"Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases" - читать интересную книгу автора (Grenville Kleiser)

daily study of great English writers, by careful examination of words in
their context, and by a discriminating use of language at all times.

GRENVILLE KLEISER.
New York City, July, 1917



SECTION I

USEFUL PHRASES


A

abandoned hope

abated pride

abbreviated visit

abhorred thraldom [thraldom = enslaved or in bondage]

abiding romance

abject submission

abjured ambition

able strategist

abnormal talents

abominably perverse

abounding happiness

abridged statement

abrogated law

abrupt transition

absolutely irrevocable

absorbed reverie

abstemious diet [abstemious = eating and drinking in moderation]

abstract character