Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases

Chapters

1. 0 IntroductionBetsie Bush 12:20
2. 1 How To Use This BookMaria Morabe 4:52
3. 2 Plan Of StudyMaria Morabe 4:52
4. 3 Useful Phrases: abandoned hope - ample cultureBetsie Bush 5:13
5. 4 Useful Phrases: amusing artlessness - azure skyroolynninms 4:10
6. 5 Useful Phrases: babbling gossip - bygone periodroolynninms 3:57
7. 6 Useful Phrases: cabalistic phrase - collateral dutiesroolynninms 2:47
8. 7 Useful Phrases: collective wisdom - contingent reasonsroolynninms 2:43
9. 8 Useful Phrases: continuous endeavor - cynical disregardpallavy 4:07
10. 9 Useful Phrases: damaging admission - diligently propagatedDiana Troldahl 6:27
11. 10 Useful Phrases: dim comprehension - dynastic insolenceDiana Troldahl 5:51
12. 11 Useful Phrases: eager animosity - entrancing sadnessDavid Barnes 5:50
13. 12 Useful Phrases: enveloping presence - exultant conditionskern922 4:54
14. 13 Useful Phrases: facetious mood - flickering conscienceE. Plein 2:53
15. 14 Useful Phrases: flighty obstinacy - futile babblepallavy 3:16
16. 15 Useful Phrases: gabbling reminiscences - gymnastic agilitypallavy 4:31
17. 16 Useful Phrases: habitual deference - hysterical agitationpallavy 4:53
18. 17 Useful Phrases: iconoclastic attitude - incipient fancyChris Chapman 7:05
19. 18 Useful Phrases: incisive critic - inquisitional rackChris Chapman 5:45
20. 19 Useful Phrases: inquisitive observer - isolated splendorKira Rutherford-Boese 5:46
21. 20 Useful Phrases: jaded sensibility - lying equivocationsKira Rutherford-Boese 5:30
22. 21 Useful Phrases: maddening monotony - meteoric splendorsLinton 4:25
23. 22 Useful Phrases: methodical regularity - mythical kingdomLinton 3:51
24. 23 Useful Phrases: naive manner - overworked drudgeLinton 6:19
25. 24 Useful Phrases: pacific disposition - political malcontentDenny Sayers (d. 2015) 7:26
26. 25 Useful Phrases: polluting taints - pyrotechnic outburstDenny Sayers (d. 2015) 8:56
27. 26 Useful Phrases: quailing culprit - remarkable sagacityLisa Chau 3:20
28. 27 Useful Phrases: remedial measure - ruthless commercialismJordan Mueller 2:33
29. 28 Useful Phrases: sacerdotal preeminence - shuddering reluctanceLisa Chau 4:49
30. 29 Useful Phrases: shuffling preliminaries - starched sterilityLisa Chau 5:02
31. 30 Useful Phrases: starlit eminence - systematic interactionJordan Mueller 3:54
32. 31 Useful Phrases: tacit assumption - tyrannical dispositionLisa Chau 5:07
33. 32 Useful Phrases: ubiquitous activity - undue predilectionLisa Chau 4:04
34. 33 Useful Phrases: undulating hills - unpalatable truthLisa Chau 4:07
35. 34 Useful Phrases: unparalleled atrocities - utmost scornLisa Chau 4:13
36. 35 Useful Phrases: vacant stupidity - vulnerable foeLisa Chau 3:07
37. 36 Useful Phrases: wabbling enterprise - zoologically consideredHeather Lambert 3:11
38. 37 Significant Phrases: abashed and ashamed - awkwardness and crudityClaire Goget 4:15
39. 38 Significant Phrases: babel and confusion - civilized and culturedLisa Chau 4:52
40. 39 Significant Phrases: clamorous and wild - cynical and contemptuousLisa Chau 5:06
41. 40 Significant Phrases: dangers and pitfalls - digressive and wantonLisa Chau 3:39
42. 41 Significant Phrases: dilatory and hesitating - dwindle and disappearShirley Donahue 4:44
43. 42 Significant Phrases: eagerness and ecstasy - exuberant and infectiousShirley Donahue 6:16
44. 43 Significant Phrases: fabulous and fabricated - futile and untrustworthyLucy Burgoyne (1950-2014) 4:47
45. 44 Significant Phrases: gaiety and grace - hypocrisy and impudenceLucy Burgoyne (1950-2014) 5:17
46. 45 Significant Phrases: ideas and achievements - indomitable and doggedLucy Burgoyne (1950-2014) 3:24
47. 46 Significant Phrases: indorsed and applauded - isolated and detachedJulian Jamison 3:37
48. 47 Significant Phrases: jabber and chatter - luxury and pompdhenderson 4:07
49. 48 Significant Phrases: madness and folly - mystic and wonderfuldhenderson 2:55
50. 49 Significant Phrases: nagging and squabbling - overworked and faggeddhenderson 4:10
51. 50 Significant Phrases: pains and penalties - puzzled and affectedKathy 6:09
