20
988
989
990
991
992
993
994
995
996 To be on, up stump:
997
998
999
1000
1001
1002
1003
1004 To be opposed to the intervention of a third nation
1005
1006
1007
1008
1009
1010
1011 To be out in one's reckoning:
1012
1013
1014 To be out of alignment:
1015
1016
1017

1018
1019
1020
1021
1022
1023 To be out of one's mind:
1024
1025 To be out of one's wits, to have lost one's wits:
1026
1027
1028
1029
1030
1031 To be out of training:
1032
1033
1034 To be out of vogue:
1035
1036
1037
1038
To be on the wane:
To be on the watch for sb:
To be on the watch for:
To be on the wrong side of forty:
To be on the wrong side of forty:
To be on the wrong side of the door:
to be on visiting terms with;
to have a visiting acquaintance with:
To be on watch:

To be one's own enemy:
To be one's own man:
To be one's own trumpeter:
To be onto:
To be oofy:
To be open to conviction:
To be open-minded on political issues:
To be or not to be:
To be ordained:
To be out at elbow(s):
To be out for seven seconds:
To be out for sth:
To be out in one's reckoning:
To be out of a job:
To be out of a situation:
To be out of business:
To be out of cash:
To be out of employment:
To be out of harmony:
To be out of humour:
To be out of measure:
To be out of one's depth:
To be out of one's element:
To be out of one's mind:
To be out of patience:
To be out of sorts:
To be out of the question:
To be out of the red:
To be out of the straight:
To be out of trim:

To be out of tune with one's surrounding:
To be out of work: T
To be out on a dike:
To be out shooting:
To be out with one's mash:
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1039
1040
1041
1042
1043
1044
1045
1046
1047 To be pally with sb:
1048
1049
1050
1051
1052
1053
1054
1055
1056
1057 To be perturbed by that news:
1058
1059
1060
1061
1062

1063 To be placed in leader of the troop:
1064
1065 To be plainly dressed:
1066
1067
1068
1069
1070
1071
1072
1073
1074 To be possessed of:
1075
1076
1077
1078
1079
1080
1081
1082
1083
1084
1085
1086
1087
1088
1089
1090
1091
To be outspoken:

To be over hasty in doing sth:
To be over hump:
To be over the hill:
To be over-staffed:
To be paid a good screw:
To be paid by the quarter:
To be paid montly:
To be parched with thirst:
To be partial to music:
To be partial to sb:
To be particular about one's food:
To be past master in a subject:
To be past one's prime:
To be perfect in one's service:
To be perished with cold:
To be persuaded that:
To be pervious to the right words:
To be pinched with cold/ poverty:
To be pinched with cold:
To be pinched with hunger:
To be pitchforked into an office:
To be plain with sb:
To be plastered:
To be pleased with sth:
to be ploughed in the viva voce:
To be poles apart:
To be poor at mathematics:
To be poorly housed:
To be poorly off:
To be possessed by the devil:

To be practised upon:
To be preoccupied by family troubles:
To be prepared to:
To be present in great strength:
To be prey to sth; to fall prey to:
To be privy to sth:
To be proficient in Latin:
To be profuse in one's praises:
To be promoted (to be) captain:
To be promoted by seniority:
To be promoted to the rank of :
To be prone to sth:
To be prostrated by the heat:
To be prostrated with grief:
To be proud of having done sth:
To be public knowledge:
To be pumped by running:
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1092
1093
1094
1095
1096
1097
1098
1099
1100 To be put out about sth:
1101
1102
1103

1104 To be quartered with sb:
1105
1106
1107
1108
1109
1110
1111
1112
1113
1114
1115
1116
1117
1118
1119
1120
1121
1122
1123 To be reduced to beggary:
1124
1125
1126
1127
1128
1129
1130
1131
1132
1133

1134
1135
1136
1137
1138
1139
1140 To be right in a conjecture:
1141
1142
1143
1144
1145
To be punctual in the payment of one's rent:
To be punished by sb:
To be purged from sin:
To be purposed to do sth:
To be pushed for money:
To be put in the stocks:
To be put into (reduced to)a dilemma:
To be put off eggs:
To be put to fire and sword:
To be qualified for a post:
To be quarrelsome in one's cup:
To be queer:
To be quick at accounts:
To be quick of apprehension:
To be quick of hearing,
to have a keen sense of hearing
To be quick on one's pin:
To be quick on the draw:

