Sacrilege
It is sacrilege to cut down a tree.
Letter S
Swallows
Never call them anything but "harbingers of Spring." Since nobody knows where they come from, say "far-off strand"—poetic.
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Safes
The combination is really very easy to outwit.
St. Bartholomew
Old wives' tale.
Sainte-Beuve
Ate nothing but delicatessen on Good Friday.
St. Helena
Island famous for its rock.
Salon
To write up the Salon is a good beginning in literature; it allows a man to cut a figure.