Tight writing / 12 октября 2007 г.
Following is a list of multi-syllable words and fat, vague or unnecessary words and phrases accompanied by their lean counterparts. Clip and save. Example:
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— A —
Another fact to be noted
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Arrived at the scene
Arrived
At about 9 p.m.
About 9 p.m. or At 9 p.m.
And also
And
A.M. this morning
A.M.
A set of severe penalties
Severe penalties
A bolt of lightning
Lightning
A great many times
Often, frequently
A greater number of
More
A little less than
Almost
A small number
Few
A large number of
Many
A period of
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A sufficient number of
Enough
About the year 1970
About 1970
Approved passage of
Passed
Approved acceptance of
Accepted
A majority of
Most
Along these lines
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A grouchy frame of mind
Grouchy
Assistance
Help
An all-time record
A record
According to
Said
An authority in his own right
An authority
At the age of 16
At 16
Absolute guarantee
Guarantee
Accidentally stumbled
Stumbled
Acres of land
Acres
Assessed a fine
Fined
Advance planning
Planning
All of a sudden
Suddenly
Advance reservations
Reservations
Already existing
Existing
Ample enough
Ample
Angry mob
Mob
Armed robbery
Robbery
Arrived here (or there)
Arrived
As a general rule
Usually
As in the case of
Like
Acts of a hostile nature
Hostile acts
At this point in time
Now
Approximately
About
Attempted
Tried
At some point
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Altogether
(usually can be deleted)
At a later date
Later
At that time
Then
At the present time
Now
At which time
When
At the conclusion of
After
At the rear of
Behind
Auction sale
Auction
At the intersection of A and B streets
At A and B streets
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Bitter quarrel
Quarrel
Bouquet of flowers
Bouquet
Brown-colored blanket
Brown blanket
Bewildering array
Array
Badly decomposed body
Decomposed body
Because of the fact that
Because
Baby girl was bom
Girl was born
Bald-headed
Bald
Basic fundamentals
Fundamentals
Brought to a screeching halt
Halted
Budding genius
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Be aware of the fact that
Recognize, realize
Between the ages of 16 and 18
Between 16 and 18
— C —
Combined into one
Combined
Collie dog
Collie
Close scrutiny
Scrutiny
Climb up
Climb
Came to a stop
Stopped
Call attention to the fact that
Remind
Cannot be possible
Cannot be
Captured the victory
Won
Compiled a 15 and 12 record
Won 15 and lost 12
Conscious effort
Effort
Charged in connection with the death of
Charged with the death of
Commute back and forth
Commute
Complete monopoly
Monopoly
Completely separated
Separated
Completely filled
Filled
Completely surrounded
Surrounded
Completely destroyed
Destroyed
Contained the epidemic to keep it from spreading
Contained the epidemic
Consensus of opinion
Consensus
Continue on
Continue
Constructing another new wing
Constructing another wing
Currently
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Corpulent
Fat
Check it out
Check
Convicted on charges of
Convicted of
Can’t hardly
Hardly
Controversial disputes
Disputes
Current trend
Trend
— D —
During the summer months
During the summer
Dwindled down
Dwindled
Did not pay attention to
Ignored
Dead body
Body
Despite the fact that
Although
Draw to a conclusion
End
Due to the fact that
Because
Different kinds
Kinds
Detailed information
Details
Disclosed for the first time
Disclosed, revealed
Dates back to
Dates to
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Exact replica
Replica
Estimated roughly at
Estimated at
End result
Result
Extra bonus
Bonus
Earmarked specifically
Earmarked
Existing
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Entirely destroyed
Destroyed
Equally as
Equally
Entered as a bid
Bid
Easter Sunday
Easter
Empty cavity
Cavity
Expressed the viewpoint
Said, opined
Exchanged wedding vows
Married
Each year
Annually
Every week
Weekly
Every day
Daily
— F —
Foreign imports
Imports
Finally ended
Ended
First began
Began
Filled to capacity
Filled
Final climax
Climax
Few in number
Few
Five different styles
Five styles
Following
After
Filed suit against
Sued
For the benefit of
For
Fund-raising event
Fund-raiser
Firstly
First
Funeral service
Funeral
Future plans
Plans
Floor carpet
Carpet
Flame-engulfed inferno
Inferno
Full-size replica
Replica
Fishing trawler
Trawler
Free gift
Gift
Free pass
Pass
Fused together
Fused
Faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $100 fine or both
Faces up to five years in prison and a $100 fine
