The Power of Words Power

           THE WORDS POWER

[ Words group together give a different collective meaning and work of an adjective or adverb or noun. ]

1.Fall into abeyance - To be suspended for a time.

2. The  school master is abroad- Education is spreading in  every sphere.

3. Above board- Honourable.

4. Out of accord with- Not in harmony with.

5. Of one’s own accord- Spontaneously.

6. In accordance with- In agreement with.

7.Be of no account- Be of no importance.

8.On account of - Owing to.

9.On any account- For any reason.

10.On no account- Not at all.

11. Make little account of  - Pay little attention to

12. Take into account- Consider

13. Take no account of - Disregard.

14.Within an ace of - On the point of 

15. Under the aegis of - Under one’s guardianship 

16.Aerial navigator - Pilot.

17.An affirmative answer- Yes

18.As much again - Twice as much

19.Time and again - Often

20. Now and again - Sometimes.

21. Over again - once more

22. Come of age - Be adult

23. In the aggregate - As a whole

24. Go ahead - Make progress

25.Look ahead - Look into the future.

26.In the air- Uncertain.

27. Clear the air - become free from doubt

28. Take the air - Go out of the doors.

29.Walk in the air - Be very glad.

30. In all - Taken together.

31.One and all - All severally and collectively

32. At all - In the less degree

33.For all that - In Spite of what has been said or done.

34.All day long - Whole day.

35. All- knowing - Omniscient.

36. All over - Throughout

37. All over with - Finished 

38. All pervading - Existing everywhere

39. All the while- During the whole period.

40. In alliance with - friendly

41. All- saint’s day - the first day of November.

42. All- soul’s day - The second day of November.

43.Along with - together with

44. Alpha and Omega - The whole.

45. Make amends for - Compensate.

46. Answer for - Be responsible to

47. In answer to - In reply to

48. In anticipation of - with the expectation of 

49.Any good - useful

50.Apart from - Besides.

51. Make a person one’s ape - Make on fool

52. In apposition to/ with -  In place of.

53.Be tied to wife’s apron- strings -Governed by one’s wife.

54.Street Arab - Homeless child.

55.One’s right arm - Main supporter

56.To arms - Call to war.

57. With open arms - Very cordially.

58. Rise up in arms - Assume a hostile attitude.

59. As follows - what is given below.

60.As for - with respect to 

61. As good as - Practically

62. As it is - Since it is not otherwise.

63. As it were - So to speak.

64. As the case may be - According to circumstances.

65. As well - Also 

66. As yet - Upto the present time.

67.Lay in ashes - destroyed by fire.

68. Reduce to ashes - Destroyed.

69.Look askance at - Look with suspicion.

70. At first - In the beginning

71. At last - In the end.

72. At most - Maximum speculation.

73. At that - Besides.

74. At times - Occasionally

75.Attain majority - Be an adult.

76. Give an audience to n- Grant an interview.

77. Had an audience with - Allowed to talk.

78.For aught I know - In the strength of the little I know.

79. Of no avail - Useless 

80. Without avail - Unsuccessfully

81. Be wide awake - be on the watch.

82. Far and away - very much

83. Right away - Immediately

84. Be glad to see the back of - Be glad at the departure of someone.

85. On the back of it - Moreover.

86.     At the back of - behind one.

87. Behind one’s back - Secretly.

88. Go back on one’s word - Fail to keep promises.

89. To the backbone - Thoroughly.

90. Backward and forward - to and fro.

91. Bring home the bacon - Be successful.

92. Save one’s bacon - Avoid injury, harm , death etc.

93 Bad blood - Ill-feeling.

94. Bad shot - Incorrect guess.

95. Bad debts - Irrecoverable debts.

96. Go from bad to worse - Become ruined.

97.Go bad - Become unfit for use.

98. Not bad - Satisfactory.

99. Be on bad terms - Disagree.

100.Be badly off - Be in want.

101.Let the cat out of the bag - Reveal the truth.

