pull to pieces
atomize, carp, catch at straws, cavil, cleave, criticize, cut up, demolish, disassemble, disintegrate, dismantle, fragment, mess, nitpick, pettifog,
entrance fee - admission, anchorage, brokerage, charge, cover charge, demand, dues, exaction, fare, fee, hire, portage, salvage, scot, shot,
refraining - abstemiousness, abstention, abstinence, asceticism, avoidance, avoiding reaction, banyan day, celibacy, chastity, circumvention, continence, defence mechanism, dodge, duck, elusiveness,
transplant - amputation, anastomotic operation, assign, bed, bloodless operation, broadcast, capital operation, carry over, communicate, compensating operation, consign, corneal transplant, crescent operation, deliver, deport,
only too - almighty, awfully, exceedingly, just, mightily, mighty, powerfully, pretty, quite, real, really, right, so, terribly, terrifically,
two-dollar broker - broker, dealer, jobber, specialist, stockbroker ,
possessed - abandoned, amok, bedevilled, bellowing, berserk, besotted, bewitched, bursting with happiness, by one, carried away, collected, composed, consumed, controlled, crazed,
afflatus - Apollo, Muse, animating spirit, animation, animus, apocalypse, creative imagination, creative thought, creativity, daemon, demon, direct communication, divine afflatus, divine inspiration, divine revelation,
shortest way - airline, beeline, cut, cut-off, shortcut ,
touch a chord - affect, melt, move, penetrate, pierce, smart, soften, sting, stir, touch ,
atonal - cacophonous, cracked, discordant, disharmonious, dissonant, flat, grating, harsh, inharmonious, off, off-key, off-tone, out of pitch, out of tone, out of tune,
refraining - abstemiousness, abstention, abstinence, asceticism, avoidance, avoiding reaction, banyan day, celibacy, chastity, circumvention, continence, defence mechanism, dodge, duck, elusiveness,
transplant - amputation, anastomotic operation, assign, bed, bloodless operation, broadcast, capital operation, carry over, communicate, compensating operation, consign, corneal transplant, crescent operation, deliver, deport,
only too - almighty, awfully, exceedingly, just, mightily, mighty, powerfully, pretty, quite, real, really, right, so, terribly, terrifically,
two-dollar broker - broker, dealer, jobber, specialist, stockbroker ,
possessed - abandoned, amok, bedevilled, bellowing, berserk, besotted, bewitched, bursting with happiness, by one, carried away, collected, composed, consumed, controlled, crazed,
afflatus - Apollo, Muse, animating spirit, animation, animus, apocalypse, creative imagination, creative thought, creativity, daemon, demon, direct communication, divine afflatus, divine inspiration, divine revelation,
shortest way - airline, beeline, cut, cut-off, shortcut ,
touch a chord - affect, melt, move, penetrate, pierce, smart, soften, sting, stir, touch ,
atonal - cacophonous, cracked, discordant, disharmonious, dissonant, flat, grating, harsh, inharmonious, off, off-key, off-tone, out of pitch, out of tone, out of tune,