Part 3
I wish thee happiness. _Pericles_, I., 1
Many, many, merry days. _The Merry Wives of Windsor_, V., 5
_Greeting_
You are very welcome. _Cymbeline_, I., 6
I am very glad to see you. _As You Like It_, III., 3
A hundred thousand welcomes. _Coriolanus_, II., 1
Our old and faithful friend, we are glad to see you. _Measure for Measure_, V., 1
Your presence makes us rich. _King Richard II._, II., 3
Although the last, not least. _King Lear_, I., 1
Happily met. _The Taming of the Shrew_, IV., 5
Good morrow to this fair assembly. _Much Ado about Nothing_, V., 4
Heartily well met, and most glad of your company. _Coriolanus_, IV., 3
_Inquiry_
Whither bound? _Cymbeline_, III., 6
Why did you stir so early? _Pericles_, III., 2
Are you the lady of the house? _Twelfth Night_, I., 5
How goes the world? _Timon of Athens_, I., 1
_Parting_
I thank you for your company. _As You Like It_, III., 2
I am heartily glad I came. _As You Like It_, I., 1
We leave you now with better company. _The Merchant of Venice_, I., 1
I take leave with many thousand thanks. _III. King Henry VI._, III., 2
Fair thoughts and happy hours attend on you. _The Merchant of Venice_, III., 4
Bear my greetings to—— _Julius Cæsar_, II., 2
Let us take ceremonious leave——of our several friends. _King Richard II._, I., 3
The heavens give safety to your purposes, Lead forth and bring you back in happiness. _Measure for Measure_, I., 1
I desire more acquaintance of you. _The Merry Wives of Windsor_, II., 2
_Request_
Bear me company. _The Two Gentlemen of Verona_, IV., 3
Will you dine with me? _Julius Cæsar_, I., 2
Let me have audience for a word or two. _As You Like It_, V., 4
Commend me to him. _Timon of Athens_, I., 1
Trouble yourself no further. _Othello_, IV., 3
Which is the readiest way to the house of—— _The Taming of the Shrew_, I., 2
If along with us, we shall be joyful of thy company. _The Taming of the Shrew_, IV., 5
Come home with me to supper; and I’ll lay a plot shall show us all a merry day. _King Richard II._, IV., 1
Go on before——I’ll presently attend you. _The Two Gentlemen of Verona_, II., 4
Will not your honours bear me company? _I. King Henry VI._, II., 2
I’ll keep you company. _Coriolanus_, II., 3
_Response_
What your pleasure is, shall satisfy me. _III. King Henry VI._, III., 2
I count myself in nothing else so happy as in a soul remembering my good friends. _King Richard II._, II., 3
I’ll eat nothing; I thank you as much as though I did. _The Merry Wives of Windsor_, I., 1
Of much less value is my company than your good words. _King Richard II._, II., 3
I enjoyed the golden dew of sleep. _King Richard III._, IV., 1
Tell him this from me, I count it one of my greatest afflictions that I cannot pleasure such an honourable gentleman. _Timon of Athens_, III., 2
_Thanks_
For your many courtesies I thank you. _Much Ado about Nothing_, V., 1
I can no other answer make but thanks and thanks. _Twelfth Night_, III., 3
It is an honour that I dream not of. _Romeo and Juliet_, I., 3
I thank you for your wish, and am well pleased to wish it back on you. _The Merchant of Venice_, III., 4
I thank thee for thy care and honest pains. _Much Ado about Nothing_, V., 1
With more than common thanks I will receive it. _Timon of Athens_, I., 2
I humbly thank him, and thank you all. _Titus Andronicus_, V., 1
A thousand thanks. _The Taming of the Shrew_, II., 1
Many and hearty thankings to you. _Measure for Measure_, V., 1
Hearty thanks. _King Lear_, IV., 6
I thank you, you are always my good friend. _King Henry VIII._, V., 3
CRITICISM
Stricture Animadversion
We are not all of that ilk
He is not able to get the right perspective
We are quite reluctant to follow his lead
He has no ground of complaint
He is in no small degree responsible for——
He shall be condemned in no uncertain terms
He cuts a sorry figure
He has no sense of the fitness of things
His conclusions are hopelessly detached from his premises
The theory has gone into bankruptcy
He is over-quick in reproof
He richly deserves his fate
I will not use terms of endearment
He takes himself too seriously
He has the unhappy knack of saying things that are not so
He should be the last man in the world to——
He is desperately in earnest but terribly mistaken
A purely professional cheeriness of manner
A most inexcusable breach of confidence
That sort of thing not only wearies but disgusts sensible men
It is a case of mean yielding in places of responsibility
Such a course is eternally alien to us
No one with any polite breeding can possibly sympathize with——
Too clever by half
I cannot resist taking him down a peg or two
Which is more than a figure of speech
A clumsy attempt
Not beyond just criticism
Little to charm the eye
An unfortunate notion
It is a situation to be lamented
Not altogether a wise thing to do
Not the most reassuring thing in the world
It presents an ugly aspect
Pure cussedness
The revival of an old humbug
A suggestion to be taken with reserve
It is but the legitimate offspring of his policy
A theory which has sins enough of its own to answer for
A little top-heavy
DANGEROUS
Perilous Risky
Steering a wobbling course
Skating over thin ice
