Chapter V: Introduction: (Of Speakers) (2)

All is not lost that is delayed

One of the most heartening signs of the days is——

We are with you to the last man and the last dollar

I have a crumb of consolation in the thought that——

We can say with much assurance that——

The plan has attractive features

With unalloyed satisfaction

This is no time to intone funeral ululations

Let us strengthen each other’s hands in God

We need a ringing message to steel the purpose

We are with you from center to outer edge

The news is decidedly reassuring

I was splendidly heartened by——

A word of magnificent promise

A happy confidence

Let’s make the best of it.
_Coriolanus_, V., 6

A day of great things

One of the bright sides of a dark picture is——

Our lucky star was in the ascendant

In spite of dismal forebodings

In the heyday of confidence

He meets every situation with an inspiration

On the victory side

In the mountains of God

A harbinger of success

Life’s brightest meaning

A bad beginning may make a good ending

No such inept and doleful talk has been coming from——

Cheering in a high degree

In his happiest mood

The outlook is in the highest degree encouraging

We have reason to thank God and take courage

Everything is propitious

The night is long that never finds a day

A pack of blessings

A buoyant optimism

Prospects are very bright for the success of——

The finest game in the world

I have nothing dismal to remember

A happy earnest life

Without grudge or grumbling

A hopeful attitude

An attitude of assurance

An inborn belief in the superiority of——

Always hailed with joy

Quickening and cheerful influences

Assuredly we shall win

Of splendid augury

The habit of expectancy

A hopeful prospect

A promising beginning on intelligent lines

It is bound to accomplish a world of good

A brisk cheerful sense of things present and things to come

Some cheerful hope-laden ideas

No gloomy forebodings

We will have the fun of beginning again

An abiding optimism

With high expectations

Not a lurking doubt or suspicion lingers

The most hopeful sign of the times is

I know nothing more pleasant than to

This is indeed good fortune

How pleasant it is to

I have had a great piece of luck

Let us turn to more pleasant reflections

But, after all, in this as in everything else one must be hopeful

Unquestioned confidence

Without the least misgiving

It is an assured success

Conscious of being able to cope with the situation

Genuine confidence

It is in no wise inimical to your interests

To believe him guilty of deliberate mendacity would be painful

With undiminished confidence

With radiant hopes

We are able for it

A place of peace and unfailing cheeriness

A cheery greeting

In high glee

With many a cheering smile

He manifests a cheerful willingness

Deeply and unfeignedly happy

It is a cheerful sign of progress when

He is capable of taking the highest view which the circumstances of the
case may admit

He has the habit of holding an expectant attitude

To attain that will be a supreme delight

He is all the time pressing forward with keen expectancy

There are many hopeful aspects of the situation

The situation is greatly improved

May we have a part in bringing in a new and better day

A happy augury for the future

A happy prospect

Like a sunbeam on a winter’s day

With superb optimism

Let us do it with a shout

A jubilant mood

I am fully prepared for all eventualities

He is quite sure of himself

He has a new and sure grip on the facts

In the full assurance of success

It may be averred with confidence that——

I have every assurance that——

In the result alone will be confidence

I have the certitude of all this

He staked his faith on——

With the easy assurance of——

PARTIAL

Incomplete Meager

A beggarly account of——

The whole truth is not known

That is not the sole question

We have not heard the whole of the facts

He does but scant justice to——

PASSION

Fervency Zeal

Like a fire in the bones

With soul aflame for truth and justice

His one absorbing passion

His whole concern centered in——

The thought was like a raging fever

With a great strain of the eternal in his message

A spiritual passion which would break through all formal proprieties

He seemed obsessed with the desire to——

PATIENCE

Endurance Forbearance

What can’t be cured must be endured

A small stock of patience

Time brings everything to those who wait

We must placidly bear the strain of——

You have an infinite deal of patience

With the most angelic patience

Least said, soonest mended

PATRIOTIC

Democratic Loyal

Putting other ambitions aside in order to serve his country

A noble temper of patriotism

The great humane movements of events towards liberty

The accents of democracy

Against the notion that whatever is profitable is right

A passion for ideals

The unspeakable boon of freedom

The foundations of a mighty nation

Aflame with the spirit of opposition against tyrannies

A thorough-going patriot

A magnificent spirit of self-abnegation

In the ardor of self-sacrifice

Hearts afire with love for liberty

Unshakable loyalty

Emblem of everything we hold most dear and desirable

A royal pride of country

Soundly and unimpeachably a loyal citizen

The new patriotism

The golden age of the federation of the world

A world-wide democracy

A United States of the world

A world patriotism

A universal alliance

A league of peace

A glorious future for the nations of the world

International patriotism

A democracy as broad as humanity

International federation

The new prosperity

One of our chief claims to glory is——

Universal democracy

A supreme court of arbitrament

A peace federation

The end of autocracies

The end of secret diplomacy

It is subversive of every principle of our democracy

Pan-Americanism

The menace of military might——

The most far-reaching extensions of freedom and democracy the world has
ever known

The unconquerable mind of freemen

As fine soldiers as ever despised death

Shakespeare

This land of such dear souls, this dear-dear land.
_King Richard II._, II., 1

Let all the ends thou aim’st at be thy country’s, Thy God’s, and
truth’s.
_King Henry VIII._, III., 2

God, for some strong purpose, steel’d the hearts of men.
_King Richard II._, V., 2

Let men say we be men of good government.
_I. King Henry IV._, I., 2

Now join your hands, and with your hands your hearts, that no
dissension hinder government.
_III. King Henry VI._, IV., 6

I do love my country’s good with a respect more tender, more holy and
profound.
_Coriolanus_, III., 3

I have watch’d the night, ay, night by night, in studying good for
England.
_II. King Henry VI._, III., 1

England never did, nor never shall, lie at the proud foot of a
conqueror.
_King John_, V., 7

In our country’s cause fell bravely.
_Cymbeline_, V., 4

Good fortune bids us pause, and smooth the frowns of war with peaceful
looks.
_III. King Henry VI._, II., 6

