in durance vile



immured, imprisoned, incarcerated, jailed ,

   hostage - bail, bond, captive, earnest, earnest money, escrow, gage, guaranty, hock, pawn, pledge, prisoner, recognizance, security, surety,

   despotism - absolute monarchy, absolutism, authoritarianism, autocracy, benevolent despotism, big stick, czarism, dictatorship, domination, domineering, fascism, heavy hand, high hand, iron boot, iron hand,

   war correspondent - columnist, correspondent, cub reporter, editor, gazetteer, journalist, leg man, newsman, newspaperman, publicist, reader, reporter, rewrite man, sob sister ,

   give up - abandon, abandon hope, abdicate, abjure, acknowledge defeat, back down, be at sea, be innocent of, be lost, be pensioned, be superannuated, break off combat, break the habit, cave in, cease,

   with open arms - agreeably, amiably, amicably, animatedly, anxiously, ardently, arm in arm, avidly, breathlessly, congenially, cordially, eagerly, enthusiastically, familiarly, favourably,

   bulldoze - assault, be imminent, bear, bear upon, beat down, blackjack, blank, blow down, bludgeon, bluster, bluster out of, boost, bounce, break, break down,

   potato race - dash, derby, heat, lap, marathon, race, regatta, relay, run, sprint, walk ,

   sum up - abbreviate, abridge, abstract, add up, bob, boil down, capsulize, cast up, cipher up, clip, compress, condense, contract, count up, crop,

   doggedly - assiduously, devotedly, diligently, faithfully, indefatigably, industriously, insistently, loyally, obstinately, patiently, perseveringly, persistently, pertinaciously, ploddingly, relentlessly,

   octave scale - compass, diapason, gamut, range, register, scale, temperament ,