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General conclusion, overall conclusion
Conclusion
Gave birth to a baby boy
Gave birth to a boy
Golden wedding anniversary
Golden anniversary
General public
Public
Grand total
Total
Green with envy
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Guest speaker
Speaker
— H —
Human being
Human
Hot water heater
Water heater
Herculean
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He has got to
He has to
He started out to
He began
Hidden pitfall
Pitfall
Hostile antagonist
Antagonist
His proposal includes
His proposal is
Huge throng
Throng
Heat up
Heat
His explanation is a strange one
His explanation is strange
He said consolingly
He consoled
He is a man who
He
High-speed chase
Chase
He said that he
He said he
He put the blame squarely on
He blamed
He has been married and divorced
He has been divorced
— I —
In the event that
If
Incumbent congressman
Congressman
Is going to
Will
Invited guests
Guests
Is opposed to
Opposes
In respect to
About, on
In spite of
Despite
In a state of crisis
In a crisis
In a short period of time
Shortly
Is presently doing
Is doing
In order to
To
Is in the process of building
Is building
In back of
Behind
If that were the case
If so
In excess of
More
Important essentials
Essentials
Indicted on a charge
Indicted
In light of the fact that
Considering
In the immediate vicinity of
New
In the absence of
Without
In reference to
About
In the near future
Soon
In connection with
In
It was not long before he was very sorry that he had said what he had
He soon regretted saying that
I was unaware of the fact that
I didn’t know
In the not too distant future
Eventually
In case of
If
In order to achieve
To achieve
In a hasty manner
Hastily
In spite of the fact that
Though, although
In many cases, mistakes were made
Mistakes were made
In the neighborhood of
About
In addition to
And, besides, also
Introduced a new idea
Introduced an idea
Is a resident of New York
Lives in New York
Is in the process of making an application
Is applying
In the event of
If
In the recent past
Recently
Is going to be held
Will be held
In alphabetical order
Alphabetically
— J —
John Doe said he thinks that he
John Doe said he
John Doe said he was not able to
John Doe said he was unable to
Jewish rabbi
Rabbi
— K —
Kept under surveillance
Watched
Killed outright
Killed
Kept steady company
Kept company
— L —
Long chronic illness
Long illness, chronic illness
Large-sized beast
Large beast
Located at
At
Literally destroyed
Destroyed
Last Thursday
Thursday
Learning process
Learning
Liftup
Lift
Last of all
Last
Look to see if
See if
Last but not least
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— M —
Made good his escape
Escaped
Managed to win
Won
Manufacturing plant
Plant
Monies
Money
Made contributions to
Contributed to
Massive size
Massive
Married his wife
Married
Major portion of
Most of
Murals on the wall
Murals
Matinee performance
Matinee
Meet for the selection of
Meet to select
Mental telepathy
Telepathy
Made it clear that
Stressed, explained
Made allegations (accusations) that
Alleged, accused
Muchly
Much
May expand in the future
May expand
Meets the eye
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Midway between
Between
Merged together
Merged
Method to his madness
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— N —
New track record
New record
New innovation
Innovation
New construction
Construction
New bride
Bride
Net income
Profit
Needlessly wordy
Wordy
Numerous different things
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Numerous
Many
Now
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Negatively affect property values
Lower property values
Not difficult
Easy
Null and void
Void
Not any one of the two
Neither
Noon luncheon
Luncheon
Now recruit
Recruit
None at all
None
Newly created
New
Not guilty
Innocent
— O —
Off of
Off
Old traditions of the past
Traditions
On a stretch of road
On a road
On behalf of
For
On account of
Because
One of the reasons why people
One of the reasons people
Ongoing
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Over the age of 16
Over 16
Old adage, cliche
Adage, cliche
Officiated at the ceremony of
Officiated at
Official business
Business
Opens its session today
Opens today
Overly
Over
Owing to the fact that
Since, because
On a continuing basis
Continually
On two different occasions
Twice
Once in a great while
Seldom, rarely
— P —
Posted a victory
Won
Past experience
Experience
Partially damaged, destroyed
Damaged, destroyed
Probed into
Probed
Past records
Records
Past history
History
Put in an appearance
Appeared
Prior to
Before
Placed under arrest
Arrested
P.M. tonight
P.M.