PENALTY

Punishment Forfeit

Sent to cool his heels in——

He got what was due to him

He is face to face with the remorseless judgment of his times

He would have been put to it to have gotten into a worse quagmire
than——

This will make interesting reading for——

Reaping a dragon-tooth harvest

The direct result of his own unsocial acts

The direful consequences of——

PERPLEXED

Nonplused Mystified

Utterly at sea

I am really at the end of my tether

I am mightily at a loss to know what——

This further complicates the problem

And in like quandary I find myself touching the——

It is very vague

I had it inchoately in my mind

We cannot make much of it

His thoughts do not run in the natural order of sequence

An inextricable dilemma

My wits faint.
_Romeo and Juliet_, II., 4

Involved in inextricable confusion

Left in a mood of perplexity

Utterly inscrutable

The problem is surely perplexing

Full of confusion worse confounded

It would serve only to becloud the issue

A question of sufficient complexity to tax the power of the wisest

PESSIMISTIC

Cynical Gloomy

A peddler of pessimism

He has always had a plentiful stock of gloomy ideas

A heart of lead in my breast

It hangs like a dark pall over——

The unpleasant intelligence of——

The most ominous feature of it all was——

Any attempt was foredoomed to failure

No rosy delusions should be permitted to warp our judgment

There is a little of the melancholy element in——

Augured evil

Doleful recollections

Smothered under the wet blanket of——

He indulges in the gloomiest forebodings

A most discouraging frame of mind

Fallen into the Slough of Despond

I found myself under my juniper tree

It is the very mystery of perversity

He is in a woeful state of mind

A sense of desolation

There came upon my heart an intolerable burden of despondency

A dreary conclusion

The unexpected and adverse strokes of fortune

A damper of my hopes

A gloomy consolation

A discouraging moment

Friendless, homeless, hopeless, undone

Impossible of accomplishment

Grave symptoms

A forlorn hope

A nameless foreboding

One has to be optimistic to find anything hopeful in the present
outlook

A somber and mournful aspect

A sign of ill omen

He has the habit of dating existence by the memory of its burdens

A sea of trouble

Under the pressure of calamity

A welter of sordid interests

A very flood of wretchedness

A sorry plight

Moments when one grows sick of mankind

Inexpressibly miserable

A very gloomy report

He is etching the black pictures deeper and deeper into his
consciousness

By some strange fatality

Hearts bursting with despair

A terrible legacy

With a groan of sickening remorse

With a sense of desolation

Many vicissitudes

All true in a finished civilization

He has seen many a bitter day of sorely tried hopes

The many accessories of evil

Crushed by burdens

The misspent strivings of mankind

Errant human nature

To move in paralyzing dread

Man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward

A particularity which converts every trifle into a thorn

A dark and stormy sea

PICTURESQUE

Poetic Graphic

The singing river

The place of wraithing tempests

The mood of poetry

The slow wind crooning among the pines

The dank odor of autumn leaves

The scent of damask roses

A skein of cloud

A star of orange light

A dim blue haze

A gently sloping hill

A shimmer of golden sunlight

A blossom passing fair

Delicious days

A cloud of fire

Lingering lover-wise

A billowy prairie

Nodding grasses

Rugged seas

The merriest voices of the spring

Deathless music

The jargon of the tempest

Lovely, ivy-mantled

Checkered with sunlight and shadow

The distant gloom of foreboding mountains

Bewilderments of beauty

The ermine of the snows

Marble dawns

The first kindling stars of dusk

Pine-grown mountains

_En rapport_ with the earth

A bewildering field of fragrance and delight

A robe of verdure

The inviting air

Lovely clusters

Gracefully pendent

Delicately adorned

The balmy breath of spring

Fair as virgin snows

Grand with imperial purple

The silence of eternity

PLEASED

Glad Delighted

Sweeter than honey and the honey-comb

I am quite in raptures with——

To my great satisfaction, I——

I do not know a pleasure more appealing than——

You cannot imagine what pleasure it gives me to——

I went on my way with a merry heart

There is a certain undiluted bliss in——

Cheering in a high degree

Could anything be more agreeable than——

As bright as a sunbeam

I am very glad and genuinely pleased that——

I think it admirable and meets the case fully

The most gratifying features of the——

Frank delight

Out of sheer enjoyment of doing it

I dote upon it

It was most gratifying

I enjoyed it prodigiously

Not an inconsequential part

This is indeed a pleasure

I greatly rejoice in the——

We always look back with pleasure to——

It is gratifying to know that——

I was never so proud of it as I am to-day

This is the panacea for all my disabilities

This is the elixir of life

I had the good fortune to——

This is certainly ideal

Enamored of——

Perfectly in raptures over——

To my agreeable disappointment I found that——

Genuinely glad

I am quite delighted

We were delighted beyond measure

To my inexpressible delight

Much to our profit and delight

In the most delightful fashion

A day I still recall with pleasure

It exceeded my greatest expectation

A wonderful time

This is the sort of thing I enjoy

I like the idea very much

That’s simply splendid

There is an unfailing charm in it

A delightful idea truly

I like it prodigiously

Isn’t that jolly

Of first-rate merit

I was highly pleased with it

It was in the best taste

It is a beautiful piece of industrial accomplishment

I call it a delightful spectacle

A capital idea

Altogether a fine thing

A sentiment worthy of emulation

A source of constant pleasure

A very real asset

With none of the slight faults of immaturity

It is an uplifting habit

The sight filled me with admiration

Of no ordinary cleverness

It was perfectly splendid

It is a fine instance of

It called forth unqualified admiration

It was strikingly impressive

The result exceeded my most sanguine expectations

The finest flower that ever blossomed

It is an amiable habit by no means to be discouraged

Genuine gratification

Much to our profit and delight

POINT

Crux Gist

Very much to the point

That is the very core of it

There is the milk in the cocoanut

You hit the nail on the head

The crux of the whole matter is——

The paramount issue is——

More truth than fiction

That is where the shoe pinches

It went straight and close to the very heart of——

That is the sum and substance of the whole matter

To the point

Here in a nutshell is the——

The case could not be put more succinctly

An epitome of——

The very quintessence of——

To comprehend it all in a word

POLITICAL

Diplomatic Legislative

An unworthy piece of legislation