102. Bail out ( a person) - Obtain one’s freedom by paying bail.

103. Keep one’s balance - keep steady.

104. Be thrown off one’s balance - be unsteady.

105. Bank on\ upon - Rely on.

106. Bank with - Be a customer of a bank.

107. Baptism of fire - A soldier’s first experience of fighting.

108. Be called to the bar - Become a barrister.

109. Into the bargain - In addition

110. Make the best of a bad bargain - try to be cheerful in spite of.

111. Good bargain - Buying at a cheap rate, especially in adverse circumstances.

112. With bated breath - Breathlessly

113. Bathed in tears - with tears in one’s eyes.

114.At bay - In a difficult and dangerous position.

115. Be it so - Let it be so.

116. Be off - Depart.

117. Be that as it may - However that may be.

118. Be on the beam ends - Be in great trouble.

119.Be all and end- all - sole purpose.

120. Give one bean- behave in a rude manner.

121. Full of beans - very enthusiastic

122. Bear arms - Be  a soldier.

123.Bear a charmed life - Be invulnerable

124. Bear fruit - produce good results.

125.Bear in mind - Remember.

126. Bear witness to - Give one’s testimony to

127. Bring to bear upon - Apply.

128. Beyond all bearing - unbearable.

129. Lose one’s bearing - Be puzzled.

130. Beat about the bush - Talk about everything but the most important point.

131.Beat down price - Compel to reduce price.

132. Beat the air - Waste effort.

133. Beat up for - collec the recruits.

134. Dead beat - Tired out.

135. Beaten track - A path made by many people walking along it.

136.Be at one’s beck and call - Under one’s absolute control.

137. Bed and board - Food and shelter.

138. Get down to bed- rock - Find out the facts

139. Make a beeline for - Take the shortest way to.

140. Before long - Soon.

141.Before one’s time - Prematurely.

142. Beg leave to - Ask for permission for.

143. Beggar description - Be indescribable.

144. To begin with - In the first place.

145. Beginning of the end - The clear sign of the final result.

146. On behalf of - As a representative of

147. In behalf of - In the interest of.

148. Behind time - too late.

149. Behind the scenes - In the secret.

150.For the time being - Temporarily.

151. The supreme being - God.

152.Come into being - Begin to exist.

153. To the best of one’s belief - So far as one knows.

155. Make believe - Pretend.

156. I belonged to this school - I read this school.

157.Where do you belong to ? - Where do you live ?

158.Hit below the belt - Make an unfair attack.

159.Below one’s breath - In a whisper.

160. Bench and bar - Judges and lawyers.

161. Be raised to the bench - Be a judge.

162. Marry beneath one - Marry one of below status

163. To the top of one’s bent - Do whatever one likes to do.

164. Bent on - Determined on.

165. Give a wide berth to - Avoid.

166. Besetting sin - sin that most frequently tempts one.

167. At best \ at the best - On the most hopeful view.

168. Be all for the best - Be good in the long run.

169. Make the best of - Turn to the most profitable use.

170. All for the best - With good intention.

171.Put one’s best leg or foot forward - walk as fast as possible

172.Make the best of a bad business - make something favorable from unfavorable.

173.To the best of - to the utmost of.

174.Best maid or man - the principal attendant of a bride or bridegroom at the wedding.

175.One’s better feelings - One’s higher nature.

176.Get the better off - defeat.

177. Better off - richer.

178. Better half - wife.

179. The better part - Majority.

180. No better than - All the same.

181.A go between - An intermediary.

182. Between ourselves - In confidence.

183.Go beyond - Surpass.

184. Go beyond oneself - Be perplexed.

185. Beyond doubt - Surely.

186. Birds of the same feather - Men of similar character.

187. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush - Little things in hand are better than many perspectives.

188. Give birth to - produce

189. Give a person a bit of one’s mind - Speak amicably.

190. Biting cold - Severe cold.

191. In black and white - In writing.

192. Look blank - look foolishly.

193. On the wrong side of the blanket - In an illegitimate way.

194. In a blaze - On fire.

195.Blaze up - Become angry \ got a sudden flame.

196. Blaze a trail - Locate the way by marks on the tree.

197. A chip of the old block - Like father like son\ very brave.

198.Bad blood - Enmity.

