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Vocabulary: obeying or disobeying someone

Since our childhood, in any mother tongue, we have heard: "You must obey!", "You must NOT disobey!"; these words were repeated again and again... Later, in our present society life has imposed rules that had to be followed, respected and transmitted.

A lot of vocabulary and of expressions belong to this theme. Therefore, it's important to get familiar with all of them and to try and remember those which will be useful to you.

OBEY! To be submissive

To obey sb/ sth		obedient
To conform to sth		in accordance with
To abide by something To respect something		law-abiding
To toe the line		to obey sb implicitly
Compliant		accommodating
Docile/ docility		meek
To submit to sb/ sth		submission
Submissive		subservient/ servile
Servility/ subservience		obsequious
To defer to sb		deferential
To back down GB/ back off US		deference

Very accommodating... To be at someone's beck and call...

- As you please/ as you like

- To be at sb's beck and call

- She can twist him round her little finger

- Do what you're told!/ Do as you're told!

- To give way to sb/sth/ to yield to sb/ sth

To toe the line To be deferential

To disobey/ disobedient		disobedience
To ignore/ to pay no heed to		defiance
To defy sb to do sth		defiant
To stand up to sb		nonconformity
Insubordinate/ insurbordination		rebellious/ a rebel
To rebel against/ a rebellion		to revolt/ a revolt
Mutinous/ a mutiny		to mutiny

A defiant kid and a rebellious one!

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