An odious piece of class legislation

A grave indictment of independent citizenship

Names of genuine weight on the roster of delegates

Signs of a genuine awakening in the nation

Deliberate malfeasance in office

A flagrant offense against public opinion

Indulging simply in pure buncombe

Logrolling schemes

A public disgrace

A blaze of popular resentment

Political fakery

Blind partisanship

An unfortunate deadlock

Public apathy

Under the old régime

In the initial days of the campaign

A shifty self-seeking politician

Astute diplomats

A corrupt public sentiment

From long association with politics

The real state of affairs in the nation

The last word of political wisdom

The pressing questions of the hour

Facts officially winked at

Recreant to a solemn trust

A sincere desire to safeguard the public

Refreshing to the people

Close to the heart of affairs

Hesitating at no extravagance

These recriminations go on endlessly

An era of good feeling

For political advantage

Scrupulously avoiding any offense against his party

One of the most prominent and potential among the leaders of his party

One cannot blame him for being resentful when the organ of his party
flouts and ridicules him

He is quick to anticipate the veerings of public taste

It is regarded as a mere eczema on the body politic

The engrossing questions of the day

We must set ourselves to hunt out helpful policies

A stroke of diplomacy

Guilty of gross political impropriety

In the throes of an acute political crisis

A diplomatic victory

A new world order

Special interests

Political vicissitudes

Desirable reforms

Certain inalienable rights

Astute leadership

Political prestige

Leaving the individual decision to each man’s enlightened judgment

Upon the firm foundation of liberty, justice, and equality

Conspicuous in public affairs

POSSIBLE

Contingent Probable

In the event that——

If conditions are favorable

If the Fates smile

It is possible and not by any means improbable that——

The argument is thoroughly convincing if——

The antecedent probability is——

Entirely within the realm of probability

It is highly probable that——

It is by no means unthinkable that——

There is a bare possibility that——

In any event——

If this is an acceptable explanation then——

Were it not for “If” and “But” we should all be rich forever

That is humanly conceivable

Perfectly possible

It might be a very happy means of——

PREJUDICED

Biased Narrow

A prejudice sevenfold in thickness

Wresting it to suit a preconceived theory

Blind prejudices

It is another case of not being able to see the woods for the trees

The wish the father to the thought

He is crotchety and full of conceits

He is wedded to his opinions

He has no adequate idea of the task

It is a piece of embittered old fogeyism

It is based purely on personal considerations

Arrogantly ignorant

He approaches every problem from a preconceived point of view

He gives his energies to fanning the flame of——

For an unprejudiced mind it is not difficult to admit the
reasonableness of the claim of——

Subject to spasmodic deafness

If he doesn’t understand a thing he damns it

PRIVILEGE

Latitude Freedom

The grant of a blank check

A free hand

It leaves a charming latitude of guessing

_Carte blanche_

Free from all allegiance to——

He exercises a freeman’s right

Tenfold the justification for——

PROGRESS

Advance Development

The growing magnitude of——

It passed from a dream to a reality

It is fated to grow into greatness

It is a step forward in the right direction

It will mean that we have taken a big step toward——

It forged a new link in the chain of progress

A thorough-going reform

In no small degree the progress is due to——

Now we have passed away beyond that

Unhampered development

A genuine step toward——

The desire is growing by geometrical progression

A constructive program

An aggressive movement

The chariot of progress

In the experimental stage

PROPHESY

Conjecture Guess

The suggestion is not wholly fanciful that——

Judging the future by the past there will be——

My forecast was correct

Whether or not he accurately divined all the——

It is altogether likely that——

We may probably conjecture some of the steps

A sure precursor of——

Only a bold prophet would predict when the——

Extravagant conjecture

I lay no claim to the predictive function of a prophet

’Tis likely by all conjectures.
_King Henry VIII._, II., 1

One may hazard the conjecture that——

A purely supposititious case

The hypothesis is based upon the supposed fact that——

Purely guesswork

PURPOSE

Aim Ambition

It has been a settled policy of my life to——

It is singleness of aim that gives him driving power

A man careless of all save the pursuit of his ideal

A great solidarity of purpose

To fulfil our purpose it is necessary to see clear and think straight

The problem has now to be envisaged from a wider angle

He is under the domination of great ideals

The purpose is unimpeachable

He is working toward the accomplishment of some high purpose

With rare purity of motive

We trust the scheme has been planned upon adequate lines

Not swerving from the path of duty

Simply and solely for the purpose of——

The avowed aim of——

A high degree of unity of purpose

Serious purpose

Filled with lofty aspirations

That’s the golden mark I seek to hit.
_II. King Henry VI._, I., 1

Spirits are not finely touch’d but to fine issues.
_Measure for Measure_, I., 1

Dominant aims

QUESTIONING

Interrogation Inquiry

In what essential respect does it differ from——

Of what avail is it if——

Let us raise the inquiry how——

I would like to venture a question

Have you come upon any traces of——

You probably mean by that——

Is not that sufficient explanation

Can I depend on you

May I ask why——

On what grounds do you base your decision that——

May I inquire what your version is of——

How does this method of procedure strike you

What would you do under existing circumstances

Have you remarked the——

What boots it that——

How shall I understand you?
_Timon of Athens_, I., 1

Adroit questioning

What are your predilections

How do you relish——

I must beg leave to put a query

REAL

Actual Genuine

After stripping off a lot of thin veneer we find that——

It touched the vital springs of reality

It is not make-believe

The creed was transmuted into an experience

It brought him face to face with reality

Incontestable evidence of the truth and reality of——

The outward and visible sign of far-reaching realities

It savors of unreality

In a very real sense

In order to be real we must——

With a passion for reality

REDEMPTION

Compassion Forgiveness

Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.
_Isa._ I., 18

The forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace.
_Eph._ I., 7

As far as the east is from the west so far hath he removed our
transgressions from us.
_Ps._ CIII., 12

