Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases


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(4 stars; 55 reviews)

A Practical Handbook of Pertinent Expressions, Striking Similes, Literary, Commercial, Conversational, and Oratorical Terms, for the Embellishment of Speech and Literature, and The Improvement of the Vocabulary of Those Persons Who Read, Write, and Speak English
Alt-BC: Lucy Burgoyne (15 hr 50 min)

Chapitres

Introduction 12:20 Lu par Betsie Bush
How To Use This Book 4:52 Lu par Maria Morabe
Plan Of Study 4:52 Lu par Maria Morabe
Useful Phrases: abandoned hope - ample culture 5:13 Lu par Betsie Bush
Useful Phrases: amusing artlessness - azure sky 4:10 Lu par roolynninms
Useful Phrases: babbling gossip - bygone period 3:57 Lu par roolynninms
Useful Phrases: cabalistic phrase - collateral duties 2:47 Lu par roolynninms
Useful Phrases: collective wisdom - contingent reasons 2:43 Lu par roolynninms
Useful Phrases: continuous endeavor - cynical disregard 4:07 Lu par pallavy
Useful Phrases: damaging admission - diligently propagated 6:27 Lu par Diana Troldahl
Useful Phrases: dim comprehension - dynastic insolence 5:51 Lu par Diana Troldahl
Useful Phrases: eager animosity - entrancing sadness 5:50 Lu par David Barnes
Useful Phrases: enveloping presence - exultant condition 4:54 Lu par skern922
Useful Phrases: facetious mood - flickering conscience 2:53 Lu par E. Plein
Useful Phrases: flighty obstinacy - futile babble 3:16 Lu par pallavy
Useful Phrases: gabbling reminiscences - gymnastic agility 4:31 Lu par pallavy
Useful Phrases: habitual deference - hysterical agitation 4:53 Lu par pallavy
Useful Phrases: iconoclastic attitude - incipient fancy 7:05 Lu par Chris Chapman
Useful Phrases: incisive critic - inquisitional rack 5:45 Lu par Chris Chapman
Useful Phrases: inquisitive observer - isolated splendor 5:46 Lu par Kira Rutherford-Boese
Useful Phrases: jaded sensibility - lying equivocations 5:30 Lu par Kira Rutherford-Boese
Useful Phrases: maddening monotony - meteoric splendors 4:25 Lu par Linton
Useful Phrases: methodical regularity - mythical kingdom 3:51 Lu par Linton
Useful Phrases: naive manner - overworked drudge 6:19 Lu par Linton
Useful Phrases: pacific disposition - political malcontent 7:26 Lu par Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
Useful Phrases: polluting taints - pyrotechnic outburst 8:56 Lu par Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
Useful Phrases: quailing culprit - remarkable sagacity 3:20 Lu par Lisa Chau
Useful Phrases: remedial measure - ruthless commercialism 2:33 Lu par Jordan Mueller
Useful Phrases: sacerdotal preeminence - shuddering reluctance 4:49 Lu par Lisa Chau
Useful Phrases: shuffling preliminaries - starched sterility 5:02 Lu par Lisa Chau
Useful Phrases: starlit eminence - systematic interaction 3:54 Lu par Jordan Mueller
Useful Phrases: tacit assumption - tyrannical disposition 5:07 Lu par Lisa Chau
Useful Phrases: ubiquitous activity - undue predilection 4:04 Lu par Lisa Chau
Useful Phrases: undulating hills - unpalatable truth 4:07 Lu par Lisa Chau
Useful Phrases: unparalleled atrocities - utmost scorn 4:13 Lu par Lisa Chau
Useful Phrases: vacant stupidity - vulnerable foe 3:07 Lu par Lisa Chau
Useful Phrases: wabbling enterprise - zoologically considered 3:11 Lu par Heather Lambert
Significant Phrases: abashed and ashamed - awkwardness and crudity 4:15 Lu par Claire Goget
Significant Phrases: babel and confusion - civilized and cultured 4:52 Lu par Lisa Chau
Significant Phrases: clamorous and wild - cynical and contemptuous 5:06 Lu par Lisa Chau
Significant Phrases: dangers and pitfalls - digressive and wanton 3:39 Lu par Lisa Chau
Significant Phrases: dilatory and hesitating - dwindle and disappear 4:44 Lu par Shirley Donahue
Significant Phrases: eagerness and ecstasy - exuberant and infectious 6:16 Lu par Shirley Donahue
Significant Phrases: fabulous and fabricated - futile and untrustworthy 4:47 Lu par Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
