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| the span of life | stew | men of a different stamp |
| a spell on the typewriter | spit | a sheet of stiff cardboard |
| snuff | a smack of garlic | a sound night's sleep |
| take a swallow of beer | summery | subdivision |
| swimming-trunks | amount held by this | work up a good sweat by running |
| rape | `taxi rank | on the rear |
| the year 1949 (Communist revolution) | the year 1997 | seventeen million |
| a ,round-trip `ticket | a stick of rock | rip open a letter |
| run down a pedestrian | a spare parts schedule | have a bit of a rush on |
| play some records | rest | to hold one's breath |
| the first stage | puckish | not regard as a matter (of any importance) |
| May Day | Let's have no more of this (an expression showing one's displeasure) | give a tug on sth |
| world's first | on a rope | to haul a bucket of water |
| ski | end a letter | sixtieth |
| sirloin | shears | seventieth |
| seven- | equation with one unknown | shut-eye |
| a short time later | glass of this | Primary monoamines |
| water-melon | water-ski | weave a metre of tweed cloth |
| a weak smile | as usual as is usual | a wispy white beard |
| glass of this | whisky | Monday week |
| a windy day | windless | tiptop |
| a pair of trainers | thump | tete-a-tete |
| three-piece | thirtieth | thirsting for revenge |
| tumble | twine | a piece of smoked trout |
| trifling | troop | trousers |
| go for a trot | write an account of one's travels | wodge |
| build an extension to a hospital | an excellent meal | explore a castle |
| firsthand information | over become covered in this way | a book |
| fill a bucket full of water | det 50th | a fine field of wheat |
| microheterogeneity | a pair of dungarees | monoiodotyrosine |
| Allasecurinine | an Establishment figure | essay a task |
| a bottle of ink eradicator | enter a profession | with nobody in it |
| det 11th | decigram | First principal component |
| a jar of plum jam | debate an issue | a life of invalidism |
| so as to join them | a jerk of an eyelid | kiss |
| kazoo | a joint of beef | by the way |
| learn a poem by heart, ie memorize it | single circuit of a track or racecourse | dish of meat, etc cooked directly over or under great heat |
| a `hand-grenade | a new pair of glasses | at a `gulp with one gulp |
| a cabbage-head | a flat rate | drink a flagon of wine |
| det 40th | through a letter | glance at one's watch |
| a generation ago | take a gander at sth | a pair of galoshes |
| o'clock, 2 o'clock, 3 o'clock, etc | portion of ice-cream | hearts [sing or pl v] suit of playing-cards marked with these |
| a row of hooks and eyes | a huge cucumber | a good piece of bowling |
| cut down a tree | have a cuddle together | family of children |
| with a crash | type of brandy | glass of brandy |
| take a deep breath, ie fill the lungs with air | a crore of rupees | small flock of partridges |
| a life of bliss | have a game of billiards | Wait a bit! |
| blow 50 on a meal | sth make a path or passage through sth by cutting | a pair of football boots |
| a lean cut of pork | good try | a slice of cantaloup |
| a black suit | a blank page | a bowl of cereal |
| mass of such ferns | certain to do sth | Just calm down a bit! |
| Not another! | a silly old buffer | the moment of conception |
| a ,baking-hot `day | give a loud hiccup | type of sticking-plaster |
| a mug of cocoa | unanimously | change one's job |
| a bed of herbs | a ,glass of cham`pagne | piece cut off |
| get into a clinch | a top-class athlete | know a subject from A to Z |
| deliver a blow to the jaw | as far as a specified point | type of beer |
| like that of death | like that of death | so small or unimportant that it is not worth considering seriously |
| glass of ale | have an adventure | a play in five acts |
| one of two or more possibilities | a one-piece swimsuit | a lesson on philosophy |
| on May the first | on loan for a week | a pair of nylons |
| nurse a project | pocketful | pocketful |
| plus-fours | of more than one | a small plot of land |
| just a little | one of its flowers | a generous portion of roast duck |
| a pan of hot fat | overcast | climb over a wall |
| a huge pair of eyes | a packet | outline |
| let young people have what enjoyment and freedom they can get, because they will have to work and worry later in their lives | one-horse | |