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Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases novel. A total of 393 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases.by Greenville Kleiser.INTRODUCTION The most powerful and
Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases.by Greenville Kleiser.INTRODUCTION The most powerful and the most perfect expression of thought and feeling through the medium of oral language must be traced to the mastery of words. Nothing is better suited to lead speake
- 201 My heart is like a full sponge and must weep a little My heart like a bird doth hover My heart will be as wind fainting in hot gra.s.s My life floweth away like a river My life was white as driven snow My love for thee is like the sovereign moon that ru
- 202 Peevish and impatient, like some ill-trained man who is sick Perished utterly, like a blown-out flame Philosophy evolved itself, like a vast spiders loom Pillowed upon its alabaster arms like to a child oerwearied with sweet toil Polished as the bosom of
- 203 Sayings that stir the blood like the sound of a trumpet Scattered love as stars do light Sea-gulls flying like flakes of the sea Sentences level and straight like a hurled lance Shadowy faces, known in dreams, pa.s.s as petals upon a stream Shake like a
- 204 Sleek and thick and yellow as gold Slender and thin as a slender wire Slowly as a tortoise Slowly as the finger of a clock, her shadow came Slowly moved off and disappeared like shapes breathed on a mirror and melting away Slowly, unnoted, like the cree
- 205 Supple and sweet as a rose in bloom Sway like blown moths against the rosewhite flame Sweet as a summer night without a breath Sweet as music she spoke Sweet as the rain at noon Sweet as the smile of a fairy Swift as a swallow heading south Swift as lig
- 206 The dome of heaven is like one drop of dew The dreams of poets come like music heard at evening from the depth of some enchanted forest The eagerness faded from his eyes, leaving them cold as a winter sky after sunset The earth was like a frying-pan, or s
- 207 The new ferns were spread upon the earth like some lacy coverlet The night like a battle-broken host is driven before The night yawned like a foul wind The ocean swelled like an undulating mirror of the bowl of heaven The old books look somewhat pathetica
- 208 The strange cold sense of aloofness that had numbed her senses suddenly gave way like snow melting in the spring The sudden thought of your face is like a wound when it comes unsought The sun, like a great dragon, writhes in gold The sun on the sea-wave l
- 209 These final words snapped like a whip-lash These thoughts pierced me like thorns They are as cruel as creeping tigers They are as white foam on the swept sands They are as white swans in the dusk, thy white hands They are painted sharp as death They bro
- 210 Thy name will be as honey on mens lips Till death like sleep might steal on me Till he melted like a cloud in the silent summer heaven Time drops in decay, like a candle burnt out Time like a pulse shakes fierce To drag life on, which like a heavy chain
- 211 When the fever pierced me like a knife Where a lamp of deathless beauty s.h.i.+nes like a beacon Where heroes die as leaves fall Where the intricate wheels of trade are grinding on, like a mill Where the source of the waters is fine as a thread Whilst t
- 212 You are as gloomy to-night as an undertaker out of employment You are as hard as stone You gave me such chill embraces as the snow-covered heights receive from clouds Your blood is red like wine Your charms lay like metals in a mine Your eyes are like f
- 213 But perhaps Im hardly fair when I say that But seriously speaking, what is the use of it? But surely that is inconsistent But thats a tremendous hazard But the thing is simply impossible But theres one thing you havent said But, wait, you havent heard t
- 214 Fanciful, I should say For the simplest of reasons Forgive me if I seem disobliging Fortunate, to say the least Frankly, I dont see why it should Frugal to a degree Fulsome praise, I call it G Give me your sympathy and counsel Glorious to contemplate Go
- 215 I admire your foresight I admit it most gratefully I agree--at least, I suppose I do I agree that something ought to be done I always welcome criticism so long as it is sincere I am absolutely bewildered I am afraid I am not familiar enough with the sub
- 216 I am not going to let you evade the question I am not going to pay you any idle compliments I am not impervious to the obligations involved I am not in sympathy with it I am not in the least surprised I am not inquisitive I am not prepared to say I am n
- 217 I beg your indulgence I beg your pardon, but you take it too seriously I brazenly confess it I can easily understand your astonishment I can explain the apparent contradiction I can find no satisfaction in it I can hardly agree with you there I can neve
- 218 I dont want to disguise that from you I dont want to exaggerate I dont want to seem critical I doubt the truth of that saying I endorse it, every word I entirely approve of your plan I fancy its just that I fear I cannot help you I fear thats too techni