To be quick on the trigger:
To be quick to sympathize:
To be quit of sb:
To be quite frank with sb:
To be quite innocent of English grammar:
To be raised to the bench:
To be raised to the purple:
To be rather puffed:
To be ravenous:
To be ready for any eventualities:
To be red with shame:
To be reduced by illness:
To be reduced to extremes:
To be reduced to the last extremity:
To be regardful of the common aim:
To be related to :
To be relentless in doing:
To be reliant on sb to do sth:
To be reluctant to do sth:
To be remanded for a week:
To be resigned to one's fate:
To be resolute in one's demands for peace:
To be responsible for sth:
To be responsible for the expenditure:
To be reticent about sth:
To be rich in imagery:
To be ridden by sth:
To be rife with sth:
To be robbed of the rewards of one's labo(u)r:
To be rolling in cash:

To be rosy about the gills:
To be round with sb:
To be roundly abused:
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1146
1147
1148
1149
1150
1151
1152
1153
1154
1155
1156
1157
1158
1159
1160
1161
1162
1163
1164
1165
1166
1167
1168
1169
1170
1171

1172
1173 To be severe upon sb:
1174
1175
1176
1177
1178
1179
1180
1181
1182
1183 To be short of the stuff:
1184
1185
1186 To be shut off from society:
1187
1188
1189
1190
1191
1192
1193
1194
1195 To be slack in, doing sth:
1196
1197
1198
1199
To be roused to anger:
To be rubbed out by the gangsters:

To be rude to sb, to say rude things to sb:
To be ruined by play:
To be ruled by sb:
To be sb's dependence:
To be sb's man:
To be sb's slave:
To be sb's superior in courage:
To be scalded to death:
To be scant of speech:
To be scarce of money:
To be scornful of material things:
To be sea-sick:
To be second to none:
To be seconded by sb:
To be secure from attack:
To be seething with hatred:
To be seized by panic:
To be seized with apoplexy:
To be seized with compunction:
To be self-conscious in doing sth:
To be sensible of one's defects:
To be sent on a mission:
To be sent to the block:
To be sentenced to ten years' hard-labour:
To be served round:
To be sewed up:
To be shadowed by the police:
To be sharp-set:
To be shipwreck:
To be shocked:

To be shorn of human right:
To be short of cash:
To be short of hand:
To be short of sth:
To be short of work:
To be short with sb:
To be shy of (on) money:
To be shy of doing sth:
To be sick at heart:
To be sick for home:
To be sick for love:
To be sick of a fever:
To be sick of the whole business:
To be sickening for an illness:
To be slightly elevated:
To be slightly stimulated:
To be slightly tipsy:
To be slow of apprehension:
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1200
1201
1202
1203
1204
1205
1206
1207
1208
1209 To be sold on sth:
1210

1211
1212
1213
1214
1215
1216
1217
1218 To be square with sb:
1219
1220
1221 To be stifled by the smoke:
1222
1223
1224
1225 To be strict with sb:
1226
1227 To be strong on sth:
1228
1229
1230
1231
1232
1233
1234
1235
1236
1237 To be supposed, to do sth:
1238
1239 To be surprised at:
1240

1241
1242
1243
1244
1245
1246
1247
1248
1249
1250 To be thankful to sb for sth:
1251
1252 To be the architect of one's own fortunes:
1253
To be slow of wit:
To be smitten down with the plague:
To be smitten with remorse:
To be smittenby sb:
To be smothered by the dust:
To be snagged:
To be snipped:
To be snookered:
To be soft on sb:
To be sole agent for:
To be solicitous of sth:
To be sopping with rain:
To be sound asleep:
To be spoiling for a fight:
To be spoons on sb:
To be spoony on sb:
To be sprung from a noble race:

To be staked through the body:
To be steady in one's principles:
To be stigmatized as a coward and a liar:
To be still active:
To be still in one's nonage:
To be strong in one's resolve:
To be struck all of a heap:
To be struck on sb:
To be struggling with adversity:
To be stumped for an answer:
To be submerged by paperwork:
To be subsidized by the State:
To be successful in doing sth:
To be suited to, for sth:
To be superior in numbers to the enemy:
To be sure of oneself:
To be swamped with work:
To be sweet on sb:
To be sworn (in):
To be taken aback:
To be taken captive:
To be taken in:
To be tantamount to sth:
To be tardy for school:
To be ten meters deep:
To be ten years old:
To be the anchorage of sb's hope:
To be the chattel of :
25
1254

1255
1256
1257
1258
1259
1260
1261
1262
1263
1264 To be the plaything of fate:
1265
1266
1267
1268
1269
1270 To be the very picture of wickedness:
1271
1272
1273 To be thorough musician:
1274
1275
1276
1277
1278
1279
1280
1281
1282
1283
1284

