Inside these sets of words, you'll find a pair of smaller words.

By putting "&" between them, lo & behold, you'll make a familiar phrase.

For example, "thighbone / swallowtail" conceals "high & low".

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2. thermometer / apoplexy

3. Delaware / bordering

4. surprised / trashiness

5. throughout / stumblebum

6. Gulliver / clearness

7. tragicomedy / pentagon

8. chinchilla / Magdalene

9. terrestrial / ecoterrorist

10. thundershower / intellectual

11. firecracker / misconstruing

12. blockbuster / doohickey

13. shunting / bespeckled

14. proliferation / climbable

15. heartstrings / consciences