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aid, back, back up, champion, clear the way, ease, expedite, explain, facilitate, grease, grease the wheels, hasten, help, loose, lubricate,

   necromantic - bewitched, enchanted, hoodoo, incantatory, magic, magical, miraculous, mystic, numinous, prodigious, shaman, shamanistic, talismanic, voodoo, weird,

   make a date - antedate, date, postdate, pre-date, update ,

   pyrites - alabaster, asphalt, mineral ,

   macrobiotic - abiding, age-long, aged, ancient, antique, chronic, constant, continuing, durable, enduring, evergreen, hardy, immutable, inveterate, lasting,

   toss out - ad-lib, bat out, boot out, botch, bounce, bungle, cast, cast out, chuck out, cook up, dash off, defenestrate, discard, discharge, do anyhow,

   doss - assembly-line housing, beauty sleep, bed, bedstead, bedtime, billeting, blanket drill, bunk, bye-bye, couch, doze, dreamland, drowse, fitful sleep, hibernation,

   faint praise - belittling, comedown, contempt, depreciation, derogation, detraction, disapproval, discrediting, disgrace, disparagement, indignity, knocking, lukewarm support, minimizing, putting down,

   inland - Midlands, heartland, hinterland, home, inshore, interior, internal, intestine, inward, inwardly, inwards, midland, municipal, national, native,

   comedienne - comedian, comic, fool, joker, riot ,

   run after - act up to, agree to anything, approach, break the ice, bring, bring back, brown-nose, call for, chase, chase after, court, cultivate, curry favour, dance attendance on, dog,