1285
1286 To be top dog:
1287
1288 to be translated into the vernacular:
1289
1290
1291 To be transported with:
1292
1293 To be treated as pariah:
1294
1295
1296
1297
1298
1299
1300
1301 To be two meters in length:
1302
1303
1304
1305
1306 To be unashamed of doing sth:
1307
To be the child of :
To be the craze:
To be the focal point of one's thinking:
To be the gainer by:
To be the glory of the age:
To be the heart and soul of:
To be the last to come:

To be the loser of a battle:
To be the making of:
To be the pits:
To be the same flesh and blood:
To be the slave of (a slave to) a passion:
To be the staff of sb:
To be the stay of sb's old age:
To be the twelfth in one's class:
To be there in full strength:
To be thirsty for blood:
To be thoroughly mixed up:
To be thoroughly up in sth:
To be thrilled with joy:
To be thrown into transports of delight:
To be thrown out of the saddle:
To be thunderstruck:
To be tied (to be pinned) to
one's wife's apron-strings
To be tied to one's mother's apron-strings:
To be tied up with:
To be tin-hats:
To be tired of:
To be to blame:
To be transfixed with terror:
To be transported with joy:
To be transported with rage:
To be treated as a plaything:
To be treed:
To be tried by court-martial:
To be troubled about sb:

To be troubled with wind:
To be turned out of house and home:
To be twenty years of age:
To be twice the man/woman (that sb is):
To be unable to make head or tail of:
To be unalarmed about sth:
To be unapprehensive of danger:
To be unapprehensive of danger:
To be unaware of sth:
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1308
1309
1310
1311
1312
1313
1314
1315
1316
1317 To be under compulsion to do sth:
1318
1319
1320
1321
1322
1323
1324 To be under sb's care:
1325
1326
1327

1328 To be under sb's wardship:
1329
1330
1331
1332
1333
1334
1335
1336
1337
1338
1339 To be unentitled to sth:
1340
1341
1342
1343
1344
1345 To be unneedful of sth:
1346
1347 To be unprovided against an attack:
1348
1349
1350
1351
1352
1353
1354 To be up a tree:
1355
1356
1357

1358
To be unbreathable in the deep cave:
To be unconscious of sth:
To be unconversant with a question:
To be under a ban:
To be under a cloud:
To be under a delusion:
to be under a vow to do something:
To be under an eclipse:
To be under an obligation to do sth:
To be under cross-examination:
To be under dog:
To be under no restraint:
To be under oath:
To be under obligations to sb:
To be under observation:
To be under sb's charge:
To be under sb's dominion:
To be under sb's thumb:
To be under the conduct of sb:
To be under the control of sb:
To be under the harrow:
To be under the heels of the invader:
To be under the knife:
To be under the leadership of sb:
To be under the necessity of doing sth:
To be under the tutelage of a master craftsman:
To be under the weather:
To be undesirous of doing sth:
To be unequal to doing sth:

To be unfaithful to one's husband:
To be unhorsed:
To be uninformed on a subject:
To be uninterested in sth:
To be unpledged to any party:
To be unready to do sth:
To be unsatisfied about sth:
To be unsteady on one's legs:
To be unstruck by sth:
To be unsuspicious of sth:
To be up a gum-tree:
To be up against difficulties:
To be up against the law:
To be up all night:
To be up betimes:
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1359
1360
1361
1362
1363
1364
1365
1366 To be up with new buoy-rope:
1367
1368
1369
1370
1371
1372 To be vain of:

1373
1374
1375
1376
1377
1378
1379
1380
1381
1382
1383
1384
1385
1386 To be very punctilious:
1387
1388
1389
1390
1391
1392
1393
1394
1395
1396 To be welcomed in great state:
1397
1398
1399 To be well off:
1400
1401
1402

1403
1404
1405
1406
1407
1408
1409
1410
1411
To be up to anything:
To be up to date:
To be up to snuff:
To be up to sth:
To be up to the chin, chin-deep in water:
To be up to the elbow in work:
To be up to the eyes in:
To be up:
To be upon the die:
To be uppermost:
To be used for sth:
To be used to (doing) sth:
to be vastly amused:
to be vastly mistaken:
to be veiled in mystery:
To be very attentive to sb:
To be very dogmatic:
To be very exalted:
To be very hot:
To be very humble towards one's superiors:
To be very intimate with sb:

To be very mean with money:
To be very much annoyed (at, about, sth):
To be very much in the public eye:
To be very open-hearted:
To be very sore about one's defeat:
To be very talkative:
to be visited by (with) a disease:
To be voted into the chair:
To be wary of sth:
To be watchful of one's appearance:
To be waylaid:
To be wearing all one's orders:
To be welcome guest everywhere:
To be well (badly)groomed:
To be well fixed:
To be well on the way to recovery:
To be well primed (with liquor):
To be well shaken before taking:
To be well:
To be well-informed on a subject:
To be well-off:
To be wet through, wet to the skin, dripping wet,
as wet as a drowned
To be wholly devoted to sb:
To be wide of the target:
To be wild about:
To be willing to do sth:
To be winded by a long run:
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1412