A bruised reed shall he not break.
_Isa._ XLII., 3

Like as a father pitieth his children so the Lord pitieth them that
fear him.
_Ps._ CIII., 13

I will refine them as silver is refined.
_Zech._ XIII., 9

In whom we have redemption.
_Eph._ I., 7

Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling.
_Jude_ 24

Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his
mercy he saved us.
_Titus_ III., 5

Moved with compassion.
_Matt._ IX., 36

Partakers of the divine nature.
_II Pet._ I., 4

Mighty to save.
_Isa._ LXIII., 1

Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn.
_Isa._ LI., 1

The wrath of men shall praise thee.
_Ps._ LXXVI., 10

Wise unto salvation.
_II Tim._ III., 15

A man after mine own heart.
_Acts_ XIII., 22

The redemption of our body.
_Rom._ VIII., 23

Love covereth all sins.
_Prov._ X., 12

The truth shall make you free.
_John_ VIII., 32

Love suffereth long and is kind.
_I Cor._ XIII., 4

Unto the pure all things are pure.
_Titus_ I., 15

The eyes of your understanding being enlightened.
_Eph._ I., 18

I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection.
_I Cor._ IX., 27

Justified from all things.
_Acts_ XIII., 39

One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in
you all.
_Eph._ IV., 6

He hath made us accepted in the beloved.
_Eph_ I., 6

Washed white from crimson sins

The process of becoming perfect

The right temper of the soul

The Divine hostility to sin

Brought into saving relationship

The ultimate purpose of redemption

A redeemed fellowship

The dynamics of the redeemed life

In God’s eternal economy

The Divine method of doing things

The splendors of redeeming grace

The unspeakable humility of Calvary

An eternal redemption

The mysteries of redemption

A wealth of unveiled glories

Rich in sanctity, wisdom, and redemptive power

REFERENCE

Relation Respect

We cannot blink the fact that——

Apropos of the——

It must be borne in mind that——

With regard to——

He sapiently remarked that——

A case in point is the——

I am almost ashamed to advert to it

Unless my memory fail me, I recall that——

As the matter now stands——

In order to resolve the difficulty in question we——

No harm can come from restating calmly the——

Heretofore

I am always telling that to——

Thanks to the generosity of——

This is only a mild side-light on the——

You were just speaking on a very interesting topic

We can never remind ourselves too frequently that——

We must keep it in the forefront

I cannot divest myself of the impression that——

Incidentally, it would be well to remember that——

REGRET

Remorse Compunction

It is too late to lock the stable-door when the steeds are stolen

It was a sorry business

It needs a lot of explaining

Decidedly unfortunate

It is a matter of regret to me that——

A distinct disappointment

That is a great pity

A thousand pities

I am quite provoked at my own stupidity

Not a pleasant experience

Most vexatious blunders

I am awfully sorry to miss the fun

It is pathetic

Is it not truly deplorable that——

Unfortunate in effect

It was the most humiliating experience possible

More deeply still should I deplore it if——

The remembrance of them is grievous unto us

I was profoundly mortified at——

No one regrets more than I do the——

It was a matter of no small regret that——

It has not been very good fortune to——

Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies. _King Henry VIII._, III., 2

Poignant regret

Frankly regretted

I feel like calling myself a simpleton for——

Unmistakable signs of a change of heart

He has made a clean breast of it

RELIGION

Morality Reverence

The eternal God from whom all goodness flows

The vision of redeemed and purified humanity

It saps the defenses of justice and morality

It requires the purging fires of divine judgment

The moral and spiritual height of God’s heaven

No religious consciousness

A glow of religious satisfaction

In quest of the divine treasure

The white flower of a blameless life

Man proposes and God disposes

It shows that the flame of reverence is burning low

There are no memories like the mercies of God

The murmuring woe of the world became as a bugle call to him

A lover of God

Purely kingdom business

Be sure God is satisfied with you

We are wholly certain of the righteousness of our cause

A sentiment in the highest degree spiritual

Friends of my soul

A man who carries the riches of God within himself

Redeemed and royal-hearted men and women

Caught up into the third heaven

The unmistakable signs of divine guidance

Acquiring the art of spiritual expressiveness

The beautiful realm of the spirit

A day of rich spiritual experience

Let never day nor night unhallow’d pass But still remember what the Lord hath done. _II. King Henry VI._, II., 1

A nice point for a tender conscience

Of none too severe morals

A spark of heavenly fire within

Reverential of all that is great and noble

The mountains of God

A kindly soldier of the cross

No supposititious consequences will make it right if the thing is not
right in itself

Violations of moral rectitude

The triumphant inhabitants of heaven

A gate to immortal glory

The doleful effects of sin

In everlasting honor

A magnificence of spirit

The bounty of heaven

The adorable excellence of God

Banished from the blissful things of God

So big that it must be of God

A devotion to veracity

Heart-hunger for the divine

A life of serenity

Uplift by the power of Christ

The ineradicable instinct of the religious life

REPLY

Response Answer

(Affirmative)

I have the pleasure to concur with you

I am perfectly of that opinion

That is precisely my view of the case

It is an admirable way of putting it

It is extremely interesting, I can assure you

It fits exactly with my notion

It will be generally acquiesced in

I shall be most happy to grant it

I will with great pleasure

It sounds plausible

I am quite content to leave the judgment of it to you

I am pretty fully in accord with——

I can see the desirability of such an arrangement

I am sure the happiest results would ensue

(Negative)

The answer is a plain negative

I am quite unable to say

I should think it very unlikely

I haven’t the remotest idea

It is a sufficient answer to the foolish view to say——

I have neither grace nor gifts for such a responsibility

I am ignorance itself in this.
_I. King Henry IV._, III., 1

(To Compliment)

It is very kind of you to say so

I am grateful for your good opinion

Thank you for your good words

You are very kind

I am extremely glad you approve

Allow me to reciprocate by saying that——

I am pleased to hear you say so

I thank you for the compliment

(To Request)

