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all-of-a-flutter all of a sudden all-of-a-sudden all of sth all-of-sth all or nothing all-or-nothing all over somewhere all-over-somewhere all over the place all-over-the-place all right all-right all roads lead to Rome all-roads-lead-to-rome All Saints' Day all-saints-day All Souls' Day all-souls-day all that glitters is not gold all-that-glitters-is-not-gold all the more all-the-more all the same all-the-same all the time in the world all-the-time-in-the-world all the way all-the-way all the way to all-the-way-to all the while all-the-while all things being equal all-things-being-equal all things considered all-things-considered all things to all people all-things-to-all-people all thumbs all-thumbs all told all-told all very well all-very-well all very well/fine/good all-very-well-fine-good all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy) all-work-and-no-play-makes-jack-a-dull-boy all's fair in love and war all-s-fair-in-love-and-war (all) hot and bothered all-hot-and-bothered (all) in 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theater amateur-theater Amber Alert amber-alert ambient music ambient-music ambulance chaser ambulance-chaser ambulance-chasing ambulance-chasing amebic dysentery amebic-dysentery amen to that amen-to-that American English american-english American football american-football American Indian american-indian American plan american-plan amicus brief amicus-brief amino acid amino-acid ammonium hydroxide ammonium-hydroxide ammonium nitrate ammonium-nitrate ammonium sulphate ammonium-sulphate Amnesty International amnesty-international amniotic fluid amniotic-fluid amniotic sac amniotic-sac amoebic dysentery amoebic-dysentery amount to sth amount-to-sth amour propre amour-propre amp sb up amp-sb-up amp sth up amp-sth-up amuse-bouche amuse-bouche amusement arcade amusement-arcade amusement park amusement-park amyl nitrite amyl-nitrite amyloid plaque amyloid-plaque amyotrophic lateral sclerosis amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis an accident waiting to happen an-accident-waiting-to-happen an ace up 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be/have something to do with sth be-have-something-to-do-with-sth be/live in each other's pockets be-live-in-each-other-s-pockets be/stay/keep one jump ahead be-stay-keep-one-jump-ahead be/take a weight off your mind be-take-a-weight-off-your-mind be/weigh on your conscience be-weigh-on-your-conscience beach ball beach-ball beach buggy beach-buggy beach bum beach-bum beach chair beach-chair beach football beach-football beach hut beach-hut beach resort beach-resort beach soccer beach-soccer beach volleyball beach-volleyball beach-ready beach-ready beam balance beam-balance bean counter bean-counter bean curd bean-curd bean sprout bean-sprout bear down bear-down bear down on sb/sth bear-down-on-sb-sth bear fruit bear-fruit bear hug bear-hug bear in on/upon bear-in-on-upon bear market bear-market bear on sth bear-on-sth bear sb/sth out bear-sb-sth-out bear the scars bear-the-scars bear up bear-up bear with sb bear-with-sb bear witness (to sth) bear-witness-to-sth beard the lion (in 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bed-sitting room bed-sitting-room bed-tea bed-tea bedding plant bedding-plant bedroom community bedroom-community bedroom tax bedroom-tax bedside manner bedside-manner bedside table bedside-table beef sth up beef-sth-up beef tomato beef-tomato beer belly beer-belly beer garden beer-garden beer goggles beer-goggles beer mat beer-mat beer pong beer-pong beer tent beer-tent beetle-browed beetle-browed before (very/too) long before-very-too-long before the Flood before-the-flood before you can say Jack Robinson before-you-can-say-jack-robinson before you know it before-you-know-it before your very eyes before-your-very-eyes beg off beg-off beg the question beg-the-question beg, borrow, or steal beg-borrow-or-steal beggar belief/description beggar-belief-description beggars can't be choosers beggars-can-t-be-choosers beginner's luck beginner-s-luck beginners' slope beginners-slope behaviour therapy behaviour-therapy behavioural science behavioural-science behind bars behind-bars behind closed doors behind-closed-doors behind every great/successful man there stands a woman behind-every-great-successful-man-there-stands-a-woman behind sb's back behind-sb-s-back behind the scenes behind-the-scenes behind the times behind-the-times behind the wheel behind-the-wheel believe in sb believe-in-sb believe in sth believe-in-sth believe sth when you see it believe-sth-when-you-see-it Belisha beacon belisha-beacon bell jar bell-jar bell pepper bell-pepper bell pull bell-pull bell push bell-push bell tower bell-tower bell-bottoms bell-bottoms bell-ringer bell-ringer belles-lettres belles-lettres bells and whistles bells-and-whistles belly button belly-button belly dance belly-dance belly dancer belly-dancer belly laugh belly-laugh belong to sb belong-to-sb belong to sth belong-to-sth below the belt below-the-belt below/above stairs below-above-stairs below/under par below-under-par belt and braces belt-and-braces belt sth out belt-sth-out belt up belt-up bench press bench-press bend sb's ear bend-sb-s-ear bend the law/rules bend-the-law-rules bend to sth bend-to-sth bend/lean over backwards bend-lean-over-backwards beneath the/sb's radar beneath-the-sb-s-radar beneath your dignity beneath-your-dignity benefit match benefit-match benefits package benefits-package benevolent society benevolent-society benign adrenal adenoma benign-adrenal-adenoma benign prostatic hyperplasia benign-prostatic-hyperplasia benign senescent forgetfulness benign-senescent-forgetfulness bent double bent-double benzene ring benzene-ring benzoic acid benzoic-acid Berger's disease berger-s-disease Bermuda shorts bermuda-shorts Bermuda Triangle bermuda-triangle bespoke tailor bespoke-tailor best bet best-bet best boy best-boy best man best-man best practice best-practice best wishes best-wishes best-before date best-before-date best-selling best-selling bet big on sth/sb bet-big-on-sth-sb bet the farm/ranch bet-the-farm-ranch beta decay beta-decay beta male beta-male beta particle beta-particle beta-carotene beta-carotene bête noire bete-noire better half better-half better late than never better-late-than-never better luck next time better-luck-next-time better nature better-nature better off better-off better safe than sorry better-safe-than-sorry better the devil you know (than the devil you don't) better-the-devil-you-know-than-the-devil-you-don-t betting shop betting-shop between you, me, and the gatepost between-you-me-and-the-gatepost beware the ides of March beware-the-ides-of-march beyond a joke beyond-a-joke beyond a shadow of a doubt beyond-a-shadow-of-a-doubt beyond compare beyond-compare beyond the call of duty beyond-the-call-of-duty beyond the grave beyond-the-grave beyond the pale beyond-the-pale beyond your wildest dreams beyond-your-wildest-dreams beyond/within the realms of possibility beyond-within-the-realms-of-possibility beyond/without number beyond-without-number bi-curious bi-curious bi-fold bi-fold bib shorts bib-shorts Bible-basher bible-basher Bible-bashing bible-bashing Bible-thumping bible-thumping bicameral legislature bicameral-legislature bicarbonate of soda bicarbonate-of-soda biceps curl biceps-curl bichon frise bichon-frise bicuspid valve bicuspid-valve bicycle kick bicycle-kick bicycle lane/path bicycle-lane-path bicycle path bicycle-path bidding war bidding-war big band big-band big beast big-beast Big Brother big-brother big bucks big-bucks big business big-business big cat big-cat big data big-data big deal! big-deal big dipper big-dipper big fish/gun/noise/shot/wheel big-fish-gun-noise-shot-wheel big game big-game big hair big-hair big hitter big-hitter big league big-league big money big-money big mouth big-mouth big name big-name big pharma big-pharma big sb/sth up big-sb-sth-up big tent big-tent big time big-time big tobacco big-tobacco big toe big-toe big top big-top big wheel big-wheel big word big-word big-box store big-box-store big-hearted big-hearted big-ticket big-ticket bike helmet bike-helmet bike lane/path bike-lane-path bike path bike-path bike rack bike-rack bike shed bike-shed bike shorts bike-shorts bilateral acoustic neurofibromatosis bilateral-acoustic-neurofibromatosis bilateral acoustic schwannoma bilateral-acoustic-schwannoma bile duct bile-duct bilge water bilge-water bill of fare bill-of-fare bill of rights bill-of-rights billet-doux billet-doux billy club billy-club billy goat billy-goat billy-o billy-o bimetallic strip bimetallic-strip bin bag bin-bag binary fission binary-fission binary number binary-number bind sb to sth bind-sb-to-sth binding energy binding-energy binding site binding-site binge drinker binge-drinker binge drinking binge-drinking binge eating binge-eating binge-watch binge-watch biological clock biological-clock biological control biological-control biological determinism biological-determinism biological warfare biological-warfare biological weapon biological-weapon biotic index biotic-index bipolar disorder bipolar-disorder Bircher muesli bircher-muesli bird box bird-box bird dog bird-dog bird feeder bird-feeder bird flu bird-flu bird of paradise bird-of-paradise bird of passage bird-of-passage bird of prey bird-of-prey bird strike bird-strike bird table bird-table birds of a feather flock together birds-of-a-feather-flock-together birds of a feather birds-of-a-feather birth canal birth-canal birth centre birth-centre birth certificate birth-certificate birth control birth-control birth defect birth-defect birth mother birth-mother birth name birth-name birth parent birth-parent birth partner birth-partner birth pool birth-pool birth rate birth-rate birth tourism birth-tourism Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday-of-martin-luther-king-jr birthday party birthday-party birthing centre birthing-centre birthing pool birthing-pool birthing stool birthing-stool birthright citizenship birthright-citizenship biscuit tin biscuit-tin Bissau-Guinean bissau-guinean bit part bit-part bitchy resting face bitchy-resting-face bite back (at sb/sth) bite-back-at-sb-sth bite into sth bite-into-sth bite me! bite-me bite off more than you can chew bite-off-more-than-you-can-chew bite sb's head off bite-sb-s-head-off bite sth back bite-sth-back bite the bullet bite-the-bullet bite the dust bite-the-dust bite the hand that feeds you bite-the-hand-that-feeds-you bite your lip bite-your-lip bite your tongue bite-your-tongue bite-sized bite-sized bite/snap sb's head off bite-snap-sb-s-head-off biting point biting-point bits and pieces bits-and-pieces bitter chocolate bitter-chocolate bitter lemon bitter-lemon bittersweet chocolate bittersweet-chocolate biventricular pacemaker biventricular-pacemaker bivvy sack bivvy-sack black Africa black-africa black and blue black-and-blue black bean black-bean black belt black-belt black bloc black-bloc black box black-box black bun black-bun black codes black-codes black comedy black-comedy black dog black-dog black economy black-economy black eye black-eye Black Forest gateau black-forest-gateau Black Friday black-friday black hat black-hat black hole black-hole black humour black-humour black ice black-ice Black Lives Matter black-lives-matter black look black-look black lung disease black-lung-disease black magic black-magic Black Maria black-maria black mark black-mark black market black-market black mass black-mass black money black-money black mood black-mood black ops black-ops black out black-out black pepper black-pepper black pudding black-pudding black sheep black-sheep black spot black-spot black sth out black-sth-out black tea black-tea black tie black-tie black treacle black-treacle black widow black-widow black-and-white black-and-white black-eyed bean black-eyed-bean blackboard jungle blackboard-jungle blacked-up blacked-up bladder calculus bladder-calculus bladder lesion bladder-lesion bladder polyp bladder-polyp bladder tumour bladder-tumour blah, blah, blah blah-blah-blah blame game blame-game blank canvas blank-canvas blank cheque blank-cheque blank sth out blank-sth-out blank verse blank-verse blanket bath blanket-bath blanket bombing blanket-bombing blast chiller blast-chiller blast furnace blast-furnace blast off blast-off blast/blow sb/sth to kingdom come blast-blow-sb-sth-to-kingdom-come blaze a trail blaze-a-trail bleed sb dry bleed-sb-dry bleeding heart bleeding-heart bleeding-edge bleeding-edge blend in/blend into sth blend-in-blend-into-sth blend into the scenery blend-into-the-scenery blended family blended-family blended learning blended-learning bless my soul! bless-my-soul bless their little cotton socks bless-their-little-cotton-socks bless you! bless-you blind alley blind-alley blind date blind-date blind drunk blind-drunk blind man's buff blind-man-s-buff blind sb with science blind-sb-with-science blind side blind-side blind spot blind-spot blind test blind-test blind trust blind-trust bling sth up bling-sth-up bliss (sb) out bliss-sb-out blissed out blissed-out blister pack blister-pack blithering idiot blithering-idiot block and tackle block-and-tackle block capitals block-capitals block graph block-graph block of flats block-of-flats block party block-party block sth off block-sth-off block sth out block-sth-out block sth up block-sth-up block sth/sb in block-sth-sb-in block vote block-vote blog post blog-post blondes have more fun blondes-have-more-fun blood and guts blood-and-guts blood bank blood-bank blood brother blood-brother blood cell blood-cell blood count blood-count blood diamond blood-diamond blood donor blood-donor blood doping blood-doping blood group blood-group blood is thicker than water blood-is-thicker-than-water blood lust blood-lust blood money blood-money blood orange blood-orange blood poisoning blood-poisoning blood pressure blood-pressure blood red blood-red blood relation blood-relation blood relative blood-relative blood sausage blood-sausage blood sport blood-sport blood sugar blood-sugar blood test blood-test blood ties blood-ties blood transfusion blood-transfusion blood type blood-type blood vessel blood-vessel blood work blood-work bloody hell bloody-hell Bloody Mary bloody-mary bloody-minded bloody-minded blooper reel blooper-reel blot sth out blot-sth-out blot your copybook blot-your-copybook blotting paper blotting-paper blow (it)! blow-it blow (sb/sth) up blow-sb-sth-up blow (sth) out blow-sth-out blow a fuse/gasket blow-a-fuse-gasket blow dryer blow-dryer blow hot and cold blow-hot-and-cold blow job blow-job blow over blow-over blow sb away blow-sb-away blow sb out blow-sb-out blow sb's brains out blow-sb-s-brains-out blow sb's cover blow-sb-s-cover blow sb's mind blow-sb-s-mind blow sb/sth away blow-sb-sth-away blow sth out of proportion blow-sth-out-of-proportion blow sth up blow-sth-up blow sth/sb off blow-sth-sb-off blow sth/sb out of the water blow-sth-sb-out-of-the-water blow the cobwebs away blow-the-cobwebs-away blow the gaff blow-the-gaff blow the whistle on sb/sth blow-the-whistle-on-sb-sth blow up blow-up blow your lid/top/stack blow-your-lid-top-stack blow your own trumpet/horn blow-your-own-trumpet-horn blow, bomb, wipe, etc. sth off the map blow-bomb-wipe-etc-sth-off-the-map blow-by-blow blow-by-blow blow-dry blow-dry blow/hang the expense blow-hang-the-expense blow/knock your socks off blow-knock-your-socks-off blow/take the lid off sth blow-take-the-lid-off-sth Blu-ray blu-ray Blu-Tack blu-tack blue baby blue-baby blue blood blue-blood blue book blue-book blue book value blue-book-value blue cheese blue-cheese blue crab blue-crab Blue Dog blue-dog blue flag blue-flag blue jeans blue-jeans blue law blue-law blue moon blue-moon blue pencil blue-pencil blue pill blue-pill blue ribbon blue-ribbon blue state blue-state blue tit blue-tit blue-black blue-black blue-blooded blue-blooded blue-chip blue-chip blue-collar blue-collar blue-eyed boy blue-eyed-boy blue-eyed soul blue-eyed-soul blue-green algae blue-green-algae blue-light blue-light blue-on-blue blue-on-blue blue-sky blue-sky blurt sth out blurt-sth-out board and lodging board-and-lodging board game board-game board of education board-of-education board shorts board-shorts board sth up board-sth-up boarding and lodging boarding-and-lodging boarding house boarding-house boarding pass boarding-pass boarding school boarding-school boat people boat-people boat train boat-train boba tea boba-tea bobble hat bobble-hat bobby pin bobby-pin boda boda boda-boda bodice-ripper bodice-ripper body armour body-armour body bag body-bag body blow body-blow body cam body-cam body clock body-clock body double body-double body dysmorphia body-dysmorphia body dysmorphic disorder body-dysmorphic-disorder body image body-image body language body-language body mass index body-mass-index body odour body-odour body popping body-popping body search body-search body shaming body-shaming body shop body-shop body slam body-slam body snatcher body-snatcher body stocking body-stocking body-shame body-shame bog off bog-off bog-standard bog-standard boil (sth) down boil-sth-down boil away boil-away boil down to sth boil-down-to-sth boil over boil-over boil sth up boil-sth-up boil up boil-up boiled sweet boiled-sweet boiler room boiler-room boiler suit boiler-suit boiling point boiling-point bollocks sth up1 bollocks-sth-up bolo tie bolo-tie bolt cutters bolt-cutters bolt sth on bolt-sth-on bolt upright bolt-upright bolt-on bolt-on bomb cyclone bomb-cyclone bomb disposal bomb-disposal bomb disposal unit bomb-disposal-unit bomb scare bomb-scare bomb squad bomb-squad bomb vest bomb-vest bombard sb with sth bombard-sb-with-sth bomber jacket bomber-jacket bon appétit bon-appetit bon mot bon-mot bon vivant bon-vivant bon voyage bon-voyage bona fide bona-fide bona fides bona-fides bone china bone-china bone dry bone-dry bone idle bone-idle bone marrow bone-marrow bone up bone-up bone-chilling bone-chilling Bonfire Night bonfire-night boo-boo boo-boo boob job boob-job boob tube boob-tube booby prize booby-prize booby trap booby-trap boogie board boogie-board book club book-club book in/book into somewhere book-in-book-into-somewhere book of matches book-of-matches book sb in/book sb into sth book-sb-in-book-sb-into-sth book token book-token book value book-value booking office booking-office Boolean search boolean-search boom box boom-box boom town boom-town boon companion boon-companion booster seat booster-seat boot boy boot-boy boot camp boot-camp boot sb off (sth) boot-sb-off-sth boot sb out (of sth) boot-sb-out-of-sth booze bus booze-bus booze-up booze-up Borda count borda-count border on sth border-on-sth bore into sb bore-into-sb bore the ass off sb bore-the-ass-off-sb boreal forest boreal-forest bored stiff bored-stiff boric acid boric-acid borlotti bean borlotti-bean born and bred born-and-bred born with a silver spoon in your mouth born-with-a-silver-spoon-in-your-mouth born-again born-again Bosnia-Herzegovina bosnia-herzegovina bosom friend bosom-friend boss-eyed boss-eyed bossa nova bossa-nova bot army bot-army botanic garden botanic-garden Bott's dots bott-s-dots bottle bank bottle-bank bottle cap bottle-cap bottle green bottle-green bottle opener bottle-opener bottle out bottle-out bottle sth up bottle-sth-up bottle top bottle-top bottle-feed bottle-feed bottle-feeding bottle-feeding bottled water bottled-water bottom drawer bottom-drawer bottom line bottom-line bottom out bottom-out bottom-up bottom-up bottomless pit bottomless-pit bottoms up! bottoms-up bouillon cube bouillon-cube boulder clay boulder-clay bounce back bounce-back bounce house bounce-house bounce sb into sth bounce-sb-into-sth bounce sth off sb bounce-sth-off-sb bouncy castle bouncy-castle bound up bound-up bounden duty bounden-duty bounty hunter bounty-hunter boutique hotel boutique-hotel bovver boots bovver-boots bovver boy bovver-boy bow and scrape bow-and-scrape bow blouse bow-blouse bow down to sb bow-down-to-sb bow out bow-out bow tie bow-tie bow to sb/sth bow-to-sb-sth bow window bow-window bow-legged bow-legged bow-wow bow-wow bowel incontinence bowel-incontinence bowel movement bowel-movement bowl (sb) a googly bowl-sb-a-googly bowl cut bowl-cut bowl down/along sth bowl-down-along-sth bowl sb out bowl-sb-out bowl sb over bowl-sb-over bowler hat bowler-hat bowler-hatted bowler-hatted bowling alley bowling-alley bowling ball bowling-ball bowling green bowling-green box cutter box-cutter box junction box-junction box lunch box-lunch box office box-office box sb in box-sb-in box sb's ears box-sb-s-ears box sb/sth in box-sb-sth-in box scheme box-scheme box set box-set box spanner box-spanner box spring box-spring box ticking box-ticking box-fresh box-fresh boxed in boxed-in boxer shorts boxer-shorts Boxing Day boxing-day boxing gloves boxing-gloves boxing ring boxing-ring boy band boy-band Boy Scout boy-scout boy toy boy-toy boy wonder boy-wonder boy-meets-girl boy-meets-girl boys will be boys boys-will-be-boys brachial plexus injury brachial-plexus-injury bragging rights bragging-rights brain death brain-death brain drain brain-drain brain fade brain-fade brain fog brain-fog brain freeze brain-freeze brain surgeon brain-surgeon brain surgery brain-surgery brain training brain-training brain trust brain-trust brain tumour brain-tumour brain-dead brain-dead braising steak braising-steak brake cable brake-cable brake light brake-light brake pad brake-pad brake pedal brake-pedal bran tub bran-tub branch line branch-line branch off branch-off branch off sth branch-off-sth branch out branch-out brand ambassador brand-ambassador brand awareness brand-awareness brand loyalty brand-loyalty brand name brand-name brand new brand-new brand-aware brand-aware branding iron branding-iron brandy butter brandy-butter brandy snap brandy-snap brass band brass-band brass knuckles brass-knuckles brass monkey weather brass-monkey-weather brass neck brass-neck brass rubbing brass-rubbing brassed off brassed-off brave new brave-new brazen hussy brazen-hussy brazen sth out brazen-sth-out Brazil nut brazil-nut Brazilian paw paw brazilian-paw-paw bread and butter bread-and-butter bread and butter pickles bread-and-butter-pickles bread and butter pudding bread-and-butter-pudding bread and circuses bread-and-circuses bread basket bread-basket bread bin bread-bin bread knife bread-knife bread pudding bread-pudding breadcrumb navigation breadcrumb-navigation break (sth) off break-sth-off break a leg break-a-leg break away break-away break bread break-bread break cover break-cover break down break-down break down barriers break-down-barriers break even break-even break fresh/new ground break-fresh-new-ground break in break-in break in/break into sth break-in-break-into-sth break into sth break-into-sth break it up! break-it-up break it/the news to sb break-it-the-news-to-sb break out break-out break point break-point break ranks break-ranks break sb in break-sb-in break sb's heart break-sb-s-heart break sth in break-sth-in break sth up break-sth-up break the back of sth break-the-back-of-sth break the bank break-the-bank break the ice break-the-ice break the mould break-the-mould break through sth break-through-sth break up break-up break wind break-wind break with sth break-with-sth break your back break-your-back break-journey break-journey breakdown truck breakdown-truck breaker's yard breaker-s-yard breakfast bar breakfast-bar breakfast television breakfast-television breaking and entering breaking-and-entering breaking news breaking-news breaking point breaking-point breakout room breakout-room breast augmentation surgery breast-augmentation-surgery breast implant breast-implant breast milk breast-milk breast reduction surgery breast-reduction-surgery breath freshener breath-freshener breath test breath-test breathe (new) life into sth breathe-new-life-into-sth breathe down sb's neck breathe-down-sb-s-neck breathe easier breathe-easier breathe your last breathe-your-last breathe/say a word breathe-say-a-word breathing space breathing-space breeder reactor breeder-reactor breeding ground breeding-ground breeze block breeze-block bric-a-brac bric-a-brac brick red brick-red brick up sth brick-up-sth brick-and-mortar brick-and-mortar bricks and clicks bricks-and-clicks bricks and mortar bricks-and-mortar bridal wear bridal-wear bride-to-be bride-to-be bridge a/the gap bridge-a-the-gap bridging loan bridging-loan bridle path bridle-path brigadier general brigadier-general bright spark bright-spark bright-eyed and bushy-tailed bright-eyed-and-bushy-tailed bring a lump to/have a lump in your throat bring-a-lump-to-have-a-lump-in-your-throat bring home the bacon bring-home-the-bacon bring sb around bring-sb-around bring sb down bring-sb-down bring sb in bring-sb-in bring sb on bring-sb-on bring sb out bring-sb-out bring sb out in sth bring-sb-out-in-sth bring sb round bring-sb-round bring sb to bring-sb-to bring sb to book bring-sb-to-book bring sb up bring-sb-up bring sb up short bring-sb-up-short bring sb/sth along bring-sb-sth-along bring sb/sth to their knees bring-sb-sth-to-their-knees bring sb/sth together bring-sb-sth-together bring sth about bring-sth-about bring sth back bring-sth-back bring sth down bring-sth-down bring sth forward bring-sth-forward bring sth home (to sb) bring-sth-home-to-sb bring sth in bring-sth-in bring sth off bring-sth-off bring sth on bring-sth-on bring sth out bring-sth-out bring sth to light bring-sth-to-light bring sth to the party bring-sth-to-the-party bring sth up bring-sth-up bring the house down bring-the-house-down bring up the rear bring-up-the-rear bring-and-buy sale bring-and-buy-sale bring/call sth to mind bring-call-sth-to-mind bring/call sth/sb to heel bring-call-sth-sb-to-heel bring/take sb down a peg (or two) bring-take-sb-down-a-peg-or-two bristle with sth bristle-with-sth British Columbia british-columbia British English british-english British Summer Time british-summer-time broad bean broad-bean broad church broad-church broad in the beam broad-in-the-beam broad money broad-money broad-minded broad-minded broad-mindedness broad-mindedness broad-spectrum broad-spectrum broaden out broaden-out broaden/expand/widen sb's horizons broaden-expand-widen-sb-s-horizons broccoli rabe broccoli-rabe Brock's disease brock-s-disease broderie anglaise broderie-anglaise broiler pan broiler-pan broken heart broken-heart broken-down broken-down broken-hearted broken-hearted Bronx cheer bronx-cheer Bronze Age bronze-age bronze command bronze-command bronze medal bronze-medal brood mare brood-mare brother-in-law brother-in-law brown bread brown-bread brown paper brown-paper brown rice brown-rice brown sugar brown-sugar brown, green, etc. is the new black brown-green-etc-is-the-new-black brown-bag brown-bag brown-nose brown-nose browned off browned-off Brownian motion brownian-motion bruise sb's ego bruise-sb-s-ego brush past sb brush-past-sb brush sb/sth aside brush-sb-sth-aside brush sb/sth off brush-sb-sth-off brush sth off brush-sth-off brush up (on) sth brush-up-on-sth brushback pitch brushback-pitch brushing scam brushing-scam Brussels sprout brussels-sprout bubble and squeak bubble-and-squeak bubble bath bubble-bath bubble coat bubble-coat bubble gum bubble-gum bubble jacket bubble-jacket bubble over bubble-over bubble tea bubble-tea bubble up bubble-up Bubble Wrap bubble-wrap bubonic plague bubonic-plague Buchner funnel buchner-funnel buck (sb/sth) up buck-sb-sth-up buck naked buck-naked buck teeth buck-teeth buck the system buck-the-system buck the trend buck-the-trend Buck's Fizz buck-s-fizz bucket down bucket-down bucket list bucket-list bucket seat bucket-seat bucket shop bucket-shop buckle down buckle-down buckle up buckle-up bucks party bucks-party buddy up buddy-up budge up budge-up budgie smugglers budgie-smugglers Buerger's disease buerger-s-disease buffalo wings buffalo-wings buffer state buffer-state buffer zone buffer-zone buffet car buffet-car bug-eyed bug-eyed bugger about bugger-about bugger all bugger-all bugger off bugger-off bugger sb about bugger-sb-about bugger sth up bugger-sth-up bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark! bugger-sod-etc-this-for-a-lark build (sb/sth) up build-sb-sth-up build around sth build-around-sth build bridges build-bridges build on sth build-on-sth build sth in/into sth build-sth-in-into-sth build sth/sb up build-sth-sb-up build time build-time build-up build-up builder's tea builder-s-tea building block building-block building site building-site building society building-society built-in built-in built-up built-up bulk large bulk-large bulk sth out bulk-sth-out bulk sth up bulk-sth-up bulk up bulk-up bulk-buy bulk-buy bull bar bull-bar bull market bull-market bull session bull-session bull terrier bull-terrier Bulldog Clip bulldog-clip bullet point bullet-point bullet train bullet-train bulletin board bulletin-board bully boy bully-boy bully for sb bully-for-sb bully pulpit bully-pulpit bum around bum-around bum around (somewhere) bum-around-somewhere bum rap bum-rap bum sb out bum-sb-out bum steer bum-steer bump into sb bump-into-sb bump sb off bump-sb-off bump start bump-start bump sth up bump-sth-up bump stock bump-stock bumper car bumper-car bumper sticker bumper-sticker bumper to bumper bumper-to-bumper bums on seats bums-on-seats bunch (sth) up bunch-sth-up bunch (sth) up/together bunch-sth-up-together bundle (sb) up bundle-sb-up bundle of joy bundle-of-joy bundle sth up bundle-sth-up Bundt cake bundt-cake Bundt tin bundt-tin bung sth up bung-sth-up bunged up bunged-up bungee jump bungee-jump bungee jumping bungee-jumping bunk down bunk-down bunk off (sth) bunk-off-sth bunny slope bunny-slope Bunsen burner bunsen-burner bureau de change bureau-de-change burglar alarm burglar-alarm burial at sea burial-at-sea burial ground burial-ground Burkina Faso burkina-faso burn (sth) down burn-sth-down burn (sth) up burn-sth-up burn (yourself) out burn-yourself-out burn a hole in sb's pocket burn-a-hole-in-sb-s-pocket burn out burn-out burn rate burn-rate burn sb up burn-sb-up burn sth off/up burn-sth-off-up burn the candle at both ends burn-the-candle-at-both-ends burn the midnight oil burn-the-midnight-oil burn up burn-up burn up with sth burn-up-with-sth burn with sth burn-with-sth burn your boats/bridges burn-your-boats-bridges burned out burned-out burning ghat burning-ghat burning mouth syndrome burning-mouth-syndrome burnt ends burnt-ends burnt offering burnt-offering burnt out burnt-out burnt sienna burnt-sienna burst at the seams burst-at-the-seams burst in on sb/sth burst-in-on-sb-sth burst in/into (somewhere) burst-in-into-somewhere burst into song/tears/laughter burst-into-song-tears-laughter burst out burst-out burst out laughing/crying burst-out-laughing-crying burst someone's bubble burst-someone-s-bubble bursting at the seams bursting-at-the-seams bury the hatchet bury-the-hatchet bury yourself in sth bury-yourself-in-sth bury/have your head in the sand bury-have-your-head-in-the-sand bus conductor bus-conductor bus driver bus-driver bus lane bus-lane bus shelter bus-shelter bus station bus-station bus stop bus-stop bush fire bush-fire bush telegraph bush-telegraph business before pleasure business-before-pleasure business card business-card business class business-class business end business-end business park business-park business person business-person business plan business-plan business school business-school business-critical business-critical business-to-business business-to-business business-to-consumer business-to-consumer busman's holiday busman-s-holiday bust a gut bust-a-gut bust out/up laughing bust-out-up-laughing bust sth up bust-sth-up bust up bust-up busted flush busted-flush busy signal busy-signal but and ben but-and-ben but then (again) but-then-again butt in butt-in butt naked butt-naked butt out butt-out butt-dial butt-dial butter bean butter-bean butter sb up butter-sb-up butter wouldn't melt in sb's mouth butter-wouldn-t-melt-in-sb-s-mouth butterfly effect butterfly-effect butternut squash butternut-squash button day button-day button fly button-fly button it button-it button mushroom button-mushroom button your lip button-your-lip button-down collar button-down-collar button-through button-through button-up button-up buttoned-down buttoned-down buy into sth buy-into-sth buy sb off buy-sb-off buy sb out buy-sb-out buy sth in buy-sth-in buy sth up buy-sth-up buy the farm buy-the-farm buy time buy-time buy yourself out buy-yourself-out buy-in buy-in buy-to-let buy-to-let buyer's market buyer-s-market buyer's remorse buyer-s-remorse buzz cut buzz-cut buzz off buzz-off buzzed up buzzed-up by (sheer) force/weight of numbers by-sheer-force-weight-of-numbers by a nose by-a-nose by a whisker by-a-whisker by all means by-all-means by and by by-and-by by and large by-and-large by degrees by-degrees by fair means or foul by-fair-means-or-foul by far and away by-far-and-away by gum! by-gum by hook or by crook by-hook-or-by-crook by inches by-inches by no means by-no-means by no stretch (of the imagination) by-no-stretch-of-the-imagination by numbers by-numbers by reputation by-reputation by right of by-right-of by rights by-rights by the look(s) of things by-the-look-s-of-things by the same token by-the-same-token by the seat of your pants by-the-seat-of-your-pants by the skin of your teeth by-the-skin-of-your-teeth by the way by-the-way by way of by-way-of by word of mouth by-word-of-mouth by-election by-election by-heart by-heart by-product by-product by/in leaps and bounds by-in-leaps-and-bounds bye week bye-week bye-byes bye-byes C of E c-of-e c'est la vie c-est-la-vie c'mon c-mon C, c c-c C-in-C c-in-c C-note c-note C-section c-section C-suite c-suite C-word c-word C. difficile c-difficile c/o c-o cab driver cab-driver Cabernet Sauvignon cabernet-sauvignon cabin boy cabin-boy cabin crew cabin-crew cabin cruiser cabin-cruiser cabin fever cabin-fever cable car cable-car cable railway cable-railway cable stitch cable-stitch cable television cable-television cack-handed cack-handed Caesar salad caesar-salad cage diving cage-diving cage fighter cage-fighter cage fighting cage-fighting cake sale cake-sale cake slice cake-slice cake stand cake-stand calcium carbonate calcium-carbonate calcium hydroxide calcium-hydroxide calcium sulphate calcium-sulphate calculate on sth calculate-on-sth calculated risk calculated-risk calendar month calendar-month calendar year calendar-year calf-length calf-length calico cat calico-cat call (in) on sb call-in-on-sb call (sth) out call-sth-out call a spade a spade call-a-spade-a-spade call back call-back call box call-box call by call-by call centre call-centre call for sb call-for-sb call for sth call-for-sth call forth sth call-forth-sth call girl call-girl call into question call-into-question call it a day call-it-a-day call it a night call-it-a-night call it quits call-it-quits call of duty call-of-duty call of nature call-of-nature call on sb call-on-sb call on sth call-on-sth call sb back call-sb-back call sb in call-sb-in call sb out call-sb-out call sb up call-sb-up call sb's bluff call-sb-s-bluff call sb/sth off call-sb-sth-off call sth in call-sth-in call sth off call-sth-off call sth up call-sth-up call the shots call-the-shots call to action call-to-action call to arms call-to-arms call your shot call-your-shot call-in call-in call-out call-out call-out culture call-out-culture call-up call-up caller ID caller-id calling card calling-card calm (sb) down calm-sb-down Calor gas calor-gas calorie-controlled calorie-controlled camel case camel-case camera obscura camera-obscura camera-shy camera-shy camomile tea camomile-tea camp bed camp-bed camp follower camp-follower camp it up camp-it-up camp out camp-out campaign finance reform campaign-finance-reform campaign trail campaign-trail camper van camper-van camping ground camping-ground camping site camping-site can of worms can-of-worms can opener can-opener can take it or leave it can-take-it-or-leave-it can't (even) begin can-t-even-begin can't be doing with sth can-t-be-doing-with-sth can't be fagged can-t-be-fagged can't be shagged can-t-be-shagged can't boil an egg can-t-boil-an-egg can't cut it can-t-cut-it can't do sth to save your life can-t-do-sth-to-save-your-life can't get your head around sth can-t-get-your-head-around-sth can't hear yourself think can-t-hear-yourself-think can't hold a candle to can-t-hold-a-candle-to can't hold your drink can-t-hold-your-drink can't make head nor tail of sth can-t-make-head-nor-tail-of-sth can't see it (myself) can-t-see-it-myself can't see the wood for the trees can-t-see-the-wood-for-the-trees can't stand the sight of sb/sth can-t-stand-the-sight-of-sb-sth can't wait can-t-wait can-do can-do Canadian English canadian-english canal boat canal-boat cancel culture cancel-culture cancel sth out cancel-sth-out candied peel candied-peel candy apple candy-apple candy bar candy-bar candy cane candy-cane candy coat candy-coat candy coating candy-coating candy striper candy-striper candy-ass candy-ass candy-coated candy-coated candy-striped candy-striped cane toad cane-toad canker sore canker-sore canned laughter canned-laughter canned music canned-music cannellini bean cannellini-bean cannon fodder cannon-fodder cannot afford cannot-afford cap sleeve cap-sleeve Cape gooseberry cape-gooseberry Cape Verde cape-verde Cape Verdean cape-verdean capillary telangiectasia capillary-telangiectasia capital assets capital-assets capital gains capital-gains capital gains tax capital-gains-tax capital intensive capital-intensive capital investment capital-investment capital punishment capital-punishment capitalize on sth capitalize-on-sth Capitol Hill capitol-hill capri pants capri-pants caps lock (key) caps-lock-key capsule wardrobe capsule-wardrobe captain of industry captain-of-industry captive audience captive-audience car bomb car-bomb car boot sale car-boot-sale car crash car-crash car crash TV car-crash-tv car ferry car-ferry car park car-park car phone car-phone car seat car-seat car wash car-wash car-free car-free caramel apple caramel-apple caravan park caravan-park caravan site caravan-site carbolic acid carbolic-acid carbolic soap carbolic-soap carbon capture carbon-capture carbon chain carbon-chain carbon copy carbon-copy carbon credits carbon-credits carbon dating carbon-dating carbon debt carbon-debt carbon dioxide carbon-dioxide carbon emissions carbon-emissions carbon footprint carbon-footprint carbon monoxide carbon-monoxide carbon offset carbon-offset carbon paper carbon-paper carbon sink carbon-sink carbon tax carbon-tax carbon trading carbon-trading carbon-neutral carbon-neutral carbon-zero carbon-zero carbonic acid carbonic-acid carboxyl group carboxyl-group carboxylic acid carboxylic-acid card index card-index card reader card-reader card sharp card-sharp card table card-table card vote card-vote card-carrying member card-carrying-member cardboard cutout cardboard-cutout cardiac ablation cardiac-ablation cardiac arrest cardiac-arrest cardiac catheterization cardiac-catheterization cardiac resynchronization therapy cardiac-resynchronization-therapy cardinal point cardinal-point cardinal vowel cardinal-vowel care for sb care-for-sb care home care-home care label care-label care navigation care-navigation care navigator care-navigator care of care-of cared-for cared-for career break career-break career woman career-woman career-defining career-defining career-limiting career-limiting caretaker government caretaker-government cargo pants cargo-pants caring profession caring-profession carnal knowledge carnal-knowledge carol singer carol-singer carotid angioplasty carotid-angioplasty carotid angioplasty and stenting carotid-angioplasty-and-stenting carotid artery carotid-artery carotid artery stenosis carotid-artery-stenosis carotid endarterectomy carotid-endarterectomy carotid stenting carotid-stenting carpal tunnel syndrome carpal-tunnel-syndrome carpe diem carpe-diem carpet slipper carpet-slipper carpet sweeper carpet-sweeper carpet-bombing carpet-bombing carriage clock carriage-clock carriage return carriage-return carrier pigeon carrier-pigeon carrion crow carrion-crow carrot and stick carrot-and-stick carrot-top carrot-top carry (sth) on carry-sth-on carry a torch for sb carry-a-torch-for-sb carry a tune carry-a-tune carry on carry-on carry sb away carry-sb-away carry sb through (sth) carry-sb-through-sth carry sth forward/over carry-sth-forward-over carry sth off carry-sth-off carry sth out carry-sth-out carry sth over carry-sth-over carry sth through carry-sth-through carry the can carry-the-can carry the day carry-the-day carry/take coals to Newcastle carry-take-coals-to-newcastle carrying case carrying-case carrying charge carrying-charge carrying-on carrying-on cart track cart-track carte blanche carte-blanche cartridge paper cartridge-paper cartridge pen cartridge-pen carve sb up carve-sb-up carve sth out (for yourself) carve-sth-out-for-yourself carve sth up carve-sth-up carved in stone carved-in-stone carving knife carving-knife cascading style sheet cascading-style-sheet case history case-history case law case-law case study case-study case-sensitive case-sensitive cash bar cash-bar cash card cash-card cash cow cash-cow cash crop cash-crop cash desk cash-desk cash dispenser cash-dispenser cash flow cash-flow cash in on sth cash-in-on-sth cash machine cash-machine cash out sth cash-out-sth cash register cash-register cash up cash-up cash-and-carry cash-and-carry cash-strapped cash-strapped cashpoint card cashpoint-card cassette player cassette-player cassette recorder cassette-recorder cast a shadow over/on sth cast-a-shadow-over-on-sth cast around cast-around cast iron cast-iron cast list cast-list cast off cast-off cast on cast-on cast pearls before swine cast-pearls-before-swine cast sb adrift cast-sb-adrift cast sb/sth adrift cast-sb-sth-adrift cast sb/sth aside/away/off cast-sb-sth-aside-away-off cast sb/sth out cast-sb-sth-out cast your net wide cast-your-net-wide cast-offs cast-offs cast/shed/throw light on sth cast-shed-throw-light-on-sth caster sugar caster-sugar casting couch casting-couch casting vote casting-vote castles in the air castles-in-the-air castor oil castor-oil cat burglar cat-burglar cat café cat-cafe cat flap cat-flap cat lady cat-lady CAT scan cat-scan cat's cradle cat-s-cradle cat's eyes cat-s-eyes cat-o'-nine-tails cat-o-nine-tails cat-sit cat-sit cat-sitter cat-sitter cat-sitting cat-sitting catalytic converter catalytic-converter catch (sb) up catch-sb-up catch on catch-on catch sb napping catch-sb-napping catch sb off guard catch-sb-off-guard catch sb on the hop catch-sb-on-the-hop catch sb on the wrong foot catch-sb-on-the-wrong-foot catch sb out catch-sb-out catch sb red-handed catch-sb-red-handed catch sb up on sth catch-sb-up-on-sth catch sb with their pants/trousers down catch-sb-with-their-pants-trousers-down catch sb's eye catch-sb-s-eye catch up catch-up catch up with sb catch-up-with-sb catch your death of cold catch-your-death-of-cold catch-22 catch-22 catch-all catch-all catch-up TV catch-up-tv catch/cop/get some z's catch-cop-get-some-z-s catchment area catchment-area category mistake category-mistake cater for sb/sth cater-for-sb-sth cater to sb/sth cater-to-sb-sth Caterpillar track caterpillar-track Caterpillar tractor caterpillar-tractor catherine wheel catherine-wheel cathode ray cathode-ray cathode ray tube cathode-ray-tube cattle cake cattle-cake cattle grid cattle-grid cattle market cattle-market catty-corner catty-corner cauda equina cauda-equina caught in the crossfire caught-in-the-crossfire cauliflower cheese cauliflower-cheese cauliflower ear cauliflower-ear cause a stink cause-a-stink cause célèbre cause-celebre caustic soda caustic-soda cautionary tale cautionary-tale cave in cave-in caveat emptor caveat-emptor cavity wall cavity-wall cavolo nero cavolo-nero cayenne pepper cayenne-pepper Cayman Islander cayman-islander CBRN suit cbrn-suit CD burner cd-burner CD player cd-player CD writer cd-writer CD-ROM cd-rom CD-RW cd-rw celiac disease celiac-disease cell phone cell-phone cell sap cell-sap cell tower cell-tower cell wall cell-wall cement mixer cement-mixer center circle center-circle center forward center-forward center half center-half center of gravity center-of-gravity center spot center-spot center spread center-spread center stage center-stage Central African central-african Central America central-america Central American central-american central bank central-bank Central Belt central-belt central business district central-business-district central defender central-defender central giant cell granuloma central-giant-cell-granuloma central government central-government central heating central-heating central midfielder central-midfielder central nervous system central-nervous-system central reservation central-reservation central sleep apnoea central-sleep-apnoea centre around/on sth centre-around-on-sth centre circle centre-circle centre forward centre-forward centre half centre-half centre of gravity centre-of-gravity centre spot centre-spot centre spread centre-spread centre stage centre-stage cerebellar ectopia cerebellar-ectopia cerebellomedullary malformation syndrome cerebellomedullary-malformation-syndrome cerebral cortex cerebral-cortex cerebral hemisphere cerebral-hemisphere cerebral palsy cerebral-palsy certified cheque certified-cheque certified mail certified-mail certified nursing assistant certified-nursing-assistant certified public accountant certified-public-accountant cervical smear cervical-smear ceteris paribus ceteris-paribus cha-cha-cha cha-cha-cha Chagas disease chagas-disease chain gang chain-gang chain letter chain-letter chain mail chain-mail chain of command chain-of-command chain of production chain-of-production chain reaction chain-reaction chain stitch chain-stitch chain store chain-store chain-link fence chain-link-fence chain-smoke chain-smoke chain-smoker chain-smoker chaise longue chaise-longue chalk sth up chalk-sth-up chalk sth up to experience chalk-sth-up-to-experience challenger bank challenger-bank chamber music chamber-music chamber of commerce chamber-of-commerce chamber of horrors chamber-of-horrors chamber orchestra chamber-orchestra chamber pot chamber-pot chamomile tea chamomile-tea champ at the bit champ-at-the-bit champagne flute champagne-flute champagne socialist champagne-socialist chance would be a fine thing chance-would-be-a-fine-thing chance your arm chance-your-arm Chancellor of the Exchequer chancellor-of-the-exchequer change (sth) up change-sth-up change (your) tack change-your-tack change hands change-hands change management change-management change of heart change-of-heart change over change-over change places change-places change purse change-purse change sth around change-sth-around change with/keep up with/move with the times change-with-keep-up-with-move-with-the-times change your tune change-your-tune change/shift/switch gear change-shift-switch-gear changing room changing-room Channel Islands channel-islands channel-hopping channel-hopping chaos theory chaos-theory Chapter 11 chapter-11 character assassination character-assassination character recognition character-recognition character reference character-reference character-building character-building charge account charge-account charge card charge-card chargé d'affaires charge-d-affaires charge nurse charge-nurse charge sheet charge-sheet charity begins at home charity-begins-at-home charity shop charity-shop charley horse charley-horse charm bracelet charm-bracelet charm offensive charm-offensive charm the pants off sb charm-the-pants-off-sb charnel house charnel-house charter member charter-member charter school charter-school chase sb up chase-sb-up chase the dragon chase-the-dragon chastity belt chastity-belt chat room chat-room chat sb up chat-sb-up chat show chat-show chat-up line chat-up-line cheap at half the price cheap-at-half-the-price cheap rate cheap-rate cheat death cheat-death cheat on sb cheat-on-sb cheat sb out of sth cheat-sb-out-of-sth cheat sheet cheat-sheet check box check-box check guarantee card check-guarantee-card check in check-in check in/check into sth check-in-check-into-sth check out check-out check sth in check-sth-in check sth off check-sth-off check sth out check-sth-out check up on sb check-up-on-sb check-in desk check-in-desk check-up check-up checking account checking-account cheek by jowl cheek-by-jowl cheer (sb) up cheer-sb-up cheer sb on cheer-sb-on cheer sth up cheer-sth-up cheese biscuit cheese-biscuit cheese knife cheese-knife cheese sb off cheese-sb-off cheesed off cheesed-off chef de partie chef-de-partie chef-d'oeuvre chef-d-oeuvre Chelsea tractor chelsea-tractor chem suit chem-suit chemical bond chemical-bond chemical castration chemical-castration chemical dependency chemical-dependency chemical element chemical-element chemical engineering chemical-engineering chemical equation chemical-equation chemical formula chemical-formula chemical peel chemical-peel chemical reaction chemical-reaction chemical suit chemical-suit chemical warfare chemical-warfare chemical weapon chemical-weapon cheque guarantee card cheque-guarantee-card cherry picker cherry-picker cherry tomato cherry-tomato cherry-pick cherry-pick chess set chess-set chest bump chest-bump chest of drawers chest-of-drawers chest-beating chest-beating chest-thumping chest-thumping chew sb out chew-sb-out chew sth over chew-sth-over chew sth up chew-sth-up chew the cud chew-the-cud chew the fat chew-the-fat chew your cud chew-your-cud chewing gum chewing-gum Chiari malformation chiari-malformation chick flick chick-flick chick lit chick-lit chicken out chicken-out chicken scratch chicken-scratch chicken wire chicken-wire chief commercial officer chief-commercial-officer chief constable chief-constable chief executive chief-executive chief executive officer chief-executive-officer chief financial officer chief-financial-officer chief justice chief-justice chief marketing officer chief-marketing-officer chief of staff chief-of-staff chief operating officer chief-operating-officer chief technology officer chief-technology-officer chief whip chief-whip child abuse child-abuse child benefit child-benefit child molester child-molester child prodigy child-prodigy child support child-support child-centred child-centred child-free child-free child-friendly child-friendly child-rearing child-rearing children should be seen and not heard children-should-be-seen-and-not-heard children's home children-s-home chili con carne chili-con-carne chili powder chili-powder chill out chill-out chill room chill-room chill sb to the bone/marrow chill-sb-to-the-bone-marrow chilli con carne chilli-con-carne chilli powder chilli-powder chime in chime-in chimney breast chimney-breast chimney pot chimney-pot chimney stack chimney-stack chimney sweep chimney-sweep chin rest chin-rest chin up! chin-up chin-stroking chin-stroking Chinese chequers chinese-chequers Chinese gooseberry chinese-gooseberry Chinese lantern chinese-lantern Chinese New Year chinese-new-year Chinese puzzle chinese-puzzle Chinese wall chinese-wall chink in sb's armour chink-in-sb-s-armour chinless wonder chinless-wonder chip (sth) in chip-sth-in chip and PIN chip-and-pin chip in chip-in chip shop chip-shop chit-chat chit-chat choc ice choc-ice chock-a-block chock-a-block chock-full chock-full chocolate-box chocolate-box choke chain choke-chain choke sth back choke-sth-back chondroid chordoma chondroid-chordoma choo-choo choo-choo chop and change chop-and-change chop shop chop-shop chop sth down chop-sth-down chop sth off chop-sth-off chop suey chop-suey chop-chop chop-chop chorus line chorus-line choux pastry choux-pastry chow mein chow-mein Christian name christian-name Christian Science christian-science Christmas box christmas-box Christmas cake christmas-cake Christmas card christmas-card Christmas carol christmas-carol Christmas cracker christmas-cracker Christmas Day christmas-day Christmas disease christmas-disease Christmas Eve christmas-eve Christmas pudding christmas-pudding Christmas stocking christmas-stocking Christmas time christmas-time Christmas tree christmas-tree chromatic aberration chromatic-aberration chrome yellow chrome-yellow chronic fatigue syndrome chronic-fatigue-syndrome chronic traumatic encephalopathy chronic-traumatic-encephalopathy chuck sb out chuck-sb-out chuck sb under the chin chuck-sb-under-the-chin chuck steak chuck-steak chuck sth away/out chuck-sth-away-out chuck sth in chuck-sth-in chuck/throw/toss sth/sb overboard chuck-throw-toss-sth-sb-overboard chum up chum-up chump chop chump-chop church year church-year churn sth out churn-sth-out Chutes and Ladders chutes-and-ladders cigarette butt cigarette-butt cigarette holder cigarette-holder cigarette lighter cigarette-lighter cigarette pants cigarette-pants cigarette paper cigarette-paper ciliary muscle ciliary-muscle Cinco de Mayo cinco-de-mayo cinder block cinder-block cinder toffee cinder-toffee cinema hall cinema-hall cingulate cortex cingulate-cortex cinnamon bun cinnamon-bun circuit board circuit-board circuit breaker circuit-breaker circuit court circuit-court Circuit Court of Appeals circuit-court-of-appeals circuit diagram circuit-diagram circuit training circuit-training circular saw circular-saw citizen journalism citizen-journalism citizen journalist citizen-journalist citizen science citizen-science citizen scientist citizen-scientist citizen's arrest citizen-s-arrest Citizens Advice citizens-advice Citizens' Band citizens-band citric acid citric-acid city academy city-academy city centre city-centre city council city-council city councillor city-councillor city councilmember city-councilmember city desk city-desk city fathers city-fathers city hall city-hall city slicker city-slicker city state city-state civil action civil-action civil defence civil-defence civil disobedience civil-disobedience civil engineer civil-engineer civil engineering civil-engineering civil law civil-law civil liberties civil-liberties civil list civil-list civil marriage civil-marriage civil partnership civil-partnership civil rights civil-rights civil servant civil-servant civil war civil-war civil year civil-year civvy street civvy-street claim form claim-form claim sb's life claim-sb-s-life claim the moral high ground claim-the-moral-high-ground clam up clam-up clamp down on sth clamp-down-on-sth clap sb out clap-sb-out clap/lay/set eyes on sb/sth clap-lay-set-eyes-on-sb-sth clapped out clapped-out clarion call clarion-call Clarkson's disease clarkson-s-disease clasp knife clasp-knife class action class-action class struggle class-struggle class war class-war class-conscious class-conscious classic car classic-car classical music classical-music classified ad classified-ad claw sth back claw-sth-back claw your way (somewhere) claw-your-way-somewhere clay pigeon clay-pigeon clean (sb/sth) up clean-sb-sth-up clean (sth) up clean-sth-up clean bowled clean-bowled clean eating clean-eating clean sb/sth out clean-sb-sth-out clean sth out clean-sth-out clean up after sb clean-up-after-sb clean up your act clean-up-your-act clean-air clean-air clean-cut clean-cut clean-limbed clean-limbed clean-living clean-living clean-shaven clean-shaven clean-up clean-up cleanliness is next to godliness cleanliness-is-next-to-godliness clear (sth) up clear-sth-up clear head clear-head clear l clear-l clear off clear-off clear out clear-out clear sb off sth clear-sb-off-sth clear sth away clear-sth-away clear sth out clear-sth-out clear the air clear-the-air clear the decks clear-the-decks clear the way clear-the-way clear up clear-up clear-cut clear-cut clear-headed clear-headed clear-sighted clear-sighted clearing bank clearing-bank clearing house clearing-house cleave to sth cleave-to-sth cleft lip cleft-lip cleft palate cleft-palate cleft sentence cleft-sentence cleft stick cleft-stick clerical collar clerical-collar clever dick/clogs clever-dick-clogs clever-clever clever-clever cliché-ridden cliche-ridden click and collect click-and-collect click away click-away click fraud click-fraud click out click-out click-through rate click-through-rate clicks and mortar clicks-and-mortar client state client-state client-server client-server cliff edge cliff-edge climate breakdown climate-breakdown climate change climate-change climate crisis climate-crisis climate denier climate-denier climate emergency climate-emergency climate migrant climate-migrant climate refugee climate-refugee climate strike climate-strike climate-friendly climate-friendly climb down climb-down climbing frame climbing-frame climbing wall climbing-wall cling (on) to sth cling-on-to-sth cling film cling-film cling to sth cling-to-sth clinical depression clinical-depression clinical obesity clinical-obesity clinical thermometer clinical-thermometer clinical trial clinical-trial clinically depressed clinically-depressed clinically obese clinically-obese clip art clip-art clip joint clip-joint clip sb's wings clip-sb-s-wings clip-clop clip-clop clip-on clip-on cloak-and-dagger cloak-and-dagger clock in clock-in clock out clock-out clock radio clock-radio clock sth up clock-sth-up clock tower clock-tower clock-watcher clock-watcher clock-watching clock-watching close (sth) down close-sth-down close call close-call close in close-in close of play close-of-play close ranks close-ranks close season close-season close shave close-shave close sth off close-sth-off close up shop close-up-shop close your ears close-your-ears close your eyes to sth close-your-eyes-to-sth close, but no cigar close-but-no-cigar close-cropped close-cropped close-fitting close-fitting close-grained close-grained close-knit close-knit close-run close-run close-set close-set close-up close-up close/shut the door on sth close-shut-the-door-on-sth closed book closed-book closed season closed-season closed shop closed-shop closed-casket closed-casket closed-circuit television closed-circuit-television closed-minded closed-minded cloth-eared cloth-eared clothes basket clothes-basket clothes brush clothes-brush clothes hanger clothes-hanger clothes horse clothes-horse clothes peg clothes-peg clotted cream clotted-cream cloud bank cloud-bank cloud chamber cloud-chamber cloud computing cloud-computing cloud cuckoo land cloud-cuckoo-land cloud over cloud-over cloud seeder cloud-seeder cloud seeding cloud-seeding cloud-capped cloud-capped clove hitch clove-hitch cloze test cloze-test club sandwich club-sandwich club soda club-soda club together club-together clue sb in clue-sb-in clued up clued-up cluster bomb cluster-bomb cluster headache cluster-headache clutch at sth clutch-at-sth clutch bag clutch-bag clutch your pearls clutch-your-pearls clutch/grasp at straws clutch-grasp-at-straws co-author co-author co-brother co-brother co-ed co-ed co-exist co-exist co-housing co-housing co-living co-living co-mingle co-mingle co-opt co-opt co-own co-own co-ownership co-ownership co-parent co-parent co-pilot co-pilot co-production co-production co-respondent co-respondent co-sister co-sister co-sleep co-sleep co-sleeper co-sleeper co-sleeping co-sleeping co-star co-star co-wife co-wife co-worker co-worker co-write co-write .co.uk co-uk coach class coach-class coach station coach-station coal black coal-black coal bunker coal-bunker coal mine coal-mine coal miner coal-miner coal mining coal-mining coal scuttle coal-scuttle coal tar coal-tar coal-fired coal-fired coarctation of the aorta coarctation-of-the-aorta coarse salt coarse-salt Coast Guardsman coast-guardsman coastal elite coastal-elite coat hanger coat-hanger coat of arms coat-of-arms coat-tails coat-tails cobble sth together cobble-sth-together Coca-Cola coca-cola cochlear implant cochlear-implant cock a snook at sb/sth cock-a-snook-at-sb-sth cock of the walk cock-of-the-walk cock sth up cock-sth-up cock-a-doodle-doo cock-a-doodle-doo cock-a-hoop cock-a-hoop cock-a-leekie cock-a-leekie cock-and-bull story cock-and-bull-story cock-up cock-up cocker spaniel cocker-spaniel cockney rhyming slang cockney-rhyming-slang cocktail dress cocktail-dress cocktail lounge cocktail-lounge cocktail party cocktail-party cocktail sausage cocktail-sausage cocktail stick cocktail-stick cocoa bean cocoa-bean cocoa butter cocoa-butter coconut butter coconut-butter coconut cream coconut-cream coconut matting coconut-matting coconut milk coconut-milk coconut oil coconut-oil coconut shy coconut-shy cod liver oil cod-liver-oil code monkey code-monkey code name code-name code of conduct code-of-conduct code of practice code-of-practice code switch code-switch code switching code-switching code violation code-violation code word code-word coeliac disease coeliac-disease coercive control coercive-control coffee bar coffee-bar coffee bean coffee-bean coffee break coffee-break coffee cake coffee-cake coffee filter coffee-filter coffee grinder coffee-grinder coffee house coffee-house coffee klatch coffee-klatch coffee machine coffee-machine coffee maker coffee-maker coffee morning coffee-morning coffee pot coffee-pot coffee shop coffee-shop coffee table coffee-table coffee-coloured coffee-coloured coffee-table book coffee-table-book coffin dodger coffin-dodger cognitive bias cognitive-bias cognitive dissonance cognitive-dissonance cognitive psychology cognitive-psychology cognitive therapy cognitive-therapy coign of vantage coign-of-vantage coitus interruptus coitus-interruptus cold brew cold-brew cold case cold-case cold chain cold-chain cold cream cold-cream cold cuts cold-cuts cold fish cold-fish cold frame cold-frame cold front cold-front cold fusion cold-fusion cold hands, warm heart cold-hands-warm-heart cold shoulder cold-shoulder cold snap cold-snap cold sore cold-sore cold storage cold-storage cold sweat cold-sweat cold turkey cold-turkey cold war cold-war cold-blooded cold-blooded cold-call cold-call cold-calling cold-calling cold-eyed cold-eyed cold-hearted cold-hearted collagenous colitis collagenous-colitis collapse/fall in a heap collapse-fall-in-a-heap collateral damage collateral-damage collecting flask collecting-flask collection box collection-box collective bargaining collective-bargaining collective farm collective-farm collective noun collective-noun collective security collective-security collector's item collector-s-item Colles' fracture colles-fracture Colonel Blimp colonel-blimp colonic irrigation colonic-irrigation colony collapse colony-collapse colony collapse disorder colony-collapse-disorder color bar color-bar color blindness color-blindness color line color-line color prejudice color-prejudice color scheme color-scheme color separation color-separation color wheel color-wheel color-coded color-coded Colorado beetle colorado-beetle coloring book coloring-book colour bar colour-bar colour blindness colour-blindness colour prejudice colour-prejudice colour scheme colour-scheme colour separation colour-separation colour sth in colour-sth-in colour supplement colour-supplement colour wheel colour-wheel colour-blind colour-blind colour-coded colour-coded colour-fast colour-fast colouring book colouring-book Columbus Day columbus-day comb-over comb-over combat trousers combat-trousers combination bet combination-bet combination lock combination-lock combining form combining-form combustion chamber combustion-chamber come about come-about come across come-across come across sth come-across-sth come again? come-again come alive come-alive come along come-along come and go come-and-go come apart come-apart come around come-around come at sb come-at-sb come away come-away come back come-back come back down to earth come-back-down-to-earth come back from the dead come-back-from-the-dead come back to bite sb come-back-to-bite-sb come back to sb come-back-to-sb come back/home to roost come-back-home-to-roost come before sth/sb come-before-sth-sb come between sb come-between-sb come between sth come-between-sth come by (somewhere) come-by-somewhere come by sth come-by-sth come clean come-clean come close to blows come-close-to-blows come down come-down come down on one side of the fence or the other come-down-on-one-side-of-the-fence-or-the-other come down on sb like a ton of bricks come-down-on-sb-like-a-ton-of-bricks come down on sb/sth come-down-on-sb-sth come down the pike come-down-the-pike come down to sth come-down-to-sth come down with sth come-down-with-sth come first come-first come forward come-forward come from behind come-from-behind come from somewhere/sth come-from-somewhere-sth come from sth come-from-sth come hell or high water come-hell-or-high-water come home to sb come-home-to-sb come in come-in come in for sth come-in-for-sth come in useful come-in-useful come into play come-into-play come into sth come-into-sth come into your own come-into-your-own come of age come-of-age come of sth come-of-sth come off come-off come off it! come-off-it come off sth come-off-sth come on come-on come on/along come-on-along come out come-out come out in sth come-out-in-sth come out of left field come-out-of-left-field come out of sth come-out-of-sth come out of the closet come-out-of-the-closet come out of your shell come-out-of-your-shell come out swinging/fighting come-out-swinging-fighting come out with sth come-out-with-sth come over come-over come over sb come-over-sb come rain or shine come-rain-or-shine come round come-round come the raw prawn come-the-raw-prawn come the sth come-the-sth come through come-through come through (sth) come-through-sth come to come-to come to a full stop come-to-a-full-stop come to a head come-to-a-head come to blows come-to-blows come to heel come-to-heel come to light come-to-light come to pass come-to-pass come to pieces come-to-pieces come to sb come-to-sb come to sb's attention/notice come-to-sb-s-attention-notice come to sth come-to-sth come to terms with sth come-to-terms-with-sth come to that come-to-that come to the end of the road come-to-the-end-of-the-road come to/meet a sticky end come-to-meet-a-sticky-end come under fire come-under-fire come under sth come-under-sth come up come-up come up against sth come-up-against-sth come up to sth come-up-to-sth come up with sth come-up-with-sth come up with the goods come-up-with-the-goods come up/out smelling of roses come-up-out-smelling-of-roses come upon sb/sth come-upon-sb-sth come what may come-what-may come within a whisker of (doing) sth come-within-a-whisker-of-doing-sth come within an ace of sth come-within-an-ace-of-sth come within an inch of sth come-within-an-inch-of-sth come-hither come-hither come-on line come-on-line come/be a poor second, third, etc. come-be-a-poor-second-third-etc come/crawl 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command-module command performance command-performance commander-in-chief commander-in-chief comme il faut comme-il-faut commentary box commentary-box commis chef commis-chef commissioned officer commissioned-officer commit suicide commit-suicide common denominator common-denominator Common Era common-era common factor common-factor common fraction common-fraction common ground common-ground common law common-law common multiple common-multiple common noun common-noun common or garden common-or-garden common room common-room common salt common-salt common sense common-sense common time common-time common variable immunodeficiency common-variable-immunodeficiency common wall common-wall communication cord communication-cord communications satellite communications-satellite communion of saints communion-of-saints community centre community-centre community chest community-chest community college community-college community management community-management community manager community-manager community service community-service community spirit community-spirit community theatre community-theatre community transmission community-transmission commuter train commuter-train comp time comp-time compact disc compact-disc company car company-car company man company-man company town company-town compare notes compare-notes compass point compass-point compass reading compass-reading compassion fatigue compassion-fatigue compassionate leave compassionate-leave compensatory time compensatory-time complain of sth complain-of-sth complement system complement-system complementary angle complementary-angle complementary medicine complementary-medicine complex carbohydrate complex-carbohydrate complex fraction complex-fraction complex number complex-number complex sentence complex-sentence complex word complex-word compliance officer compliance-officer compliment(s) slip compliment-s-slip compos mentis compos-mentis composite number composite-number compound eye compound-eye compound fraction compound-fraction compound fracture compound-fracture compound leaf compound-leaf compound noun compound-noun compound sentence compound-sentence compound time compound-time comprehensive insurance comprehensive-insurance comprehensive school comprehensive-school compression fracture compression-fracture compression moulding compression-moulding compulsory purchase order compulsory-purchase-order computational linguistics computational-linguistics computer dating computer-dating computer game computer-game computer science computer-science computer scientist computer-scientist computer-aided design computer-aided-design computer-animated computer-animated computer-generated imagery computer-generated-imagery computer-literate computer-literate computer-readable computer-readable con artist con-artist con man con-man con woman con-woman concealed carry concealed-carry concentration camp concentration-camp concept album concept-album concept car concept-car concert grand concert-grand concert hall concert-hall concessive clause concessive-clause concrete jungle concrete-jungle concrete mixer concrete-mixer concrete noun concrete-noun condemn sb to (do) sth condemn-sb-to-do-sth condemn sb to sth condemn-sb-to-sth condemned cell condemned-cell condensed milk condensed-milk condescend to sb condescend-to-sb cone sth off cone-sth-off confectioner's sugar confectioner-s-sugar conference call conference-call confide in sb confide-in-sb confidence trick confidence-trick confidence trickster confidence-trickster confidential informant confidential-informant confirmation bias confirmation-bias confirmed bachelor confirmed-bachelor conflict diamond conflict-diamond conform to/with sth conform-to-with-sth confront sb with sth confront-sb-with-sth confusion marketing confusion-marketing congenital erythropoietic porphyria congenital-erythropoietic-porphyria conger eel conger-eel congestion charge congestion-charge congressional district congressional-district conical flask conical-flask conjoined twins conjoined-twins conjugal rights conjugal-rights conjure sb/sth up conjure-sb-sth-up conjure sth up conjure-sth-up conjuring trick conjuring-trick conk out conk-out connecting rod connecting-rod connective tissue connective-tissue conning tower conning-tower conscience-stricken conscience-stricken conscientious objection conscientious-objection conscientious objector conscientious-objector consciousness-raising consciousness-raising consenting adult consenting-adult consider it done consider-it-done consign sb/sth to sth consign-sb-sth-to-sth consist in sth consist-in-sth consist of sth consist-of-sth consolation prize consolation-prize conspicuous consumption conspicuous-consumption conspiracy theorist conspiracy-theorist conspiracy theory conspiracy-theory conspire against sth conspire-against-sth constitutional monarchy constitutional-monarchy constructive dismissal constructive-dismissal constructive interference constructive-interference consulting room consulting-room consumer durables consumer-durables consumer price index consumer-price-index consumer protection consumer-protection consumer society consumer-society contact lens contact-lens contact sport contact-sport contact tracer contact-tracer contact tracing contact-tracing container ship container-ship contend with sth contend-with-sth content yourself with sth content-yourself-with-sth continental breakfast continental-breakfast Continental Congress continental-congress continental crust continental-crust continental drift continental-drift continental plate continental-plate continental quilt continental-quilt continental shelf continental-shelf continuing education continuing-education continuous assessment continuous-assessment contract in/out contract-in-out contract sth out contract-sth-out contribute to sth contribute-to-sth contributory negligence contributory-negligence control freak control-freak control key control-key control panel control-panel control tower control-tower controverted election controverted-election convection cell convection-cell convenience fee convenience-fee convenience food convenience-food convenience store convenience-store convent school convent-school convention centre convention-centre converging lens converging-lens conversation piece conversation-piece conversation-stopper conversation-stopper conversion therapy conversion-therapy conveyor belt conveyor-belt Cook Islander cook-islander cook sb's goose cook-sb-s-goose cook sth up cook-sth-up cook the books cook-the-books cook up, dance up, talk up, etc. a storm cook-up-dance-up-talk-up-etc-a-storm cooked breakfast cooked-breakfast cooked/done to a turn cooked-done-to-a-turn cookie cutter cookie-cutter cookie jar cookie-jar cookie tin cookie-tin cooking apple cooking-apple cool (sb) down/off cool-sb-down-off cool (sb/sth) down/off cool-sb-sth-down-off cool bag cool-bag cool box cool-box cool cat cool-cat cool customer cool-customer cool it cool-it cooler bag cooler-bag cooling tower cooling-tower cooling-off period cooling-off-period coop sb/sth up coop-sb-sth-up cooped up cooped-up coordinate plane coordinate-plane cop a feel cop-a-feel cop a plea cop-a-plea cop it cop-it cop off cop-off cop out cop-out cop shop cop-shop copper beech copper-beech copper sulphate copper-sulphate copper-bottomed copper-bottomed copy edit copy-edit copy editing copy-editing copy editor copy-editor copy sb in copy-sb-in copy sth down copy-sth-down copy sth out copy-sth-out cor anglais cor-anglais cor blimey! cor-blimey coral reef coral-reef cord blood cord-blood cordon bleu cordon-bleu cordon sanitaire cordon-sanitaire cordon sth off cordon-sth-off corduroy road corduroy-road cork sth up cork-sth-up corn bread corn-bread corn chips corn-chips corn circle corn-circle corn earworm corn-earworm corn oil corn-oil corn on the cob corn-on-the-cob corn syrup corn-syrup corncob pipe corncob-pipe corned beef corned-beef corner flag corner-flag corner kick corner-kick corner shop corner-shop corner the market corner-the-market Cornish pasty cornish-pasty corporal punishment corporal-punishment corporate image corporate-image corporate memory corporate-memory corporate social responsibility corporate-social-responsibility corporation tax corporation-tax corps de ballet corps-de-ballet corpus callosum corpus-callosum Corpus Christi corpus-christi corpus luteum corpus-luteum correction fluid correction-fluid correctional center correctional-center correspondence course correspondence-course corresponding angle corresponding-angle corresponding angles corresponding-angles corresponding sides corresponding-sides corridor of uncertainty corridor-of-uncertainty corticobasal ganglionic degeneration corticobasal-ganglionic-degeneration cos lettuce cos-lettuce cosmetic surgery cosmetic-surgery cost an arm and a leg/a small fortune cost-an-arm-and-a-leg-a-small-fortune cost of living cost-of-living cost price cost-price cost sb a pretty penny cost-sb-a-pretty-penny cost sb dear cost-sb-dear cost, charge, etc. the earth cost-charge-etc-the-earth cost-cutting cost-cutting cost-effective cost-effective cost-of-living allowance cost-of-living-allowance cost-of-living index cost-of-living-index Costa Rica costa-rica Costa Rican costa-rican costume drama costume-drama costume jewellery costume-jewellery costume party costume-party cosy up (to sb) cosy-up-to-sb cot death cot-death Côte d'Ivoire cote-d-ivoire cottage cheese cottage-cheese cottage industry cottage-industry cottage loaf cottage-loaf cottage pie cottage-pie cotton ball cotton-ball cotton bud cotton-bud cotton candy cotton-candy cotton gin cotton-gin cotton on cotton-on cotton swab cotton-swab cotton wool cotton-wool cotton wool ball cotton-wool-ball cotton-picking cotton-picking couch potato couch-potato cough drop cough-drop cough lolly cough-lolly cough medicine cough-medicine cough sth up cough-sth-up cough sweet cough-sweet cough syrup cough-syrup coughing fit coughing-fit could count sth on (the fingers of) one hand could-count-sth-on-the-fingers-of-one-hand could do sth in your sleep could-do-sth-in-your-sleep could do with sth could-do-with-sth could murder sth could-murder-sth could use sth could-use-sth could've could-ve couldn't couldn-t couldn't agree more/less couldn-t-agree-more-less couldn't agree/disagree more couldn-t-agree-disagree-more couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery couldn-t-organize-a-piss-up-in-a-brewery couldn't think couldn-t-think council area council-area council estate council-estate council flat council-flat council house council-house council housing council-housing council of war council-of-war count against sb/sth count-against-sb-sth count noun count-noun count on sb count-on-sb count on sth count-on-sth count sb in count-sb-in count sb out count-sb-out count sth out count-sth-out count the cost count-the-cost count towards sth count-towards-sth count your blessings count-your-blessings countable noun countable-noun counter-argument counter-argument counter-culture counter-culture counter-espionage counter-espionage counter-intuitive counter-intuitive counter-revolution counter-revolution counter-revolutionary counter-revolutionary counter-suit counter-suit country and western country-and-western country club country-club country dance country-dance country house country-house country liquor country-liquor country mile country-mile country music country-music country seat country-seat county borough county-borough county council county-council county court county-court county fair county-fair county town county-town coup de grâce coup-de-grace coup de théâtre coup-de-theatre court correspondent court-correspondent court martial court-martial court of equity court-of-equity court of inquiry court-of-inquiry court order court-order court shoe court-shoe cousin-brother cousin-brother cousin-sister cousin-sister covalent bond covalent-bond cover all the bases cover-all-the-bases cover charge cover-charge cover girl cover-girl cover note cover-note cover sth up cover-sth-up cover story cover-story cover your backside/behind/rear cover-your-backside-behind-rear cover your tracks cover-your-tracks cover yourself in/with glory cover-yourself-in-with-glory cover-up cover-up cover/hide a multitude of sins cover-hide-a-multitude-of-sins covered wagon covered-wagon covering letter covering-letter Covid-19 covid-19 Covid-secure covid-secure cow parsley cow-parsley cowboy boots cowboy-boots cowboy film cowboy-film cowboy hat cowboy-hat Cowes Week cowes-week cowl neck cowl-neck crab apple crab-apple crack (sb) up crack-sb-up crack den crack-den crack down crack-down crack house crack-house crack the whip crack-the-whip crack up crack-up cradle cap cradle-cap cradle-snatcher cradle-snatcher craft beer craft-beer craft fair craft-fair craft shop craft-shop craft union craft-union cram sth down cram-sth-down cramp sb's style cramp-sb-s-style crane fly crane-fly craniofacial implant craniofacial-implant crank caller crank-caller crank sth out crank-sth-out crank sth up crank-sth-up crap on crap-on crape myrtle crape-myrtle crash and burn crash-and-burn crash barrier crash-barrier crash course crash-course crash diet crash-diet crash helmet crash-helmet crash out crash-out crash-land crash-land crashing bore crashing-bore crater lake crater-lake crawl back (to sb) crawl-back-to-sb crawl space crawl-space crawl/go/retreat/retire into your shell crawl-go-retreat-retire-into-your-shell crazy golf crazy-golf crazy paving crazy-paving cream cheese cream-cheese cream cracker cream-cracker cream of tartar cream-of-tartar cream puff cream-puff cream soda cream-soda cream sth/sb off cream-sth-sb-off cream tea cream-tea creamed coconut creamed-coconut crease (sb) up crease-sb-up create/kick up/raise a stink create-kick-up-raise-a-stink creative accounting creative-accounting creative writing creative-writing creature comforts creature-comforts creature of habit creature-of-habit credibility gap credibility-gap credit account credit-account credit card credit-card credit crunch credit-crunch credit hour credit-hour credit limit credit-limit credit note credit-note credit rating credit-rating credit risk credit-risk credit sb with sth credit-sb-with-sth credit squeeze credit-squeeze credit terms credit-terms credit union credit-union creep in/creep into sth creep-in-creep-into-sth creep over sb creep-over-sb creep up creep-up creep up on sb creep-up-on-sb creep up on/behind sb creep-up-on-behind-sb creeping plant creeping-plant creepy-crawly creepy-crawly crème brûlée creme-brulee crème caramel creme-caramel crème de menthe creme-de-menthe crème fraîche creme-fraiche crepe paper crepe-paper crêpe Suzette crepe-suzette Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease creutzfeldt-jakob-disease crew cut crew-cut crew member crew-member crew neck crew-neck cri de coeur cri-de-coeur crib death crib-death crib sheet crib-sheet cricket ball cricket-ball crime doesn't pay crime-doesn-t-pay crime of passion crime-of-passion crime rate crime-rate crime wave crime-wave crime-ridden crime-ridden criminal court criminal-court criminal damage criminal-damage criminal justice system criminal-justice-system criminal law criminal-law criminal record criminal-record cringe comedy cringe-comedy cringe-making cringe-making crisis point crisis-point criss-cross criss-cross critical list critical-list critical mass critical-mass critical temperature critical-temperature critical thinking critical-thinking Cro-Magnon cro-magnon crochet hook crochet-hook crocodile clip crocodile-clip crocodile tears crocodile-tears Crohn's disease crohn-s-disease crop circle crop-circle crop duster crop-duster crop rotation crop-rotation crop spraying crop-spraying crop top crop-top crop up crop-up cross my heart (and hope to die) cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die cross over cross-over cross purposes cross-purposes cross sb's hand/palm with silver cross-sb-s-hand-palm-with-silver cross sb's path/cross paths with sb cross-sb-s-path-cross-paths-with-sb cross sb/sth off (sth) cross-sb-sth-off-sth cross sth out cross-sth-out cross swords cross-swords cross the line cross-the-line cross your fingers idiom1 cross-your-fingers cross-border cross-border cross-Channel cross-channel cross-contamination cross-contamination cross-country cross-country cross-cultural cross-cultural cross-dresser cross-dresser cross-dressing cross-dressing cross-examination cross-examination cross-examine cross-examine cross-examiner cross-examiner cross-eyed cross-eyed cross-fertilization cross-fertilization cross-field cross-field cross-hatch cross-hatch cross-hatched cross-hatched cross-hatching cross-hatching cross-legged cross-legged cross-party cross-party cross-pollination cross-pollination cross-promote cross-promote cross-promotion cross-promotion cross-question cross-question cross-refer cross-refer cross-reference cross-reference cross-section cross-section cross-selling cross-selling cross-stitch cross-stitch cross-trainer cross-trainer cross-training cross-training crow's feet crow-s-feet crow's nest crow-s-nest Crow-Fukase syndrome crow-fukase-syndrome crowd (sth) into sth crowd-sth-into-sth crowd around (sb/sth) crowd-around-sb-sth crowd sb/sth out crowd-sb-sth-out crowd-pleaser crowd-pleaser crowd-puller crowd-puller crowd-surf crowd-surf crowd-surfing crowd-surfing Crown attorney crown-attorney crown colony crown-colony Crown corporation crown-corporation Crown Court crown-court crown green bowls crown-green-bowls crown jewels crown-jewels crown prince crown-prince crown princess crown-princess Crown prosecutor crown-prosecutor crowned head crowned-head crowning glory crowning-glory cruise control cruise-control cruise missile cruise-missile cruise ship cruise-ship crumple sth up crumple-sth-up crumple zone crumple-zone crunch time crunch-time crush barrier crush-barrier crusta lactea crusta-lactea Cruyff turn cruyff-turn cry buckets cry-buckets cry foul cry-foul cry off cry-off cry out cry-out cry out against sth cry-out-against-sth cry out for sth cry-out-for-sth cry wolf cry-wolf cry your eyes out cry-your-eyes-out cry-baby cry-baby cryptic crossword cryptic-crossword crystal ball crystal-ball crystal clear crystal-clear crystal meth crystal-meth CS gas cs-gas CT colonography ct-colonography CT scan ct-scan Ctrl (key) ctrl-key cub reporter cub-reporter cube root cube-root cuckoo clock cuckoo-clock cuddle up cuddle-up cuddly toy cuddly-toy cudgel your brains cudgel-your-brains cue ball cue-ball cul-de-sac cul-de-sac cull sth from sth cull-sth-from-sth culpable homicide culpable-homicide cultural appropriation cultural-appropriation culturally responsive culturally-responsive culture medium culture-medium culture shock culture-shock culture vulture culture-vulture culture warrior culture-warrior cultured pearl cultured-pearl cum laude cum-laude Cumberland sauce cumberland-sauce Cumberland sausage cumberland-sausage cup final cup-final cup holder cup-holder cup sleeve cup-sleeve cup tie cup-tie cup-tied cup-tied cupboard love cupboard-love Cupid's bow cupid-s-bow curate's egg curate-s-egg curb appeal curb-appeal curb cut curb-cut curd cheese curd-cheese cure sb of sth cure-sb-of-sth cure-all cure-all curiosity killed the cat curiosity-killed-the-cat curl up curl-up curl up and die curl-up-and-die curling tongs curling-tongs current account current-account current affairs current-affairs curriculum vitae curriculum-vitae curry paste curry-paste curry powder curry-powder curtain call curtain-call curtain rail curtain-rail curtain rod curtain-rod curtain twitcher curtain-twitcher curtain twitching curtain-twitching curtain-raiser curtain-raiser Cushing's syndrome cushing-s-syndrome cushion the blow cushion-the-blow custard apple custard-apple custard cream custard-cream custard pie custard-pie custard powder custard-powder custard tart custard-tart custom-built custom-built custom-made custom-made customer base customer-base customer relationship management customer-relationship-management customer service customer-service customer-facing customer-facing Customs and Excise customs-and-excise customs officer customs-officer customs union customs-union cut (sb) to the quick cut-sb-to-the-quick cut a fine figure cut-a-fine-figure cut a swathe through sth cut-a-swathe-through-sth cut across sth cut-across-sth cut and dried cut-and-dried cut and paste cut-and-paste cut and thrust cut-and-thrust cut back cut-back cut both/two ways cut-both-two-ways cut corners cut-corners cut down cut-down cut glass cut-glass cut in cut-in cut into sth cut-into-sth cut it/things fine cut-it-things-fine cut loose cut-loose cut lunch cut-lunch cut no ice with sb cut-no-ice-with-sb cut off your nose to spite your face cut-off-your-nose-to-spite-your-face cut out cut-out cut sb dead cut-sb-dead cut sb down to size cut-sb-down-to-size cut sb in cut-sb-in cut sb off cut-sb-off cut sb out cut-sb-out cut sb some slack cut-sb-some-slack cut sb up cut-sb-up cut sb/sth off cut-sb-sth-off cut sth back cut-sth-back cut sth down cut-sth-down cut sth off cut-sth-off cut sth out cut-sth-out cut sth short cut-sth-short cut sth up cut-sth-up cut the crap! cut-the-crap cut the ground from under sb's feet cut-the-ground-from-under-sb-s-feet cut through sth cut-through-sth cut to the chase cut-to-the-chase cut up cut-up cut up rough cut-up-rough cut your coat according to your cloth cut-your-coat-according-to-your-cloth cut your losses cut-your-losses cut your political, professional, etc. teeth cut-your-political-professional-etc-teeth cut-price cut-price cut-rate cut-rate cut/tear sth/sb to ribbons cut-tear-sth-sb-to-ribbons cutthroat razor cutthroat-razor cutting room cutting-room cwtch up to sb cwtch-up-to-sb cyber hygiene cyber-hygiene Cyber Monday cyber-monday cyber soldier cyber-soldier cycle clips cycle-clips cycle helmet cycle-helmet cycle lane/path cycle-lane-path cycle rack cycle-rack cycle rickshaw cycle-rickshaw cycling shorts cycling-shorts cyclo-cross cyclo-cross cystic fibrosis cystic-fibrosis D and C d-and-c 'd've d-ve d'ya d-ya d'you d-you D, d d-d d-bag d-bag D-Day d-day D-notice d-notice dab hand dab-hand dactylic hexameter dactylic-hexameter dad band dad-band dad bod dad-bod dad dancing dad-dancing daddy longlegs daddy-longlegs dado rail dado-rail daily bread daily-bread daily paper daily-paper daily passenger daily-passenger dairy farm dairy-farm dairy-free dairy-free daisy dukes daisy-dukes dalgona coffee dalgona-coffee dally with sb dally-with-sb dally with sth dally-with-sth dam sth up dam-sth-up damage limitation damage-limitation damn sb with faint praise damn-sb-with-faint-praise damp course damp-course damp squib damp-squib damp sth down damp-sth-down dance attendance on sb dance-attendance-on-sb dance floor dance-floor dance hall dance-hall dance music dance-music dance studio dance-studio dance to sb's tune dance-to-sb-s-tune danger list danger-list danger money danger-money dangling participle dangling-participle Danish pastry danish-pastry dap sb up dap-sb-up dapple grey dapple-grey dappled grey dappled-grey daren't daren-t dark chocolate dark-chocolate dark glasses dark-glasses dark horse dark-horse dark l dark-l dark matter dark-matter dark meat dark-meat dark mode dark-mode dark money dark-money dark theme dark-theme dark web dark-web darn tootin' darn-tootin darning needle darning-needle dash cam dash-cam dash sb's hopes dash-sb-s-hopes dash sth off dash-sth-off dashboard camera dashboard-camera data bank data-bank data capture data-capture data centre data-centre data dump data-dump data farming data-farming data mining data-mining data processing data-processing data projector data-projector data science data-science data scientist data-scientist data scraping data-scraping data visualization data-visualization data-driven data-driven date back date-back date from sth date-from-sth date night date-night date range date-range date rape date-rape dating agency dating-agency daughter-in-law daughter-in-law dawn chorus dawn-chorus dawn on sb dawn-on-sb day bed day-bed day boy day-boy day care day-care day girl day-girl day in day out day-in-day-out day job day-job day nursery day-nursery day of reckoning day-of-reckoning Day of the Dead day-of-the-dead day patient day-patient day pupil day-pupil day release day-release day return day-return day school day-school day student day-student day trip day-trip Day-Glo day-glo day-to-day day-to-day day-tripper day-tripper daylight robbery daylight-robbery daylight saving time daylight-saving-time de facto de-facto de haut en bas de-haut-en-bas de jure de-jure de nos jours de-nos-jours de rigueur de-rigueur de trop de-trop de-escalate de-escalate de-ice de-ice de-icer de-icer de-stress de-stress dead air dead-air dead ball dead-ball dead cat bounce dead-cat-bounce dead duck dead-duck dead end dead-end dead heat dead-heat dead language dead-language dead leg dead-leg dead letter dead-letter dead loss dead-loss dead men tell no tales dead-men-tell-no-tales dead name dead-name dead reckoning dead-reckoning dead ringer dead-ringer dead weight dead-weight dead white male dead-white-male dead wood dead-wood dead zone dead-zone dead-end job dead-end-job dead-on dead-on deadly nightshade deadly-nightshade deaf aid deaf-aid deaf-blind deaf-blind deaf-blindness deaf-blindness deaf-mute deaf-mute deal in sth deal-in-sth deal with sb deal-with-sb deal with sth deal-with-sth Dear John letter dear-john-letter dearness allowance dearness-allowance death camp death-camp death cap death-cap death certificate death-certificate death duty death-duty death knell death-knell death mask death-mask death row death-row death sentence death-sentence death spiral death-spiral death squad death-squad death stare death-stare death throes death-throes death toll death-toll death trap death-trap death warrant death-warrant death wish death-wish death's head death-s-head death-defying death-defying deathwatch beetle deathwatch-beetle debating team debating-team debit card debit-card debit column debit-column debt of honour debt-of-honour debt relief debt-relief debt restructuring debt-restructuring decide on sth/sb decide-on-sth-sb decimal currency decimal-currency decimal place decimal-place decimal point decimal-point decimal system decimal-system decision desk decision-desk decision sciences decision-sciences declarative sentence declarative-sentence declare for/against sth declare-for-against-sth decompression chamber decompression-chamber decompression sickness decompression-sickness decree absolute decree-absolute decree nisi decree-nisi deed box deed-box deed poll deed-poll deep clean deep-clean deep dive deep-dive deep down deep-down deep freeze deep-freeze deep in thought deep-in-thought deep learning deep-learning deep linking deep-linking deep pockets deep-pockets deep state deep-state deep tissue massage deep-tissue-massage deep vein thrombosis deep-vein-thrombosis deep web deep-web deep-fried deep-fried deep-fry deep-fry deep-sea deep-sea deep-seated deep-seated deep-set deep-set deep-water deep-water default to sth default-to-sth defence mechanism defence-mechanism defense mechanism defense-mechanism defensive architecture defensive-architecture defer to sb/sth defer-to-sb-sth deficiency disease deficiency-disease defining moment defining-moment defining vocabulary defining-vocabulary definite article definite-article definite maybe definite-maybe déjà vu deja-vu delayed sleep phase pattern delayed-sleep-phase-pattern delaying tactics delaying-tactics Delhi belly delhi-belly delight in sth delight-in-sth delirium tremens delirium-tremens delivery room delivery-room delusions of grandeur delusions-of-grandeur delve into sth delve-into-sth demarcation dispute demarcation-dispute demerara sugar demerara-sugar demolition ball demolition-ball demolition derby demolition-derby demyelinating disease demyelinating-disease den mother den-mother denatured alcohol denatured-alcohol denial of service denial-of-service denim jacket denim-jacket dental dam dental-dam dental floss dental-floss dental hygienist dental-hygienist dental practitioner dental-practitioner dental practitioner/surgeon dental-practitioner-surgeon dental surgeon dental-surgeon dentigerous cyst dentigerous-cyst Denver boot denver-boot deoxyribonucleic acid deoxyribonucleic-acid depart from sth depart-from-sth depart this life depart-this-life department store department-store departure lounge departure-lounge depend on/upon sb/sth depend-on-upon-sb-sth dependent clause dependent-clause dependent variable dependent-variable deportation order deportation-order deposit account deposit-account deposit bottle deposit-bottle deposit bottle/can deposit-bottle-can deposit can deposit-can deprive sb of your company deprive-sb-of-your-company depth charge depth-charge derive from sth derive-from-sth derogate from sth derogate-from-sth derring-do derring-do des res des-res descant recorder descant-recorder descend from sth descend-from-sth descend into sth descend-into-sth descend on/upon sb/sth descend-on-upon-sb-sth descend to sth descend-to-sth desert boot desert-boot desert island desert-island designated driver designated-driver designer baby designer-baby designer drug designer-drug designer socialist designer-socialist designer stubble designer-stubble desk clerk desk-clerk desk job desk-job desk research desk-research desk tidy desk-tidy desktop publishing desktop-publishing dessert wine dessert-wine destructive interference destructive-interference detail shop detail-shop detail-orientated detail-orientated detective chief inspector detective-chief-inspector detective