness, grace, honesty, meticulousness, nicety, particularity, precision, punctuality,
afford proof of - ascertain, bring home to, cinch, clinch, demonstrate, determine, establish, fix, follow, hold good, hold water, make good, make out, nail down, prove,
ill-natured - bad-tempered, bitter, crabbed, cranky, cross, crusty, dour, gloomy, ill-affected, ill-disposed, ill-humoured, ill-tempered, malevolent, morose, petulant,
good behaviour - breeding, courtesy, discourtesy, etiquette, good manners, manners, savoir-faire, sociability ,