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| give a help ing hand | nothing of the kind | glance at |
| one portion of roast beef | tell at a glance | get [make, score] a goal |
| a portion of land | a sad dog | be on the grab |
| Now G- | Winchester goose | give sb. a kick |
| the seamy side | have a good hand | be out of harmony with |
| a package of cookies | freeze together | slice up |
| a scratchy team | to take a pace forward | ate a hasty meal |
| by a head | not turn a hair (=without turning a hair) | All H-s |
| use a fresh page | three days' sensation | miss the target by a hair |
| a furtive glance | furl a flag | a chain of ideas |
| a freezing glance | Ditto, brother S-smut! | to make a packet |
| pay a 10 | from [out of] nowhere | without distinction |
| a mystic symbol （ | a narrative poem | What dog is a-hanging？ |
| do 80 miles an hour | a run of bad luck | to give a demonstration |
| be all to the mustard | have a sleep on it | by fits and starts |
| uniformly discrete | give sb. a dirty look | get an earful |
| chance the ducks | if it comes to the pinch | East or west, home is best. |
| an old earthen pot | in drops (=dropby drop) | stage a drama |
| be a sport | drain a glass of wine | draw a straight line |
| at the drop of a hat | a drop of brandy | be in a dream |
| draw together | go one's death (on, for) | to make much of an event |
| one or other | (from) day to day | for days on end |
| make one | run a school | not to care shucks |
| any day | a mug of milk | to a day |
| do (one) a shrewd turn | worship at the shrine of Mammon | make a muddle of |
| have a field day | one Sunday | lift a finger |
| play first fiddle | be on the same side of the fence | a feeling look |
| Jack of all trades and master of none. | fied interests | a field of maize |
| draw an outline | and (then) some | a pound note |
| rise at a feather | The proof of the pudding is the eating. | to be without fear |
| Faults are thick where love is thin. | a Japanese | finish a picture |
| slice into | finish a bottle of wine | My little finger told me. |
| make a shaft or a bolt of [on] it | a solid vote | pucker a piece of cloth |
| fabrication of a bridge | not fit to be touched with the end of a bargend pole | a nimble leap |
| dead end | that sort of thing | a sheet of metal |
| short end | a placid smile | a passing look |
| All Souls' Day | nettle in, dock out (=in dock, out nettle) | sleep together |
| somebody else | a parcel of liars | a miserable existence |
| get an eyeful | be shorn of | see with half an eye |
| cut one's eye | bat an eye | not enough to swear by |
| enlarge on | to do good all one's life | execute a murderer |
| blotter | blackthorn | biyearly |
| biweekly | biweekly | bite |
| blockish | blockbuster | blintz |
| blindly | blind | bifacial |
| biennially | weave a story | bezique |
| weave a basket | benzedrine | bennet |
| biannual | biennial | biennial |
| biannually | biannual | box |
| box | bowl | bowie |
| brahman | what with...and | brain |
| blueberry | blucher | blubbery |
| a pound weight | blow | bowel |
| bongo | bologna | backhand |
| stiff | ayrshire | asinine |
| a box of chocs | asinine | backing |
| sticker | steely | steep |
| stereospecific | stereotype | arundinaceous |
| a good voice | appreciable | a vast sum of funds |
| be vainly proud of | annual | up to 100 men |
| stiffener | viola d'amore | (as) sour as vinegar |
| to view a picture | have [keep] sth. in view | aristocracy |
| a vicious companion | arabesque | anecdotal |
| a weary day | basinet | spotless |
| spotty | spouse | watch a flock of sheep |
| squiz | bennet | belladonna |
| beamy | beamy | |