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a ray of intelligence | not be able to see a wink | give a passing recognition |
an hour's recess at noon | as the world goes | recharge a man with a crime |
working in a factory | I should worry | by long odds (=by all odds; by odds) |
recognize an old acquaintance | a vague idea | spread [run] like wildfire |
ternary bilinear form | one of them | a redoubtable opponent |
as stubborn as a mule | a rapier glance | harden into stone |
as occasion serves | a stormy life | be stopped by a question |
to recognize a new government | a raw morning | a stricken measure of rice |
a life marked by vicissitudes | Rome was not built in a day. | a superb dinner |
twin souls | a rollicking song | to put a person to work |
fall in with sb.'s views (=meet sb'.s view) | a roasting hot summer day | yuan note |
off the pace | The noose is hanging. | nodding acquaintance |
a roundabout route | a punch on the nose | a sweaty piece of work |
Empty vessels make the greatest sound. | get at [to] the root of sth. | make nonsense of |
ask sb. a question | with a stamp of impatience | one or the other |
as unstable as water | a friend of ours | from no quarter |
a resounding name | one-night stand | a 3 star hotel |
as [like] the stars in multitude | turn on the waterworks | quarter oneself upon sb. |
stand off and on | a narrow [close, near, tight] squeak | a quaint method |
a respectable teacher | from space to space | a viewable movie |
a mere passing vogue | outgrow a bad habit | a mere nothingness |
a voluminous report | from out to out | enter into the spiritof |
pause and ponder | as changeable as the moon | a slight tinge of humor |
wise as a serpent | (as) abstinate[stubborn] as a mule | not a penny the worse |
a small portion of the whole | a plain dress | a tiresome job |
three cheers and a tiger | give sb. a taste of | a thread of water |
tie in | Tom Collins (John Collins) | one of many possible answers |
toilet water | a terse reply | not know the first thing about sth. |
Every shoe fits not every foot. | the pith of a speech | a thundering big house |
a home thrust | a serpentine suggestion | It will last sb.'s time. |
a sick joke | wishful thinking | the movements of a dance |
pay [offer] the moon | gaudy as a peacock | keep a term |
get the first place in a race | set eyes | a tenebrous aisle |
so much as | bright side | in one's time |
a period of settled weather | plural vote | bit of a place |
not the only pebble on the beach | petit four | that part of the country |
do one's part | a shiny day | to drive tandem |
the shady side of the street | tangled affair | bring a new phase in |
a practiced skill | a touch of irony | be [get] tanked up |
a perky squirrel | develop [plan] a presentation | on this side |
(originally said of bamboo grove, now referring to drug, hobby, etc.) cannot go without it | a tabular rock | white scourge |
a nearby house | have [meet with] a misfortune | It's one thing to flourish and another to fight. |
a tally of a game | tend a grocery | What's his [her, their, its] name? |
not care a whoop | a thick slice of bread | not a penny to bless oneself with |
let the side down | a passing fad | a plain blue dress |
a potty set of questions | a set of tasteless furniture | enter another phase |
more power to sb.'s elbow (=more power to sb.) | a practicable plan | be momentarily unable to speak |
on sb.'s part (=on the part of sb.) | set sb. a task | nary a cent |
toss sth. aside | part by | Bad scran to you! |
to the last penny | an additional person or thing | Can I have another? |
pull the curtain aside | a new block of flats | solitary |
air in or around a place | one of these sections and the notes in it | students in their first year at college |
a first-floor `flat | amount contained in a flask | flash an identification card |
sole | ten hours solid | a piece of metal by hammering it |
have a flirtation with sb | buy a bouquet at the florist's, ie shop where flowers are sold | series of stairs between two floors or landings |
a strange brand of humour | blots | in the extreme north of a country |
quite a nice day | shot that hits this | a fellow member |
sing a solo | solitude | a blameless life |
a bevy of beautiful girls | his first wife | her first job |
a bespoke suit | a film of oil on water | a series of felonies |
sudden strong gust of air | gratify a person's whims | a gift question |
not the least glimmer of intelligence | working-over | empty a glass at a gulp |
being half one thing and half another | a heaped spoonful of flour | an acrid dispute |
a direct hit on an enemy ship | have the hire of a car for a week | at ground-floor level |
swallow a slug of gin | grin with delight | the fount of all wisdom |
Vidarabine Monophosphate | a folio volume | gatecrash a party |
the germ of an idea | frantic activity | |