Force
Force verb - To cause (a person) to give in to pressure.
Usage example: hunger forced the refugees to steal
Talk
Talk verb - To give a formal often extended talk on a subject.
How words are described
| single | single force | single talk |
| small | small force | small talk |
| dark | dark force | dark talk |
| private | private force | private talk |
| Other adjectives: personal, secret, new, political. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- When force fails he can sweet-talk and when sweet-talk fails he has force and when that fails he has schemes within schemes within schemes.
Source: Magnificent Bastard / Literature - It's just that her opponents are never willing to just talk, so she has to force them to listen to her.
- Fridge Logic (or Epileptic Trees, depending on who you talk to): the area of a circle can be used calculate the distribution of impact force over a target area, so could theoretically useful.
Source: Formulaic Magic
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