Significant Phrases: gaiety and grace - hypocrisy and impudence 5:17 Lu par Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
Significant Phrases: ideas and achievements - indomitable and dogged 3:24 Lu par Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
Significant Phrases: indorsed and applauded - isolated and detached 3:37 Lu par Julian Jamison
Significant Phrases: jabber and chatter - luxury and pomp 4:07 Lu par dhenderson
Significant Phrases: madness and folly - mystic and wonderful 2:55 Lu par dhenderson
Significant Phrases: nagging and squabbling - overworked and fagged 4:10 Lu par dhenderson
Significant Phrases: pains and penalties - puzzled and affected 6:09 Lu par Kathy
Significant Phrases: quackery and incompetence - rust and disuse 4:58 Lu par Kathy
Significant Phrases: sad and melancholy - spacious and lofty 3:48 Lu par Kathy
Significant Phrases: sparkling and spontaneous - sympathetic and consoling 4:06 Lu par jenneferdawn
Significant Phrases: taciturn and laconic - tyrant and oppressor 4:48 Lu par Scot Colford
Significant Phrases: unaccountable and grotesque - vulgar and artificial 5:49 Lu par Marwa Gamil
Significant Phrases: wandering and erratic - zigzag and deviating 2:17 Lu par twofistededitor
Felicitous Phrases: ability, humor, and perspicacity - busy, active, and toiling 4:11 Lu par Mochan42
Felicitous Phrases: curious, fantastic, and charming - calculated, logical, and… 4:11 Lu par Marwa Gamil
Felicitous Phrases: dwarfed, scant, and wretched - danger, difficulty, and har… 4:32 Lu par Marwa Gamil
Felicitous Phrases: eagerness, heartiness, and vehemence - fustian, padding, an… 4:35 Lu par Sandra Zera
Felicitous Phrases: gaunt, desolate, and despoiled - humor, fancy, and suscept… 3:40 Lu par Brian Lojeck
Felicitous Phrases: idle, profuse, and profligate - luxurious, whimsical, and s… 4:20 Lu par Brian Lojeck
Felicitous Phrases: magnificent, sumptuous, and stately - overriding, arrogant,… 3:51 Lu par Justin S Barrett
Felicitous Phrases: pain, toil, and privation - puzzles, tangles, and question… 3:45 Lu par William Haseltine
Felicitous Phrases: quarrels, misunderstandings, and enmities - rush, roar, and… 2:38 Lu par Rohanna
Felicitous Phrases: sacredness, dignity, and loveliness - sympathy, service, an… 4:05 Lu par William Haseltine
Felicitous Phrases: talent, scholarship, and refinement - wrinkled, careworn, a… 5:08 Lu par Marwa Gamil
Impressive Phrases: able, skilful,... - business, profession,... 4:41 Lu par Stephen Lamb
Impressive Phrases: candid, sincere,... - dull, heavy,... 6:04 Lu par Stephen Lamb
Impressive Phrases: earth, air,... - gross, academic,.. 6:18 Lu par Stephen Lamb
Impressive Phrases: habit, custom,... - lucidity, impressiveness,... 5:41 Lu par Stephen Lamb
Impressive Phrases: malice, anger,... - purpose, meaning,... 5:40 Lu par Stephen Lamb
Impressive Phrases: quack, imposture,... - symmetry, proportion,.. 4:20 Lu par Stephen Lamb
Impressive Phrases: tact, courtesy,... - worry, annoyance,... 4:10 Lu par Stephen Lamb
Prepositional Phrases "of": abandon of spontaneity - business of life 4:35 Lu par Joseph Etcheto
Prepositional Phrases "of": cadences of delirium - dust of defeat 3:52 Lu par Alex Foster
Prepositional Phrases "of": earnestness of enthusiasm - futility of pride 4:12 Lu par Joseph Etcheto
Prepositional Phrases "of": gaiety of spirit - irony of life 4:01 Lu par Joseph Etcheto
Prepositional Phrases "of": jangle of sounds - overflow of vitality 4:10 Lu par Joseph Etcheto
Prepositional Phrases "of": page of desolation - ruts of conventionality 4:52 Lu par Joseph Etcheto
Prepositional Phrases "of": sadness of soul - system of aspersion 3:34 Lu par Joseph Etcheto
Prepositional Phrases "of": taint of megalomania - zone of delusion 4:16 Lu par Joseph Etcheto
Prepositional Phrases "by": affected by externals - hushed by denial 3:05 Lu par Scot Colford
Prepositional Phrases "by": impelled by duty - wrenched by emotions 3:33 Lu par Precious
Prepositional Phrases "in": absorbed in meditation - kept in abeyance 3:16 Lu par Precious