I shall proceed at once to forget it

I shall respect your confidence

I shall be most happy to grant it

I prefer to reserve my judgment

I shall be most happy to come

Willingly, if you wish it

With pleasure

(Tactful)

I should as soon tell you as any one I know

I regret that I have never given the subject due consideration

It is a problem which no stretch of ingenuity can solve

Now, as they say, you are asking me a question

Ask me something easy

I am neutral

The deponent sayeth not

What part of Ireland are you from

I defer to——

Now I am quite out of my depth

I should feel peculiarly embarrassed to answer

And what is your judgment on that point

I am not at liberty to say anything more

What leads you to that conclusion, if I may ask

What an extraordinary observer you are

It is too remote for reminiscence

That is a fascinating field for difference of opinion

It seems that it is a case difficult either of proof or disproof

There seems to be a very great diversity in our sentiments

(Of Thanks)

It is good of you to say so

How lovely of you

I reciprocate your good wishes

Thank you for your cheerful words

You give me more credit than I deserve

It is really a pleasure to assist you

I feel amply repaid for my effort

I appreciate keenly the favor you have shown me

It was delightful I assure you

I feel indebted to you for your kindness

It was very thoughtful of you

One cannot be thankful enough for good friends

It was altogether delightful

REPREHENSIBLE

Blameworthy Culpable

Out of the purvue of respectability

In bad odor

Worthy of all blame

Viewed with disfavor

Weighed in the balances and found wanting

No argument in its favor has been advanced which is not a reproach to
repeat

A perfectly proper protest against

It must be dismissed as moonshine

It is worthy of no credence

Is there anything so utterly odious as——

A piece of ridiculous conceit

Just as ill-considered would it be to argue that——

Not yet purged of sinister aims

RESPONSIBILITY

Accountability Liability

It is a condition and not a theory which confronts us

There is no blinking the fact that——

Facing the facts

Facts are stubborn things

A responsibility made new and doubly solemn by the march of events

The assumption carries great liability

Moral intrepidity

The obligations of victory

It cannot be shrugged away

RESULT

Issue Outcome

I would most gladly know the issue of it.
_The Winter’s Tale_, V., 2

In the after-glow of——

It is the natural corollary of——

It will have to await events

The effect will be most unhappy

It is largely a consequence of——

Direful consequences

One of our inheritances from——

A happy consummation

RIDICULE

Scorn Sarcasm

He has the art of saying nothing with immense seriousness

He needs to be wooed back to consciousness by soft music

Now comes the cruel pricking of the bubble

Laughed out of court

He was not taken very seriously

He is admirable in small doses

A little thin-blooded

The last expression of boredom

A thin veneer of truth

Rather the projection of his own imagination than a historical reality

In the throes of another dream

Note how thin the argument is

Splendidly ineffective

A position suited to his powers

He has the vice of stupidity

My tears refuse to flow

Damned with faint praise

He sneered at proprieties

His pump needs priming

Of course there are certain to be wiseacres to say that——

It has only one defect——it is not true

He takes himself too seriously

He lifted up his raucous voice against——

It would be entertaining to hear what——

His sagacity is no more to be admired than his modesty

I have tried to read him without skipping

Wonderful to relate

Growing beautifully less

Not worth the powder to shoot him

A trifle dull

He devotes himself to leisure with much assiduity

He is never troubled with a serious thought

The slightest modicum of common sense would teach that——

One half humbug and the other half hypocrisy

Very material tastes and ambitions

Pretty playthings

Fanciful pipe-dreaming

There is no activity within his cerebral cavity

A toy avalanche

He watched the proceeding from the seat of the scornful

One or two notches short of perfection

Confess you have dreamed this

After the wont of his kind

He is romancing

Possible but still improbable

Too sanguine

Too eager

Small talk

Sharp ridicule

SACRIFICIAL

Unselfish High-minded

We must give ourselves to the great new tasks

We have a sacrificial atmosphere now to breathe

We live in the presence of a sacrificial spirit

We must sacrifice to international relationships

Willing to go into the darkness of death that liberty might live

In the grip of a sacrificial spirit

From unselfish motives

Without any ulterior motives

A few rare souls who think no evil

Unconscious of a mean motive

With a nobility all its own

Very willing to accede to a suggestion

I will take it into serious consideration

SALVATION

Grace Holiness

Hearts sensitive to His presence

Sweet with the perfume of God’s breath

A spotless splendor that holds us in fascination

To them that nestle down into his will, God is like a mother

All the loving links that bind us to heaven

The psalm of adoring lip

The ceaseless exercise of reverence

Tokens of His favor

In those lofty moments when the soul is near God

The riches of His great grace

The river of rare and exquisite delights

In the highest realms of aspiration

A treasury of golden thoughts

Elements which have the luster and preciousness of pearls

Kept from the entanglements of sin

A heart made pure and right

The unforgetable memories of a pure home

The purest of the pure

A way of fortifying one’s soul

Moment by moment I’m kept in his love

Steadfast in the strength of God, and true

The free and kindly intimacies of the fireside

The fair realities of the sanctified life

The peaceful atmosphere of good will

Make a covenant with your eyes lest sin get into your heart

We must get corruption out of the heart for one never knows how it will
betray

An infinitely loving and all-wise heart

Worthy to receive endless praise

Far up the everlasting hills in God’s own light

The hallowed beauty of the eternal God

The glorious outlines of His holiness

The pure pellucid waters of His grace

Illumined by the indwelling of eternal light

The presence of the most high God

The all-wise and gracious counsels of God

The unshadowed depths of eternal holiness

The adoration of the eternal

A celestial melody

In resplendent glory

In the mountains of God

The great and blessed God who inhabits eternity

The unblemished holiness of heaven

Enabled to act continually with integrity

Free from narrow and selfish motives

The grand truths of redemption

The news of mercy

The mighty Sacrifice

The sons of peace

The paths of peace

The heavenly steeps

The life-giving stream

The glory of holiness

The well-spread table

The river of regenerating energy

A joy-giving truth

The sacred longing of the soul

The enduring brotherhood

A new ideal of plenty

A beautiful faith

The eternal spirit

SATISFACTORY

Wholesome Advantageous

Highly desirable

Thoroughly wholesome

Splendidly worth while

Singularly appropriate

There are great compensations in——

What an increasing sense of satisfaction it must be to——

I note with satisfaction that——

It comes as a refreshing surprise to learn that——

It satisfies every reasonable requirement

It seems to leave little to be desired

A profound and refreshing satisfaction

It will be brought to a happy issue

And I ... am satisfied and therein do count myself well paid.
_The Merchant of Venice_, IV., 1