inspector detective-inspector detective work detective-work detention centre detention-centre detoxification centre detoxification-centre detract from sth detract-from-sth deus ex machina deus-ex-machina development area development-area devil's advocate devil-s-advocate devil's food cake devil-s-food-cake devil-may-care devil-may-care devils on horseback devils-on-horseback devolve sth to sb devolve-sth-to-sb devote sth to sth/sb devote-sth-to-sth-sb Dewey decimal system dewey-decimal-system dewy-eyed dewy-eyed diabetes mellitus diabetes-mellitus dial tone dial-tone dial-up dial-up dialling code dialling-code dialling tone dialling-tone dialog box dialog-box diamond anniversary diamond-anniversary diamond in the rough diamond-in-the-rough diamond jubilee diamond-jubilee diamond wedding anniversary diamond-wedding-anniversary diaper rash diaper-rash dick pic dick-pic dicky bird dicky-bird dicky bow dicky-bow dictate to sb dictate-to-sb didn't didn-t die a/the death die-a-the-death die away die-away die cutting die-cutting die down die-down die hard die-hard die of shame die-of-shame die off die-off die out die-out die-cast die-cast die-in die-in dietary fibre dietary-fibre differential calculus differential-calculus differential gear differential-gear diffuse reflection diffuse-reflection dig (deep) into your pocket(s)/resources/savings dig-deep-into-your-pocket-s-resources-savings dig (sth) into sb/sth dig-sth-into-sb-sth dig (yourself) in dig-yourself-in dig in dig-in dig sb/sth out dig-sb-sth-out dig sth out dig-sth-out dig sth up dig-sth-up dig your heels in dig-your-heels-in dig your own grave dig-your-own-grave dig yourself into a hole dig-yourself-into-a-hole digestive system digestive-system digestive tract digestive-tract digital age digital-age digital audio broadcasting digital-audio-broadcasting digital audio tape digital-audio-tape digital badge digital-badge digital camera digital-camera digital citizen digital-citizen digital citizenship digital-citizenship digital detox digital-detox digital divide digital-divide digital immigrant digital-immigrant digital native digital-native digital object identifier digital-object-identifier digital personal assistant digital-personal-assistant digital radio digital-radio digital signature digital-signature digital zoom digital-zoom digiti quinti varus digiti-quinti-varus Dijon mustard dijon-mustard dilate on/upon sth dilate-on-upon-sth dilated cardiomyopathy dilated-cardiomyopathy dilly-dally dilly-dally dim and distant dim-and-distant dim sum dim-sum dim-witted dim-witted dime novel dime-novel diminished responsibility diminished-responsibility diminishing returns diminishing-returns dimmer switch dimmer-switch din sth into sb din-sth-into-sb dine on/upon sth dine-on-upon-sth dine out dine-out dine out on sth dine-out-on-sth ding-a-ling ding-a-ling ding-dong ding-dong dining car dining-car dining hall dining-hall dining room dining-room dining table dining-table dinner dance dinner-dance dinner jacket dinner-jacket dinner party dinner-party dinner service dinner-service dinner time dinner-time dip (sth) in/dip (sth) into sth dip-sth-in-dip-sth-into-sth dip a/your toe in (the water) dip-a-your-toe-in-the-water dip dye dip-dye dip into sth dip-into-sth dip switch dip-switch diploma mill diploma-mill diplomatic bag diplomatic-bag diplomatic corps diplomatic-corps diplomatic immunity diplomatic-immunity diplomatic relations diplomatic-relations dipsy-doodle dipsy-doodle direct action direct-action direct current direct-current direct debit direct-debit direct deposit direct-deposit direct election direct-election direct free kick direct-free-kick direct hit direct-hit direct mail direct-mail direct message direct-message direct object direct-object direct speech direct-speech direct tax direct-tax direct taxation direct-taxation director general director-general Director of Public Prosecutions director-of-public-prosecutions director's cut director-s-cut directors' box directors-box Directory Enquiries directory-enquiries dirt bike dirt-bike dirt cheap dirt-cheap dirt poor dirt-poor dirt road dirt-road dirt track dirt-track dirty blonde dirty-blonde dirty bomb dirty-bomb dirty martini dirty-martini dirty old man dirty-old-man dirty tricks dirty-tricks dirty weekend dirty-weekend dirty word dirty-word dirty your hands dirty-your-hands disability living allowance disability-living-allowance disagree with sb disagree-with-sb disappear off the face of the earth disappear-off-the-face-of-the-earth disappear/vanish into thin air disappear-vanish-into-thin-air disaster area disaster-area disc brake disc-brake disc jockey disc-jockey disco ball disco-ball disco nap disco-nap discount store discount-store discount warehouse discount-warehouse discourse analysis discourse-analysis discourse marker discourse-marker discretion is the better part of valour discretion-is-the-better-part-of-valour dish (sth) up dish-sth-up dish detergent dish-detergent dish rack dish-rack dish soap dish-soap dish sth out dish-sth-out dishonourable discharge dishonourable-discharge dishwater blonde dishwater-blonde disk drive disk-drive disk jockey disk-jockey dispatch box dispatch-box dispatch rider dispatch-rider dispense with sth/sb dispense-with-sth-sb dispensing optician dispensing-optician displaced person displaced-person displacement activity displacement-activity disposable income disposable-income dispose of sb/sth dispose-of-sb-sth dissociate yourself from sth dissociate-yourself-from-sth dissolve into tears/laughter dissolve-into-tears-laughter distance education distance-education distance learning distance-learning distance multiplier distance-multiplier distance yourself from sth distance-yourself-from-sth distilled water distilled-water distracted driver distracted-driver distracted driving distracted-driving distraction burglar distraction-burglar distraction burglary distraction-burglary distraction theft distraction-theft distraction thief distraction-thief district attorney district-attorney district nurse district-nurse dive in/dive into sth dive-in-dive-into-sth dive-bomb dive-bomb dive-bomber dive-bomber divest sb of sth divest-sb-of-sth divide/split (sth) down the middle divide-split-sth-down-the-middle divided highway divided-highway diving bell diving-bell diving board diving-board division lobby division-lobby division of labour division-of-labour division sign division-sign divvy sth up divvy-sth-up DJ booth dj-booth do (all) the donkey work do-all-the-donkey-work do (sth) up do-sth-up do a disappearing/vanishing act do-a-disappearing-vanishing-act do a good/bad job do-a-good-bad-job do a moonlight flit do-a-moonlight-flit do a number on sb do-a-number-on-sb do a roaring trade do-a-roaring-trade do a runner do-a-runner do as you think best do-as-you-think-best do as you would be done by do-as-you-would-be-done-by do away with sb do-away-with-sb do away with sth do-away-with-sth do battle do-battle do bird do-bird do for sb/sth do-for-sb-sth do it do-it do justice to sb/sth do-justice-to-sb-sth do justice to yourself do-justice-to-yourself do me/us a favour! do-me-us-a-favour do more harm than good do-more-harm-than-good do nicely do-nicely do or die do-or-die do sb a power of good do-sb-a-power-of-good do sb a service do-sb-a-service do sb down do-sb-down do sb in do-sb-in do sb out of sth do-sb-out-of-sth do sb over do-sb-over do sb proud do-sb-proud do sb the world of good do-sb-the-world-of-good do sb's dirty work do-sb-s-dirty-work do sb's head in do-sb-s-head-in do sb/yourself a mischief do-sb-yourself-a-mischief do something, nothing, etc. for/to sb do-something-nothing-etc-for-to-sb do sth for a bet do-sth-for-a-bet do sth off your own bat do-sth-off-your-own-bat do sth out do-sth-out do sth over do-sth-over do the business do-the-business do the dirty on sb do-the-dirty-on-sb do the dirty work do-the-dirty-work do the double over sb do-the-double-over-sb do the full monty do-the-full-monty do the honours do-the-honours do the job do-the-job do the trick do-the-trick do without (sth) do-without-sth do you hear? do-you-hear do you want to make something/anything of it? do-you-want-to-make-something-anything-of-it (do you) know/see what I'm saying? do-you-know-see-what-i-m-saying (do you) see what I mean? do-you-see-what-i-mean do your homework do-your-homework do your level best do-your-level-best do your nut do-your-nut do your own thing do-your-own-thing do your stuff do-your-stuff do your worst do-your-worst do yourself an injury do-yourself-an-injury do yourself in do-yourself-in do-gooder do-gooder do-it-yourself do-it-yourself do-rag do-rag do/make a good/bad job of sth do-make-a-good-bad-job-of-sth do/try your utmost do-try-your-utmost dob sb in dob-sb-in Doc Martens doc-martens docking station docking-station doctor's orders doctor-s-orders Dodgem (car) dodgem-car doe foot applicator doe-foot-applicator doer-upper doer-upper does a bear/do bears shit in the woods? does-a-bear-do-bears-shit-in-the-woods does what it says on the tin does-what-it-says-on-the-tin doesn't doesn-t doff your hat to sb/sth doff-your-hat-to-sb-sth dog biscuit dog-biscuit dog collar dog-collar dog days dog-days dog paddle dog-paddle dog tag dog-tag dog whistle dog-whistle dog-eared dog-eared dog-eat-dog dog-eat-dog dog-tired dog-tired doggy bag doggy-bag doggy paddle doggy-paddle dole sth out dole-sth-out doll yourself up doll-yourself-up doll's house doll-s-house doll's pram doll-s-pram dollar sign dollar-sign dollar store dollar-store dolled up dolled-up dolly bird dolly-bird dolly mixture dolly-mixture domain name domain-name dome tent dome-tent domestic abuse domestic-abuse domestic animal domestic-animal domestic appliance domestic-appliance domestic goddess domestic-goddess domestic science domestic-science domestic violence domestic-violence Don Juan don-juan don't don-t don't ask me don-t-ask-me don't bet on it don-t-bet-on-it don't count your chickens before they're hatched don-t-count-your-chickens-before-they-re-hatched don't get mad, get even don-t-get-mad-get-even don't get me wrong don-t-get-me-wrong don't give me that! don-t-give-me-that don't give up the day job! don-t-give-up-the-day-job don't hold your breath idiom1 don-t-hold-your-breath don't make me laugh! don-t-make-me-laugh don't mention it! don-t-mention-it don't mind me don-t-mind-me don't shoot the messenger don-t-shoot-the-messenger don't worry your pretty little head don-t-worry-your-pretty-little-head don't you dare don-t-you-dare done for done-for done in done-in done up/dressed up like a dog's dinner done-up-dressed-up-like-a-dog-s-dinner done/dressed (up) to the nines done-dressed-up-to-the-nines döner kebab doner-kebab donkey jacket donkey-jacket donkey's years donkey-s-years donor card donor-card donut hole donut-hole doo-doo doo-doo door knocker door-knocker door-to-door door-to-door dope test dope-test doped up doped-up Doppler effect doppler-effect dormitory suburb dormitory-suburb dormitory town dormitory-town doss around doss-around dot matrix printer dot-matrix-printer dot the i's and cross the t's dot-the-i-s-and-cross-the-t-s dote on sb dote-on-sb dotted line dotted-line double (sb) up/over double-sb-up-over double (up) as sth double-up-as-sth double act double-act double agent double-agent double back double-back double bass double-bass double bed double-bed double bill double-bill double bind double-bind double bluff double-bluff double bond double-bond double chin double-chin double cream double-cream double Dutch double-dutch double entendre double-entendre double entry bookkeeping double-entry-bookkeeping double fault double-fault double feature double-feature double glazing double-glazing double helix double-helix double jeopardy double-jeopardy double major double-major double negative double-negative double or quits double-or-quits double play double-play double prime double-prime double room double-room double spacing double-spacing double standard double-standard double take double-take double threat double-threat double time double-time double trouble double-trouble double up double-up double vision double-vision double whammy double-whammy double whole note double-whole-note double yellow line double-yellow-line double(-page) spread double-page-spread double-action double-action double-barrelled double-barrelled double-barrelled name double-barrelled-name double-blind double-blind double-book double-book double-breasted double-breasted double-check double-check double-click double-click double-cross double-cross double-dealing double-dealing double-decker double-decker double-digit double-digit double-dip double-dip double-edged double-edged double-glaze double-glaze double-header double-header double-jointed double-jointed double-park double-park double-quick double-quick double-space double-space double-spaced double-spaced double-talk double-talk double-team double-team doubting Thomas doubting-thomas doughnut hole doughnut-hole dove grey dove-grey Dow Jones dow-jones down in one down-in-one down jacket down-jacket down payment down-payment down sb's way down-sb-s-way down the drain down-the-drain down the hatch! down-the-hatch down the road/line/track down-the-road-line-track down the toilet down-the-toilet down to the wire down-to-the-wire down tools down-tools down under down-under down vest down-vest down with...! down-with Down's syndrome down-s-syndrome (down) in the dumps down-in-the-dumps (down) to the last ... down-to-the-last down-and-dirty down-and-dirty down-and-out down-and-out down-at-heel down-at-heel down-ballot down-ballot down-low down-low down-to-earth down-to-earth downhill skiing downhill-skiing Downing Street downing-street downward dog downward-dog doze off doze-off Dr Martens dr-martens draft board draft-board draft dodger draft-dodger draft sb in draft-sb-in drafting table drafting-table drag lift drag-lift drag queen drag-queen drag race drag-race drag racing drag-racing drag sb away drag-sb-away drag sb down drag-sb-down drag sb into sth drag-sb-into-sth drag sb's name through the mire/mud drag-sb-s-name-through-the-mire-mud drag sth out drag-sth-out drag sth out of sb drag-sth-out-of-sb drag your heels/feet drag-your-heels-feet dragon boat dragon-boat dragon fruit dragon-fruit dragoon sb into sth dragoon-sb-into-sth drain (sth) away drain-sth-away drainage basin drainage-basin draining board draining-board drama documentary drama-documentary drama queen drama-queen dramatic irony dramatic-irony dramatic monologue dramatic-monologue dramatis personae dramatis-personae draped all over sb draped-all-over-sb draught excluder draught-excluder draw a blank draw-a-blank draw a veil over sth draw-a-veil-over-sth draw back draw-back draw breath draw-breath draw in draw-in draw on sth draw-on-sth draw sb into sth draw-sb-into-sth draw sb out draw-sb-out draw sth down draw-sth-down draw sth off draw-sth-off draw sth out draw-sth-out draw sth up draw-sth-up draw the line draw-the-line draw yourself up draw-yourself-up draw/get the short straw draw-get-the-short-straw draw/pull in your horns draw-pull-in-your-horns drawing board drawing-board drawing pin drawing-pin drawing room drawing-room drawn-out drawn-out dreaded lurgy dreaded-lurgy dream about/of sth dream-about-of-sth dream sequence dream-sequence dream sth up dream-sth-up dream team dream-team dream ticket dream-ticket dredge sth up dredge-sth-up dress circle dress-circle dress code dress-code dress down dress-down dress pants dress-pants dress rehearsal dress-rehearsal dress sense dress-sense dress shirt dress-shirt dress shoe dress-shoe dress sth up dress-sth-up dress up dress-up dress-up box dress-up-box dress/look/act the part dress-look-act-the-part dressed (up) to the nines dressed-up-to-the-nines dressed to kill dressed-to-kill dressing gown dressing-gown dressing room dressing-room dressing table dressing-table dressing-down dressing-down dressing-up box dressing-up-box dried fruit dried-fruit dried milk dried-milk drift apart drift-apart drift net drift-net drift off drift-off drift with the tide drift-with-the-tide drill down drill-down drink (sth) up drink-sth-up drink like a fish drink-like-a-fish drink problem drink-problem drink sb under the table drink-sb-under-the-table drink sth in drink-sth-in drink to sth drink-to-sth drink, laugh, etc. yourself silly drink-laugh-etc-yourself-silly drink-driving drink-driving drinking fountain drinking-fountain drinking game drinking-game drinking problem drinking-problem drinking water drinking-water drinking-up time drinking-up-time drinks machine drinks-machine drip coffee drip-coffee drip, drip(, drip) drip-drip-drip drip-dry drip-dry drive a coach and horses through sth drive-a-coach-and-horses-through-sth drive a hard bargain drive-a-hard-bargain drive a wedge between sb drive-a-wedge-between-sb drive at sth drive-at-sth drive off drive-off drive sb around the bend drive-sb-around-the-bend drive sb potty drive-sb-potty drive sb to drink drive-sb-to-drink drive sb up the wall drive-sb-up-the-wall drive shaft drive-shaft drive time drive-time drive your message/point home drive-your-message-point-home drive-by drive-by drive-in drive-in drive-through drive-through drive/hammer sth home drive-hammer-sth-home drive/send sb to an early grave drive-send-sb-to-an-early-grave drive/work yourself into the ground drive-work-yourself-into-the-ground driver's license driver-s-license driving licence driving-licence driving school driving-school driving test driving-test drizzle cake drizzle-cake drone on drone-on drone strike drone-strike drool over sb/sth drool-over-sb-sth drop a brick/clanger drop-a-brick-clanger drop ball drop-ball drop behind drop-behind drop by/in drop-by-in drop dead! drop-dead drop everything drop-everything drop it/the subject drop-it-the-subject drop kick drop-kick drop like flies drop-like-flies drop off drop-off drop out drop-out drop sb/sth like a hot potato drop-sb-sth-like-a-hot-potato drop sb/sth off drop-sb-sth-off drop scone drop-scone drop the ball drop-the-ball drop your aitches drop-your-aitches drop-down menu drop-down-menu drop-in drop-in drop-leaf table drop-leaf-table drop/fall/sink like a stone drop-fall-sink-like-a-stone drop/lower your guard drop-lower-your-guard dropped kerb dropped-kerb drown in sth drown-in-sth drown sth out drown-sth-out drown your sorrows drown-your-sorrows drug dealer drug-dealer drug dealing drug-dealing drug test drug-test drug testing drug-testing drum and bass drum-and-bass drum kit drum-kit drum machine drum-machine drum major drum-major drum majorette drum-majorette drum sb out of sth drum-sb-out-of-sth drum sth into sb drum-sth-into-sb drum sth up drum-sth-up drunk as a lord drunk-as-a-lord drunk dial drunk-dial drunk driver drunk-driver drunk driving drunk-driving drunk tank drunk-tank dry (sb/sth) off dry-sb-sth-off dry (sth) out dry-sth-out dry aged dry-aged dry aging dry-aging dry dock dry-dock dry goods dry-goods dry ice dry-ice dry January dry-january dry land dry-land dry needling dry-needling dry out dry-out dry rot dry-rot dry run dry-run dry shampoo dry-shampoo dry slope dry-slope dry sth up dry-sth-up dry up dry-up dry your eyes dry-your-eyes dry-clean dry-clean dry-cleaner's dry-cleaner-s dry-cleaning dry-cleaning dry-eyed dry-eyed drystone wall drystone-wall dual carriageway dual-carriageway dual sensory dual-sensory dual-purpose dual-purpose duck face duck-face duck out of sth duck-out-of-sth duck-billed platypus duck-billed-platypus duckpin bowling duckpin-bowling duct tape duct-tape ductless gland ductless-gland dude ranch dude-ranch due date due-date due diligence due-diligence due process due-process duff sb up duff-sb-up duffel bag duffel-bag duffel coat duffel-coat dull-witted dull-witted dumb show dumb-show dumb sth down dumb-sth-down dumb terminal dumb-terminal dumb waiter dumb-waiter dumb-ass dumb-ass dumbing-down dumbing-down dumdum bullet dumdum-bullet Dumfries and Galloway dumfries-and-galloway dummy run dummy-run dump truck dump-truck dumper truck dumper-truck dumping ground dumping-ground Dumpster diving dumpster-diving dumpster fire dumpster-fire dunce's cap dunce-s-cap Dundee cake dundee-cake Dundee City dundee-city Dunkirk spirit dunkirk-spirit durable goods durable-goods durum wheat durum-wheat dust bowl dust-bowl dust bunny dust-bunny dust devil dust-devil dust jacket dust-jacket dust mite dust-mite dust sth off dust-sth-off dust storm dust-storm dust tea dust-tea dust-up dust-up dustbin bag dustbin-bag duster coat duster-coat Dutch auction dutch-auction Dutch baby dutch-baby Dutch cap dutch-cap Dutch courage dutch-courage Dutch crunch dutch-crunch Dutch elm disease dutch-elm-disease Dutch oven dutch-oven duty of care duty-of-care duty-free duty-free duvet coat duvet-coat duvet cover duvet-cover duvet day duvet-day duvet jacket duvet-jacket dwarf planet dwarf-planet dwell on sth dwell-on-sth dyed-in-the-wool dyed-in-the-wool dynamic equilibrium dynamic-equilibrium dynamic pricing dynamic-pricing dysfunctional uterine bleeding dysfunctional-uterine-bleeding E ink e-ink E number e-number E, e e-e e-bank e-bank e-banking e-banking e-bike e-bike e-blast e-blast e-book e-book e-business e-business e-cash e-cash e-cigarette e-cigarette e-commerce e-commerce E-FIT e-fit e-learning e-learning e-liquid e-liquid e-paper e-paper e-prescribing e-prescribing e-reader e-reader e-sports e-sports e-tailer e-tailer e-ticket e-ticket e-zine e-zine E. coli e-coli e.g. e-g each other each-other eager beaver eager-beaver eagle eye eagle-eye eagle-eyed eagle-eyed ear canal ear-canal ear cuff ear-cuff ear defenders ear-defenders ear drops ear-drops ear flap ear-flap ear gauge ear-gauge ear trumpet ear-trumpet ear, nose, and throat ear-nose-and-throat ear-piercing ear-piercing ear-splitting ear-splitting Earl Grey earl-grey early adopter early-adopter early bird early-bird early childhood education early-childhood-education early hours early-hours early music early-music early to bed and early to rise (makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise) early-to-bed-and-early-to-rise-makes-a-man-healthy-wealthy-and-wise early warning system early-warning-system early-closing day early-closing-day early-stage early-stage early-term early-term earn/get/score brownie points earn-get-score-brownie-points ears are flapping ears-are-flapping earth colour earth-colour earth mother earth-mother earth science earth-science earth tone earth-tone earth-shattering earth-shattering ease sb out ease-sb-out ease sb's mind ease-sb-s-mind ease up/off ease-up-off easier said than done easier-said-than-done East Ayrshire east-ayrshire East Dunbartonshire east-dunbartonshire East Ender east-ender East Lothian east-lothian East Renfrewshire east-renfrewshire East Sussex east-sussex East Timor east-timor East Timorese east-timorese East Yorkshire east-yorkshire Easter Day easter-day Easter egg easter-egg Easter egg hunt easter-egg-hunt Easter Sunday easter-sunday Eastern Standard Time eastern-standard-time easy chair easy-chair easy come, easy go easy-come-easy-go easy does it! easy-does-it easy listening easy-listening easy money easy-money easy on the eye/ear easy-on-the-eye-ear easy option easy-option easy-care easy-care easy-going easy-going easy-peasy easy-peasy eat (sth) up eat-sth-up eat away at sb eat-away-at-sb eat away at sth eat-away-at-sth eat humble pie eat-humble-pie eat in eat-in eat into sth eat-into-sth eat like a bird eat-like-a-bird eat like a horse eat-like-a-horse eat out eat-out eat sb alive eat-sb-alive eat sb for breakfast eat-sb-for-breakfast eat sb out of house and home eat-sb-out-of-house-and-home eat up sth eat-up-sth eat your heart out eat-your-heart-out eat your words eat-your-words eaten up with/by sth eaten-up-with-by-sth eating apple eating-apple eating disorder eating-disorder eau de cologne eau-de-cologne ebb and flow ebb-and-flow ebb tide ebb-tide Ebola virus ebola-virus Ebstein's anomaly ebstein-s-anomaly echo chamber echo-chamber echo down/through the ages echo-down-through-the-ages echo sounder echo-sounder eco-audit eco-audit eco-auditor eco-auditor eco-footprint