52. 51 Significant Phrases: quackery and incompetence - rust and disuseKathy 4:58
53. 52 Significant Phrases: sad and melancholy - spacious and loftyKathy 3:48
54. 53 Significant Phrases: sparkling and spontaneous - sympathetic and consolingjenneferdawn 4:06
55. 54 Significant Phrases: taciturn and laconic - tyrant and oppressorScot Colford 4:48
56. 55 Significant Phrases: unaccountable and grotesque - vulgar and artificialMarwa Gamil 5:49
57. 56 Significant Phrases: wandering and erratic - zigzag and deviatingtwofistededitor 2:17
58. 57 Felicitous Phrases: ability, humor, and perspicacity - busy, active, and toilingMochan42 4:11
59. 58 Felicitous Phrases: curious, fantastic, and charming - calculated, logical, and dispassionateMarwa Gamil 4:11
60. 59 Felicitous Phrases: dwarfed, scant, and wretched - danger, difficulty, and hardshipMarwa Gamil 4:32
61. 60 Felicitous Phrases: eagerness, heartiness, and vehemence - fustian, padding, and irrelevancySandra Zera 4:35
62. 61 Felicitous Phrases: gaunt, desolate, and despoiled - humor, fancy, and susceptibilityBrian Lojeck 3:40
63. 62 Felicitous Phrases: idle, profuse, and profligate - luxurious, whimsical, and selfishBrian Lojeck 4:20
64. 63 Felicitous Phrases: magnificent, sumptuous, and stately - overriding, arrogant, and quarrelsomeJustin S Barrett 3:51
65. 64 Felicitous Phrases: pain, toil, and privation - puzzles, tangles, and questioningsWilliam Haseltine 3:45
66. 65 Felicitous Phrases: quarrels, misunderstandings, and enmities - rush, roar, and shriekRohanna 2:38
67. 66 Felicitous Phrases: sacredness, dignity, and loveliness - sympathy, service, and compassionWilliam Haseltine 4:05
68. 67 Felicitous Phrases: talent, scholarship, and refinement - wrinkled, careworn, and paleMarwa Gamil 5:08
69. 68 Impressive Phrases: able, skilful,... - business, profession,...Stephen Lamb 4:41
70. 69 Impressive Phrases: candid, sincere,... - dull, heavy,...Stephen Lamb 6:04
71. 70 Impressive Phrases: earth, air,... - gross, academic,..Stephen Lamb 6:18
72. 71 Impressive Phrases: habit, custom,... - lucidity, impressiveness,...Stephen Lamb 5:41
73. 72 Impressive Phrases: malice, anger,... - purpose, meaning,...Stephen Lamb 5:40
74. 73 Impressive Phrases: quack, imposture,... - symmetry, proportion,..Stephen Lamb 4:20
75. 74 Impressive Phrases: tact, courtesy,... - worry, annoyance,...Stephen Lamb 4:10
76. 75 Prepositional Phrases "of": abandon of spontaneity - business of lifeJoseph Etcheto 4:35
77. 76 Prepositional Phrases "of": cadences of delirium - dust of defeatAlex Foster 3:52
78. 77 Prepositional Phrases "of": earnestness of enthusiasm - futility of prideJoseph Etcheto 4:12
79. 78 Prepositional Phrases "of": gaiety of spirit - irony of lifeJoseph Etcheto 4:01
80. 79 Prepositional Phrases "of": jangle of sounds - overflow of vitalityJoseph Etcheto 4:10
81. 80 Prepositional Phrases "of": page of desolation - ruts of conventionalityJoseph Etcheto 4:52
82. 81 Prepositional Phrases "of": sadness of soul - system of aspersionJoseph Etcheto 3:34
83. 82 Prepositional Phrases "of": taint of megalomania - zone of delusionJoseph Etcheto 4:16
84. 83 Prepositional Phrases "by": affected by externals - hushed by denialScot Colford 3:05
85. 84 Prepositional Phrases "by": impelled by duty - wrenched by emotionsPrecious 3:33
86. 85 Prepositional Phrases "in": absorbed in meditation - kept in abeyancePrecious 3:16
87. 86 Prepositional Phrases "in": landmarks in memory - weak in conceptionPrecious 3:47
88. 87 Prepositional Phrases "into": abashed into silence - goaded into actionJoe Brenneman 1:59
89. 88 Prepositional Phrases "into": hushed into silence - withdraw into solitudeJoe Brenneman 1:51
90. 89 Prepositional Phrases "to": addicted to flattery - hostile to progressJoe Brenneman 1:50
91. 90 Prepositional Phrases "to": impervious to suggestion - yield to reasonJoe Brenneman 2:28
92. 91 Prepositional Phrases "with": abounding with plenty - intoxicated with joyJoe Brenneman 2:23
93. 92 Prepositional Phrases "with": kindle with enthusiasm - work with zealliquidneutrino 2:29
94. 93 Business PhrasesKaren Savage 24:37