It will be very much to his advantage to——

It is beyond all contradiction a very happy situation

The matter was brought to a very satisfactory termination

Eminently satisfactory

All this was highly gratifying to——

Our most sanguine hopes have been exceeded

It has given me no small amount of satisfaction

It is fully up to our best traditions

All will take an honest pride in——

Very well worth while

A taking piece of work

Perfectly all right

A most advantageous turn of affairs

Inexpressibly pleasing

In a very satisfying sense

What a soothing reflection it is that——

I have the happy assurance that——

I find real comfort in saying to myself that——

Of a kind to gladden the heart

A son of consolation

I have a comfortable feeling that——

It is a most poignant satisfaction to——

A suggestion of better things to come

When every moment is a joy

It is so satisfying

I had the secret satisfaction of

I was wonderfully pleased with it

With great satisfaction

Complete satisfaction

An unmixed satisfaction

Quite content in almost any one’s company

It is ample reward for the hardships endured

To a nicety

That fine delight I always experience when I

It will answer your largest expectations

It will challenge your highest esteem

SECRET

Hidden Concealed

No word of the affair ever saw the light

I shall keep perfectly mum about it

Do not herald it abroad

Tell it not in Gath

I should appreciate your confidence

Stall this in your bosom.
_All’s Well that Ends Well_, I., 3

He has been keeping his own counsel

SENSITIVE

Susceptible Impressible

As sensitive as a barometer

Fearful of having committed an indiscretion

A delicate plant and can be destroyed

The raw edges of life chafe him

Sensitive to a fault

Highly susceptible

Quick to respond to any overtures of interest

Impregnated with the sense of——

As impressible as wax to the seal

I have been decidedly impressed by——

There are things which stamp themselves indelibly upon the memory

SIMILE

(General)

As light as a snowflake

As fragile as glass

As grave as a judge

As rough as a bear

As still as a statue

As swift as a thought

As fierce as a tiger

As blithe as a bird

As old as the moon

As evanescent as a bubble

As deep as the sea

As graceful as Apollo

As beautiful as apple-blossoms

As hard as steel

As dark as pitch

As fierce as flame

As fleet as an arrow

As black as ebony

As white as snow

As thin as a shadow

As flat as a flounder

As sharp as a needle

As smooth as glass

As pale as a pearl

As welcome as a friend

As blind as a mole

As busy as a bee

As dry as dust

As fresh as a rose

As happy as an angel

As elastic as a steel spring

As dumb as an oyster

As illusive as a dream

As weak as water

As sweet as angel-dreams

As swift as a shadow

As short as a dream

As distant as a star

As cheerless as the Arctic

As black as ravens’ wings

As gray as ashes

As sharp as a sword

As white as chalk

As bold as a hawk

As clear as a whistle

As dull as lead

As broad as the sea

As hushed as the grave

As hopeful as the dawn

As soft as the south-wind

As swift as lightning

As sudden as thought

As clear as cloudless noon

As vague as a dream

As dry as a reed

As blue as violets

As hard as a stone

As invigorating as a sea-breeze

As happy as a child

As lithe as a panther

As impatient as the wind

Like wax to receive impressions

Like steel to retain impressions

Like one in a dream

Like the sea at rest

It clings like a burr

(Shakespeare)

Valiant as a lion.
_Troilus and Cressida_, I., 2

Churlish as the bear.
_Troilus and Cressida_, I., 2

Slow as the elephant.
_Troilus and Cressida_, I., 2

His nose was as sharp as a pen.
_King Henry V._, II., 3

As dead as a door-nail.
_King Henry VI._, IV., 10

The inaudible and noiseless foot of time.
_All’s Well that Ends Well_, V., 3

As loathsome as a toad.
_Titus Andronicus_, IV., 2

Black as ebony.
_Love’s Labor’s Lost_, IV., 3

As like as eggs.
_The Winter’s Tale_, I., 2

As broad and general as the casing air.
_Macbeth_, III., 4

Constant as the northern star.
_Julius Cæsar_, III., 1

Swift as a shadow.
_A Midsummer-Night’s Dream_, I., 1

As pure as the unsullied lily.
_Love’s Labor’s Lost_, V., 2

Mine as sure as bark on tree.
_Love’s Labor’s Lost_, V., 2

The lazy foot of time.
_As You Like It_, III., 2

Life is a shuttle.
_The Merry Wives of Windsor_, V., 1

The murmuring lips of discontent.
_King John_, IV., 2

Her sunny locks hang on her temples like a golden fleece.
_The Merchant of Venice_, I., 1

The tooth of time.
_Measure for Measure_, V., 1

As fat as butter.
_I. King Henry IV._, II., 4

As like you as cherry is to cherry.
_King Henry VIII._, V., 1

As like as rain to water.
_King John_, II., 1

Short as any dream.
_A Midsummer-Night’s Dream_, I., 1

Like an envious sneaping frost that bites the first-born infants of the
spring.
_Love’s Labor’s Lost_, I., 1