Prepositional Phrases "in": landmarks in memory - weak in conception 3:47 Lu par Precious
Prepositional Phrases "into": abashed into silence - goaded into action 1:59 Lu par Joe Brenneman
Prepositional Phrases "into": hushed into silence - withdraw into solitude 1:51 Lu par Joe Brenneman
Prepositional Phrases "to": addicted to flattery - hostile to progress 1:50 Lu par Joe Brenneman
Prepositional Phrases "to": impervious to suggestion - yield to reason 2:28 Lu par Joe Brenneman
Prepositional Phrases "with": abounding with plenty - intoxicated with joy 2:23 Lu par Joe Brenneman
Prepositional Phrases "with": kindle with enthusiasm - work with zeal 2:29 Lu par liquidneutrino
Business Phrases 24:37 Lu par Karen Savage
Literary Expressions: A bitterness crept into her face - A nimble-witted oppone… 6:53 Lu par Lee Elliott
Literary Expressions: A painful thought was flooding his mind - A wordless fare… 6:27 Lu par Joe Brenneman
Literary Expressions: Absolutely vulgarized by too perpetual a parroting - Awai… 8:18 Lu par Ken Crooker
Literary Expressions: Bandied about from mouth to mouth - Dull black eyes under… 6:47 Lu par Ken Crooker
Literary Expressions: Earth danced under a heat haze - Guilty of girlish sentim… 4:06 Lu par Heather Lawrence
Literary Expressions: Half choked by a rising paroxysm of rage - Humiliating pa… 9:26 Lu par David Best
Literary Expressions: I capitulated by inadvertence - Kiss-provoking lips 5:06 Lu par David Best
Literary Expressions: Laden with the poignant scent of the garden honeysuckle -… 10:45 Lu par Pete Darby
Literary Expressions: Sacrificed to a futile sort of treadmill - Swift summer i… 7:27 Lu par Heather Lawrence
Literary Expressions: Taking the larger sweeps in the march of mind - The hungr… 8:09 Lu par C.L.Coney
Literary Expressions: The idiosyncratic peculiarities of thought - The swing of… 9:37 Lu par C.L.Coney
Literary Expressions: The tempered daylight of an olive garden - Twilight creep… 5:34 Lu par C.L.Coney
Literary Expressions: Unapproachable grandeur and simplicity - Your mind enthro… 3:39 Lu par C.L.Coney
Striking Similes: A blind rage like a fire swept over him - And the smile she s… 10:55 Lu par SueAnn Dozier
Striking Similes: As a child in play scatters... - Awkward as a cart-horse 6:39 Lu par Joe Brenneman
Striking Similes: Babbling like a child - Dull as champagne 6:33 Lu par Joe Brenneman
Striking Similes: Each like a corpse within its grave - Great scarlet poppies l… 4:36 Lu par Joe Brenneman
Striking Similes: Hair as harsh as tropical grass and gray as ashes - Hushed li… 9:19 Lu par Sandra Zera
Striking Similes: I had grown pure as the dawn and the dew - Kingdoms melt away… 3:36 Lu par Sandra Zera
Striking Similes: Laboring like a giant - Like a yellow silken scarf the thick … 7:03 Lu par Rohanna
Striking Similes: Like an alien ghost I stole away - Like sweet thoughts in a d… 6:31 Lu par Rohanna
Striking Similes: Like the awful shadow of some unseen power - Lovely the land … 6:32 Lu par Rohanna
Striking Similes: March on my soul nor like the laggard stay - Quivering like a… 6:49 Lu par Sarah Jennings
Striking Similes: Rage, rage ye tears, that never more should creep... - Swifte… 10:25 Lu par Sandra Zera
Striking Similes: Talking and thinking became to him... - The music almost died… 6:35 Lu par Marwa Gamil
Striking Similes: The name that cuts into my soul like a knife - Then the lover… 8:27 Lu par Betsie Bush
Striking Similes: Theories sprouted in his mind like mushrooms - Turning easily… 6:21 Lu par Betsie Bush
Striking Similes: Unbends like a loosened bow - Youth like a summer morn 8:18 Lu par Scot Colford
Conversational Phrases: A most extraordinary idea! - Human nature interests me … 6:38 Lu par C Pannier
Conversational Phrases: I admire your foresight - I could never forgive myself … 7:28 Lu par Mark Mascolino
Conversational Phrases: I dare say your intuition is quite right - I seem to ha… 9:02 Lu par Precious
Conversational Phrases: I shall at once proceed to forget it - It has never occ… 6:45 Lu par Lee Ann Howlett