- 219 I hope we may meet again I hope you will forgive an intruder I hope you will not think me irreverent I hope you will pardon my seeming carelessness I indulge the modest hope I know it is very presumptuous I know my request will appear singular I like it
- 220 I shall be glad if you will join me I shall be interested to watch it develop I shall be most proud and pleased I shall certainly take you at your word I shall feel highly honored I shall make a point of thinking so I shall never forget your kindness I
- 221 I will answer you frankly I will listen to no protestations I will take it only under compulsion I will tell you what puzzles me I will think of it, since you wish it I will, with great pleasure I wish I could explain my point more fully I wish I knew w
- 222 It has never occurred to me It is a curious fact It is a great pleasure to meet you It is a huge undertaking It is a most unfortunate affair It is a perfectly plain proposition It is a rather melancholy thought It is a truth universally acknowledged It
- 223 It is to you that I am indebted for all this It is true, I am grieved to say It is true none the less It is very amusing It is very far from being a fiction It is very good of you to do this for my pleasure It is very ingenious It is very splendid of yo
- 224 It sounds profoundly interesting It sounds rather appalling It sounds very alluring It strikes me as rather pathetic It was an unpardonable liberty It was inevitable that you should say that It was most stupid of me to have forgotten it It was not unkin
- 225 No, I dont understand it Not at all Not to my knowledge Nothing could be more delightful Now is it very plain to you? Now you are flippant O Obviously the matter is settled Of course, but that again isnt the point Of course I am delighted Of course I do
- 226 Quite the wisest thing you can do R Rather loquacious, I think [loquacious = very talkative] Reading between the lines Really? I should have thought otherwise Really--you must go? Rea.s.sure me, if you can Reflect upon the possible consequences Relative
- 227 That is hardly consistent That is inconceivable That is just like you, if you will forgive me for saying so That is most fortunate That is most kind of you That is most unexpected and distressing That is not fair--to me That is not to be lightly spoken
- 228 The situation is uncommonly delicate The story seems to me incredible The subject is extremely interesting The tone of it was certainly hostile The very obvious moral is this The whole thing is an idle fancy Then I have your permission? Then youre reall
- 229 We couldnt have a better topic We had better agree to differ We have had some conclusions in common We must judge it leniently We must not expose ourselves to misinterpretation We owe you a debt of grat.i.tude We shall be glad to see you, if you care to
- 230 Y Yes and no Yes, but that is just what I fail to comprehend Yes, I dare say Yes, if you will be so good Yes, it was extraordinarily fine Yes, that is my earnest wish Yes, thats undeniable Yes? You were saying? You agree with me, I know You are a profou
- 231 You have my deepest sympathy You have my unbounded confidence You have received a false impression You have such an interesting way of putting things You interest me deeply You judge yourself too severely You know Im in an agony of curiosity You know Im
- 232 A few words will suffice to answer A further objection is A great many people have said A little indulgence may be due to those A majority of us believe A man in my situation has A more plausible objection is found A proof of this is A servile mind can
- 233 Among the problems that confront us An answer to this is now ready An argument has often been put forward An example or two will ill.u.s.trate An indescribably touching incident An opinion has now become established And again, it is said And again, it i
- 234 And in order to see this And in thus speaking, I am not denying And is not this lamentable And is there not a presumption And it happens And it is certainly true And it is doubtful if And it is not difficult to see And it is not plain And it is one of t
- 235 And so in the present case And so on And so through all phases And so, upon every hand And sometimes it will be difficult And that gave another distorted view And the reason is very obvious And the same holds good And then again And then hastily to conc
- 236 Another of these presumptions Another point is made as clear as crystal Another reason of a kindred nature Another reflection which occurs to me Another sign of our times Another signal advantage Another striking instance Answers doubtless may be given
- 237 Be these things as they may Be your interests what they may be Bear with me for a few moments Bearing on this point Before attempting to answer this question Before going further Before I close I will particularly remark Before I come to the special mat
- 238 But I have been insisting simply But I have heard it argued But I have no fear of the future But I leave this train of thought But I may be permitted to speak But I may say in conclusion But I need hardly a.s.sert But I pa.s.s that over But I propose to
- 239 But let me before closing refer But let none of you think But let us also keep ever in mind But let us look a little further But lo! all of a sudden But mark this But more than all things else But my allotted time is running away But my answer to this o
- 240 But this warns me But this we may put aside But to go still further But to say the truth But we are met with the a.s.sertion But we are to recollect But we ask, perhaps But we may depend upon it But we think it is not wise But we want something more for
- 241 Do me the honor of believing Do not imagine Do not let us conceal from ourselves Do not suppose for a moment Do not talk to me of Do not think me guilty of Do we not know Do what you will Do you ask how that can be Do you believe this can be truthfully
- 242 For so it generally happens For the sake of my argument For this is what I say For this reason, indeed, it is For we all know Fortunately for us Fortunately I am not obliged From one point of view we are From the circ.u.mstances already explained From t
- 243 Here then is the key Here, then, it is natural at last Here then, we are brought to the question Here, then, we are involved Here undoubtedly it is Here we can not but pause to contemplate Here we come into direct antagonism with Here we come to the ver
- 244 I am bold to say I am but saying I am by no means certain I am certain that you will give me credit I am certainly in earnest sympathy I am confronted by the hope I am conscious of the fact I am convinced by what I have seen I am deeply imbued with the
- 245 I am not at present concerned I am not about to defend I am not advocating I am not altogether clear I am not aware of a single instance I am not blind to the faults of I am not bold enough to I am not catching at sharp arguments I am not concerned to a
- 246 I am sure every impartial man will agree I am sure I feel no hostility I am sure that I echo the sentiment I am sure this generous audience will pardon me I am sure you all hope I am sure you feel the truth I am sure you will acquit me I am sure you wil
- 247 I ask you gentlemen, do you think I ask you if it is possible I ask you, if you please, to rise and give the toast I ask you in all candor I ask you now to follow me I ask you to consider I ask you to join me in drinking a toast I ask you to pledge with
- 248 I can not bound my vision I can not but reflect I can not but see what mischief I can not charge myself with I can not close without giving expression I can not conceive a greater honor I can not feel any doubt myself I can not forbear from offering I c
- 249 I confess I have little sympathy I confess it affects me very deeply to I confess it is very difficult to I confess that I do not entirely approve I confess that it is a comfort to me I confess that my notions are widely different I confess to a little
- 250 I do not desire to call in question I do not desire to put too much emphasis I do not despair of surmounting I do not disguise the fact I do not enter into the question I do not fail to admire I do not fear a contradiction I do not feel at liberty I do
- 251 I do not wish to be misrepresented I do not wonder I doubt very much whether I dwell with pleasure on the considerations I earnestly maintain I embrace with peculiar satisfaction I end as I began I entertain great apprehension for I entertain no such ch
- 252 I gave notice just now I give you, in conclusion, this sentence I go further I grant all this I grant with my warmest admiration I gratefully accept I greatly deplore I had a kind of hope I had almost said I had in common with others I had occasion to c
- 253 I have been too long accustomed to hear I have been touched by the large generosity I have been trying to show I have before me the statistics I have but one more word to add I have demonstrated to you I have depicted I have endeavored to emphasize I ha
- 254 I have no sympathy with the men I have no thought of venturing to say I have no wish at all to preach I have not accustomed myself I have not allowed myself I have not been able to deny I have not particularly referred to I have not said anything yet I
- 255 I have thus been led by my feelings I have thus stated the reason I have to confess with a feeling of melancholy I have to force my imagination I have touched very cursorily I have tried to convey to you I have undertaken to speak I have very much less
- 256 I know not of my own knowledge I know not where else to find I know perfectly well I know that it is impossible for me to I know that this is the feeling I know that what I may say is true I know there are some who think I know there is a theory among u
- 257 I might go further I might go on indefinitely I might go on to ill.u.s.trate I might of course point first I might reasonably question the justice I might try to explain I might venture to claim I might well have desired I might well think I must ask an
- 258 I need not show how inconsistent I need not specially recommend to you I need not wander far in search I need only to observe I need say nothing in praise I need scarcely observe I need to guard myself right here I neither affirm nor deny I next come to
- 259 I really thought that you would excuse me I recall another historical fact I recognize the high compliment conveyed I recollect hearing a sagacious remark [sagacious = sound judgment] I refer especially I refuse to believe I regard as an erroneous view
