ABC's

elements essentials foundation nitty-gritty principles rudiments

bare bones brass tacks first steps nuts and bolts the three R's

article case circumstance fact specific

clue cue element feature gospel item know nitty-gritty picture point rundown scoop score speciality specification story thing

bottom line brass tacks chapter and verse facts of life lowdown nuts and bolts what's what whole story

generality

elemental fundamental rudimentary straightforward underlying

abecedarian basal beginning child's play clear duck soup easy essential facile foundational initial introductory meat and potatoes original plain prefatory preliminary primary primitive primo simplest simplex simplified substratal uncomplex uncomplicated

additional advanced extra secondary

abstruse complex complicated compound difficult hard intricate involved

abecedarian basal basic beginning child's play clear duck soup easy elemental essential facile foundational fundamental initial introductory meat and potatoes original plain prefatory preliminary primary primitive primo rudimentary simplest simplex simplified straightforward substratal uncomplex uncomplicated underlying

detail explanation history narrative report story tale version

bulletin chronicle make narration recital score tab take

annal blow-by-blow lowdown play by play run down the picture the whole picture

characters elements fundamentals hieroglyphs ideograph morphemes phonemes pictograph rune signs syllabary symbols

graphic representation

characterization confession definition depiction detail explanation information narration narrative picture portrayal report sketch statement story summary tale version

brief chronicle declaration delineation explication fingerprint make monograph portraiture presentment recital recitation record rehearsal representation rundown specification summarization vignette yarn

blow-by-blow recountal writeup

concealment

misrepresentation

article design element fact part plan schedule structure thing

accessory component count cue dope factor fraction item minutia nicety nitty-gritty particular peculiarity point portion respect singularity specialty specification technicality trait trivia triviality

brass tacks chapter and verse circumstantiality fine point meat and potatoes minor point nuts and bolts

entirety generality generalization whole

condition element essence fundamental must precondition prerequisite principle requirement requisite

groceries guts heart nitty-gritty quintessence rudiment stuff substance

bottom line brass tacks fire and ice meat and potatoes name of the game nuts and bolts part and parcel sine qua non vital part where one's at

extra

accessory auxiliary nonessential subsidiary throwaway

authority base bedrock groundwork infrastructure support

basics bed bottom foot footing ground guts heart justification nitty-gritty nub prop reason root setup stay substratum substructure understructure

bottom line brass tacks nuts and bolts underpinning

cowardice exterior exteriority fear outside top

bottom line component cornerstone element factor foundation law principle

axiom basis constituent guts heart nitty-gritty rudiment rule theorem

brass tacks coal-and-ice principium rock bottom sine qua non

cowardice fear

addition auxiliary extra subordinate trivia

alphabet syntax

accidence elements fundaments linguistics morphology principles rudiments stratification structure

sentence structure tagmemics

preparation

background base bedrock cornerstone footing foundation ground infrastructure origin preliminaries root substratum understructure

underpinning

catalog clue directory guidebook handbook key manual

Bible beacon bellwether compendium enchiridion landmark lodestar mark marker pointer print sign signal signpost telltale tip-off

chapter and verse guiding light hot lead no-no's the book the numbers vade mecum

sign

alphabet cap capital character majuscule minuscule rune type uncial

small letter

number speech

justification rationale

bulletin chronicle detail explanation history make narration narrative reason recital report score story tab take tale version

annal blow-by-blow lowdown play by play rundown the picture the whole picture

basics beginnings elements essentials foundation guts heart nitty-gritty principles

first principles

cowardice fear

account affidavit allegation announcement assurance charge comment description explanation presentation proclamation remark report testimony word

acknowledgment affirmation articulation aside asseveration averment avowal communication dictum ejaculation make manifesto mention narrative observation picture presentment profession protestation recital recitation relation rundown utterance ventilation verbalization vocalization voice

blow-by-blow communiqué

quiet silence

question request

amount effect meat significance strength stuff subject

basis body bottom burden center core corpus crux drift essentiality focus gist guts heart import innards kernel marrow mass matter nitty-gritty nub pith point purport quintessence sense soul staple tenor theme thrust upshot

bottom line brass tacks general meaning gravamen name of the game nuts and bolts sum total virtuality way of it

cowardice exterior exteriority fear insignificance nothing nothingness outside periphery surface

poverty