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F-2 - SIGNIFICANT PHRASES - FIFTEEN THOUSAND USEFUL PHRASES

fierce and menacing

fiery and controversial

final and irreversible

finish and completeness

firm and decisive

first and foremost

fitful and capricious

fitting and appropriate

fixity and finality

flaming and mendacious [mendacious = lying; untruthful]

flare and flicker

flatness and insipidity

flattery and toadyism

flexible and spontaneous

flickering and ambiguous

flighty and impetuous

flippant and contemptuous

florid and healthy [florid = ornate; flowery]

flotsam and jetsam

flow and fullness

flowery and figurative

fluctuating and transitory

fluency and flippancy

fluttering and restless

focus and concentrate

fogs and complications

foibles and follies

foiled and defeated

folly and indecorum

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Definition:(noun) A punishment or retribution that one deserves; one's just deserts.
Synonyms:deserts
Usage:The central character is an evil man who gets his comeuppance in the end.
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One quality may be the contrary of another; thus justice is the contrary of injustice, whiteness of blackness, and so on.
Aristotle
(384 BC-322 BC)
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