Conversational Phrases: It is a curious fact - It would take too long to formul… 6:17 Lu par Heather Lawrence
Conversational Phrases: Join us, please, when you have time - Surely you would … 7:00 Lu par Ken Crooker
Conversational Phrases: Tell me in what way you want me to help you - True, I f… 6:38 Lu par Ken Crooker
Conversational Phrases: Undeniably true - Would you mind telling me your opinio… 3:47 Lu par Elizabeth Palmer
Conversational Phrases: Yes and no - Your statement is somewhat startling 4:49 Lu par Elizabeth Palmer
Public Speaking Phrases: A fact of vast moment - And next I would ask 7:29 Lu par Rose
Public Speaking Phrases: And now allow me to call attention - Away then with th… 8:01 Lu par Scot Colford
Public Speaking Phrases: Be assured, then - But it has been suggested to me 4:55 Lu par Sandra Zera
Public Speaking Phrases: But it is a fact - By this time it will be suspected 4:20 Lu par Joe Brenneman
Public Speaking Phrases: Can it be supposed - Granting all this 4:12 Lu par Joe Brenneman
Public Speaking Phrases: Had I time for all that might be said - However, it is… 3:16 Lu par Joe Brenneman
Public Speaking Phrases: I abide by my statement - I am willing to know 6:16 Lu par Jeff Wadden
Public Speaking Phrases: I anticipate with pleasing expectation - I distrust al… 7:39 Lu par Joe Brenneman
Public Speaking Phrases: I do again and again urge upon you - I hasten to conce… 8:10 Lu par Ken Crooker
Public Speaking Phrases: I have a dark suspicion - I hope you will not accuse me 11:49 Lu par Ken Crooker
Public Speaking Phrases: I imagine that no one will be disposed - I rejoice to … 9:23 Lu par Stephen Lamb
Public Speaking Phrases: I remember a reference made - I thank you very sincere… 9:41 Lu par David Best
Public Speaking Phrases: I think I am correct in saying - I yielded to the earn… 10:38 Lu par David Best
Public Speaking Phrases: If any man be so persuaded - In widening our view 10:38 Lu par Ekpyrotic
Public Speaking Phrases: Indeed, can anyone tell me - It is my present purpose 9:25 Lu par Sandra Zera
Public Speaking Phrases: It is natural to ask the question - It may still more … 5:38 Lu par Maura Walsh
Public Speaking Phrases: It must be a cause of delight - Just the reverse is tr… 5:21 Lu par Maura Walsh
Public Speaking Phrases: Language is inadequate to voice my appreciation - My r… 8:23 Lu par guava
Public Speaking Phrases: Nay, I boldly say - Now, you will understand from this 5:43 Lu par Joe Brenneman
Public Speaking Phrases: Observe again - Surely it is not too much for me to say 7:43 Lu par Joe Brenneman
Public Speaking Phrases: Take another instance - The whole story of civilization 6:48 Lu par Holly
Public Speaking Phrases: Then again, in corroboration - Think of the cool disre… 5:49 Lu par Betsie Bush
Public Speaking Phrases: This absurdity arises - Very strange is this indeed 5:15 Lu par Don Powers
Public Speaking Phrases: We all agree as to - What strikes the mind so forcibly 9:02 Lu par Jason Isbell
Public Speaking Phrases: What, then, are we to believe - Your presence seems to… 6:57 Lu par Jason Isbell
Miscellaneous Phrases: A bewildering labyrinth of facts - A pleasant flow of ap… 7:01 Lu par Joan Walton
Miscellaneous Phrases: A pompous failure - Ample scope for the exercise of his … 7:21 Lu par Joan Walton
Miscellaneous Phrases: An abandoned and exaggerated grief - Awaited with feveri… 6:03 Lu par Heather Lawrence
Miscellaneous Phrases: Bandied to and fro - Dwindled to alarmingly small dimens… 6:58 Lu par Heather Lawrence
Miscellaneous Phrases: Easy-going to the point of lethargy - Hopelessly belated… 9:30 Lu par Luigina
Miscellaneous Phrases: I adjured him - Its dominating and inspiring influence 11:13 Lu par Luigina
Miscellaneous Phrases: Jealous and formidable foes - Quixotically generous abou… 10:34 Lu par Luigina
Miscellaneous Phrases: Radiantly and transparently happy - Swift and vehement o… 8:02 Lu par Jason Isbell
Miscellaneous Phrases: Take root in the heart - The sycophants of the rich 12:00 Lu par Nick Davies

