N. appearance, phenomenon, sight,
spectacle, show, premonstration|, scene, species, view, coup d'oeil,
lookout, outlook, prospect,
vista,
perspective, bird's-eye view, scenery, landscape, picture,
tableau, display, exposure, mise en scene, rising of the curtain,
phantasm,
phantom,
pageant,
spectacle, peep-show,
raree-show, gallanty-show, ombres chinoises,
magic lantern,
phantasmagoria, dissolving views, biograph, cinematograph, moving pictures,
panorama,
diorama,
cosmorama,
georama, coup de theatre, jeu de theatre,
pageantry,
insignia, aspect, angle, phase,
phasis, seeming, shape,
guise, look,
complexion, color, image,
mien, air, cast, carriage, port,
demeanor, presence, expression, first blush, face of the thing, point of view, light, lineament feature trait lines, outline, outside,
contour, face, countenance,
physiognomy,
visage,
phiz, cast of countenance,
profile,
tournure, cut of one's jib,
metoposcopy, outside
V. appear, be visible, become visible, seem, look, show, present the appearance of, wear the appearance of, carry the appearance of, have the appearance of, bear the appearance of, exhibit the appearance of, take the appearance of, take on the appearance of, assume the appearance, present the semblance of, wear the semblance of, carry the semblance of, have the semblance of, bear the semblance of, exhibit the semblance of, take the semblance of, take on the semblance of, assume the semblance of, look like, cut a figure, figure, present to the view, show
Adv. apparently, to all seeming, to all appearance,
ostensibly,
seemingly, as it seems, on the face of it,
prima facie, at the first blush, at first sight, in the eyes of, to the eye
Phr. editio princeps
N. expectation,
expectance,
expectancy,
anticipation,
reckoning, calculation,
foresight,
contemplation,
prospection,
lookout, prospect,
perspective, horizon,
vista,
destiny,
suspense, waiting,
abeyance,
curiosity, anxious expectation, ardent expectation, eager expectation, breathless expectation, sanguine expectation, torment of tantalus, hope, trust,
auspices, assurance, confidence,
presumption,
reliance V. expect, look for, look out for, look forward to, hope for,
anticipate, have in prospect, have in contemplation, keep in view,
contemplate, promise oneself, not wonder at, not wonder if, wait for, tarry for, lie in wait for, watch for, bargain for, keep a good lookout for, keep a sharp lookout for,
await, stand at "attention," abide, bide one's time, watch,
foresee, prepare for,
forestall, count upon, think likely, lead one to expect, have in store for, prick up one's ears, hold one's breath
Adj. expectant, expecting, in expectation, on the watch,
open-eyed,
open-mouthed, in wide-eyed anticipation,
agape,
gaping, all agog, on tenterhooks, on tiptoe, on the tiptoe of expectation, aux aguets, ready, curious, looking forward to, expected, long expected,
foreseen, in prospect, prospective, in one's eye, in one's view, in the horizon, on the horizon, just over the horizon, just around the corner, around the corner,
impending Adv. on the watch, with breathless expectation, with bated breath, with rapt anticipation, arrectis auribus
Phr. we shall see, nous verrons, "expectation whirls me round", the light at the end of the tunnel
N. business, occupation, employment, pursuit, what one is doing, what one is about,
affair,
concern, matter, case, matter in hand, irons in the fire, thing to do,
agendum, task, work, job,
chore,
errand, commission, mission, charge, care, duty, part,
role,
cue, province, function,
lookout, department, capacity, sphere,
orb, field, line, walk, walk of life, beat, round,
routine, race, career, office, place, post,
chargeship,
incumbency, living, situation,
berth, employ, service, engagement, undertaking,
vocation, calling, profession, cloth, faculty, industry, art, industrial arts, craft,
mystery,
handicraft, trade, exercise, work,
avocation, press of business
V. pass one's time in, employ one's time in, spend one's time in, employ oneself in, employ oneself upon, occupy oneself with, concern oneself with, make it one's business, undertake, enter a profession, betake oneself to, turn one's hand to, have to do with, office, place, post,
chargeship,
incumbency, living, situation,
berth, employ, service, engagement, undertaking, drive a trade, carry on a trade, do a trade, transact a trade, carry on business, do business, transact business, keep a shop, ply one's task, ply one's trade, labor in one's vocation, pursue the even tenor of one's way, attend to business, attend to one's work,
officiate, serve, act, act one's part, play one's part, do duty, serve the office of, discharge the office of, perform the office of, perform the duties of, perform the functions of, hold an office, fill an office, fill a place, fill a situation, hold a portfolio, hold a place, hold a situation, be about, be doing, be engaged in, be employed in, be occupied with, be at work on, have one's hands in, have in hand, have on one's hands, have on one's shoulders, bear the burden, have one's hands full, be in the hands of, be on the stocks, be on the anvil, pass through one's hands
Adj. businesslike, phr,
workaday, "a business with an income at its heels", professional, amoto quaeramus seria ludo, official, par negotiis neque supra,
functional,
busy, on hand, in hand, in one's hands,
afoot, on foot, on the anvil, going on, acting
Adv. in the course of business, all in one's day's work, professionally &c
N. warning, early warning,
caution,
caveat, notice,
premonition,
premonishment,
prediction,
contraindication,
lesson,
dehortation,
admonition,
monition,
alarm, handwriting on the wall, mene mene tekel upharsin, red flag, yellow flag, fog-signal, foghorn,
siren,
monitor, warning voice,
cassandra, signs of the times, mother cary's chickens, stormy petrel, bird of ill omen, gathering clouds, clouds in the horizon, death watch,
watchtower,
beacon, signal post,
lighthouse,
sentinel,
sentry, watch,
watchman, watch and ward,
watchdog,
bandog,
housedog,
patrol,
patrolman,
vedette,
picket,
bivouac,
scout,
spy, spial|, undercover agent,
mole, plainclothesman, advanced guard, rear guard,
lookout,
cautiousness,
monitor, guard camera, radar, awacs, spy satellite, spy-in-the-sky, u2 plane, spy plane
V. warn,
caution,
forewarn,
prewarn,
admonish,
premonish, give notice, give warning,
dehort,
menace, put on one's guard, sound the alarm,
croak,
beware, ware, take warning, take heed at one's peril, keep watch and ward
Adj. warning,
premonitory,
monitory,
cautionary,
admonitory,
admonitive, sematic,
warned,
forewarned, on one's guard, (cautious) 864
Adv. in terrorem
Int. beware, ware, take care, look out, fore,
[golf], mind what you are about, take care what you are about, mind, phr, ne reveillez pas le chat qui dort, foenum habet in cornu, caveat actor, le silence du people est la legon des rois, verbum sat sapienti, un averti en vaut deux