eco-footprint eco-friendly eco-friendly eco-label eco-label eco-labelling eco-labelling eco-warrior eco-warrior ecological footprint ecological-footprint economic abuse economic-abuse economic migrant economic-migrant economical with the truth economical-with-the-truth economy class economy-class economy drive economy-drive economy pack economy-pack economy-class syndrome economy-class-syndrome economy-size economy-size ectopic pregnancy ectopic-pregnancy edge case edge-case edit sth out edit-sth-out editor-at-large editor-at-large educated guess educated-guess education voucher education-voucher educational technology educational-technology Edwards' syndrome edwards-syndrome eff off! eff-off efficiency apartment efficiency-apartment efficiency room efficiency-room egg cream egg-cream egg cup egg-cup egg flip egg-flip egg roll egg-roll egg sb on egg-sb-on egg timer egg-timer egg white egg-white egg yolk egg-yolk egg-and-spoon race egg-and-spoon-race eggs Benedict eggs-benedict ego trip ego-trip Ehlers-Danlos syndrome ehlers-danlos-syndrome eighth note eighth-note Eisenmenger syndrome eisenmenger-syndrome either-or either-or ejection seat ejection-seat eke sth out eke-sth-out El Clásico el-clasico El Niño el-nino El Salvador el-salvador elastic band elastic-band elbow bump elbow-bump elbow grease elbow-grease elbow room elbow-room elbow sb out elbow-sb-out elder care elder-care elder statesman elder-statesman election campaign election-campaign election day election-day elective dictatorship elective-dictatorship electoral college electoral-college electoral register electoral-register electoral vote electoral-vote electric blanket electric-blanket electric blue electric-blue electric eel electric-eel electric fence electric-fence electric field electric-field electric field intensity electric-field-intensity electric heater electric-heater electric razor electric-razor electric shock electric-shock electrical engineer electrical-engineer electrical outlet electrical-outlet electrical storm electrical-storm electroconvulsive therapy electroconvulsive-therapy electrolytic cell electrolytic-cell electromotive force electromotive-force electron microscope electron-microscope electronic banking electronic-banking electronic book electronic-book electronic bracelet electronic-bracelet electronic footprint electronic-footprint electronic mail electronic-mail electronic mailbox electronic-mailbox electronic monitoring electronic-monitoring electronic organizer electronic-organizer electronic publishing electronic-publishing electronic tag electronic-tag electronic tagging electronic-tagging electroshock therapy electroshock-therapy electrovalent bond electrovalent-bond elementary particle elementary-particle elementary school elementary-school elephant corduroy elephant-corduroy elephant ear elephant-ear elephant seal elephant-seal elevator club elevator-club elevator music elevator-music elevator pitch elevator-pitch elimination reaction elimination-reaction elimination tournament elimination-tournament em dash em-dash em rule em-rule emanate from/through sth/sb emanate-from-through-sth-sb embark on/upon sth embark-on-upon-sth embedded system embedded-system emergency blanket emergency-blanket emergency brake emergency-brake emergency contraception emergency-contraception emergency cord emergency-cord emergency medical technician emergency-medical-technician emergency room emergency-room emergency services emergency-services emery board emery-board éminence grise eminence-grise emotional blackmail emotional-blackmail emotional intelligence emotional-intelligence emotional support animal emotional-support-animal employment agency employment-agency empty calories empty-calories empty into sth empty-into-sth empty nest syndrome empty-nest-syndrome empty nester empty-nester empty set empty-set empty-handed empty-handed empty-headed empty-headed en bloc en-bloc en dash en-dash en masse en-masse en passant en-passant en route en-route en rule en-rule en suite en-suite enamour sb to sb enamour-sb-to-sb encore career encore-career encroach on/upon sth encroach-on-upon-sth end it (all) end-it-all end of end-of end of story end-of-story end product end-product end result end-result end up end-up end user end-user end zone end-zone end-of-life end-of-life end-of-season end-of-season end-of-terrace end-of-terrace end-stage end-stage end-to-end end-to-end endear sb to sb endear-sb-to-sb endocrine disruptor endocrine-disruptor endocrine gland endocrine-gland endoplasmic reticulum endoplasmic-reticulum endothermic reaction endothermic-reaction endowment mortgage endowment-mortgage endowment policy endowment-policy endurance rider endurance-rider endurance riding endurance-riding energy bar energy-bar energy drink energy-drink energy security energy-security energy-efficient energy-efficient enfant terrible enfant-terrible engage in sth engage-in-sth engagement ring engagement-ring engine driver engine-driver engine room engine-room English breakfast english-breakfast English breakfast tea english-breakfast-tea English Canadian english-canadian English Channel english-channel English horn english-horn English medicine english-medicine English muffin english-muffin enlarge on/upon sth enlarge-on-upon-sth entente cordiale entente-cordiale enter a convent enter-a-convent enter into sth enter-into-sth enter on/upon sth enter-on-upon-sth enterprise culture enterprise-culture enterprise zone enterprise-zone entrance exam entrance-exam entrance fee entrance-fee entrance poll entrance-poll entre nous entre-nous entry level entry-level environmental determinism environmental-determinism environmental health environmental-health environmentally friendly environmentally-friendly epiretinal membrane epiretinal-membrane epoch-making epoch-making epoxy resin epoxy-resin Epsom salts epsom-salts equal marriage equal-marriage equal opportunity equal-opportunity equal protection equal-protection equal sign equal-sign equate to sth equate-to-sth Equatorial Guinea equatorial-guinea Equatorial Guinean equatorial-guinean erectile dysfunction erectile-dysfunction erector muscle erector-muscle err on the side of caution err-on-the-side-of-caution errand boy errand-boy errand of mercy errand-of-mercy error message error-message escape artist escape-artist escape hatch escape-hatch escape key escape-key escape room escape-room escort agency escort-agency esprit de corps esprit-de-corps essay mill essay-mill essential oil essential-oil essential services essential-services Essex girl essex-girl estate agency estate-agency estate agent estate-agent Estuary English estuary-english et al. et-al et cetera et-cetera eternal student eternal-student eternal triangle eternal-triangle eternity ring eternity-ring ethanoic acid ethanoic-acid ethical vegan ethical-vegan ethical veganism ethical-veganism ethnic cleansing ethnic-cleansing ethnic minority ethnic-minority ethyl alcohol ethyl-alcohol Eton mess eton-mess European night european-night European plan european-plan Eustachian tube eustachian-tube evaporated milk evaporated-milk evaporating dish evaporating-dish eve-teasing eve-teasing even (sth) out even-sth-out even-handed even-handed even-money even-money even-tempered even-tempered evening class evening-class evening dress evening-dress evening primrose evening-primrose event horizon event-horizon ever and anon ever-and-anon ever-loving ever-loving ever-present ever-present every cloud has a silver lining every-cloud-has-a-silver-lining every dog has its day every-dog-has-its-day every inch every-inch every inch of sth/somewhere every-inch-of-sth-somewhere every minute every-minute every nook and corner every-nook-and-corner every nook and cranny every-nook-and-cranny every picture tells a story every-picture-tells-a-story every trick in the book every-trick-in-the-book (every) now and then/again every-now-and-then-again everything but/except the kitchen sink everything-but-except-the-kitchen-sink everything under the sun everything-under-the-sun evidence-based evidence-based ex ante ex-ante ex cathedra ex-cathedra ex gratia ex-gratia ex officio ex-officio ex vivo ex-vivo ex-directory ex-directory ex-husband ex-husband ex-libris ex-libris ex-serviceman ex-serviceman ex-servicewoman ex-servicewoman ex-wife ex-wife except that except-that excess baggage excess-baggage excess deaths excess-deaths excess mortality excess-mortality exchange rate exchange-rate exchange words exchange-words exclamation mark exclamation-mark exclamatory sentence exclamatory-sentence excuse/pardon my French! excuse-pardon-my-french executive box executive-box executive privilege executive-privilege executive producer executive-producer executive summary executive-summary exercise ball exercise-ball exercise bike exercise-bike exercise book exercise-book exercise sb's mind exercise-sb-s-mind exhaust fan exhaust-fan exhaust pipe exhaust-pipe exhibition match exhibition-match exit poll exit-poll exit strategy exit-strategy exothermic reaction exothermic-reaction exotic dancer exotic-dancer expand on sth expand-on-sth expanded polystyrene expanded-polystyrene expense account expense-account expert system expert-system explain sth away explain-sth-away explode into sth explode-into-sth explosive cyclogenesis explosive-cyclogenesis explosive ordnance disposal explosive-ordnance-disposal expose sb to sth expose-sb-to-sth extended family extended-family extension lead extension-lead external examination external-examination external examiner external-examiner extra time extra-time extra-rare extra-rare extraordinary rendition extraordinary-rendition extrasensory perception extrasensory-perception extreme sport extreme-sport eye candy eye-candy eye contact eye-contact eye level eye-level eye sb up eye-sb-up eye shadow eye-shadow eye socket eye-socket eye sth up eye-sth-up eye-catching eye-catching eye-opener eye-opener eye-opening eye-opening eye-watering eye-watering eyeball to eyeball eyeball-to-eyeball eyes meet eyes-meet eyes out on stalks eyes-out-on-stalks F, f f-f f-bomb f-bomb face covering face-covering face cream face-cream face mask face-mask face pack face-pack face paint face-paint face painting face-painting face powder face-powder face shield face-shield face the music face-the-music face up to sth face-up-to-sth face value face-value face washer face-washer face-saving face-saving face-to-face face-to-face facial recognition facial-recognition facial recognition software facial-recognition-software fact sheet fact-sheet fact-check fact-check fact-checking fact-checking fact-finding fact-finding factor sth in factor-sth-in factory farming factory-farming factory floor factory-floor factory ship factory-ship factory shop factory-shop fade (sth) in fade-sth-in fade (sth) out fade-sth-out fade away fade-away faff about/around faff-about-around fag hag fag-hag fagged out fagged-out fail-safe fail-safe failed state failed-state faint heart never won fair lady/maiden faint-heart-never-won-fair-lady-maiden fair copy fair-copy fair dinkum fair-dinkum fair game fair-game fair go fair-go Fair Isle fair-isle fair play fair-play fair sth out fair-sth-out fair to middling fair-to-middling fair trade fair-trade fair-haired boy fair-haired-boy fair-minded fair-minded fair-weather friend fair-weather-friend fairly traded fairly-traded fairy bread fairy-bread fairy cake fairy-cake fairy floss fairy-floss fairy godmother fairy-godmother fairy lights fairy-lights fairy tale fairy-tale fait accompli fait-accompli faith can move mountains faith-can-move-mountains faith healer faith-healer faith healing faith-healing faith school faith-school faith-based faith-based fake news fake-news fake tan fake-tan fall about fall-about fall apart fall-apart fall away fall-away fall back fall-back fall back on sth fall-back-on-sth fall behind fall-behind fall between two stools fall-between-two-stools fall by the wayside fall-by-the-wayside fall down fall-down fall down on sth fall-down-on-sth fall flat fall-flat fall for sb fall-for-sb fall for sth fall-for-sth fall for sth hook, line, and sinker fall-for-sth-hook-line-and-sinker fall foul of sb fall-foul-of-sb fall foul of sth fall-foul-of-sth fall from grace fall-from-grace fall from sth fall-from-sth fall guy fall-guy fall in fall-in fall in line fall-in-line fall in love fall-in-love fall in with sb fall-in-with-sb fall in with sth fall-in-with-sth fall into place fall-into-place fall into sb's arms fall-into-sb-s-arms fall into sth fall-into-sth fall into the wrong hands fall-into-the-wrong-hands fall into the/sb's trap fall-into-the-sb-s-trap fall off fall-off fall off the wagon fall-off-the-wagon fall off your perch fall-off-your-perch fall on deaf ears fall-on-deaf-ears fall on hard times fall-on-hard-times fall on sb fall-on-sb fall on stony ground fall-on-stony-ground fall on/upon sb fall-on-upon-sb fall on/upon sth fall-on-upon-sth fall out fall-out fall over fall-over fall over sth/sb fall-over-sth-sb fall over yourself fall-over-yourself fall prey/victim to sth/sb fall-prey-victim-to-sth-sb fall short fall-short fall through fall-through fall to fall-to fall to sb fall-to-sb fall/slip through the cracks fall-slip-through-the-cracks fallen idol fallen-idol fallen woman fallen-woman falling star falling-star falling-off falling-off falling-out falling-out fallopian tube fallopian-tube fallout shelter fallout-shelter fallow deer fallow-deer false accounting false-accounting false alarm false-alarm false dawn false-dawn false economy false-economy false flag false-flag false friend false-friend false hopes false-hopes false imprisonment false-imprisonment false memory false-memory false memory syndrome false-memory-syndrome false modesty false-modesty false move false-move false positive false-positive false start false-start false teeth false-teeth familiarity breeds contempt familiarity-breeds-contempt familiarize yourself with sth familiarize-yourself-with-sth family allowance family-allowance family circle family-circle family credit family-credit family doctor family-doctor family liaison officer family-liaison-officer family man family-man family name family-name family planning family-planning family practice family-practice family practitioner family-practitioner family room family-room family tree family-tree family values family-values family-friendly family-friendly famous last words famous-last-words fan belt fan-belt fan club fan-club fan favorite fan-favorite fan heater fan-heater fan mail fan-mail fan out fan-out fan park fan-park fan the flames fan-the-flames fan zone fan-zone fancy dress fancy-dress fancy man/woman fancy-man-woman fancy sb's chances fancy-sb-s-chances fancy-free fancy-free Fannie Mae fannie-mae fanny pack fanny-pack fans' favourite fans-favourite fantasy fiction fantasy-fiction fantasy football fantasy-football fantasy sport fantasy-sport far from the madding crowd far-from-the-madding-crowd far gone far-gone far out far-out far post far-post far-fetched far-fetched far-flung far-flung far-off far-off far-reaching far-reaching far-sighted far-sighted far-sightedness far-sightedness farm box farm-box farm sb out farm-sb-out farm sth out farm-sth-out farm-to-table farm-to-table farmer's lung farmer-s-lung farmers' market farmers-market fart around fart-around fashion show fashion-show fashion statement fashion-statement fashion victim fashion-victim fashion-conscious fashion-conscious fashion-forward fashion-forward fast fashion fast-fashion fast food fast-food fast food restaurant fast-food-restaurant fast lane fast-lane fast link fast-link fast track fast-track fast-breeder reactor fast-breeder-reactor fast-forward fast-forward fast-pitch softball fast-pitch-softball fast-talk fast-talk fast-talker fast-talker fast-twitch fast-twitch fasten on/upon sth fasten-on-upon-sth fat bike fat-bike fat cat fat-cat fat chance fat-chance fat finger fat-finger fat suit fat-suit fat tax fat-tax fat-free fat-free fat-shame fat-shame fat-shaming fat-shaming fatal accident inquiry fatal-accident-inquiry fatality rate fatality-rate Father Christmas father-christmas father confessor father-confessor father figure father-figure father-in-law father-in-law fatten sb/sth up fatten-sb-sth-up fatty acid fatty-acid fault line fault-line faute de mieux faute-de-mieux faux pas faux-pas fava bean fava-bean favorite son favorite-son favour sb with sth favour-sb-with-sth favourite son favourite-son fawn on/upon sb fawn-on-upon-sb fawn over/on sb fawn-over-on-sb fear for sb/sth fear-for-sb-sth fear the worst fear-the-worst feasibility study feasibility-study feast on sth feast-on-sth feast your eyes on sth/sb feast-your-eyes-on-sth-sb feather boa feather-boa feather duster feather-duster feather your own nest feather-your-own-nest feature-length feature-length fed up fed-up fed up to the back teeth fed-up-to-the-back-teeth federal district federal-district federal holiday federal-holiday fee-paying fee-paying feeble-minded feeble-minded feed off/on sth feed-off-on-sth feed sb a line feed-sb-a-line feed sb to the lions feed-sb-to-the-lions feed sb/sth up feed-sb-sth-up feed-in tariff feed-in-tariff feeder club feeder-club feeding frenzy feeding-frenzy feeding station feeding-station feel for sb feel-for-sb feel free feel-free feel hard done-by feel-hard-done-by feel it in your bones feel-it-in-your-bones feel like a new woman/man feel-like-a-new-woman-man feel sb up feel-sb-up feel sb/sth out feel-sb-sth-out feel the pinch feel-the-pinch feel your age feel-your-age feel your way feel-your-way feel-good feel-good fell runner fell-runner fell running fell-running fell walker fell-walker fell walking fell-walking fellow feeling fellow-feeling fellow man/men fellow-man-men felt pen felt-pen felt-tip felt-tip female genital mutilation female-genital-mutilation feminine hygiene feminine-hygiene femme fatale femme-fatale fence sb in fence-sb-in fence sth in fence-sth-in fence sth off fence-sth-off fence-mending fence-mending fence-sitter fence-sitter fend for yourself fend-for-yourself fend sb off fend-sb-off fend sth off fend-sth-off fender bender fender-bender feng shui feng-shui fennec fox fennec-fox ferret sth out ferret-sth-out Ferris wheel ferris-wheel fertile ground for sth fertile-ground-for-sth fess up fess-up fetal position fetal-position fetch and carry for sb fetch-and-carry-for-sb fetch up fetch-up fever pitch fever-pitch fiber optics fiber-optics fiber-optic cable fiber-optic-cable Fibonacci number fibonacci-number Fibonacci sequence fibonacci-sequence fibre optics fibre-optics fibre-optic cable fibre-optic-cable fibre-tip fibre-tip fiddle (around) with sth fiddle-around-with-sth fiddle around fiddle-around fiddle while Rome burns fiddle-while-rome-burns fidget spinner fidget-spinner field day field-day field event field-event field glasses field-glasses field goal field-goal field hockey field-hockey field house field-house field lines field-lines field marshal field-marshal field of play field-of-play field trip field-trip fifth column fifth-column fifth-columnist fifth-columnist fifty-fifty fifty-fifty fig leaf fig-leaf figgy pudding figgy-pudding fight a losing battle fight-a-losing-battle fight back fight-back fight fire with fire fight-fire-with-fire fight it out fight-it-out fight like cat and dog fight-like-cat-and-dog fight shy of fight-shy-of fight song fight-song fight tooth and nail fight-tooth-and-nail fight your corner fight-your-corner fight-or-flight fight-or-flight fighter pilot fighter-pilot fighting chance fighting-chance fighting fit fighting-fit fighting spirit fighting-spirit fighting words fighting-words figure of eight figure-of-eight figure of fun figure-of-fun figure of speech figure-of-speech figure skating figure-skating figure sth/sb out figure-sth-sb-out figure-hugging figure-hugging file cabinet file-cabinet file directory file-directory file extension file-extension file for sth file-for-sth file sharing file-sharing filet mignon filet-mignon filing cabinet filing-cabinet fill (sth) up fill-sth-up fill in fill-in fill out fill-out fill sb in fill-sb-in fill sb up fill-sb-up fill sth in/out fill-sth-in-out fill your boots fill-your-boots fill/fit the bill fill-fit-the-bill fillet steak fillet-steak filling station filling-station film director film-director film noir film-noir film over film-over film star film-star filo pastry filo-pastry filter bed filter-bed filter bubble filter-bubble filter coffee filter-coffee filter in filter-in filter paper filter-paper filter tip filter-tip fin-de-siècle fin-de-siecle final demand final-demand final whistle final-whistle financial abuse financial-abuse financial adviser financial-adviser financial plan financial-plan financial services financial-services financial technology financial-technology financial year financial-year find (sth) out find-sth-out find a way find-a-way find it in your heart to do sth find-it-in-your-heart-to-do-sth find out/see how the land lies find-out-see-how-the-land-lies find sb out find-sb-out find your feet find-your-feet find your own level find-your-own-level find your voice find-your-voice finders keepers (losers weepers) finders-keepers-losers-weepers fine art fine-art fine dining fine-dining fine print fine-print fine-tooth comb fine-tooth-comb fine-tune fine-tune fines herbes fines-herbes finger bowl finger-bowl finger buffet finger-buffet finger chip finger-chip finger food finger-food finger lime finger-lime finger-pointing finger-pointing fingerless glove fingerless-glove fingertip search fingertip-search finish (sth) up finish-sth-up finish line finish-line finish sb off finish-sb-off finish sb/sth off finish-sb-sth-off finish sth off finish-sth-off finish up finish-up finish with sb finish-with-sb finish with sth finish-with-sth finishing line1 finishing-line finishing school finishing-school fink on sb fink-on-sb fink out fink-out Finno-Ugric finno-ugric fire a (warning) shot across sb's bow fire-a-warning-shot-across-sb-s-bow fire alarm fire-alarm fire and brimstone fire-and-brimstone fire blanket fire-blanket fire brigade fire-brigade fire department fire-department fire dog fire-dog fire door fire-door fire drill fire-drill fire engine fire-engine fire escape fire-escape fire extinguisher fire-extinguisher fire hydrant fire-hydrant fire in your belly fire-in-your-belly fire marshal fire-marshal fire plug fire-plug fire sale fire-sale fire sb up fire-sb-up fire starter fire-starter fire station fire-station fire sth off fire-sth-off fire sth up fire-sth-up fire truck fire-truck fire-eater fire-eater fire-raising fire-raising fireman's lift fireman-s-lift firing squad firing-squad firm sth up firm-sth-up first aid first-aid first aid kit first-aid-kit first among equals first-among-equals first and foremost first-and-foremost first and last first-and-last first base first-base first class first-class first come, first served first-come-first-served first cousin first-cousin first eleven first-eleven First Fleeter first-fleeter first fruit first-fruit first gentleman first-gentleman first lady first-lady first language first-language first light first-light first mate first-mate first minister first-minister First Minister's Questions first-minister-s-questions first name first-name First Nation first-nation first night first-night first offender first-offender first officer first-officer first people first-people first principles first-principles first quarter first-quarter first refusal first-refusal first responder first-responder first strike first-strike first team first-team first things first first-things-first first touch first-touch first-aider first-aider first-degree first-degree first-degree burn first-degree-burn first-line treatment first-line-treatment first-past-the-post first-past-the-post first-rate first-rate first-time buyer first-time-buyer first-wave first-wave first-world problem first-world-problem fiscal year fiscal-year fish and chips fish-and-chips fish farm fish-farm fish finger fish-finger fish in troubled waters fish-in-troubled-waters fish kettle fish-kettle fish knife fish-knife fish oil fish-oil fish or cut bait fish-or-cut-bait