The risk is too plain to be blinked
Things which snuff the light out of life
The mischief is easier to do than to undo
A warning which we dare not ignore
It is to light a fuse
Most sedulously to be avoided
A shining mark for the attacks of——
A menace to true faith
Subversive of all social order
Nothing is more inimical to society than——
A standing menace to——
Risks it would be madness to take
It may easily become a bogey
It contains the muffled accents of compromise
The consequences of which it is exceedingly difficult to foresee
A concession which the future will deplore
It is a condition which destroys the morale
It is a fear which cuts the nerve
It has obvious risks
The perilous undertow of——
The blighting effects of pride
It seems a mere flying in the face of notorious facts to maintain that——
Taking all sorts of daring little liberties
The fatal folly of——
Can any one view that prospect with complacency when——
It is bad form to——
It is of doubtful propriety at best
It is a delicate and dangerous thing to do
It will sink beyond hope of salvage
A very precarious situation for obvious reasons
It is a perilous thing to do
He is a real man who should affirm that——
A bold stroke
A tendency to attribute undue importance to——
It never seems to give him pause that——
He laid himself open to attack when——
A delicate sort of performance
An awkward doctrine to preach now
A source of alarm
An evidence of sinister plot
A deadly menace to——
It will add fuel to the flame
A bit of fine-spun fallacious reasoning
A supremely critical hour
A danger of mistaking the eddy for the full current
A crisis in the affairs of——
DECEIT
Duplicity Guile
Calculated to deceive the very elect
Hoodwinked by chicanery
It lacked every mark of authenticity
To play fast and loose with
Fair words have stolen away your heart
Birds of prey do not sing
Words which mislead and deceive the unthinking
A whole web of intrigue
An illusion born of vanity
It is a gigantic hoax
A man given to sharp practice
It was a mean decoy
He made a feint of going——
A cowardly subterfuge
As slippery as an eel
DEFEAT
Frustrate Thwart
His last state is worse than his first
He is waiting for an excuse to climb down gracefully
Out of the frying-pan into the fire
It made serious inroads upon the——
His plans suffered an eclipse
From bad to worse
The plot thickens
It cost the pangs of keenest misery
They have been adversely affected by it
A sort of dehumanizing effect
An adept in getting into hot water
An omen of evil significance
We nipped it in the bud
DEFEND
Shield Protect
In my humble judgment he did right
I should defend that with real verve
He should not be consigned to execration simply because——
There is not one jot nor tittle nor scintilla of evidence to show that——
The matter should not be permitted to go by default
We must place safeguards against further occurrences of the same kind
He does not do so perversely
I am going to defend him from the animadversions of——
He is above any such intractable position
He is a jealous defender of——
Truly it is not meet and just that——
One in order to maintain his self-respect must——
In spite of all that has been said to the contrary, I——
It is all very well for——
DENY
Disavow Disclaim
I wish to disclaim any responsibility for——
Nothing could be farther from the facts than——
He is wholly mistaken
I emphatically deny it without fear of contradiction
There was never a greater mistake
Quite the contrary
I am far from saying that——
It is a contradiction of terms
It is absurd to suppose that——
Far from it
It is a pure invention of mischief-making spite
We wish to disclaim any purpose of that nature
If any such idea found lodgment it should be dismissed forthwith as contrary to——
It is without a vestige of truth in it
It will be met by a flat refusal
It is too much of an extravagance to assert that——
We are not justified in making unqualified assertions
It is deliberately false
An absurd proposition hardly worth contradiction
No more false charge was ever brought
The thing was absurd and incredible on the face of it
Relegated to the limbo of——
DEPENDABLE
Trustworthy Reliable
Something more than mere vaporings of the imagination
Unalterable principles of rectitude
It always has a strict business basis
Stable as the hills
As steady as a clock
No mere makeshift policy
Not swerving from the path of duty
Painstaking and faithful in the performance of duty
Of most rare fidelity
With unswerving fidelity to each and every trust
He does not play fast and loose
DESCRIPTIVE
(Of Persons)
A matchless eye
A winning smile
With feminine ease and grace
A very pretty manner
A finely molded chin
A great lubberly boy
A maid of winning charm
A most winsome expression
A dainty little miss
A mere slip of a girl
Nimbly moving hands
In robust health
A husky youngster
A tar of the jolly old sort
A son frightfully dissipated
An officer immensely officious
The habit of gentle speech
The habit of accurate observation
The pink of perfection
A vast amount of good sense
A superior man
An obliging person
A magnanimous soul
A pleasing countenance
A voice delightfully musical
Of graceful deportment
His person was commanding
Elegant propriety of attire