1413
1414
1415 To be with the colours:
1416
1417
1418
1419
1420
1421
1422 To be worked by steam, by electricity:
1423
1424
1425 To be worn out:
1426
1427
1428
1429
TO DO
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

13 To do a scoot:
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23 To do good (in the world):
24
25 To do job-work:
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
To be with child:
To be with God:
To be with sb:
To be with the Saints:
To be within an ace of death:
To be within sight:
To be within the competency of a court:

To be without friends:
To be wont to do sth:
To be worn out:
To be worn out:
To be worth (one's) while:
To be worth a mint of money:
To be worthy of death:
To be wrecked:
To do (say) the correct thing:
To do (sb's) job; to do the job for (sb):
To do (work) miracles:
To do a baby up again:
To do a course in manicure:
To do a dirty work for him:
To do a disappearing act:
To do a good deed every day:
To do a guy:
To do a meal:
To do a person an injustice:
To do a roaring trade:
To do a silly thing:
To do a strip:
To do again:
To do as one pleases:
To do by rule:
To do credit to sb:
To do duty for sb:
To do everything in, with, due measure:
To do everything that is humanly possible:
To do gymnastics:

To do one's best:
To do one's bit:
To do one's daily stint:
To do one's duty (to)sb:
To do one's hair before the glass:
To do one's level best:
To do one's needs:
To do one's nut:
To do one's packing:
To do one's stuff:
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36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54

55
56
57
58
59
60 To do sth by halves:
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68 To do sth in a loose manner:
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78 To do sth on one's own:
79
80
81 To do sth on the level:
82
83
84

85
86
87
88
To do one's utmost:
To do outwork for a clothing factory:
To do penance for sth:
To do porridge:
To do research on the side effects of the pill:
To do sb (a) hurt:
To do sb a (good) turn:
To do sb a bad turn:
To do sb a disservice:
To do sb an injury:
To do sb brown:
To do sb honour:
To do sb wrong, to do wrong to sb:
To do sth (all) by oneself:
To do sth a divious way:
To do sth according to one's light:
To do sth all by one's lonesome:
To do sth anyhow:
To do sth at (one's) leisure:
To do sth at request:
To do sth at sb's behest:
To do sth at sb's dictation:
To do sth at, (by) sb's command:
To do sth behind sb's back:
To do sth by mistake:
To do sth for a lark:

To do sth for amusement:
To do sth for effect:
To do sth for lucre:
To do sth for the sake of sb, for sb's sake:
To do sth in a leisurely fashion:
To do sth in a private capacity:
To do sth in haste:
To do sth in sight of everybody:
To do sth in the army fashion:
To do sth in three hours:
To do sth of one's free will:
To do sth of one's own accord:
To do sth of one's own choice:
To do sth on one's own hook:
To do sth on principle:
To do sth on spec:
To do sth on the sly:
To do sth on the spot:
To do sth out of spite:
To do sth right away:
To do sth slap-dash, In a slap-dash manner:
To do sth through the instrumentality of sb:
To do sth to the best of one's ability:
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89
90
91
92
93
94

95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104 To do sth with great éclat:
105
106
107
108
109
110 To do sth with reluctance:
111
112 To do sth wrong:
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124

125
126
127
TO EAT
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8 To eat off gold plate:
9
10
11
To do sth unasked:
To do sth under duress:
To do sth unhelped:
To do sth unmasked:
To do sth unprompted:
To do sth unresisted:
To do sth unsought:
To do sth with (all)expediton;
to use expedition in doing sth
To do sth with a good grace:
To do sth with a will:
To do sth with all speed, at speed:
To do sth with dispatch:
To do sth with grace:
To do sth with great care:

To do sth with great caution:
To do sth with great ease:
To do sth with great facility:
To do sth with minute detail:
To do sth with no preparation,
without any preparation
To do sth with one's whole heart:
To do sth without respect to the results:
To do sthwith great dexterity:
To do the cooking:
To do the dirty on sb:
To do the dirty on; to play a mean trick on:
To do the mending:
To do the rest:
To do the washing:
To do things by rule:
to do time:
To do up one's face:
To do up one's hair:
to do violence to one's principles:
To do well by sb:
To do whatever is expedient:
To do without food:
To eat (drink) one's fill:
To eat a hearty breakfast:
To eat and drink in moderation:
To eat crow:
To eat dirt:
To eat like a pig:
To eat muck:

To eat one's heart out:
To eat one's words:
To eat quickly: