Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases Review
Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases Overview
· INTRODUCTION
· HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
· SECTION I
· SECTION II
· SECTION III
· SECTION IV
· SECTION V
· SECTION VI
· SECTION VII
· SECTION VIII
· SECTION IX
· SECTION X
· SECTION XI
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Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases
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
The study of words, phrases, and literary expressions is a highly interesting pursuit. There is a reciprocal influence between thought and language. What we think molds the words we use, and the words we use react upon our thoughts. Hence a study of words is a study of ideas, and a stimulant to deep and original thinking.
We should not, however, study “sparkling words and sonorous phrases" with the object of introducing them consciously into our speech. To do so would inevitably lead to stiltedness and superficiality. Words and phrases should be studied as symbols of ideas, and as we become thoroughly familiar with them they will play an unconscious but effective part in our daily expression.
We acquire our vocabulary largely from our reading and our personal associates. The words we use are an unmistakable indication of our thought habits, tastes, ideals, and interests in life. In like manner, the habitual language of a people is a barometer of their intellectual, civil, moral, and spiritual ideals. A great and noble people express themselves in great and noble words.
Ruskin earnestly counsels us to form the habit of looking intensely at words. We should scrutinize them closely and endeavor to grasp their innermost meaning. There is an indefinable satisfaction in knowing how to choose and use words with accuracy and precision. As Fox once said, “I am never at a loss for a word, but Pitt always has the word.”
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