preliminaries



acknowledgement, arrangement, back, back matter, basic training, bibliography, briefing, catchword, colophon, contents, dedication, equipment, errata, flyleaf, folio,

   idle chatterer - big talker, blab, chatterbox, gasbag, jabberer, magpie, prattler, rattle, windbag, windjammer ,

   twice-told - chain, doubled, duplicated, plagiarized, reiterate, repeated, trite ,

   wrecking bar - bar, beam, boom, buffer, crank, crow, crowbar, lathe, lever, limb, pedal, pinch bar, prize, pry, spar,

   adhesive tape - application, band, bandage, bandaging, batten, belt, binder, brace, cast, cellophane tape, cloth tape, compress, cotton, court plaster, cravat,

   temporizer - chameleon, egotist, formalist, hog, individualist, lone wolf, loner, monopolist, narcissist, road hog, time-server, weathercock ,

   green with jealousy - distrustful, envious, green, invidious, jaundiced, jealous, suspicious, yellow ,

   shopping plaza - bazaar, emporium, exposition, fair, flea market, market, marketplace, mart, open market, plaza, shopping centre, show, staple ,

   among other things - above, again, also, altogether, as well, beside, beyond, else, extra, farther, further, furthermore, item, likewise, more,

   non-violence - a wise passiveness, abnegation, abstinence, calm, calmness, conservatism, constraint, contemplation, contemplative life, continence, control, cool, do-nothing policy, do-nothingness, dormancy,

   senatorial - bicameral, lawmaking, legislative, parliamentary, unicameral ,