fish slice fish-slice fish sth out fish-sth-out fish stick fish-stick fish supper fish-supper fish tank fish-tank fisheye lens fisheye-lens fishing line fishing-line fishing rod fishing-rod fist pump fist-pump fit in fit-in fit in with sth fit-in-with-sth fit sb up fit-sb-up fit sb/sth in fit-sb-sth-in fit sth out fit-sth-out fit sth up fit-sth-up fit the bill fit-the-bill fit to be tied fit-to-be-tied fit to burst fit-to-burst fit to drop fit-to-drop fitness ball fitness-ball fitness centre fitness-centre fitness tracker fitness-tracker fitness trampoline fitness-trampoline fitted carpet fitted-carpet fitting room fitting-room five o'clock shadow five-o-clock-shadow five-a-side football five-a-side-football five-bar gate five-bar-gate five-hole five-hole five-star five-star fix sb up fix-sb-up fix sth up fix-sth-up fixed assets fixed-assets fixed penalty fixed-penalty fixed star fixed-star fixed-term fixed-term fixed-wing fixed-wing fixer-upper fixer-upper fizzle out fizzle-out fl oz fl-oz flag day flag-day flag of convenience flag-of-convenience flag sth/sb down flag-sth-sb-down flag-waving flag-waving flak jacket flak-jacket flake out flake-out flaky pastry flaky-pastry flame test flame-test flame-retardant flame-retardant flank steak flank-steak flare-up flare-up flash back flash-back flash card flash-card flash drive flash-drive flash flood flash-flood flash sth around flash-sth-around flash-freeze flash-freeze flash-fry flash-fry flat back four flat-back-four flat chat flat-chat flat feet flat-feet flat lay flat-lay flat out2 flat-out flat racing flat-racing flat rate flat-rate flat screen flat-screen flat tax flat-tax flat tyre flat-tyre flat white flat-white flat-chested flat-chested flat-footed flat-footed flat-leaf parsley flat-leaf-parsley flatbed scanner flatbed-scanner flattery will get you nowhere flattery-will-get-you-nowhere flavor enhancer flavor-enhancer flavour enhancer flavour-enhancer flavour of the month flavour-of-the-month flaxseed oil flaxseed-oil flay sb alive flay-sb-alive flea collar flea-collar flea market flea-market fleet admiral fleet-admiral Fleet Street fleet-street flesh sth out flesh-sth-out flesh tunnel flesh-tunnel flesh wound flesh-wound flesh-coloured flesh-coloured fleur-de-lis fleur-de-lis flex your muscles flex-your-muscles flexible sigmoidoscopy flexible-sigmoidoscopy flexible working flexible-working flick factor flick-factor flick knife flick-knife flick on flick-on flick sth on flick-sth-on flick sth on/off flick-sth-on-off flick through sth flick-through-sth flight attendant flight-attendant flight deck flight-deck flight lieutenant flight-lieutenant flight mode flight-mode flight of fancy flight-of-fancy flight path flight-path flight recorder flight-recorder flight risk flight-risk flight sergeant flight-sergeant flight simulator flight-simulator flinch from sth/doing sth flinch-from-sth-doing-sth fling sth on/off fling-sth-on-off fling sth/sb out fling-sth-sb-out fling up your hands fling-up-your-hands fling yourself at sb fling-yourself-at-sb fling yourself into sth fling-yourself-into-sth flip (your lid) flip-your-lid flip chart flip-chart flip out flip-out flip side flip-side flip through sth flip-through-sth flip-flop flip-flop flip/give sb the bird flip-give-sb-the-bird flipped classroom flipped-classroom flirt with sth flirt-with-sth float around float-around float sb a loan float-sb-a-loan float sb's boat float-sb-s-boat float therapy float-therapy floating floor floating-floor floating shelf floating-shelf floating voter floating-voter flock wallpaper flock-wallpaper flog a dead horse flog-a-dead-horse flog sth to death flog-sth-to-death flog yourself to death flog-yourself-to-death flood sth with sth flood-sth-with-sth flood tide flood-tide floor cloth floor-cloth floor hockey floor-hockey floor it floor-it floor lamp floor-lamp floor plan floor-plan floor show floor-show floor-filler floor-filler floor-length floor-length floor-to-ceiling floor-to-ceiling flora and fauna flora-and-fauna flower arranging flower-arranging flower bed flower-bed flower child flower-child flower power flower-power fluff sth up fluff-sth-up fluid ounce fluid-ounce flunk out flunk-out flush sb out flush-sb-out flush sb/sth out flush-sb-sth-out flush sth out flush-sth-out flushed with success flushed-with-success flutter your eyelashes flutter-your-eyelashes fly agaric fly-agaric fly around fly-around fly at sb/sth fly-at-sb-sth fly fishing fly-fishing fly in the face of sth fly-in-the-face-of-sth fly in the ointment fly-in-the-ointment fly into a rage fly-into-a-rage fly off the handle fly-off-the-handle fly on the wall fly-on-the-wall fly-by-night fly-by-night fly-by-wire fly-by-wire fly-drive holiday fly-drive-holiday fly-poster fly-poster fly-posting fly-posting fly-tip fly-tip fly-tipping fly-tipping flying boat flying-boat flying buttress flying-buttress flying doctor flying-doctor flying fish flying-fish flying fox flying-fox flying picket flying-picket flying saucer flying-saucer flying squad flying-squad flying squirrel flying-squirrel flying start flying-start flying suit flying-suit flying visit flying-visit foam board foam-board foam pie foam-pie foam rubber foam-rubber fob sb off fob-sb-off fob sth off on sb fob-sth-off-on-sb focal length focal-length focal point focal-point focal segmental glomerulosclerosis focal-segmental-glomerulosclerosis focus (sth) on sb/sth focus-sth-on-sb-sth focus group focus-group foetal position foetal-position fog bank fog-bank fog light fog-light fog machine fog-machine fog up fog-up foie gras foie-gras foist sth on sb foist-sth-on-sb fold sth in/fold sth into something fold-sth-in-fold-sth-into-something folic acid folic-acid folk art folk-art folk etymology folk-etymology folk hero folk-hero folk medicine folk-medicine folk memory folk-memory folk rock folk-rock folk song folk-song folk tale folk-tale follow (sth) through follow-sth-through follow in sb's footsteps follow-in-sb-s-footsteps follow on follow-on follow sth up follow-sth-up follow the crowd follow-the-crowd follow through follow-through follow your nose follow-your-nose follow-my-leader follow-my-leader follow-up follow-up follow/steer/take the middle course/way/path follow-steer-take-the-middle-course-way-path fondue set fondue-set food additive food-additive food baby food-baby food bank food-bank food chain food-chain food court food-court food group food-group food insecurity food-insecurity food miles food-miles food pantry food-pantry food poisoning food-poisoning food poverty food-poverty food processor food-processor food security food-security food stamp food-stamp food technology food-technology food truck food-truck food web food-web food-insecure food-insecure fooding and lodging fooding-and-lodging fool around fool-around fool with sth fool-with-sth fool's errand fool-s-errand fool's gold fool-s-gold fool's paradise fool-s-paradise foot fault foot-fault foot soldier foot-soldier foot traffic foot-traffic foot-and-mouth foot-and-mouth football boot football-boot football player football-player football pools football-pools football pyramid football-pyramid footballer's wife footballer-s-wife for (good) luck for-good-luck for a laugh for-a-laugh for a man/woman/person of his/her years for-a-man-woman-person-of-his-her-years for a song for-a-song for all sb cares/knows for-all-sb-cares-knows for all the difference sth makes for-all-the-difference-sth-makes for all the world for-all-the-world for all you are worth for-all-you-are-worth for anything (in the world) for-anything-in-the-world for better or (for) worse for-better-or-for-worse for crying out loud! for-crying-out-loud for dear life for-dear-life for good measure for-good-measure for instance for-instance for its own sake for-its-own-sake for love nor money for-love-nor-money for luck for-luck for my money for-my-money for old times' sake for-old-times-sake for one for-one for starters for-starters for that matter for-that-matter for the better for-the-better for the heck of it for-the-heck-of-it for the hell of it for-the-hell-of-it for the life of you for-the-life-of-you for the rest for-the-rest for the worse for-the-worse for toffee for-toffee for what it's worth for-what-it-s-worth for years for-years forbidden fruit forbidden-fruit force multiplier force-multiplier force sb's hand force-sb-s-hand force-feed force-feed force/ram sth down sb's throat force-ram-sth-down-sb-s-throat forced marriage forced-marriage foregone conclusion foregone-conclusion foreign affairs foreign-affairs foreign aid foreign-aid Foreign and Commonwealth Office foreign-and-commonwealth-office foreign exchange foreign-exchange foreign liquor foreign-liquor foreign policy foreign-policy Foreign Secretary foreign-secretary foreign-returned foreign-returned forensic accountant forensic-accountant forensic accounting forensic-accounting forest fire forest-fire forest ranger forest-ranger forewarned is forearmed forewarned-is-forearmed forge ahead forge-ahead forget it forget-it forget-me-not forget-me-not fork out sth fork-out-sth fork over/up sth fork-over-up-sth forked tongue forked-tongue forklift truck forklift-truck form room form-room form-fitting form-fitting formic acid formic-acid Fort Knox fort-knox fortified wine fortified-wine fortune cookie fortune-cookie fortune hunter fortune-hunter fortune smiles on sb fortune-smiles-on-sb fortune teller fortune-teller forty winks forty-winks forward observer forward-observer forward slash forward-slash forward thinking forward-thinking forward-looking forward-looking forwarding address forwarding-address fossil fuel fossil-fuel fossil record fossil-record Foucault pendulum foucault-pendulum foul (sth) up foul-sth-up foul ball foul-ball foul play foul-play foul shot foul-shot foul throw foul-throw foul-mouthed foul-mouthed foul-up foul-up foundation course foundation-course foundation stone foundation-stone founder member founder-member founding father founding-father fountain pen fountain-pen four five one four-five-one four four two four-four-two four three two one four-three-two-one four-by-four four-by-four four-eyes four-eyes four-four time four-four-time four-leaf clover four-leaf-clover four-letter word four-letter-word four-oh-four four-oh-four four-poster bed four-poster-bed four-square four-square four-star four-star four-wheel drive four-wheel-drive four-wheeler four-wheeler fourth official fourth-official fourth wall fourth-wall fox hunt fox-hunt fox hunting fox-hunting fox in the box fox-in-the-box fox terrier fox-terrier fractional distillation fractional-distillation frag bomb frag-bomb fragmentation bomb fragmentation-bomb frame rate frame-rate frame-up frame-up frat boy frat-boy fraternal twin fraternal-twin fraudulent accounting fraudulent-accounting fray around/at the edges fray-around-at-the-edges freak (sb) out freak-sb-out freak show freak-show freak-folk freak-folk freckle-faced freckle-faced Freddie Mac freddie-mac free agent free-agent free and clear free-and-clear free association free-association Free Church free-church free climber free-climber free climbing free-climbing free collective bargaining free-collective-bargaining free country free-country free enterprise free-enterprise free fall free-fall free gift free-gift free hand free-hand free house free-house free jazz free-jazz free kick free-kick free love free-love free market free-market free marketeer free-marketeer free of charge free-of-charge free pardon free-pardon free pass free-pass free port free-port free press free-press free radical free-radical free rein free-rein free running free-running free sb from/of sth free-sb-from-of-sth free school free-school free solo free-solo free soloing free-soloing free soloist free-soloist free speech free-speech free spirit free-spirit free throw free-throw free time free-time free trade free-trade free transfer free-transfer free verse free-verse free will free-will free-floating free-floating free-flowing free-flowing free-for-all free-for-all free-form free-form free-range free-range free-to-air free-to-air freedom fighter freedom-fighter Freedom Rider freedom-rider freestyle football freestyle-football freeze sb out freeze-sb-out freeze-dry freeze-dry freeze-frame freeze-frame freezer compartment freezer-compartment freezer pack freezer-pack freight car freight-car French bean french-bean French bread french-bread French Canadian french-canadian French disease french-disease French doors french-doors French dressing french-dressing French Foreign Legion french-foreign-legion French fry french-fry French horn french-horn French kiss french-kiss French knickers french-knickers French letter french-letter French loaf french-loaf French manicure french-manicure French Polynesia french-polynesia French press french-press French stick french-stick French tip french-tip French toast french-toast French tuck french-tuck French windows french-windows french-polish french-polish frequent flier frequent-flier fresh water fresh-water fresh-faced fresh-faced freshen (sb/sth) up freshen-sb-sth-up freshen sth up freshen-sth-up Freudian slip freudian-slip frictional unemployment frictional-unemployment fridge magnet fridge-magnet fridge-freezer fridge-freezer friend with benefits friend-with-benefits friendly fire friendly-fire friendly society friendly-society Friends of the Earth friends-of-the-earth friendship group friendship-group frig around frig-around frighten sb into sth frighten-sb-into-sth frighten sb/sth away/off frighten-sb-sth-away-off frighten/scare sb out 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from-under-your-nose from/out of nowhere from-out-of-nowhere from/since the year dot from-since-the-year-dot fromage frais fromage-frais front bench front-bench front door front-door front end front-end front for sth front-for-sth front room front-room front seat front-seat front-loader front-loader front-of-house front-of-house front-page front-page front-runner front-runner front-wheel drive front-wheel-drive frontal lobotomy frontal-lobotomy frontal system frontal-system frou-frou frou-frou frown on/upon sth frown-on-upon-sth fruit bat fruit-bat fruit fly fruit-fly fruit leather fruit-leather fruit loop fruit-loop fruit loopery fruit-loopery fruit machine fruit-machine fruit salad fruit-salad fruits of the earth fruits-of-the-earth fry-up fry-up frying pan frying-pan Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy fuchs-endothelial-dystrophy fuck (sth) up fuck-sth-up fuck all fuck-all fuck around fuck-around fuck off fuck-off fuck sb around fuck-sb-around fuck sb off fuck-sb-off fuck you/them/it fuck-you-them-it fuck-up fuck-up fucked up fucked-up fuddy-duddy fuddy-duddy fuel cell fuel-cell fuel injection fuel-injection fuel poverty fuel-poverty fuel rod fuel-rod fuel-efficient fuel-efficient fuel-poor fuel-poor fulfilment centre fulfilment-centre full beam full-beam full board full-board full English breakfast full-english-breakfast full house full-house full marks to sb full-marks-to-sb full moon full-moon full nelson full-nelson full steam ahead full-steam-ahead full stop full-stop full time full-time full-blooded full-blooded full-blown full-blown full-bodied full-bodied full-fashioned full-fashioned full-fat full-fat full-figured full-figured full-fledged full-fledged full-frontal full-frontal full-grown full-grown full-length full-length full-motion video full-motion-video full-on full-on full-page full-page full-scale full-scale full-service full-service full-term full-term fully comp fully-comp fully comprehensive fully-comprehensive fully fashioned fully-fashioned fully fledged fully-fledged fun fur fun-fur fun run fun-run fun sponge fun-sponge fun-loving fun-loving function as sth/sb function-as-sth-sb function key function-key function room function-room function word function-word functional food functional-food functional group functional-group functional illiteracy functional-illiteracy functional illiterate functional-illiterate functional skills functional-skills fundamental force fundamental-force funeral director funeral-director funeral home funeral-home funeral parlour funeral-parlour funnel cake funnel-cake funnel cloud funnel-cloud funnel-web funnel-web funnily enough funnily-enough funny bone funny-bone funny business funny-business funny ha-ha or funny peculiar? funny-ha-ha-or-funny-peculiar fur baby fur-baby fur seal fur-seal furnish sb with sth furnish-sb-with-sth further education further-education fuse box fuse-box fuss over sb/sth fuss-over-sb-sth future shock future-shock future value future-value future-proof future-proof 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gangsta-rap Gantt chart gantt-chart gap year gap-year gap-toothed gap-toothed garage sale garage-sale garam masala garam-masala garbage bag garbage-bag garbage can garbage-can garbage collector garbage-collector garbage disposal garbage-disposal garbage in, garbage out garbage-in-garbage-out garbage man garbage-man garbage truck garbage-truck garbanzo bean garbanzo-bean garden apartment garden-apartment garden centre garden-centre garden city garden-city garden flat garden-flat garden party garden-party garden-variety garden-variety gardening leave gardening-leave garlic bread garlic-bread garlic press garlic-press garment bag garment-bag garter belt garter-belt garter snake garter-snake gas (sth) up gas-sth-up gas and air gas-and-air gas cap gas-cap gas chamber gas-chamber gas fire gas-fire gas guzzler gas-guzzler gas mark gas-mark gas mask gas-mask gas pedal gas-pedal gas station gas-station gas tax gas-tax gas-fired gas-fired gas-permeable gas-permeable gastric band gastric-band 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gender questioning gender-questioning gender reassignment gender-reassignment gender reveal gender-reveal gender-blind gender-blind gender-fluid gender-fluid gender-neutral gender-neutral gene amplification gene-amplification gene editing gene-editing gene pool gene-pool gene silencing gene-silencing gene therapy gene-therapy General American general-american general anaesthetic general-anaesthetic general delivery general-delivery general election general-election General Equivalency Diploma general-equivalency-diploma general hospital general-hospital general knowledge general-knowledge general practice general-practice general practitioner general-practitioner general staff general-staff general store general-store general strike general-strike general-purpose general-purpose generalized anxiety disorder generalized-anxiety-disorder Generation X generation-x Generation Y generation-y generic brand generic-brand genetic code genetic-code genetic drift genetic-drift genetic engineering genetic-engineering genetic fingerprinting genetic-fingerprinting genetic modification genetic-modification genetically engineered genetically-engineered genetically modified genetically-modified genito-urinary genito-urinary genned up genned-up gentleman's agreement gentleman-s-agreement gently does it! gently-does-it geo-targeted geo-targeted geodesic dome geodesic-dome geomagnetic pole geomagnetic-pole geometric progression geometric-progression geostationary orbit geostationary-orbit germ cell germ-cell germ warfare germ-warfare German measles german-measles German shepherd german-shepherd gesture drawing gesture-drawing gesture politics gesture-politics get (sb) into sth get-sb-into-sth get (sb) off get-sb-off get (sb) off (sth) get-sb-off-sth get (sb) through sth get-sb-through-sth get (sb) up get-sb-up get (sb/sth) out get-sb-sth-out get (sth) off the ground get-sth-off-the-ground get (sth) through (to sb) get-sth-through-to-sb get a grip (on yourself) 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giant-killing giant-killing gift box gift-box gift receipt gift-receipt gift shop gift-shop gift token gift-token gift wrap gift-wrap gift-wrapped gift-wrapped gig economy gig-economy gild the lily gild-the-lily Gillet test gillet-test gilt-edged gilt-edged gin rummy gin-rummy ginger ale ginger-ale ginger beer ginger-beer ginger group ginger-group ginger snap ginger-snap ginger sth up ginger-sth-up ginger wine ginger-wine gingerbread man gingerbread-man gippy tummy gippy-tummy gird yourself gird-yourself girl Friday girl-friday Girl Guide girl-guide girl power girl-power Girl Scout girl-scout girlie swot girlie-swot give (sth) up give-sth-up give /quote sth/sb chapter and verse give-quote-sth-sb-chapter-and-verse give a dog a bad name give-a-dog-a-bad-name give and take give-and-take give as good as you get give-as-good-as-you-get give birth give-birth give chase give-chase give head give-head give in give-in give it a rest give-it-a-rest give me ... any day/every time! 