Chapter 37 of 72
1. The _balance_ of the sum is due.
A First Book in Writing English · Edwin Herbert Lewis
1. The _balance_ of the sum is due.
2. The _remainder_ of the day is spent.
What relation exists between _balancing_ (_a book_) and _remainder_?
Character, reputation.
1. His _reputation_ for integrity is good.
2. His _character_ is beyond reproach.
3. A man cannot always control his _reputation_, but he can control his _character_.
Character is what a man ——; reputation is what people —— of him.
Compliment, complement.
1. Woman’s mind is by many considered the _complement_ of man’s, supplying certain things that the masculine mind has not.
2. His _compliments_ are really _flatteries_.
3. The secretary supplied the army with its _complement_ of stores.
Council, counsel.
1. His _counsel_ defended him in the trial.
2. Let good _counsel_ prevail.