(exp,v1) to make short work of
to eat up quickly
(exp) one may well say so, but ...
even more than
(exp) cannot avoid doing
cannot help but (do)
is compelled to do
(feel) obliged to (do)
has to do
(exp,v1) to be discouraged
(exp,v1) to be discouraged
(exp,v1) to be discouraged
(exp,v1) (uk) to iron
to do the ironing
(exp) to be irritated
to have the jumps
to be in a state
(exp,v5r) to release a shutter (camera)
to click a shutter
(exp,vk) the bill will come due (expression used to imply that someone will eventually have to pay the price for their misdeeds)
(exp) to miss the bus
to miss the boat
(exp) to put on the brakes
to put a stop to
(n) the Gospel according to Luke (book of the Bible)
(exp) (1) to run aground
to strike a rock
to be stranded on a reef
(2) to be deadlocked
(n) (comp) addressable point
(exp) to sink into a chair
(exp) to be worth reading
(exp) to be worth reading
(exp,v1) (obs) to dream of making a fortune at one stroke
(exp) to constitute the cause and effect
(exp) adversity strengthens the foundations
(v5u) suspend movement
remain still
(exp) to learn how to swim
(exp) to flame up
(exp) even monkeys fall from trees
anyone can make a mistake
pride comes before a fall
even Homer sometimes nods
(exp,v5r) to talk around something (exp. derived from having something stuck in your back teeth and thus be unable to speak clearly)
to imply something in a roundabout way
(exp) to be quite like a scholar
(v1) to bring up indulgently
(exp) to harbor ill feeling
(exp) to meet face to face