free city - ally, body politic, buffer state, colony, commonwealth, county, domain, dominion, duchy, dukedom, empire, kingdom, land, mandate, nation,
collating mark - backing, binding, bookbinding, bookcase, case, cover, gathering, jacket, lining, saddle stitching, sewing, signature, smashing, stamping, trimming,
hang something on - accuse, allege, arraign, article, book, bring charges, charge, cite, complain, denounce, denunciate, fasten upon, finger, impeach, imply,
surge - access, accession, accretion, accrual, accumulation, addition, advance, affluence, aggrandizement, amplification, appreciation, arise, ascend, ascension, ascent,
coerce - beat down, beset, blackjack, bludgeon, break, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, castrate, clamp down on, compel, concuss, constrain, cow, daunt,
compendium - abbreviation, abridgement, abstract, brief, capsule, condensation, condensed version, conspectus, digest, draft, epitome, guide, guidebook, head, manual,
jade - Jezebel, absinthe, adamant, agate, allay, amethyst, aquamarine, bad woman, baggage, baulker, baulky horse, be infinitely repetitive, be tedious, beat, beryl,
white mule - booze, liquor, moonshine, shine ,
shiftiness - art, artfulness, artifice, canniness, cleverness, corruption, craft, cunning, danger, deceit, dishonesty, dishonour, duplicity, eccentricity, falseness,
easy going - clarity, clear coast, clear road, ease, easiness, effortlessness, facileness, facility, freedom, intelligibility, lack of hindrance, plain sailing, plane sailing, royal road, simplicity,
collating mark - backing, binding, bookbinding, bookcase, case, cover, gathering, jacket, lining, saddle stitching, sewing, signature, smashing, stamping, trimming,
hang something on - accuse, allege, arraign, article, book, bring charges, charge, cite, complain, denounce, denunciate, fasten upon, finger, impeach, imply,
surge - access, accession, accretion, accrual, accumulation, addition, advance, affluence, aggrandizement, amplification, appreciation, arise, ascend, ascension, ascent,
coerce - beat down, beset, blackjack, bludgeon, break, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, castrate, clamp down on, compel, concuss, constrain, cow, daunt,
compendium - abbreviation, abridgement, abstract, brief, capsule, condensation, condensed version, conspectus, digest, draft, epitome, guide, guidebook, head, manual,
jade - Jezebel, absinthe, adamant, agate, allay, amethyst, aquamarine, bad woman, baggage, baulker, baulky horse, be infinitely repetitive, be tedious, beat, beryl,
white mule - booze, liquor, moonshine, shine ,
shiftiness - art, artfulness, artifice, canniness, cleverness, corruption, craft, cunning, danger, deceit, dishonesty, dishonour, duplicity, eccentricity, falseness,
easy going - clarity, clear coast, clear road, ease, easiness, effortlessness, facileness, facility, freedom, intelligibility, lack of hindrance, plain sailing, plane sailing, royal road, simplicity,