95. 94 Literary Expressions: A bitterness crept into her face - A nimble-witted opponentLee Elliott 6:53
96. 95 Literary Expressions: A painful thought was flooding his mind - A wordless farewellJoe Brenneman 6:27
97. 96 Literary Expressions: Absolutely vulgarized by too perpetual a parroting - Awaiting his summons to the eternal silenceKen Crooker 8:18
98. 97 Literary Expressions: Bandied about from mouth to mouth - Dull black eyes under their precipice of browsKen Crooker 6:47
99. 98 Literary Expressions: Earth danced under a heat haze - Guilty of girlish sentimentalityHeather Lawrence 4:06
100. 99 Literary Expressions: Half choked by a rising paroxysm of rage - Humiliating paltriness of revengeDavid Best 9:26
101. 100 Literary Expressions: I capitulated by inadvertence - Kiss-provoking lipsDavid Best 5:06
102. 101 Literary Expressions: Laden with the poignant scent of the garden honeysuckle - Rudely reminded of life's serious issuesPete Darby 10:45
103. 102 Literary Expressions: Sacrificed to a futile sort of treadmill - Swift summer into the autumn flowedHeather Lawrence 7:27
104. 103 Literary Expressions: Taking the larger sweeps in the march of mind - The hungry curiosity of the mindC.L.Coney 8:09
105. 104 Literary Expressions: The idiosyncratic peculiarities of thought - The swing of the pendulum through an arch of centuriesC.L.Coney 9:37
106. 105 Literary Expressions: The tempered daylight of an olive garden - Twilight creeps upon the darkening mindC.L.Coney 5:34
107. 106 Literary Expressions: Unapproachable grandeur and simplicity - Your mind enthroned in the seventh circle of contentC.L.Coney 3:39
108. 107 Striking Similes: A blind rage like a fire swept over him - And the smile she softly uses fills the silence like a speechSueAnn Dozier 10:55
109. 108 Striking Similes: As a child in play scatters... - Awkward as a cart-horseJoe Brenneman 6:39
110. 109 Striking Similes: Babbling like a child - Dull as champagneJoe Brenneman 6:33
111. 110 Striking Similes: Each like a corpse within its grave - Great scarlet poppies lay in drifts ...Joe Brenneman 4:36
112. 111 Striking Similes: Hair as harsh as tropical grass and gray as ashes - Hushed like a breathless lyreSandra Zera 9:19
113. 112 Striking Similes: I had grown pure as the dawn and the dew - Kingdoms melt away like snowSandra Zera 3:36
114. 113 Striking Similes: Laboring like a giant - Like a yellow silken scarf the thick fog hangsRohanna 7:03
115. 114 Striking Similes: Like an alien ghost I stole away - Like sweet thoughts in a dreamRohanna 6:31
116. 115 Striking Similes: Like the awful shadow of some unseen power - Lovely the land unknown...Rohanna 6:32
117. 116 Striking Similes: March on my soul nor like the laggard stay - Quivering like an eager race-horse to startSarah Jennings 6:49
118. 117 Striking Similes: Rage, rage ye tears, that never more should creep... - Swifter than the twinkling of an eyeSandra Zera 10:25
119. 118 Striking Similes: Talking and thinking became to him... - The music almost died away...Marwa Gamil 6:35
120. 119 Striking Similes: The name that cuts into my soul like a knife - Then the lover sighing like furnaceBetsie Bush 8:27
121. 120 Striking Similes: Theories sprouted in his mind like mushrooms - Turning easily and securely as on a perfect axleBetsie Bush 6:21
122. 121 Striking Similes: Unbends like a loosened bow - Youth like a summer mornScot Colford 8:18
123. 122 Conversational Phrases: A most extraordinary idea! - Human nature interests me very much indeedC Pannier 6:38
124. 123 Conversational Phrases: I admire your foresight - I could never forgive myself for thatMark Mascolino 7:28
125. 124 Conversational Phrases: I dare say your intuition is quite right - I seem to have heard that sentiment beforePrecious 9:02
126. 125 Conversational Phrases: I shall at once proceed to forget it - It has never occurred to meLee Ann Howlett 6:45
127. 126 Conversational Phrases: It is a curious fact - It would take too long to formulate my thoughtHeather Lawrence 6:17
128. 127 Conversational Phrases: Join us, please, when you have time - Surely you would not countenance thatKen Crooker 7:00