SORROW

Bitterness Grief

Burdens pressing down upon head and heart

A feeble lonely soul

Heart longings

A picture of despair

A life of struggle, grief, and pain

With inexpressible longings

A struggling heart

The appalling darkness of Gethsemane

The lonely way of isolation

On a beach of wrecks

He walked with bleeding feet the flinty path

A figure of woe fit to melt the most obdurate heart

The struggling myriads of the poor

The noble army of martyrs

Like a sad and poignant refrain

The roots of bitterness

Ill tidings

A heavy heart

The hour of misfortune

Passing through the school of affliction

It is a tale for tears

At the mercy of the merciless

Sorely in need of consolation

SQUELCHED

Silenced Discomfited

Paid back in his own coin

Suffering the inevitable consequences of his own disagreeableness

Received a sharp quietus

He was compelled to take a back seat

Stick to your own knitting

STRAIGHTFORWARD

Candid Frank

It was open and aboveboard

A candor which disarms criticism

There was no pretense about it

Perfectly frank and straightforward

An unequivocal rejoinder

Straight out from the shoulder

The message was explicit and unequivocal

With absolute frankness

With no inclination to blink facts

He does not seek to belittle the fact that——

Straightforward integrity

A frank, whole-hearted recognition of——

STUBBORN

Impervious Obstinate

Impervious to argument

He is not the least bit clever

He was perversely slow to——

He is too stupid to make a blunder

As impassive as a statue

He is inflexible to all entreaty

He has been inexorable to all invitations

The victim of his own prejudices

The dupe of his own stupidity

Empty of the kernel of good sense

He made a plump refusal

It is like trying to use a large screw-driver to turn a small screw

Altogether obtuse

Not a grain of novelty in it

The zealous stupidity of amateurs

Prodigiously stupid

He is as stubborn as hickory

He turned a deaf ear to——

SUCCESS

Victory Realization

My most sanguine hopes have been realized

But still we got on

He has the rare combination of audacity and calculation which assures
success

No inconsiderable victory

It has proved a distinct success

Nothing venture nothing have

A very auspicious beginning

A project likely to be realized

I have a reasonable confidence in the success of the——

The indispensable foundation of successful work

We must capture the innermost citadel

His star is in the ascendant

It is a great day for——

Not because of the tactics used but in spite of them

It ought to prove a solar plexus blow

It is a great achievement

It is a hard won triumph

No inconsiderable victory

It was a triumph of sheer grit

The sinews of victory

The opposition disappeared under the fierce fires of——

A victory which shall achieve the high purpose which we have held

Attained only by those who intently seek it

SUFFICIENT

Ample Plenty

A land flowing with milk and honey

Like a spring whose waters cannot fail

Of a not inconsiderable degree

With ample room

All that heart could wish

A superabundance of——

SUGGESTION

Tip Hint

A word to the wise is sufficient

Let me put you on your guard

Let me make a suggestion

Let me put a bee in your bonnet

A suggestion, perhaps, may be ventured that——

SUGGESTIVE

Inspirational Helpful

An everlasting foundation.
_Prov._ X., 25

More precious than of gold that perisheth.
_I Pet._ I., 7

The power of the grave.
_Hosea_ XIII., 14

The people of God.
_Heb._ XI., 25

An ornament of grace.
_Prov._ I., 9

The peaceable fruit of righteousness.
_Heb._ XII., 11

The righteousness of the law.
_Rom._ VIII., 4

The law of sin and death.
_Rom._ VIII., 2

The light of life.
_John_ VIII., 12

Good tidings of good.
_Isa._ LII., 7

The tongue of the wise.
_Prov._ XV., 2

The Prince of peace.
_Isa._ IX., 6

The counsellors of peace.
_Prov._ XII., 20

The firstfruits of all thine increase.
_Prov._ III., 9

A goodly heritage.
_Ps._ XVI., 6

The good fight of faith.
_I Tim._ VI., 12

The paths of the Lord.
_Ps._ XXV., 10

The secret of the Lord.
_Ps._ XXV., 14

The courts of our God.
_Ps._ XCII., 13

A diadem of beauty.
_Isa._ XXVIII., 5

Before the foundation of the world.
_Eph._ I., 4

Everlasting habitations.
_Luke_ XVI., 9

A faithful creator.
_I Pet._ IV., 19

Lord thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
_Ps._ XC., 1

He shall have dominion also from sea to sea.
_Ps._ LXXII., 8

The eternal God is thy refuge.
_Deut._ XXXIII., 27

God is the strength of my heart.
_Ps._ LXXIII., 26

The joy of the Lord is your strength.
_Neh._ VIII., 10

A crown of glory that fadeth not away.
_I Pet._ V., 4

Unsearchable riches.
_Eph._ III., 8

A crown of righteousness.
_II Tim._ IV., 8

Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
_II Tim._ III., 7

Let thy words be few.
_Eccl._ V., 2

There is no discharge in that war.
_Eccl._ VIII., 8

A living dog is better than a dead lion.
_Eccl._ IX., 4

Wizards that peep, and that mutter.
_Isa._ VIII., 19

He smelleth the battle afar off.
_Job_ XXXIX., 25

While I was musing the fire burned.
_Ps._ XXXIX., 3

In the valley of decision.
_Joel_ III., 14

For who hath despised the day of small things.
_Zech._ IV., 10

To the law and to the testimony.
_Isa._ VIII., 20

A covenant with death.
_Isa._ XXVIII., 15

Absent in body, but present in spirit.
_I Cor._, V., 3

Fallen from grace.
_Gal._ V., 4

The refuge of lies.
_Isa._ XXVIII., 17

Line upon line.
_Isa._ XXVIII., 13

Carried about with every wind of doctrine.
_Eph._ IV., 14

Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
_Rom._ XIV., 5

Great plainness of speech.
_II Cor._ III., 12

Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
_I Thess._ V., 21

A book of remembrance.
_Mal._ III., 16

The law of kindness.
_Prov._ XXXI., 26

A mother in Israel.
_II Sam._ XX., 19

The land of the living.
_Ps._ CXVI., 9

I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
_Job_ XIX., 20

A still small voice.
_I Kings_ XIX., 12

His eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
_Deut._ XXXIV., 7

Let me die the death of the righteous.
_Num._ XXIII., 10

A soft answer turneth away wrath.
_Prov._ XV., 1

Not of the night, nor of darkness.
_I Thess._ V., 5

An understanding heart.
_I Kings_ III., 9

Hide me under the shadow of thy wings.
_Ps._ XVII., 8

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in baskets of silver.
_Prov._ XXV., 11

