contents



acknowledgements, adjunct, appurtenance, aspect, back, back matter, bastard title, bibliography, card index, catch line, catchword, chart, circumstance, colophon, component,









   infirmity of will - collapse, daintiness, delicacy, disintegration, fragility, frailty, indecisiveness, irresolution, lightness ,

   natural impulse - blind impulse, brain wave, brainstorm, drive, fancy, flash, inspiration, instinct, notion, reflex, sudden thought, urge ,

   illness - abnormality, acute disease, addiction, affection, affliction, ailment, allergic disease, allergy, atrophy, bacterial disease, birth defect, blight, bug, cardiovascular disease, chronic disease,

   patronizing attitude - condescension, domineering, hauteur, high horse, patronizing, pride, side ,

   concubinage - adultery, bigamy, cuckoldry, fornication, free love, incest, monogamy, polyandry, polygamy ,

   to a fare-you-well - all out, all the way, flat out, utterly, with a vengeance ,

   sugar-making - ambrosia, honey, honeycomb, molasses, nectar, saccharin, sorghum, sugar, sweetener, sweetening, syrup, treacle ,

   pastry shell - crust, incrustation, scab, scale, shell ,

   freight train - electric, elevated, express, flier, flyer, freight, freighter, funicular, interurban, limited, local, metro, monorail, rolling stock, shuttle,

   crank in - crank, draw in, pull in, reel, tackle, tauten, tighten, trim ,