Ebook: The well-spoken thesaurus: the most powerful ways to say everyday words and phrases

The Ultimate Guide to Powerful Language If you've ever fumbled while trying to use a big word* to impress a crowd, you know what it's like to* be poorly spoken. The fear of mispronouncing or misusing complex words is real and leaves many of us consigned to the lower levels* of the English Language. The secret to eloquence, however, lies in simplicity-the ability to use ordinary words in extraordinary ways. The Well-Spoken Thesaurus is your guide to eloquence, replacing the ordinary with the extraordinary. While a common thesaurus provides only synonyms as mere word-for-word equivalents, The Well-Spoken Thesaurus is filled with* dynamic reinventions of standard words and phrases. *lofty word, pretentious word *know what it is to *lower reaches, lower echelons *awash in, instilled with, dense with, rich in.;Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; On Becoming Articulate; Rhetorical Form and Design; The Well-Spoken Vocabulary; The Seven Rhetorical Sins; How This Book Works; Preamble; The Well-Spoken Thesaurus; 200 Well-Spoken Alternatives to Common Words and Phrases; About the Author; Back Cover.