- 260 I see little hope of I see no exception I see no possibility of I see no reason for doubting I seem to hear you say I seize upon this opportunity I seriously desire I set out with saying I shall add a few words I shall address myself to a single point I
- 261 I shall touch upon one or two questions I shall waste no time in refuting I shall with your sanction I should be false to my own manhood I should be surprised if I should be the last man to deny I should fail in my duty if I should find it hard to disco
- 262 I suppose there is no one here I suppose we are all of one opinion I suspect that is why we so often I sympathize most heartily I take a broader and bolder position I take it for granted I take leave to say I take one picture as an ill.u.s.tration I tak
- 263 I think we are justified I think we can hardly hope I think we may all easily see I think we may ask in reply I think we may safely conclude I think we may say, therefore I think we may well be proud of I think we may well congratulate each other I thin
- 264 I was lost in admiration I was not slow to accept and believe I was not without some anxiety I was overwhelmed I was sincerely astonished I was very much interested I was very much thrilled I well recollect the time I well remember an occasion I will ac
- 265 I will state with perfect distinctness I will suppose the objection to be I will take one more instance I will take the precaution to add I will tell you what I think of I will try to make the thing intelligible I will venture a single remark I will ven
- 266 I would urge upon you I would venture to point out I yielded to the earnest solicitations If any man be so persuaded If anyone could conceive If anyone is so dim of vision If any other answer be made If at first view this should seem If, however, you de
- 267 If, then, I should here rest my cause If there be any among us If there be one lesson more than another If this be so If this seems doubtful to anyone If, unhappily, the day should ever come If we accept at all the argument If we are not blind to If we
- 268 In consequence it becomes a necessity In contemplating the causes In days to come In examining this part of the subject In fine, it is no extravagance to say In former ages and generations In further ill.u.s.tration In further proof of my a.s.sertion In
- 269 In the first place we see In the first place, we should be all agreed In the fullest sense In the fullness of time In the last suggestion In the meantime I will commend to you In the next place, be a.s.sured In the presence of this vast a.s.sembly In th
- 270 Is there any evidence here Is there any language of reproach Is there any possibility of mistaking Is there any reason in the world It affords me gratification It also pleases me very much It amounts to this It appears from what has been said It appears
- 271 It is a perversion of terms It is a pleasing peculiarity It is a popular idea It is a rare privilege It is a recognized principle It is a remarkable and striking fact It is a strange fact It is a sure sign It is a theme too familiar It is a thing common
- 272 It is difficult to surmise It is doubtful whether It is easy enough to add It is easy to instance cases It is easy to understand It is eminently proper It is every mans duty to think It is evident that the answer to this It is evidently supposed by many
- 273 It is my hope It is my present purpose It is natural to ask the question It is necessary to refer It is necessary to take some notice It is needful to a complete understanding It is needless before this audience to repeat It is no doubt true It is no ex
- 274 It is on these grounds It is one of the burning questions of the day It is one of the most natural visions It is one of the most significant things It is one of the queerest freaks of fate It is only a few short years since It is only just to say It is
- 275 It is with pity unspeakable It is within the memory of men now living It is worth while to notice It may appear absurd It may at first sight seem strange It may be added It may be conjectured It may be imagined It may be plausibly objected It may be rig
- 276 It should always be borne in mind It should be remembered It so happens It sometimes seems to me It still remains to be observed It strikes me with wonder It suggests at the outset It summons our imagination It surely is not too much to expect It theref
- 277 It would be imprudent in me It would be invidious for me [invidious = rousing ill will, animosity] It would be natural on such an occasion It would be no less impracticable It would be out of place here It would be preposterous to say It would be presum
- 278 Let me make use of an ill.u.s.tration Let me not be thought offensive Let me now conclude with Let me once more urge upon you Let me protest against the manner Let me quite temperately defend Let me rather make the supposition Let me say a practical wor
- 279 Let us not be fearful Let us not be misled Let us not be misunderstood Let us not flatter ourselves Let us not for a moment forget Let us not limit our view Let us now apply the views presented Let us now consider the characteristics Let us now see the
- 280 Men are in the habit of saying Men are telling us nowadays Men everywhere testify More and more it is felt More than once have I had to express More than this need not be said Moreover, I have insisted Moreover, I would counsel you Moreover, when we pa.