Establish thou the works of our hands.
_Ps._ XC., 17

Whose I am, and whom I serve.
_Acts_ XXVII., 23

This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation.
_I Tim._ I., 15

Her children arise up, and call her blessed.
_Prov._ XXXI., 28

Their folly shall be manifest to all men.
_II Tim._ III., 9

Lest I should be exalted above measure.
_II Cor._ XII., 7

They have sold a girl for wine.
_Joel_ III., 3

In your patience possess ye your souls.
_Luke_ XXI., 19

Eyes full of adultery.
_II Pet._ II., 14

Every idle word that men shall speak.
_Matt._ XII., 36

My speech shall distill as the dew.
_Deut._ XXXII., 2

A strong consolation.
_Heb._ VI., 18

Great treasure and trouble therewith.
_Prov._ XV., 16

A lover of hospitality.
_Titus_ I., 8

A wholesome tongue.
_Prov._ XV., 4

Not greedy of filthy lucre.
_I Tim._, III., 3

A cheerful giver.
_II Cor._ IX., 7

The children of light.
_I Thess._ V., 5

Speaking the truth in love.
_Eph._ IV., 15

The sword of the spirit.
_Eph._ VI., 17

The tree of life.
_Prov._ III., 18

The wings of the wind.
_Ps._ XVIII., 10

A crown of life.
_Rev._ II., 10

Not weary in well doing.
_Gal._ VI., 9

Invisible things.
_Rom._ I., 20

Slow to wrath.
_Jas._ I., 19

An everlasting sign.
_Isa._ LV., 13

The hidden things of dishonesty.
_II Cor._ IV., 2

A thorn in the flesh.
_II Cor._ XII., 7

A cloud of witnesses.
_Heb._ XII., 1

The day is far spent.
_Luke_ XXIV., 29

As one having authority.
_Matt._ VII., 29

Borne the burden and heat of the day.
_Matt._ XX., 12

A word spoken in due season.
_Prov._ XV., 23

Mighty in word and deed.
_Luke_ XXIV., 19

Not grudgingly or of necessity.
_II Cor._ IX., 7

Faithful unto death.
_Rev._ II., 10

Incorruptible and undefiled.
_I Pet._ I., 4

The mind of Christ.
_I Cor._ II., 16

I obtained mercy.
_I Tim._ I., 13

The words of truth and soberness.
_Acts_ XXVI., 25

This is the finger of God.
_Ex._ VIII., 19

By the law is the knowledge of sin.
_Rom._ III., 20

Things that accompany salvation.
_Heb._ VI., 9

If a man die shall he live again?
_Job_ XIV., 14

Watchman, what of the night?
_Isa._ XXI., 11

In the furnace of affliction.
_Isa._ XLVIII., 10

Owe no man anything, but to love one another.
_Rom._ XIII., 8

A wounded spirit who can bear.
_Prov._ XVIII., 14

Riches certainly make themselves wings.
_Prov._ XXIII., 5

A man to have friends must shew himself friendly.
_Prov._ XVIII., 24

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing.
_Prov._ XVIII., 22

It is more blessed to give than to receive.
_Acts_ XX., 35

Perfect love casteth out fear.
_I John_ IV., 18

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches.
_Prov._ XXII., 1

The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.
_Mk._ XIV., 38

Comfort one another with these words.
_I Thess._ IV., 18

Of whom the world was not worthy.
_Heb._ XI., 38

SUPERLATIVE

Supreme Highest

In an unrivaled degree

On a grand scale

Of profound significance

Beyond expression

On a world scale

In a rare degree

Of rarest beauty

In a notable way

In a conspicuous degree

On a grandiose scale

The weightiest factors in the whole matter is——

The supremest moments of life

Of the finest sort

The acme of——

SURE

Certain Positive

Demonstrated beyond all possibility of contradiction

As sure as God is sifting out the chaff

With mathematical certainty

That is one incontrovertible fact

In an unmistakable way

One conclusion is inescapable

An absolutely logical sequence of events

There is no wink of doubt about that——

By proof positive

To make assurance doubly sure

With unerring instinct

It leads to the inevitable conclusion that——

No doubt is possible that——

It is inevitable that——

Made us sure beyond a peradventure

Few events are better attested than——

They know to a dead certainty that——

It is safe to infer that——

Almost invariably

Unmistakable evidence

Conclusive evidence

Well-authenticated testimony

The conclusion cannot be escaped that——

A foregone conclusion.
_Othello_, III., 3

I speak from certainties.
_Coriolanus_, I., 2

Indisputably right

There is no gainsaying the fact that——

As certain as the multiplication table

We can rest absolutely assured that——

Beyond all dispute

The sure mark of a——

With entire certainty

It has the ring of finality in it

SUSPICION

Mistrust Jealousy

A lurking suspicion all the while that——

A chronic distrust

An uncertain sense of something hidden

Timid misgivings

In such a way as to raise a mild suspicion that——

Inclined to be suspicious

Not the most distant suspicion of——

Tortured by suspicion

A suspicion born of the fact that——

I cannot help suspecting that——

I smell a device.
_Twelfth Night_, II., 3

The insinuation has a foundation in fact

It is the fashion of unthinking persons to——

SYMBOLIC

Emblematic Typical

Emblematic of the fact that——

The appearance for the thing

The form for the substance

The law for the essence

The sign for the thing signified

Of a figurative import

TACTLESS

Witless Foolish

The knack of setting everything and everybody by the ears

There is need of a lady’s hand

It was not placatory but rather exasperating

Wholly indifferent to expediency

The intention was good but the method was wrong

Foolhardy

He is impossible

He is going over fool’s hill and is only part way over

TERSE

Pithy Succinct

Knightly generosity

Charming surprises

Instinctive delights

Surpassing merits

Joyously happy

Laudable purposes

Beautifully clean

Neatly arranged

Social amenities

Amiable qualities

Grandly simple

Peculiarly becoming

Remarkably pretty

Well disposed