implicit
concise(succinct, terse): The winner of the award gave a short and concise acceptance speech.
succinct(terse, concise)
fluent(fluid, smooth): Before you go travelling in America, make sure you speak fluent spoken English.
cogent(convincing, compelling): The defense attorney's cogent argument was persuasive.
persuasive: The persuasive saleswoman sold me a used car.
character: I wish this book was written in bigger characters.
glossary
dialect(vernacular, jargon): John's Southern dialects is hard for me to understand.
clause: The sentence had too many clauses in it.
linguistics
phonetics
tense
version(description, account)
genre(style, manner): His six String Quartets is the most important works in the genre since Beethoven's.
tag(label, tab)
slogan(motto): Each candidate needs a clever slogan to attract the attention of the voters.
lyric
verse
fiction
byword(adage)
fable(allegory): Many fables were first told by an old Greek story-teller named Aesop.
term(expression): Knowing more technical terms gives a translator more advantages.
maxim(proverb, motto)
satire: The political satire was censored by the government.
farce
adage(proverb): Isn't there an old adage that a stitch in time saves nine?
synopsis(outline, summary): The history professor gave a synopsis of the events leading to World War I.
compile(collect, put together): The scientists compiled a great amount of data to help develop their theory.
entitle: My favorite poem is entitled “Summer Rain”.
emend(amend, improve): John had spent a whole day emending a faulty text.
paraphrase(rewrite): Would you please paraphrase the speech in colloquial English?
adapt(revise, amend)
adaptable(flexible, pliant)
adaptation: The movie was an adaptation of a classic novel.
excerpt(selection, extract): The actor auditioned by performing an excerpt from the play.
abstract
abstraction: By looking at what happened in many similar cases, we were able to create an abstraction that also covered other instances.
abridge(shorten, condense, abbreviate): The rights of citizens must not be abridged.
coin(create, fashion, invent): The advertising company coined a new word to name the new product.
It never will rain roses. When we want to have more roses we must plant trees. –G.Eliot