pocketbook
account book, address book, album, annual, appointment calendar, appointment schedule, bag, blotter, calendar, cash-book, catalogue, classified catalogue, commonplace book, court calendar, desk calendar,
wet squib - dud, miscarriage, misfire
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public official - functionary, holdover, incumbent, ins, lame duck, mandarin, officeholder, officer, official, powers that be, public servant ,
sprung - aggravated, askew, asymmetric, bent, bowed, broken, burned, burst, busted, checked, chipped, cock-eyed, contorted, cracked, crazed,
draw back - avoid, back down, back out, beat a retreat, blench, blink, cringe, discount, disengage, dodge, draw in, draw off, duck, evade, fade,
rewrite - amend, amendment, blue-pencil, copy, copy out, correct, correction, draft, draw up, edit, editing, emend, emendation, engross, inscribe,
scramble for - fasten upon, jump, pounce upon, seize, spring upon, swoop down upon ,
millipede - beetle, bug, caterpillar, centipede, fly, insect, larva, maggot, mite, nymph, scorpion, spider, tarantula, tick ,
opt for - choose, cull, decide, elect, favour, mark, pick, pick out, pitch, prefer, select, take ,
noisy - bawling, blaring, blasting, blatant, blatting, blustering, blusterous, blustery, boisterous, brassy, brawling, brazen, bullying, cacophonous, clamorous,
living nature - biosphere, brawn, fibre, flesh, tissue ,
public official - functionary, holdover, incumbent, ins, lame duck, mandarin, officeholder, officer, official, powers that be, public servant ,
sprung - aggravated, askew, asymmetric, bent, bowed, broken, burned, burst, busted, checked, chipped, cock-eyed, contorted, cracked, crazed,
draw back - avoid, back down, back out, beat a retreat, blench, blink, cringe, discount, disengage, dodge, draw in, draw off, duck, evade, fade,
rewrite - amend, amendment, blue-pencil, copy, copy out, correct, correction, draft, draw up, edit, editing, emend, emendation, engross, inscribe,
scramble for - fasten upon, jump, pounce upon, seize, spring upon, swoop down upon ,
millipede - beetle, bug, caterpillar, centipede, fly, insect, larva, maggot, mite, nymph, scorpion, spider, tarantula, tick ,
opt for - choose, cull, decide, elect, favour, mark, pick, pick out, pitch, prefer, select, take ,
noisy - bawling, blaring, blasting, blatant, blatting, blustering, blusterous, blustery, boisterous, brassy, brawling, brazen, bullying, cacophonous, clamorous,
living nature - biosphere, brawn, fibre, flesh, tissue ,