199. Blood boils - Greatly enraged.

200. Blood running cold- be horrified.

201. Blood is up - excited.

202. Blue blood - Born in a high family.

203. Flesh and blood - Human nature.

204. Half-blood - Relationship through one parent.

205.In cold blood - free from excitement.

206. Blood and iron - Torture of highest degree.

207.Blood is thicker than water - Blood relation carries an extra advantage.

208. Blot out - Wipe out.

209. Blow for blow - tit for tat.

210. Exchange blows - Fight each other.

211. Blow hot and cold -Be in a state of unrest.

212. blow one’s own trumpet - Sound one’s own praises.

213. Blow out one’s brain - Shoot oneself at head.

214. Strike the first blow - Be the first attack.

215. Without striking a blow - Without contest.

216. Look blue - Look depressed.

217. Once in a blue moon - Seldom.

218. True blue - Faithful.

219. A bolt from the blue - something quite unexpected.

220.Above board - Openly.

221. In the same boat - The same danger to face.

222. Burn one’s boat - having no chance to set back.

223. In a body - together.

224. In bonds - in prison.

225. Not to make old bones - Not to live long.

226 To the bone - Completely.

227. Make no bones of\ about - Not to care for.

228. Feel in one’s bones - Be sure and certain.

229.In one’s bad book - disfavor.

230. Bring to book - Take one to task.

231. Get the boots - be discharged.

232.Die in one’s boots - Die suddenly when one is in good state of health.

233. Keep in one’s bosom - Not to reveal.

234. Bother one’s head about - Be anxious for.

235. Bottle-neck - very narrow outlet for traffic.

236. At bottom - In reality \ essentially.

237. Get to the bottom of - Search for the root cause.

238. Knock the bottom of an argument - Prove an argument to be baseless.

239. Be at the bottom of - Underlie as the cause.

240. Bottomless Pit - Hell.

241. Out of bounds - Beyond the permitted area.

242. Set bounds to - Keep within limits.

243. Leaps and bounds - Very quickly.

244. Bounden duty - Obligatory duty.

245. Has two strings in one’s bow - Has two sources of income.

246. In the strong box - In danger.

247. Box up - Shut up in a small area.

248.Boy scouts - Organization of boys formed for the development of mental and physical alertness and strong character.

249. On the brains - Constantly in one’s thoughts.

250. Brain wave - sudden inspiration , especially for a solution.

251. Breach of contract - violation of agreement.

252.Breach of the peace - Riot.

253. Earn one’s bread - Make enough money to live on.

254. Bread buttered on both sides - Very rich and wealthy.

255. Bread and butter - Livelihood.

256. Know which side one’s bread is buttered on - Be alert about one’s selfishness.

257.Take the bread out of one’s mouth - Close all means of one’s earnings.

258. Voice breaks - Speechless condition in emotion.

259. Break the ice - Overcome the shyness.

260. Make a clean breast of - make a full and frank confession.

261. In one breath - In a quick succession.

262. Draw breath - Live.

263. Take a breath - rest.

263. Take one’s breath away - Startle.

264. Breathing one’s last - Die.

265. Breathing time - a slight respite.

267. Bred in the bone - Hereditary.

268. Good Breeding - Good education.

267.Be brief - Speak shortly.

268. In brief - Shortly.

269. To be brief - To be precise.

270. Bring home to - cause to realize.

271. Bring to light - Discover.

272. Bring to pass - Accomplish.

273. Broad minded - Generous.

274. Broadly speaking - Neglecting minor expectations.

275. Broken language - Imperfect language.

276. Broken man - Man crushed by misfortune and grief.

277. Broken land - not smooth land.

278. Broken number - Fraction.

279. Broken money - Coins.

280.Kick the bucket- Die\ expire.

281. In the bud - At an early age.

282. Nip in the bud - Destroy at the outset.

283. Buffer State - A small neutral state between two large ones diminishing the chance of hostilities.

284.Take the bull by the horn - Face the danger boldly.

285.Beast of burden - An animal for carrying loads.