Critiques

Cringe and Whinge


(4 stars)

Prose as froze as an old garden hose? Wildly outdated social norms? Give us some moré! These are among the most delectable of the treats many LibriVoxians seek out. After cringing, I'm always amused by reviewers who whinge sourly about works in the public domain being outdated ... read this part reallly slowwwly...".innn the public domain". ... look up the definition if you have to. Then look up a book on developing a sense of humor. Or just go away. Too many complaints can ruin or even disappear things, good things. Like PBS deadbeats complaining so much about pledge breaks that it has practically gutted the whole listener-supported aspect. If you like commercials better, change channels. Don't wreck it for the rest of us! learn to hold your tongue, esp. when volunteers are doing the work for you free of charge, people! Statistically some of us are born bereft of empathy and a conscience, but the rest can get with the program and can the dopey complaints.

Published in 1919


(4 stars)

Of course they are outdated! The book was published in 1919!! This was meant to be a fun little read with little to no practical use.

Thank you


(4 stars)

I had no idea that this sort of thing even existed, and am greatful to publisher. I am not well schooled as I had as ayoungman a reading disability. I am older now and just worked my way though this disability. I find it just wonderful that someone would develope this an that an uneducated person of intelligence has access to it. I will not give it my highest rating because this LibriVox to me is a great adventure and no telling what is going to be my next great discovery.

057 and 148 missing


(4 stars)

057 and 148 missing thanx for the these wonderful chapters

very helpful


(4 stars)

As English is my second language I often run out of proper words to express my ideas. This book help me to expand my pool of selection.

such a nice collection of words


(5 stars)

Sandra Zeras' voice is angelic!


(5 stars)

Sections 111 and 112 are read by Sandra Zera; her voice absolutely shifts my consciousness in such a perfect way!