A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

add in something • add on something
add in something —
1
. put or pour smth., especially in recipes:
Continue to add in the flour and mix each addition until it is
well incorporated. 2. attach or include smth., usually in the
middle of a calculation: Before you finish the totals, please
add in these new figures.
add on something —attach smth. at the end of a calculation,
list, etc.: She wrote me a cold letter, even the inquiry about
my health looked as if it had been added on as an afterthought.
add to something • add up to something
add to something —increase or enhance smth.: It’s an old
building so you get creaky sounds of the old building but I
guess it adds to its rustic charm.
add up to something —
1
. (of values) give as a result, when
joined: The bombing from B-52 stratofortresses ultimately
added up to 800,000 tons of bombs. 2. amount to smth.; sig-
nify smth.: All that this adds up to is that you don’t want to
help, so why not say so at once?
add to taste • add to the taste
add to taste —(in recipes) add in the amount preferred: Tear
small pieces from the Hungarian pepper and add to taste;
these peppers are very hot.
add to the taste —improve the taste (of a dish): All those
spices not only add to the taste but are good for your health.
address oneself to someone • address someone
address oneself to someone —speak or appeal to a person: He
came into the room, and addressed himself to me with the
best grace in the world.
address someone —
1
. = address oneself to someone: The Edu -
cation Secretary had to address a hostile crowd of teachers. 2.
speak to a person using a nickname or a title: Don’t address
me as “Colonel”; I’m only a major.
Admiral of the White • White Admiral
Admiral of the White —admiral of the White Squadron (one
of the three divisions of the Royal Navy in the 
1
7th century):
Admiral of the Red, used to hold the center in an engagement.
Admiral of the White, used to hold the van.
White Admiral —any of several butterflies of the genus Li-
menitis: He had seen a white admiral circling higher and higher
round an oak tree, but he had never caught it.