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: 26 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: 27 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: 28 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: 29 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: 30 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: 31 12 13 14 15 To eat the bread of affliction: 16 17 18 To eat to repletion: 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 TO GO 1 To go aboard: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 To eat sb out of house and home: To eat sb's toads: To eat some fruit: To eat the bread of idleness: To eat the leek: To eat to satiety: To eat up one's food: To eat with avidity: To eat, drink, to excess: To get sth to eat: To have breakfast, to eat one's breakfast: To have nothing to eat: To tempt a child to eat: To go about one's lawful occasion: To go about one's usual work: To go about to do sth: To go across a bridge: To go against the current: To go against the tide: To go all awry: To go along at easy jog: To go along dot-and-go-one: To go among people: To go and seek sb: To go around the world: To go ashore: To go astray: To go at a crawl: To go at a furious pace: To go at a good pace: To go at a snail's pace: To go at a spanking pace: To go at the foot's pace: To go away for a fortnight: To go away for ever: To go away with a flea in one's ear: To go away with sth: To go away with sth: To go back into one's room: To go back into the army: To go back on one's word: To go back the same way: To go back to a subject: To go back to one's native land: To go back to the beginning: To go back to the past: To go back two paces: To go backwards: To go bad: To go bail (to put in bail) for sb: 32 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 To go bananas: To go bankrupt: To go before: To go behind a decision: To go behind sb's words: To go beyond all bounds, to pass all bounds: To go beyond one's authority: To go blackberrying: To go blind with rage: To go broody: To go bung: To go by boat: To go by certain principles: To go by certain principles: To go by steam: To go by the directions: To go by train: To go by: To go chestnutting: To go clear round the globe: To go crazy: To go cuckoo: To go dead slow: To go dead: To go down (fall, drop) on one's knees: To go down (from the university): To go down before an opponent: To go down in an exam: To go down into the tomb: To go down the hill: To go down the river: To go down to the country: To go down to the South: To go downhill: To go down-stream: To go downtown: To go far afield, farther afield: To go far: To go fifty-fifty: To go fishing at week ends: To go fishing: To go flop: To go foodless: To go for a (half-hour's) roam: To go for a blow: To go for a doctor: To go for a drive: To go for a good round: To go for a horse ride on the beach: To go for a quick pee: To go for a ramble: To go for a ride, to take a ride: To go for a row on the river: 33 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 To go from worse to worse: 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 To go home: 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 To go for a run: To go for a sail: To go for a short run before breakfast: To go for a spin: To go for a swim: To go for a trip round the lake: To go for a trip round the world: To go for a walk: To go for nothing: To go for sb in the papers: To go from bad to worse: To go from hence into the other world: To go full bat: To go full tear: To go further than sb: To go gaga: To go gaping about the streets: To go gay: To go goosy: To go guarantee for sb: To go halves with sb in sth: To go home: To go house hunting: To go hungry: To go in (at) one ear and out (at) the other: To go in for an examination: To go in for one's pipe: To go in for riding: To go in for sb: To go in for sports: To go in quest of sb: To go in terror of sb: To go in the direction of Sài Gòn: To go indoors: To go into a convent: To go into a house: To go into a huddle with sb: To go into a question: To go into business: To go into consumption: To go into details: To go into ecstasies over sth: To go into liquidation: To go into mourning: To go into rapture: To go into retreat: To go into reverse: To go into rhapsodies over: To go into the church: To go into the dock: To go into the first gear: To go into the melting-pot: 34 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 To go on foot, by train: 171 172 173 174 175 To go on the burst: 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 To go into the union house: To go loose: To go mad: To go mushrooming: To go must: To go nesting: To go north: To go off at score: To go off the boil: To go off the hooks: To go off with sth: To go off, to be off: To go on a bender: To go on a fool's errand: To go on a hunt for sth: To go on a light diet: To go on a pilgrimage: To go on a ten-miled hike: to go on a voyage: To go on appearances: To go on as before: To go on as Hamlet: To go on board: To go on crutches: To go on guard: To go on one's knees: To go on speaking till one is fit to stop: To go on the batter: To go on the gamble: To go on the prowl: To go on the racket: To go on the spree: To go on the stage: To go on the streets: To go on wheels: To go one's own way: To go out (on strike): To go out gunning: To go out in a hurry: To go out in the poll: To go out of fashion: To go out of mourning: To go out of one's mind: To go out of one's way (to do sth): To go out of the subject: to go out of view: To go out poaching on a farmer's land: To go out to dinner: To go out unobserved: To go out with a gun: To go out, walk out: To go overboard: . 35 20 0 20 1 20 2 20 3 20 4 20 5 20 6 20 7 20 8 20 9 21 0 21 1 21 2 21 3 To go slow: 21 4 21 5 21 6 21 7 21 8 21 9 22 0 To go straight: 22 1 22 2 22 3 22 4 22 5 22 6 22 7 22 8 22 9 23 0 23 1 23 2 23 3 23 4 23 5 23 6 23 7 23 8 23 9 24 0 24 1 24 2 24 3 24 4 24 5 24 6 24 7 24 8 24 9 25 0 25 1 . 36 25 2 25 3 25 4 25 5 25 6 25 7 25 8 25 9 26 0 26 1 26 2 26 3 26 4 26 5 26 6 26 7 26 8 26 9 27 0 27 1 27 2 27 3 27 4 27 5 27 6 27 7 27 8 27 9 To go up in the air: 28 0 28 1 28 2 28 3 28 4 28 5 28 6 28 7 28 8 28 9 29 0 29 1 29 2 29 3 29 4. 25 125 4 125 5 125 6 125 7 125 8 125 9 126 0 126 1 126 2 126 3 126 4 To be the plaything of fate: 126 5 126 6 126 7 126 8 126 9 127 0 To be the very picture of wickedness: 127 1 127 2 127 3 To be thorough