A jaunty demeanor
A good-natured fellow
A most agreeable creature
A natural sweetness of disposition
A charmingly simple person
A quiet unassuming person
A man of sound sense
A man of immovable convictions
A lawyer of marked ability
A discriminating eye
A countenance which beautifully expressed a deep interest in all things good
A well-governed mind
With the intuitive perceptions of a lover
Many charming qualities
A heart alive to all the beauties of nature
With the most fastidious punctilio
Fond of dwelling on the scenes of other days
So frankly and innocently happy
Skilled in the graces of conversation
An unsympathetic reader
A man of dignity, force, and ease of manner
A decent pride
A clear brain
A flash of intelligence
A quick sympathy
A wise tolerance
An acute observer
A splendid fellow
A very mercenary person
A trustworthy friend
A fond mother
A good listener
An excellent musician
An exceptional man
A character worth knowing
A mind of penetrating keenness
A scholar of considerable eminence
(Of Things)
A lovely landscape
A quiet nook
A crimson rosebud
A fertile region
A drowsy drone
A snug farm
A dainty flower
The blissful skies
Serene weather
The most perfect night possible
In very picturesque surroundings
A charming aspect
A rugged background
A high-crested crag
A pool of transparent clearness
The kindly fruits of the earth
The most appetizing confection
The pleasing odor of good food
A delicious condiment
A deadly contagion
A munificent gift
Snowy table-linen
The boundless beauty of springtime
A rattling good story
A savory odor
A quaint old house
Of a make quite metropolitan
A suit of faultless cut
Delicate traceries
A facile pen
The larger mood
A gala night
A marvel of detail
DESERVING
Worthy Meritorious
Nor can we be too warm in our grateful appreciation of the——
Posterity will give its proper meed of praise to——
He has done a real service
He proved himself worthy of the confidence reposed in him
It is the highest tribute to his sincerity
He commands the entire respect of the community
He is by all odds the best
He has earned the right to be regarded as——
It was a severe test and he came off victorious
They deserve the cordial thanks of——
DESIRE
Wish Crave
I have often cast a thought but now I begin to cast an eye towards——
A thirst after more from the same spring
A praiseworthy desire
With a feverish desire to——
To this end it is hoped that——
A secret fondness for——
He has a genuine hankering for——
From my very heart I desire——
’Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished. _Hamlet_, III., 1
I covet for myself——
What we want is——
I have a burning desire to——
I am profoundly anxious to——
It is our earnest hope and most fervent prayer that——
It would be the culmination of my fondest hopes to——
I am ardently wishing for it
An insatiable thirst for——
Legitimate desires
An irrepressible desire for——
I am not very strong for——
DETERMINATION
Grit Resolution
Perseverance and pluck triumphed
He held stoutly to the creed that——
Quenchless zeal
A fixed and unalterable determination to——
Where there is a will there is a way
No, not if I work my fingers to the bone
With the determination of a born fighter
The vow is registered in heaven that——
Facing life with resolute purpose
With indomitable zeal
No one need ever say he cannot make good
A relentless determination to continue
Invincible in determination
Resolute in will
Well defined in purpose
Dauntless purpose
An inspiration amounting to a fixed resolve
Nothing can faze him
He delights to smite his enemies hip and thigh
Dyed-in-the-wool conservatives
Dauntless perseverance
We had already steeled our hearts for it
With an air of stolid desperation
With unflinching determination
Not to be tempted into foolhardiness
He held on with grim determination
With determined perseverance
Gently but firmly
A vigorous determination
With stoical fortitude
With all the energy of one’s soul
With redoubled energy
Consumed by the intensity of a passion for——
A quiet determination to do their part nobly
A grim endurance
Struggling with circumstances
With indomitable patience
He has a phenomenal capacity for pegging away
Not swerved from his position by a hair’s breadth
In proportion to the strength and persistency of an intelligent effort
Pretty persistently
He is disputing the crown of his profession with his neighbor
He gave us a clear and vigorous presentation of his own position
With indomitable spirit
With unremitting assiduity
Unsubdued in spirit and undepressed in mind
A grim hold upon
An obtuse human
A persistent tendency to
The resolute kind
There is no earthly likelihood of his complying
I was resolute
I would not give in
It admits of no extenuation
With splendid purpose in his eyes
DIFFICULT
Arduous Hard
It is a hard school
With drawbacks of its own
A fight against great odds
A hard nut to crack
I had a pretty stiff time
He had to face an arduous task
Hard work ahead and plenty of it
Ay, there’s the rub. _Hamlet_, III., 1
Not easy of accomplishment
Hard facts against which we chafe and fret
Not an easy task
It is easy to preach to the converted
It was rather a trying ordeal
