(v5s) to brush off
to shake off
(exp,v5s) to lose one's life
(exp) to exorcise
to escape evil
(v5s) to shake down (e.g. nuts from a tree)
(v5s) to drop
to lose
to let fall
(v5s) to sift out
to screen or eliminate (candidates)
(v5s) to shake off
(v5s) to sift out
to screen or eliminate (candidates)
(exp) to base something on
to make something the basis
(exp) to have roots in
(exp) like the difference between heaven and hell
(exp) (what) one is trying to say
(what) one wants to say
(what) one is saying
(what) one means
(v5s) to persuade
to prevail upon
to win a woman's heart
to win over
to talk someone into doing
(v5s) to shake off
(exp) to slow down
(exp) (1) to fail to earn a credit
(2) fail to make the grade
(exp) to try to pull a fast one
(exp) to lower the quality
(exp,vs-i) (1) to be entranced
to be enraptured
to be transported
to be fascinated
(2) to be absentminded
to be miles away
to be in a world of one's own
(adv) (on-mim) perhaps
maybe
possibly
(P)
(exp) to make a political issue of (something)
(exp,vi) (1) to scintillate
(exp,vi,vt) (2) to freshen
to come alive
(exp) (id) great vigor
tremendous energy
lit: forceful enough to knock down birds in flight
(exp) (id) great vigor
tremendous energy
lit: forceful enough to knock down birds in flight