on short notice



abruptly, all at once, bang, dash, hastily, impetuously, impulsively, plop, plump, plunk, pop, readily, sharp, slap, smack,

   fellow creature - acquaintance, advocate, alter ego, backer, brother, confidant, familiar, fellow, fellow man, intimate, lover, neighbour, other self, partisan, pick-up,

   orderly - accordant, accurate, adjutant, airline hostess, airline stewardess, aligned, alike, always, arranged, arrayed, assistant, assorted, at every turn, at peace, attendant,

   acute - Machiavellian, absorbing, accurate, acrid, active, afflictive, aggravated, aggressive, agonizing, alert, animated, arch, artful, astute, atrocious,

   far and away - absolutely, by all odds, by far, decidedly, definitely, doubtless, egregiously, eminently, exceedingly, far, far and wide, incomparably, inimitably, just, par excellence,

   open the lock - answer, clear up, crack, debug, decipher, decode, disentangle, divine, do, dope, explain, fathom, figure out, find out, get,

   lease and release - alienation, amortization, assignation, assignment, barter, cession, consignment, conveyance, deliverance, delivery, demise, disposal, disposition, exchange, giving,

   prayer wheel - Ave Maria, Hail Mary, Holy Grail, Paternoster, appeal, ark, beads, candle, censer, collect, communion, contemplation, cross, crucifix, cruet,

   oration - address, after-dinner speech, chalk talk, debate, declamation, declaration, diatribe, discourse, eulogy, exhortation, filibuster, forensic, forensic address, formal speech, funeral oration,

   better than nothing - OK, acceptable, adequate, admissible, all right, alright, decent, fair, good enough, moderate, not bad, passable, presentable, respectable, satisfactory,

   expository - critical, demonstrative, editorial, elucidative, enlightening, evidential, explanatory, expressive, illuminating, illustrative, indicative, rationalistic, showing ,