The goal is far more remote than we had supposed it to be
It is difficult enough under the most favorable circumstances
It is difficult to possess one’s soul in patience when——
The situation was very badly complicated by——
He is up against a tough proposition
The way is not wholly smooth
It may seem a hard doctrine to preach at such a moment
We live in no soft and easy days
I find the medicine worse than the malady
As tangled as a hank of yarn that runs into knots continually
Processes which defy analysis
A great inertia which must be overcome
DISCERNMENT
Insight Penetration
He has eyes that see to the very heart of things
His mind is all daylight
It lets us into the soul of things
A remarkably acute dissection of——
Distinguished by candor and insight
Discriminating insight
It testifies to his farsightedness that——
He knows the ins and the outs of it
He put his finger on the nerve
A very delicate discernment
A shrewd, acute man of the world
A fine discernment of the issue
A penetrating declaration that——
With keen discriminating insight
He fully appreciated the potentialities of——
He awoke to a vivid realization of——
With the discerning eye of faith
A complete revelation of the inner life
Face to face with the purposes for which we were created
A fire which consumes the dross
Foregleams of the mercy that would save the blackest sinner
A deep knowledge of the things of God
The delicate hand of a discerning nurse
Submitted to the arbitrament of merciless justice
DISCRIMINATING
Accurate Particular
As accurate as a time-table
With the most painstaking care
Meticulously careful
With discriminating nicety
A monument of minutia
A distinction without a difference
A vital lack of discrimination
A new orientation of——
Drawing a line of demarcation between——
Nice distinctions
Fine discriminations
It is a nice point whether——
With close scrutiny
With a constantly vigilant eye
Under strict and precise supervision
Every statement carefully weighed and checked
By careful discrimination
He took cognizance of——
A work of discriminating selection
DISGUST
Aversion Repugnance
The game is not worth the candle
Most vexatious blunders
Profoundly distasteful
This is wretched business
It makes one shiver to think of——
It is not very pleasant to contemplate
How often have I been in a passion with him
Disgustingly enough
I have a deep-seated repugnance to——
Disgusted with fatuous pretensions
I had the disagreeable task of——
For which he has the most ardent disdain
I consider the action most reprehensible
Particularly approbrious
Nearsighted expediency
They were anathema to him
DOMINATE
Control Rule
There is a certain high-handedness about the way of going at the——
Savored too much of the arbitrary
In the saddle
They will brook no trifling
Conquer everything
The will to power
Prepared to lay on the mailed fist
The policy of a harsh aggressive paternalism
It must adapt itself to conditions not of its own making
Stop-watch methods
A yoke upon the necks of others
An effort to dragoon the——
Bound in the straitest bonds
Under the sense of stern compulsion
It has become the guiding principle of his life
Arbitrary procedure
Under the lash of——
The lure of despotic power
DOUBT
Misgiving Question
It will provoke a challenge in many minds
There seems to be a cloud of doubt about the matter
I very much question whether——
We doubt the expediency of going farther
The statement is so sweeping in scope as to require very close scrutiny
It will not bear the test of exact criticism
Its excellence has caused suspicion of its reality
All that can be said with assurance is that——
Full of misgivings
The best experience we have makes us skeptical of——
I am far from feeling sure that the——
It cannot be regarded as conclusive that——
It is now exceedingly doubtful whether——
Of very doubtful wisdom
The whole scheme is in the air
The matter has been wrapped in doubt
Harried by uncertainties
It was accepted with reluctance and misgivings
We have been secretly cherishing the suspicion that——
With the shadows of uncertainty hanging over us
Of that we are even unprepared to guess
It is an open question whether——
Little hope is cherished that——
A frail hope
Not sure, though hoping. _King Lear_, V., 3
Our doubts are traitors. _Measure for Measure_, I., 4
Right down in my heart of hearts I cannot say that——
We can hardly take his _ipse dixit_ for a decision
DULL
Uninteresting Tiresome
As dry as desert dust
Ineffably dull
Devoid of interest
An intolerable tedium
Without conscious appreciation of the meaning of——
With all the virility taken out
A gray day
The gray drab of life
No one could accuse him of any inspiration
It is almost impossible to strike any fire in him
The embodiment of stupidity
It needs the infusion of new blood
As tedious as a twice-told tale
As tedious as a tired horse
Unutterably wearisome
In the usual humdrum way
A dull and tedious statement
EFFECTUAL
Efficacious Operative
It turns wheels and grinds corn
In the way that will count
To achieve the maximum result with the minimum expenditure of effort
In a far more powerful and effective way
There can be no denying the effectiveness of——
The work brought out certain fine qualities in——