Chapter Words Relating to the Voluntary Powers of Index by Roget's Thesaurus

heels; to give leg-bail; to take French leave; to do a bunk; to cut one's lucky; to cut and run; se tirer d'affaire; to run for one's life; to make tracks.

(Interjections). Sauve qui peut! the devil take the hindmost!

(Adjectives). Escaping, etc., escaped, etc., fugitive, runaway, refugee.

(Phrase). The bird having flown.

• Deliverance (Substantives), extrication, rescue, redemption, salvation, riddance, redeemableness, redeemability.

(Phrase). A clean sweep.

(Verbs). To deliver, extricate, rescue, save, salvage, redeem, help out, bring off, tirer d'affaire, to get rid, to work off, to rid.

(Phrases). To save one's bacon; to find a hole to creep out of.

(Adjectives). Delivered, saved, etc., scot-free, scatheless.

Extricable, redeemable, rescuable.

3°. Precursory Measures

• Preparation (Substantives), making ready, providing, provision, providence, anticipation, preconcertation, precaution, laying foundations, ploughing, sowing, semination, cooking, brewing, digestion, gestation, hatching, incubation, concoction, maturation, elaboration, predisposition 611, 613.

Physical preparation: Training, drill, drilling, discipline, exercise, exercitation, gymnastics, callisthenics, eurhythmics, athletics, gymnasium, palœstra, prenticeship, apprenticeship, qualification, inurement, education, novitiate, see Teaching 537.

Putting or setting in order, putting to rights, clearance, arrangement, disposal, organisation, adjustment, adaptation, disposition, accommodation, putting in tune, tuning, putting in trim, dressing, putting in harness, outfit, equipment, accoutrement, etc.

(Phrases). A stitch in time; clearing decks; a note of preparation; a breather.

Groundwork, basis, foundation, pedestal, etc. (see 215), first stone, scaffold, scaffolding, cradle, sketch 626.

State of being prepared: preparedness, ripeness, maturity, readiness, mellowness.

Preparer, pioneer, avant-courier, sappers and miners, warming-pan.

(Verbs). To prepare, get ready, make ready, get up, anticipate, forecast, pre-establish, preconcert, settle preliminaries, to found.

To arrange, set or put in order, set or put to rights, organise, dispose, cast the parts, mount, adjust, adapt, accommodate, trim, tidy, fit, predispose, inure elaborate, mature, ripen, nurture, hatch, cook, concoct, brew, tune, put in tune, attune, set, temper, anneal, smelt, undermine, brush up, get up.

(Phrases). To take steps; prepare the ground; lay or fix the foundations, the basis, groundwork, etc.; to clear the ground; clear the way, the course; clear decks; clear for action; close one's ranks; plough the ground; dress the ground; till the soil; sow the seed; open the way; pave the way; lay a train; dig a mine; prepare a charge; erect the scaffolding; reculer pour mieux sauter.