129. 128 Conversational Phrases: Tell me in what way you want me to help you - True, I forgot!Ken Crooker 6:38
130. 129 Conversational Phrases: Undeniably true - Would you mind telling me your opinion?Elizabeth Palmer 3:47
131. 130 Conversational Phrases: Yes and no - Your statement is somewhat startlingElizabeth Palmer 4:49
132. 131 Public Speaking Phrases: A fact of vast moment - And next I would askRose 7:29
133. 132 Public Speaking Phrases: And now allow me to call attention - Away then with the notionScot Colford 8:01
134. 133 Public Speaking Phrases: Be assured, then - But it has been suggested to meSandra Zera 4:55
135. 134 Public Speaking Phrases: But it is a fact - By this time it will be suspectedJoe Brenneman 4:20
136. 135 Public Speaking Phrases: Can it be supposed - Granting all thisJoe Brenneman 4:12
137. 136 Public Speaking Phrases: Had I time for all that might be said - However, it is to me a very refreshing thingJoe Brenneman 3:16
138. 137 Public Speaking Phrases: I abide by my statement - I am willing to knowJeff Wadden 6:16
139. 138 Public Speaking Phrases: I anticipate with pleasing expectation - I distrust all general theories ofJoe Brenneman 7:39
140. 139 Public Speaking Phrases: I do again and again urge upon you - I hasten to concedeKen Crooker 8:10
141. 140 Public Speaking Phrases: I have a dark suspicion - I hope you will not accuse meKen Crooker 11:49
142. 141 Public Speaking Phrases: I imagine that no one will be disposed - I rejoice to think I remark hereStephen Lamb 9:23
143. 142 Public Speaking Phrases: I remember a reference made - I thank you very sincerely for the honorDavid Best 9:41
144. 143 Public Speaking Phrases: I think I am correct in saying - I yielded to the earnest solicitationsDavid Best 10:38
145. 144 Public Speaking Phrases: If any man be so persuaded - In widening our viewEkpyrotic 10:38
146. 145 Public Speaking Phrases: Indeed, can anyone tell me - It is my present purposeSandra Zera 9:25
147. 146 Public Speaking Phrases: It is natural to ask the question - It may still more probably be saidMaura Walsh 5:38
148. 147 Public Speaking Phrases: It must be a cause of delight - Just the reverse is trueMaura Walsh 5:21
149. 148 Public Speaking Phrases: Language is inadequate to voice my appreciation - My regret is intensified by the thoughtguava 8:23
150. 149 Public Speaking Phrases: Nay, I boldly say - Now, you will understand from thisJoe Brenneman 5:43
151. 150 Public Speaking Phrases: Observe again - Surely it is not too much for me to sayJoe Brenneman 7:43
152. 151 Public Speaking Phrases: Take another instance - The whole story of civilizationHolly 6:48
153. 152 Public Speaking Phrases: Then again, in corroboration - Think of the cool disregardBetsie Bush 5:49
154. 153 Public Speaking Phrases: This absurdity arises - Very strange is this indeedDon Powers 5:15
155. 154 Public Speaking Phrases: We all agree as to - What strikes the mind so forciblyJason Isbell 9:02
156. 155 Public Speaking Phrases: What, then, are we to believe - Your presence seems to sayJason Isbell 6:57
157. 156 Miscellaneous Phrases: A bewildering labyrinth of facts - A pleasant flow of appropriate languageJoan Walton 7:01
158. 157 Miscellaneous Phrases: A pompous failure - Ample scope for the exercise of his astonishing giftsJoan Walton 7:21
159. 158 Miscellaneous Phrases: An abandoned and exaggerated grief - Awaited with feverish anxietyHeather Lawrence 6:03
160. 159 Miscellaneous Phrases: Bandied to and fro - Dwindled to alarmingly small dimensionsHeather Lawrence 6:58
161. 160 Miscellaneous Phrases: Easy-going to the point of lethargy - Hopelessly belated in its appearanceLuigina 9:30
162. 161 Miscellaneous Phrases: I adjured him - Its dominating and inspiring influenceLuigina 11:13
163. 162 Miscellaneous Phrases: Jealous and formidable foes - Quixotically generous about moneyLuigina 10:34
164. 163 Miscellaneous Phrases: Radiantly and transparently happy - Swift and vehement outbursts of feelingJason Isbell 8:02
165. 164 Miscellaneous Phrases: Take root in the heart - The sycophants of the richNick Davies 12:00