- 281 No finer sentence has come down to us No greater service could be rendered No longer do we believe No man regrets more than I do No one can feel this more strongly No one can, I think, pretend No one can see the end No one here, I am sure No one, I supp
- 282 Now comes the question Now, comparing these instances together Now, from these instances it is plain Now, having spoken of Now, I admit Now, I am far from denying Now, I am far from undervaluing Now, I am justified in calling this Now, I am obliged to s
- 283 Of course much may be said Of course these remarks hold good Of course we may, if we please Of course you will sympathize Of one thing, however, I am certain Of this briefly Of this statement I will only say Of this truth I shall convince you by On a re
- 284 Ordinarily speaking, such deductions Others may hold other opinions Ought we not to think Our thoughts wander back Over and above all this P Pardon me if Perhaps another reason why Perhaps, however, in speaking to you Perhaps, however, some among you wi
- 285 So, to add one other example So, too, I may go on to speak So when I hear people say Some have insisted Some of you can recall the time Some of you may think this visionary Some of you will remember Some one will perhaps object Some prejudice is attache
- 286 T Take another instance Take one of the most recent cases Take the simple fact Take this example Taking a broader view Taking the facts by themselves That is a further point That is a natural boast That is a pure a.s.sumption That is all that it seems n
- 287 The important thing is The instance I shall choose The irresistible tendency of The kindness with which I have been received The last and distinguis.h.i.+ng feature is The latest inclination I have seen The lesson which we should take most to heart The
- 288 The subject which has been a.s.signed to me The task has been placed in my hands The testimony of history is The theory seems at first sight The thought with which I shall close The time has manifestly now arrived The time is not far distant The time is
- 289 There is a large cla.s.s of thinkers There is a lesson of profound interest There is a more important question There is a most serious lesson There is a mult.i.tude of facts There is a question of vital importance There is a very common tendency There i
- 290 Therefore, there is no possibility of a doubt Therein lies your responsibility These alone would not be sufficient These are enough to refute the opinion These are general counsels These are generalizations These are my reasons for These are points for
- 291 This is not the occasion or the place This is obvious This is on the whole reasonable This is only another ill.u.s.tration of This is owing in great measure to This is precisely what we ought to do This is said in no spirit of This is suggested to us Th
- 292 Time would not permit me To a man of the highest public spirit To avoid all possibility of being misunderstood To be more explicit To be sure, we sometimes hear To bring the matter nearer home To convince them of this To feel the true force of this argu
- 293 We are a.s.sembled here to-day We are beginning to realize We are bound to give heed We are constantly being told We are fulfilling what I believe to be We are in the habit of saying We are met to-night We are not able to prove We are not disinterested
- 294 We have witnessed on many occasions We hear it is said sometimes We hear no complaint We heartily wish and mean We hold fast to the principle We laugh to scorn the idea We may all of us agree We may be permitted to remember We may contemplate with satis
- 295 What are you going to do What can avail What can be more intelligible What can be more monstrous than What can I say better What commonly happens is this What could be more captivating What could be more true What do we gain by What do we understand to
- 296 Whence it is, I say Whence was the proof to come While acknowledging the great value While I feel most keenly the honor While I have hinted to you Whilst I am on this matter Who can deny the effect Who can say in a word Who does not like to see Who has
- 297 You can not a.s.sert You do not need to be told You have all read the story You have been gracious enough to a.s.sign to me You have been mindful You have been pleased to confer upon me You have but to observe You have done me great honor You have no ri
- 298 A brilliant and paradoxical talker A burning sense of shame and horror A century of disillusionment A certain catholicity of taste [catholicity = universality] A cheap and coa.r.s.e cynicism A civilizing agency of conspicuous value A cleanness and probi
- 299 A great source of confusion A gross piece of stupidity A habit of riding a theory too hard A habit of rigorous definition A happy and compensating experience A haughty self-a.s.sertion of equality A hideous absurdity A hideous orgy of ma.s.sacre and out
- 300 A n.o.ble and puissant nation [puissant = with power, might] A novel and perplexing course A numerous company A painful and disconcerting deformity A partial disenchantment A pa.s.sage of extraordinary daring A patchwork of compromises A permanent and h