Converse of object

• exchange: He doesn't even exchange pleasantries with someone he is seeing for the first time in almost eight months.

• make: Anyway, I says to her " nice car you've got " making pleasantries and all.

• forego: You will perhaps forgive me if I forego the usual pleasantries and get straight to the point ' .

Adjective modifier

• usual: You will perhaps forgive me if I forego the usual pleasantries and get straight to the point ' .

• few: I'd decided to lead gently into my suspicions about Ben Macdui, a few pleasantries first.

• such: Provosts usually do not have time for such pleasantries.

• social: Most of their discussions with others will relate to their current project rather than social pleasantries.

• little: Such little pleasantries as the weather were involved and a casual remark was made about their strength and previous fixtures this year.

• other: Among other angry pleasantries - ' Here is a mighty fine ship, ' said he, ' to have no money on board!

Preposition: unless

• folk: Pleasantries unless folks just keep water community of improper.

Noun used with modifier

• exchange: Important people, or so Dave told her, but they never wanted to do more than exchange pleasantries, or occasionally talk tactics.