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Here's some more from the Am Heritage Dictionary to daunt you:SYNONYMS:dismay, appall, daunt, horrify, shake These verbs mean to deprive a person of courage or the power to act as a result of fear or anxiety. Dismay is the least specific: Plummeting stock prices dismayed speculators. Appall...

Grammar Geek wrote: So "to lay by" is a phrasal verb meaning "to store away"? New vocabulary for me! But anyway, when you have a phrasal verb like that (or like "look up" (as a word in a dictionary) or "write down") - do the prepositions act like normal prepositions, or because they are...

The following usage note from American Heritage Dictionary will help you differentiate the meaning between the two verbs Synonyms: persuade, induce, prevail, convince. These verbs are compared as they mean to succeed in causing a person to do or consent to something. Persuade means to win...

This is a really difficult group to distinguish! Firstly, beautiful is the most emphatic of the three. If you say, "you're beautiful," you are indicating unambiguously that the person to whom you're speaking is very, very attractive. Beautiful is also used as a euphamism to describe some...

Yeah, jealousy gives the distinct impression that you are fearful of being replaced by the person of whom you are jealous. One is generally jealous of rivals, and jealousy makes one bitter and resentful. Envy, on the other hand tends to lack the fear aspect. One may still become...

"I am expecting a reply from you." How to write it in different ways? You could try to vary the word order a little. "A reply from you is what I'm expecting." "What I am expecting is your reply." You could use synonyms for the words in the original. "I am awaiting a response from you." "I...

With all due respect to Rommie, it may not necessarily be that the person to whom you refer with such a phrase is incorrect, merely that you disagree with what they are saying. In this context you are showing respect for another person's opinion before expressing your own. It does not...