286. Burn the candle at both ends - Work too hard.

287. Ready to burst - Greatly excited.

288. But for - Without.

289. Clarified butter - Ghee.

290. Buzz along \ about - Move quickly or excitedly.

291. By accident - Unexpectedly.

292. By all means - Certainly.

293. By and large - On the whole.

294. By any means - In any way.

295.By reason of - Owing to 

296. By the way - Incidentally.

296. Sell like hot cake - Sell very fast.

297. Call in question - Challenge.

298. In camera - privately.

299. Canine appetite - Insatiable hunger.

300. Carry the day - Success in contests.

301. Carry all before one - be completely successful.

302. Be carried off one’s feet - be wild with excitement.

303.Be in the cart - be in a precarious condition

304.Cap in hand - poorly.

305. In case - if 

306. In case of - in the event of

307.In a hard cash - in a ready money.

308.Cash down - payment with delivery.

309.Castle in the air - Day-dreams

310.Caught red -handed - caught in the very act.

311. First cause - the creator.

312. Final cause - purpose 

313. Under any circumstance - in any situation.

314.Under the circumstance - such being the case.

315.Citizen of the world - cosmopolitan.

316. City father - the councilors of the city municipality.

317. Civil disobedience - Refusal to obey laws etc.

318.Civil population - common man.

319. Civil service -  non-military government service.

320.Civil war - war between people of the same state or city.

321.Lay claim to - claim for the ownership.

322. In a class by itself - better than others.

323.Clean- handed - innocent.

324. Show a clean pair of heels - escape by running.

325. Make a clean sweep of - get rid of 

326. Be cleaned out - become moneyless.

327.Clerical err - slip in copying or writing out.

328. Cloak - room - lavatory.

329. At the close of - at the end of.

330. Close contest - contest with equal power.

331.Close - fisted - miserly.

332.closed- tongue - silent .

333.In the cloud - baseless.

334. Under the cloud - disappointed.

335. Live in clover - live in luxury and peace.

336.In the clutches - in the power of.

337. The coast is clear - danger is over.

338.Turn one’s coat - change one’s policy.

339.Red - coat - English soldier.

340.Gun at full - cock - gun completely ready for shooting

341 Gun at half-cock - the gun is not thoroughly ready for shooting.

342. Cock-and-bull story - Improbable story.

343.Take the cognizance of - notice.

344. Coin money- earn large amounts of money.

345. Be left out in the cold - be neglected.

346. Throw cold water on - discouraged.

347.Cold- feet - fear.

348.Sail under false color - be in disguise for cheating.

350 Eau de cologne - a kind of perfumed spirit.

351. Come to home - be fully realized by.

352. Come into fashion - be in vogue.

353.Come up against - face the danger or obstacle

354.Come short - be wanting / fail

355.Come to an end - stop

356.Come to a stand-still - stop altogether.

357.Come to the front - attain prominence.

358.Come to a head - reach a crisis

359.Come of second-best - be defeated.

360.Come to grief - be ruined 

361. Come to pass- happen.

362.Come to nothing - be fruitless.

363.Yet to come - future.

364. The comity of nations - the respect of a nation towards the customs of other nations.

365. In commemoration of - In memory of 

366. Commercial traveler - traveling salesman.

367.Commit to memory - learn by heart.

368. Common law - unwritten law.

369. To have in common with - to have equal shares.

370.By common consent - everyone agreeing.

371.Out of the common - unnatural.

372. In common - equally.

373.In company with - in association with.

374.Concentration camp - camp for captives.

375. In concert - all together.

376. Forgone conclusion - predetermination.

377. In conclusion - at last

378. Concrete number - full digit.

379.In the concrete - in the sphere of reality.

380.Concurrent list - accompanying list.

381.On condition that - Provided that.

382. Stand confessed - be expressed.

383. In conformity with - accordingly.

384. In this connection with - with reference to.

385. In clear conscience -in clear mind.

386. Make a conquest of - win the love or affection of

387.Make a matter of conscience - accept by judgment.

388.Upon one’s conscience -Trully

389. A person of consequence - person  of high rank

390. Conservator of forest - chief office of forest.

391. Take into consideration - to favor on a matter.

392. Leave out of consideration - neglect/ disregard.

393. On no consideration - in no case

394. Come into contact with - touch

395. In contemplation -intended

396.Hold in contempt -hate

397. Bring into contempt - cause to hate.

398. fall into contempt - be hated

399.To one’s heart’s content - with satisfaction.