Pleaded guilty to a charge of murder
Pleaded guilty to murder
Pristine wilderness
Wilderness
Presented his statement
Said
Placed a seal of approval on
Approved
Personal friendship
Friendship
Personal charm
Charm
Portable walkie-talkie
Walkie-talkie
Private industry, business
Industry, business
Presently planned
Planned
Prerecorded
Recorded
Preprogrammed
Programmed
Postponed until later
Postponed
Promoted to the rank of
Promoted
Professor of psychology
Psychology professor
Proposed project
Project
— Q —
Qualified expert
Expert
— R —
Refer back
Refer
Reduce down
Reduce
Rustic country
(use one or the other)
Rejected a proposal
Refused
Remand back
Remand
Repeat again
Repeat
Revise downward
Lower
Recorded the victory
Won
Revenues
Revenue
Registered his objections
Objected
Rendered inoperative
Doesn’t work
Receded back
Receded
Received his education at
Attended
Recur again
Recur
Rough rule of thumb
Rule of thumb
Rise up
Rise
Reported to the effect that
Reported
Rose to the defense of
Defended
— s —
Served as
Was
Started off with
Started with
Stood trial
Tried
Since the time when
Since
Sahara Desert
Sahara
Split down the middle
Split
Surprising upset
Upset
Short period of time
Short time
Sierra Mountains
Sierras
Self-confessed
Confessed
Said earlier this month
Said this month
Sentenced to a term of five years
Sentenced to five years
Such are the vicissitudes of daily existence
That’s life
Strangled to death
Strangled
Still persists
Persists
Suddenly collapsed, died, exploded
Collapsed, died, exploded
Sprung a surprise
Surprised
Soaked to the bone
Soaked
Specific example Example
Sworn affidavits
Affidavits
Surrendered the ball on a fumble
Fumbled
Sadder but wiser
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— T —
Totally destroyed
Destroyed
Temporary recess
Recess
Taken to the emergency room for treatment
Taken to the emergency room
Thirty-five acres of land
Thirty-five acres
Took the stand
Testified
Testified under oath
Testified
Tendered his resignation
Resigned
Told his listeners that
Said
Therapeutic treatment
Therapy, treatment
Total operating costs
Operating costs
True facts
Facts
Thorough investigation
Investigation
They went to Smith and asked
They asked Smith
The Mini have good overall team speed
The Mini are fast
The question as to whether
Whether
The Middies have a 4–3 record so far this season
The Middies are 4–3
Threatened walkout was averted
Walkout was averted
Two twins
Twins
There is no doubt that
No doubt
This is a subject that
This subject
The fact he had not succeeded
His failure
The fact I had arrived
My arrival
There used to be
There was
Twelve noon, twelve midnight
Noon, midnight
— U —
Upward adjustment
Increase
Unsolved problem
Problem
Under the age of 16
Under 16
United in holy matrimony
Married
Used tor fuel purposes
Used for fuel
Until and unless
Until
Underground subway
Subway
— V —
Viable
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Violent explosion
Explosion
Voiced objections
Objected
— W —
Was able to succeed
Succeeded
Went up in flames
Burned
When and if
If
With the exception of
Except
Widow of the late
Widow
Well-known traditions
Traditions
Whether or not
Whether
Will be focusing
Will focus
Working for the past 40 years
Working for 40 years
What he was trying to do was
He tried to
Will be a participant in
Will join
Was in operation
Operated
White as a sheet
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Wild and woolly
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With bated breath
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— Y —
Young juveniles
Juveniles
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