1. Nominal Thesaurus
IN A bistro, snack bar, restaurant, brasserie, tearoom, in Paris, Lutetia, the French capital, the city of light, a young woman, lady, girl, miss, female, dame, sheila, maiden, chick, maid, gal, lassie, wench, adult female (A) tells her three girlfriends, mates, female companions (B, C, and D), about the affair, relationship, romance, intrigue, fling, liaison, flirtation, amour, dalliance she had with an American tourist, traveller, journeyer, voyager, tripper, globetrotter, holiday-maker, sightseer, excursionist, who returned home promising to write, and hasn't. It's been over two weeks, a fortnight, fourteen days; something must have happened to him. (She has just learned she is carrying his child, baby, kid, infant, but she doesn't tell her friends, pals, buddies, chums, confidants.) B tells her to call him; C to e-mail him; D to forget all about him. Enter a fat American couple, pair, brace, duo; each of them has a different speech, diction, pronunciation, articulation, delivery, fluency impediment, obstacle, difficulty, hindrance, encumbrance. They order food, nourishment, fare, grub, tucker, refreshment, chow, nosh, viands. The man, fellow, guy, bloke, chap, dude, geezer, adult male chokes. A performs the Heimlich maneuver, stratagem, move, movement, scheme on him, and saves his life, person, soul, existence.