400. On the contrary - on the other hand.

401. To the contrary- Adversely

402.Keep under control - cause to remain obedient.

403. Beyond control - disobedient.

404.Cooking the accounts - preparing the fake account.

405. Corner market - Monopoly business.

406. A tight corner - A dangerous or difficult situation.

407.Drive a person into a corner - put a man into a difficult situation.

408.Within the four corners - inside the room / Surrounded by

409.Under correction - Admitting the possibility of err.

407.At any cost -at any expense.

408.At all cost - at any expense

409. Cost what may -at any cost.

410.At the cost of - in exchange of .

411.Hold counsel with - consult

412.Count for little - be of no value

413.Take count of - take into consideration.

414.Out of countenance - ashamed

415.Keep one’s countenance - hide out one’s emotion.

416.Counter movement - contrary movement

417.Take courage - be brave

418.In course of time - gradually/ at last

419. Of course - Naturally.

420.Pluck up courage - be brave in mind.

421.Under cover of - hidden by

422.Crack of doom - End of the world.

423.Crack a joke - uttr a joke.

424.Crack- brain : crazy fellow.

425. From the cradle - from infancy.

426.Give one the creeps - rouse excitement.

428.Crocodile tears - pretended grief.

429.By hook or by crook - by any means whatsoever

430.Take a cross-section of - Be thoroughly examined.

431. As the crow flies- In a straight way.

432.At cockcrow- at dawn.

433. Crown Lawyer -A public prosecutor.

434.Crucial test - a severe and final examination.

435.Crust of the earth -surface of the earth

436.Cry in the wilderness -fruitless appeal

437.Drop the curtain - end

438.Cut and dry  : ready-made

439.Cut  short - briefly.

440. Cut one short - interrupt one.

441. Cut one dead - deliberately insult one by ignoring him.

442.Cut one’s coat according to one’s cloth - make a balance between income and expenditure.

443.At daggers drawn - in bitter enmity.

444.Dance upon nothing - be hanged.

445. In the dark - in ignorance

446. Of even date - of the same date

447.Date back to - Start from some particular date of the past.

448.From date - from to-day.

449.Out of date - obsolete.

450.Up-to- date : of late

451. The other day - Not long before

452.This day week - corresponding day of the next week.

453. To this day - even now

454. By day - during the day

455. Day in day out - everyday for an uncertain period.

456.All in the day’s work - the daily routine work.

457.One of this fine days - one day in the near future

458.Fall on evil days - be put to hardship

459.Carry the day - be successful

460.Call it a day - declare the work for the day closed.

461.In the dead of night - at midnight.

462.Dead drunk - completely drunk.

463. Dead letter - law no longer observed.

464. Dead loss - loss with no chance of recovery.

465.Dead stock - materials lying unsold

466.Turn a deaf ear to - disregard

467. Square deal- justice

468.Put to death - kill

469. At death’s door -dying.

470. Death sentence - capital punishment

471.Death - bed : Bed on which a person dies.

472.Death blow - mortal wound/ cause of destruction.

473. Debating society - society for practicing discussion.

474.Run into debt - borrow money

475.Decree of fate - destiny

476. De facto - whether right or not.

477. In default of - in the absence of

478.In defense of - to defend.

479 Treat with deference - respect.

480 In difference to - showing respect to.

481. In defiance of - disregarding

482. The defunct - a dead person.

483. To a degree - gradually

484. the Deity - God.

485. Take delight in - find pleasure in

486.  In demand - wanted by many

487. on demand - when ask for

488. Go into details - describe elaborately

489. In detail - Minutely. 

490 Detention barrack - military prison

491. Go to the devil - be ruined.

492.Between the devil and the deep sea - in a dilemma

493.Play the devil - make a chaos

494.Devil to pay - danger at the door

495.Diamond cut diamond - Fight with equal force.

496. A rough diamond - impolite but talented person.

497. Die hard - struggle hard against death.

498. Die in harness - die while engaged in the performance of one’s duties.

499.The die is cast - last chance is taken

500.Din and bustle - Noisy sound.

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