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C-1 - SIGNIFICANT PHRASES - FIFTEEN THOUSAND USEFUL PHRASES

cajoled and bullied

calamity and sorrow


callous and impervious


calmness and composure


calumny and exaggeration [calumny = maliciously lying to injure a

reputation]


candor and kindness


cant and hypocrisy [cant = hypocritically pious language]


capable and efficient


capacity and ability


capricious and unreasonable


career and occupation


cares and anxieties


carping and ungenerous


casual and transient


causes and circumstances


cautious and reticent


celebrated and praised


celerity and violence [celerity = swiftness of action]


ceremony and splendor


certain and verifiable


chafe and exasperate


chagrin and despondency


chance and opportunity


change and variety


chaos and confusion


character and temperament


characteristic and complete


charges and insinuations


charm and perfection


chaste and refined


cheap and convenient


checked and thwarted


cheerfulness and gaiety


cherish and guard


chief and paramount

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