common speech



austerity, candour, directness, frankness, household words, naturalness, openness, plain English, plainness, severity, simplicity, slang, vernacular ,









   spend-all - prodigal, prodigal son, spendthrift, wastrel ,

   septicaemic plague - black death, epidemic, pandemic, pest, pestilence, plague, scourge, tuberculosis ,

   connubial - conjugal, husbandly, married, nuptial, wedded, wifely ,

   sheet of rain - drizzle, fall, flurry, mist, moisture, patter, precipitation, raindrop, rainfall, shower, splatter, sprinkle, wet ,

   reading glasses - bifocals, contact lens, eyeglass, glasses, goggles, lorgnette, monocle, peepers, shades, specks, spectacles, sunglasses ,

   talk against time - filibuster, hang, hang back, hang fire, hesitate, hold off, procrastinate, stall, temporize ,

   peace-loving - conciliatory, irenic, non-combatant, non-violent, pacific, pacifistic, peaceable ,

   matter-of-factly - commonly, naturally, ordinarily, plainly, practically, simply, to the point ,

   engraved invitation - bid, bidding, call, calling, invitation, invite, summons ,

   exultantly - gladly, happily, joyfully ,