harp on



accent, accentuate, always trot out, belabour, dwell on, dwell upon, emphasize, give emphasis to, hammer away at, highlight, insist upon, italicize, labour, overemphasize, overstress,









   excruciation - agony, anguish, crucifixion, desolation, heartbreak, martyrdom, rack, torment, torture ,

   unsecurable - unobtainable, unprocurable, unreachable ,

   the breaks - blessing, break, destiny, fate, felicity, fortuity, fortune, gamble, good luck, hap, law of averages, lot, luck, opportunity, probability,

   locket - anklet, armlet, bangle, beads, bijou, bracelet, brooch, chain, chaplet, charm, chatelaine, circle, coronet, crown, diadem,

   unscathed - as new, bright, fresh, harmless, immune, immunized, insured, intact, inviolate, mint, pristine, protected, safe, safe and sound, secure,

   coal heat - burning, fever, heating, superheat, warmth ,

   house of detention - black hole, borstal, brig, cell, concentration camp, dungeon, gaol, guardhouse, industrial school, jail, keep, labour camp, lock-up, pen, penal colony,

   galoot - ass hole, bloke, boob, booby, buck, chap, chump, cuss, ding-a-ling, fellow, gee, gent, goof, guy, jerk,

   workmanship - ability, address, adeptness, adroitness, architecture, artfulness, artistry, assembly, bravura, brilliance, building, capability, capacity, casting, cleverness,

   half an eye - blink, cast, flash, glance, glimpse, peek, peep, slant, wink ,