in the abstract



apart, aside from, asunder, ideally, on paper, one by one, piecemeal, separately, severally ,

   not half bad - OK, acceptable, adequate, admissible, all right, alright, decent, fair, good enough, moderate, not bad, passable, presentable, respectable, satisfactory,

   reel off - babble, blab, blabber, blather, chat, chatter, clack, clatter, dither, gab, gabble, gas, gibber, go on, gossip,

   harmonic proportion - fraction, percentage, proportion, quota, rate, ratio ,

   meet with - alight upon, blunder upon, bump into, catch, chance upon, come across, come on, come up against, come upon, confront, descry, discover, encounter, endure, espy,

   bailiwick - ambit, archbishopric, archdiocese, arena, beat, bishopric, border, borderland, borough, bureau, canton, champaign, circle, circuit, city,

   officeholder - bureaucrat, civil servant, functionary, holdover, incumbent, ins, jack-in-office, lame duck, mandarin, new broom, office-bearer, officer, official, petty tyrant, president-elect,

   convert - Christian, abuse, accepter, accommodate, actuate, adapt, adjust, alter, ameliorate, apostate, apostle, apply, assimilate to, assure, backslider,

   four-in-hand - collar, equipage, muffler, pair, rig, scarf, span, spike, tandem, team, tie, turnout, unicorn ,

   sun spark - dawn, day, daylight, daytime, dusk, ray of sunshine, shine, sunbeam, sunlight, sunshine ,

   go fishing - angle, bob, clam, dibble, drive, fish, gig, jig, net, shrimp, spin, torch, trawl, troll, whale ,