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101do — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. perform, achieve, contrive, manage; solve, finish, work out; serve, render; informal, swindle, defraud. See action, completion, production. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To discharge one s… …
102fail — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To be unsuccessful] Syn. miscarry, fall short, miss, slip, lose, make nothing of, come to naught, come to nothing, falter, flounder, blunder, break down, break, run aground, founder, misfire, come to grief, get into trouble …
103qualify — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To limit] Syn. reduce, restrain, temper; see change 1 , restrict 2 . 2. [To fulfill requirements] Syn. fit, suit, pass, be eligible, be equipped, be capacitated, have the requisites, meet the demands, measure up, meet the… …
104“In the Vault“ — Short story (3,430 words); written on September 18, 1925. First published in Tryout(November 1925); rpt. WT(April 1932); first collected in O;corrected text in DH George Birch is the careless and thick skinned undertaker of Peck Valley,… …
105answer — I. v. n. 1. Reply (especially to a question), rejoin, respond, say in reply, make answer, reply, or response. 2. Be accountable, be responsible or liable, be security, go surety. 3. Correspond, be correlated, be counterpart, be like, be similar.… …
106make the grade — informal he lacked the experience to make the grade Syn: qualify, be up to scratch, come up to standard, pass, pass muster, measure up; succeed, win through; informal be up to snuff, cut it, cut the mustard …
107qualify — verb 1) I qualify for free prescriptions Syn: be eligible for, meet the requirements for; be entitled to, be permitted 2) they qualify as refugees Syn: count, be considered, be designated, be eligible 3) sh …
108answer — n 1. acknowledgment, confirmation, reply; response, rejoinder, return, replication, respond ence; retort, repartee, riposte, Sl. comeback, retaliation, back talk, Inf. sass. 2. counterblast, countercharge, recrimination, counterstatement,… …
109fail — v 1. go wrong, abort, miscarry, not succeed, be defeated, be frustrated; flounder, falter, slip, trip, stumble, blunder; shipwreck, run aground, come to grief, meet with disaster, Inf. come a cropper; miss the mark, miss the boat, Sl. blow it, Sl …
110grade — n 1. degree, stage, gradation, scale; step, rung, stair, peg, notch; point, mark. 2. status, rank, standing; position, station, place, class, caste; worth, value, merit, quality; situation, condition, lot, estate. 3. mark, rating, measure,… …