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glued-to-the-spot gluten-free gluten-free glycaemic index glycaemic-index glycolic acid glycolic-acid GM food gm-food gnash your teeth gnash-your-teeth gnashing of teeth gnashing-of-teeth gnaw away at sth gnaw-away-at-sth go (all) round the houses go-all-round-the-houses go (and) jump in the lake go-and-jump-in-the-lake go (like/down) a bomb go-like-down-a-bomb go (off) without a hitch go-off-without-a-hitch go a bundle on sth go-a-bundle-on-sth go a long way go-a-long-way go a long way toward(s) doing sth go-a-long-way-toward-s-doing-sth go about sth go-about-sth go about your business go-about-your-business go above and beyond (sth) go-above-and-beyond-sth go after sb go-after-sb go after sth go-after-sth go against sb go-against-sb go against sth/sb go-against-sth-sb go against the flow go-against-the-flow go against the grain go-against-the-grain go ahead go-ahead go all out go-all-out go all the way go-all-the-way go along go-along go along with sth/sb go-along-with-sth-sb (go and) take a running jump go-and-take-a-running-jump go and... go-and go ape go-ape go around go-around go arse over tit/tip go-arse-over-tit-tip go at sb go-at-sb go at sth go-at-sth go away go-away go AWOL go-awol go back go-back go back a long way go-back-a-long-way go back on sth go-back-on-sth go back to sb go-back-to-sb go back to sleep! go-back-to-sleep go back to sth go-back-to-sth go back to the drawing board go-back-to-the-drawing-board go begging go-begging go belly up go-belly-up go by go-by go by sth go-by-sth go by the board go-by-the-board go by the book/do sth by the book go-by-the-book-do-sth-by-the-book go cap in hand to sb go-cap-in-hand-to-sb go commando go-commando go down go-down go down in the annals go-down-in-the-annals go down like a lead balloon go-down-like-a-lead-balloon go down on sb go-down-on-sb go down the gurgler go-down-the-gurgler go down the pan go-down-the-pan go down the tubes go-down-the-tubes go down the wrong way go-down-the-wrong-way go down with sth go-down-with-sth go downhill go-downhill go Dutch go-dutch go easy go-easy go far go-far go figure! go-figure go fish go-fish go fly a kite go-fly-a-kite go for broke go-for-broke go for it go-for-it go for sb go-for-sb go for sth go-for-sth go for the jugular go-for-the-jugular go from strength to strength go-from-strength-to-strength go gold go-gold go great guns go-great-guns go hand in hand with sth go-hand-in-hand-with-sth go hang (yourself) go-hang-yourself go hog wild go-hog-wild go in go-in go in for sth go-in-for-sth go in on sth go-in-on-sth go in one ear and out the other go-in-one-ear-and-out-the-other go into orbit go-into-orbit go into reverse go-into-reverse go into rhapsodies go-into-rhapsodies go into sth go-into-sth go into the stratosphere go-into-the-stratosphere go into/enter the church go-into-enter-the-church go it alone go-it-alone go like a bomb go-like-a-bomb go native go-native go nuts go-nuts go off go-off go off on a tangent go-off-on-a-tangent go off on one go-off-on-one go off sb/sth go-off-sb-sth go off the boil go-off-the-boil go off the deep end go-off-the-deep-end go off the rails go-off-the-rails go off with sb go-off-with-sb go off with sth go-off-with-sth go off-piste go-off-piste go on go-on go on record go-on-record go on sth go-on-sth go on the block go-on-the-block go on the stage go-on-the-stage go one better go-one-better go out go-out go out (of) the window go-out-of-the-window go out for sth go-out-for-sth go out like a light go-out-like-a-light go out of your way go-out-of-your-way go out to sb go-out-to-sb go over go-over go over sb's head go-over-sb-s-head go over sth go-over-sth go over to sth go-over-to-sth go overboard go-overboard go pear-shaped go-pear-shaped go places go-places go play with yourself! go-play-with-yourself go pop go-pop go postal go-postal go public (with sth) go-public-with-sth go public go-public go round go-round go round (somewhere) go-round-somewhere go round sth go-round-sth go shares go-shares go stag go-stag go steady on sth go-steady-on-sth go the distance go-the-distance go the extra mile go-the-extra-mile go the whole hog go-the-whole-hog go through go-through go through a bad/difficult/rough/sticky patch go-through-a-bad-difficult-rough-sticky-patch go through fire and water go-through-fire-and-water go through sth go-through-sth go through the floor go-through-the-floor go through the motions go-through-the-motions go through the roof go-through-the-roof go through the wringer/put sb through the wringer go-through-the-wringer-put-sb-through-the-wringer go through with sth go-through-with-sth go to bat for sb go-to-bat-for-sb go to bed with sb go-to-bed-with-sb go to blazes go-to-blazes go to great lengths go-to-great-lengths go to hell and back go-to-hell-and-back go to hell go-to-hell go to sb go-to-sb go to sb's head go-to-sb-s-head go to sleep go-to-sleep go to the bad go-to-the-bad go to the bathroom go-to-the-bathroom go to the country go-to-the-country go to the devil go-to-the-devil go to the dogs go-to-the-dogs go to the stake for sth go-to-the-stake-for-sth go to the wall go-to-the-wall go to town go-to-town go together go-together go too far go-too-far go under go-under go under the knife go-under-the-knife go up go-up go up in flames go-up-in-flames go up to sth go-up-to-sth go walkabout go-walkabout go west go-west go with a bang go-with-a-bang go with sb go-with-sb go with sb/sth go-with-sb-sth go with sth go-with-sth go with the flow go-with-the-flow go without (sth) go-without-sth go your (own) separate ways go-your-own-separate-ways go your own (sweet) way go-your-own-sweet-way go your own/separate way go-your-own-separate-way go-between go-between go-cart go-cart go-getter go-getter go-getting go-getting go-go go-go go-go dancer go-go-dancer go-juice go-juice go-kart go-kart go-karting go-karting go-slow go-slow go-to go-to go/be back to square one go-be-back-to-square-one go/be run to ground 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goalmouth-scramble gobble sth up gobble-sth-up gobs of sth gobs-of-sth God bless (you)! god-bless-you God forbid god-forbid God help sb god-help-sb God helps those who help themselves god-helps-those-who-help-themselves God knows god-knows God only knows god-only-knows God slot god-slot God willing god-willing God's gift god-s-gift God's truth god-s-truth god-awful god-awful God-fearing god-fearing God-given god-given God/Christ almighty! god-christ-almighty goggle-box goggle-box goggle-eyed goggle-eyed going away going-away going on going-on going-out-of-business sale going-out-of-business-sale going-over going-over goings-on goings-on goji berry goji-berry gold card gold-card Gold Coast gold-coast gold command gold-command gold digger gold-digger gold disc gold-disc gold dust gold-dust gold leaf gold-leaf gold medal gold-medal gold mine gold-mine gold plate gold-plate gold reserve gold-reserve gold rush gold-rush gold standard gold-standard Gold Star gold-star gold-plated gold-plated golden age golden-age golden anniversary golden-anniversary golden boy golden-boy golden boy/girl golden-boy-girl golden eagle golden-eagle golden generation golden-generation golden girl golden-girl golden goal golden-goal golden goose golden-goose golden handcuffs golden-handcuffs golden handshake golden-handshake golden hello golden-hello golden hour golden-hour golden jubilee golden-jubilee golden parachute golden-parachute golden raisin golden-raisin golden ratio golden-ratio golden retriever golden-retriever golden rule golden-rule golden syrup golden-syrup golden wedding anniversary golden-wedding-anniversary goldfish bowl goldfish-bowl golf ball golf-ball golf club golf-club golf course golf-course good afternoon good-afternoon good and ... good-and good and proper good-and-proper good day good-day good evening good-evening good for you! good-for-you Good Friday good-friday good heavens/grief/gracious! good-heavens-grief-gracious good job! good-job good looks good-looks good money good-money good morning good-morning good name good-name good night good-night good old boy good-old-boy good show good-show good things come in small packages good-things-come-in-small-packages good-faith good-faith good-for-nothing good-for-nothing good-hearted good-hearted good-humoured good-humoured good-looking good-looking good-natured good-natured good-time girl good-time-girl good/bad karma good-bad-karma good/great/lovely stuff! good-great-lovely-stuff goodbye to sth goodbye-to-sth Goodness/God/Heaven/Christ knows goodness-god-heaven-christ-knows goods and chattels goods-and-chattels goods-producing goods-producing goody bag goody-bag goody-goody goody-goody goof around goof-around goof off goof-off googly eyes googly-eyes goose step goose-step Gordian knot gordian-knot Gordon Bennett gordon-bennett Gorlin's syndrome gorlin-s-syndrome gossip column gossip-column got it in one! got-it-in-one gouge sth out gouge-sth-out government-backed government-backed government-chartered government-chartered government-owned government-owned government-sponsored government-sponsored governor general governor-general grab at sth/sb grab-at-sth-sb grab bag grab-bag grab rail grab-rail grab-and-go grab-and-go grace period grace-period grade boundary grade-boundary grade crossing grade-crossing grade school grade-school grade-point average grade-point-average graded reader graded-reader graduate school graduate-school graduated cylinder graduated-cylinder graham cracker graham-cracker gram flour gram-flour grammar school grammar-school Granary Bread granary-bread grand jury grand-jury grand old age grand-old-age grand opera grand-opera grand piano grand-piano grand prix grand-prix grand slam grand-slam grand total grand-total grand tour grand-tour grande dame grande-dame grandfather clock grandfather-clock granny flat granny-flat granny knot granny-knot grant-maintained school grant-maintained-school graph paper graph-paper graphic arts graphic-arts graphic design graphic-design graphic designer graphic-designer graphic novel graphic-novel graphical user interface graphical-user-interface graphics card graphics-card grapple with sb grapple-with-sb grapple with sth grapple-with-sth grappling iron grappling-iron grasp at sth grasp-at-sth grasp the nettle grasp-the-nettle grass on sb grass-on-sb grass skirt grass-skirt grass sth over grass-sth-over grass widow grass-widow grateful/thankful for small mercies grateful-thankful-for-small-mercies grave (accent) grave-accent gravel pit gravel-pit graven image graven-image Graves' disease graves-disease graveyard shift graveyard-shift gravitate towards/to sth/sb gravitate-towards-to-sth-sb gravy boat gravy-boat gravy train gravy-train gray area gray-area gray eminence gray-eminence gray matter gray-matter gray water gray-water grease monkey grease-monkey grease sb's palm grease-sb-s-palm greaseproof paper greaseproof-paper greasy spoon greasy-spoon great ape great-ape Great Britain great-britain great minds think alike great-minds-think-alike Great Recession great-recession (great) with child great-with-child great-aunt great-aunt great-grandchild great-grandchild great-granddaughter great-granddaughter great-grandfather great-grandfather great-grandmother great-grandmother great-grandparent great-grandparent great-grandson great-grandson great-uncle great-uncle Greater London greater-london Greater Manchester greater-manchester greatest common factor greatest-common-factor greedy guts greedy-guts Greek cross greek-cross green audit green-audit green bean green-bean green belt green-belt green burial green-burial green card green-card green fingers green-fingers green onion green-onion Green Paper green-paper green pepper green-pepper green room green-room green salad green-salad green screen green-screen green shoots green-shoots green tea green-tea green thumb green-thumb green wall green-wall green-fingered green-fingered green-light green-light green-thumbed green-thumbed greener pastures greener-pastures greenhouse gas greenhouse-gas Greenwich Mean Time greenwich-mean-time greet/welcome sb with open arms greet-welcome-sb-with-open-arms greetings card greetings-card Gregorian chant gregorian-chant grey area grey-area grey eminence grey-eminence grey matter grey-matter grey seal grey-seal grey water grey-water grey zone grey-zone grid reference grid-reference grief tourist grief-tourist grievous bodily harm grievous-bodily-harm grill pan grill-pan grin and bear it grin-and-bear-it grin/smile from ear to ear grin-smile-from-ear-to-ear grind sb down grind-sb-down grind sth into sth grind-sth-into-sth grind sth out grind-sth-out grind the faces of the poor grind-the-faces-of-the-poor grind to a halt/standstill grind-to-a-halt-standstill grip lit grip-lit Gripe Water gripe-water grit your teeth grit-your-teeth grizzly bear grizzly-bear groan with/under (the weight of) sth groan-with-under-the-weight-of-sth grocer's grocer-s grope for sth grope-for-sth gross domestic product gross-domestic-product gross receipts gross-receipts gross sb out gross-sb-out gross-out gross-out ground ball ground-ball ground beef ground-beef ground cover ground-cover ground crew ground-crew ground frost ground-frost ground level ground-level ground plan ground-plan ground rent ground-rent ground rules ground-rules ground speed ground-speed ground staff ground-staff ground water ground-water ground zero ground-zero Groundhog Day groundhog-day group captain group-captain group hug group-hug group match group-match group of death group-of-death Group of Eight group-of-eight group practice group-practice group stage group-stage group therapy group-therapy group-wide group-wide grow apart grow-apart grow into sb/sth grow-into-sb-sth grow into sth grow-into-sth grow on sb grow-on-sb grow out of sth grow-out-of-sth grow up grow-up growing pains growing-pains grown up grown-up growth hacker growth-hacker growth hacking growth-hacking growth hormone growth-hormone growth-oriented growth-oriented grub sth up/out grub-sth-up-out grudge match grudge-match grumbling appendix grumbling-appendix grunt work grunt-work guard against sth guard-against-sth guard cell guard-cell guard dog guard-dog guard of honour guard-of-honour guard post guard-post guard rail guard-rail guard's van guard-s-van guardian angel guardian-angel guerrilla gardening guerrilla-gardening guerrilla marketing guerrilla-marketing guess at sth guess-at-sth guest beer guest-beer guest book guest-book guest list guest-list guest of honour guest-of-honour guest room guest-room guest worker guest-worker guidance counselor guidance-counselor guide dog guide-dog guide price guide-price guide word guide-word guided missile guided-missile guiding principle guiding-principle guiding spirit guiding-spirit Guillain-Barré syndrome guillain-barre-syndrome guilt complex guilt-complex guilt trip guilt-trip guilt-free guilt-free guilt-ridden guilt-ridden guinea fowl guinea-fowl guinea pig guinea-pig Guinea-Bissau guinea-bissau Guinea-Bissauan guinea-bissauan gulp sth back gulp-sth-back gum sth up gum-sth-up gum tree gum-tree gun carriage gun-carriage gun control gun-control gun dog gun-dog gun sb down gun-sb-down gun-runner gun-runner gun-running gun-running gunboat diplomacy gunboat-diplomacy gung-ho gung-ho gunmetal grey gunmetal-grey gussy sb/sth up gussy-sb-sth-up gut-wrenching gut-wrenching gut-wrenchingly gut-wrenchingly gutter talk gutter-talk Guy Fawkes Night guy-fawkes-night gym bunny gym-bunny gym rat gym-rat gym shoe gym-shoe gypsy moth gypsy-moth H, h h-h H-bomb h-bomb ha ha ha-ha ha'porth ha-porth habeas corpus habeas-corpus habit-forming habit-forming hack sb off hack-sb-off hacked off hacked-off hacking cough hacking-cough hackney carriage hackney-carriage Hacky Sack hacky-sack had best had-best had better/best do sth had-better-best-do-sth had it coming (to you) had-it-coming-to-you hadn't hadn-t haemifacial spasm haemifacial-spasm hail from somewhere hail-from-somewhere Hail Mary hail-mary hail sb/sth as sth hail-sb-sth-as-sth hail-fellow-well-met hail-fellow-well-met hair clip hair-clip hair extension hair-extension hair gel hair-gel hair lacquer hair-lacquer hair mousse hair-mousse hair salon hair-salon hair shirt hair-shirt hair slide hair-slide hair spray hair-spray hair-raising hair-raising hair-trigger hair-trigger hairpin bend hairpin-bend halcyon days halcyon-days hale and hearty hale-and-hearty half a loaf is better than none half-a-loaf-is-better-than-none half back half-back half board half-board half dead half-dead half decent half-decent half dollar half-dollar half hitch half-hitch half hour half-hour half measures half-measures half nelson half-nelson half note half-note half pipe half-pipe half step half-step half-and-half half-and-half half-assed half-assed half-baked half-baked half-brother half-brother half-caste half-caste half-cock half-cock half-cut half-cut half-hearted half-hearted half-heartedly half-heartedly half-hourly half-hourly half-life half-life half-light half-light half-marathon half-marathon half-mast half-mast half-moon half-moon half-moon glasses half-moon-glasses half-pant half-pant half-price half-price half-sister half-sister half-size half-size half-sleeve half-sleeve half-staff half-staff half-term half-term half-timbered half-timbered half-time half-time half-truth half-truth half-volley half-volley half-wit half-wit half-witted half-witted halfway house halfway-house Hall of Fame hall-of-fame hall of residence hall-of-residence hall pass hall-pass halogen hob halogen-hob halogen lamp halogen-lamp ham it up ham-it-up ham-fisted ham-fisted hammer and sickle hammer-and-sickle hammer away at sth hammer-away-at-sth hammer sth home hammer-sth-home hammer sth into sb hammer-sth-into-sb hammer sth out hammer-sth-out hammer throwing hammer-throwing hamster wheel hamster-wheel hand gel hand-gel hand grenade hand-grenade hand in glove hand-in-glove hand in hand hand-in-hand hand luggage hand-luggage hand over fist hand-over-fist hand puppet hand-puppet hand sanitizer hand-sanitizer hand sth around hand-sth-around hand sth back hand-sth-back hand sth down hand-sth-down hand sth in hand-sth-in hand sth out hand-sth-out hand sth over hand-sth-over hand sth round hand-sth-round hand sth/sb over hand-sth-sb-over hand to hand hand-to-hand hand-lettered hand-lettered hand-me-down hand-me-down hand-reared hand-reared hand-to-mouth hand-to-mouth handbags (at dawn) handbags-at-dawn handle/treat sb with kid gloves handle-treat-sb-with-kid-gloves handlebar moustache handlebar-moustache hands-free hands-free hands-off hands-off hands-on hands-on hang around hang-around hang around (somewhere) hang-around-somewhere hang around with sb hang-around-with-sb hang back hang-back hang by a thread hang-by-a-thread hang in there hang-in-there hang on hang-on hang on/upon sth hang-on-upon-sth hang onto sth hang-onto-sth hang out hang-out hang over sth hang-over-sth hang round (somewhere) hang-round-somewhere hang round with sb hang-round-with-sb hang sth on sb hang-sth-on-sb hang sth up hang-sth-up hang the cost/expense hang-the-cost-expense hang together hang-together hang tough hang-tough hang up hang-up hang-glider hang-glider hang-gliding hang-gliding hang/hold fire hang-hold-fire hang/hold on like grim death hang-hold-on-like-grim-death hang/stay loose hang-stay-loose hanger-on hanger-on hanging basket hanging-basket hanging chad hanging-chad hanging valley hanging-valley hanker after/for sth hanker-after-for-sth hanky-panky hanky-panky hansom cab hansom-cab happen along/by (somewhere) happen-along-by-somewhere happen on/upon sth/sb happen-on-upon-sth-sb happy camper happy-camper happy hour happy-hour happy medium happy-medium happy path happy-path happy slapping happy-slapping happy-clappy happy-clappy happy-go-lucky happy-go-lucky hara-kiri hara-kiri harbour master harbour-master hard at it hard-at-it hard body hard-body hard border hard-border hard Brexit hard-brexit hard by hard-by hard candy hard-candy hard case hard-case hard cash hard-cash hard cider hard-cider hard copy hard-copy hard core hard-core hard currency hard-currency hard disk hard-disk hard drinker hard-drinker hard drive hard-drive hard drug hard-drug hard feelings hard-feelings hard going hard-going hard hat hard-hat hard labour hard-labour hard launch hard-launch hard line hard-line hard luck! hard-luck hard news hard-news hard of hearing hard-of-hearing hard opening hard-opening hard palate hard-palate hard porn hard-porn hard power hard-power hard rock hard-rock hard science hard-science hard sell hard-sell hard seltzer hard-seltzer hard shoulder hard-shoulder hard to swallow hard-to-swallow hard up hard-up hard-bitten hard-bitten hard-bodied hard-bodied hard-boiled hard-boiled hard-earned hard-earned hard-fought hard-fought hard-headed hard-headed hard-hearted hard-hearted hard-hitting hard-hitting hard-liner hard-liner hard-luck story hard-luck-story hard-nosed hard-nosed hard-on hard-on hard-pressed hard-pressed hard-wearing hard-wearing hard-won hard-won hard-working hard-working hard/hot/close on sb's heels hard-hot-close-on-sb-s-heels hard/tough as nails hard-tough-as-nails hard/tough cheese! hard-tough-cheese harden your heart harden-your-heart hardly/barely put one foot in front of the other hardly-barely-put-one-foot-in-front-of-the-other hare coursing hare-coursing Hare Krishna hare-krishna harem pants harem-pants haricot bean haricot-bean hark at sb! hark-at-sb hark back to sth hark-back-to-sth Harley Street harley-street Harley-Davidson harley-davidson harm a hair on sb's head harm-a-hair-on-sb-s-head harp on (about sth) harp-on-about-sth harp seal harp-seal harum-scarum harum-scarum harvest festival harvest-festival has the cat got your tongue? has-the-cat-got-your-tongue has-been has-been hash browns hash-browns hash sth out hash-sth-out hash sth up hash-sth-up hasn't hasn-t Hasselback potato hasselback-potato hat trick hat-trick hatchet job hatchet-job hatchet man hatchet-man hatchet-faced hatchet-faced hate crime hate-crime hate mail hate-mail hate on sb hate-on-sb hate sb's guts hate-sb-s-guts hate speech hate-speech hats off to sb hats-off-to-sb haul ass haul-ass haul sb up haul-sb-up haul/drag sb over the coals haul-drag-sb-over-the-coals haute couture haute-couture haute cuisine haute-cuisine have (all) the makings of sth have-all-the-makings-of-sth have (got) it bad have-got-it-bad have (got) it made have-got-it-made have (got) sb by the short and curlies have-got-sb-by-the-short-and-curlies have (got) sb's back have-got-sb-s-back have (got) sth licked have-got-sth-licked have (got) sth on have-got-sth-on have (got) the hots for sb have-got-the-hots-for-sb have (got) to hand it to sb have-got-to-hand-it-to-sb have (sb's) blood on your hands have-sb-s-blood-on-your-hands have (sexual) relations (with sb) have-sexual-relations-with-sb have a (good) nose for sth 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heart-stopping heart-stopping heart-to-heart heart-to-heart heart-wrenching heart-wrenching heart-wrenchingly heart-wrenchingly heat exhaustion heat-exhaustion heat haze heat-haze heat index heat-index heat map heat-map heat pack heat-pack heat rash heat-rash heat shield heat-shield heat sink heat-sink heat treatment heat-treatment heat-seeking heat-seeking Heath Robinson heath-robinson heave a sigh of relief heave-a-sigh-of-relief heave-ho heave-ho heaven-sent heaven-sent heavenly body heavenly-body heavenly host heavenly-host heavens (above)! heavens-above heavy breather heavy-breather heavy cream heavy-cream heavy going heavy-going heavy goods vehicle heavy-goods-vehicle heavy industry heavy-industry heavy lifting heavy-lifting heavy metal heavy-metal heavy petting heavy-petting heavy water heavy-water heavy with sth heavy-with-sth heavy-duty heavy-duty heavy-handed heavy-handed hedge fund hedge-fund hedge trimmers hedge-trimmers hedge your bets hedge-your-bets hee-haw hee-haw heel bar heel-bar heigh-ho heigh-ho Heimlich manoeuvre heimlich-manoeuvre heir apparent heir-apparent helicobacter pylori helicobacter-pylori helicopter parent helicopter-parent helicopter parenting helicopter-parenting helicopter view helicopter-view hell for leather hell-for-leather hell of a hell-of-a hell on earth hell-on-earth Hell's Angels hell-s-angels hell's bells hell-s-bells hello stranger hello-stranger helmet hair helmet-hair help (sb) out help-sb-out help desk help-desk help screen help-screen helping verb helping-verb helter-skelter helter-skelter hem and haw hem-and-haw hem sb in hem-sb-in hemifacial spasm hemifacial-spasm hen night hen-night hen party hen-party HEPA filter hepa-filter hepatic portal vein hepatic-portal-vein hepatopulmonary syndrome hepatopulmonary-syndrome her/his heart is in the right place her-his-heart-is-in-the-right-place herbaceous border herbaceous-border herbal medicine herbal-medicine herd immunity herd-immunity herd instinct herd-instinct here and there here-and-there here goes! here-goes here to stay here-to-stay here today, gone tomorrow here-today-gone-tomorrow here we go (again) here-we-go-again here we go here-we-go here's mud in your eye! here-s-mud-in-your-eye here's to ... here-s-to hereditary peer hereditary-peer heritage breed heritage-breed heritage-listed building heritage-listed-building hermetically sealed hermetically-sealed herniated disc herniated-disc hero worship hero-worship het up het-up hey presto hey-presto hi-fi hi-fi hi-res hi-res hickory chips hickory-chips hidden agenda hidden-agenda hide out hide-out hide your light under a bushel hide-your-light-under-a-bushel hide-and-seek hide-and-seek hidey-hole hidey-hole hiding place hiding-place higgledy-piggledy higgledy-piggledy Higgs boson higgs-boson high and mighty high-and-mighty high beams high-beams high chair high-chair High Church high-church High Commission high-commission High Commissioner high-commissioner High Court high-court High Court of 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walking hill-walking hinge on/upon sth hinge-on-upon-sth hip bath hip-bath hip flask hip-flask hip-hop hip-hop hip-hopera hip-hopera hire purchase hire-purchase hire sth/sb out hire-sth-sb-out his and hers his-and-hers Hispanic American hispanic-american hissy fit hissy-fit historic present historic-present hit back hit-back hit home hit-home hit list hit-list hit on sb hit-on-sb hit on/upon sth hit-on-upon-sth hit out hit-out hit parade hit-parade hit sb between the eyes hit-sb-between-the-eyes hit sb up hit-sb-up hit sb where it hurts hit-sb-where-it-hurts hit the books hit-the-books hit the bottle hit-the-bottle hit the ceiling/roof hit-the-ceiling-roof hit the deck hit-the-deck hit the ground running hit-the-ground-running hit the hay/sack hit-the-hay-sack hit the headlines hit-the-headlines hit the jackpot idiom1 hit-the-jackpot hit the nail on the head hit-the-nail-on-the-head hit the road hit-the-road hit the spot hit-the-spot hit the wall hit-the-wall hit-and-miss hit-and-miss hit-and-run hit-and-run hit/press/push the panic button hit-press-push-the-panic-button hit/touch a (raw) nerve hit-touch-a-raw-nerve hitch sth up hitch-sth-up hither and thither hither-and-thither HIV-positive hiv-positive hive mind hive-mind hive sth off hive-sth-off ho-ho ho-ho ho-hum ho-hum hobnail boot hobnail-boot Hobson's choice hobson-s-choice hocus-pocus hocus-pocus Hodgkin's lymphoma hodgkin-s-lymphoma hog the road hog-the-road hoity-toity hoity-toity hokey cokey hokey-cokey hokey pokey hokey-pokey hold (down) the fort hold-down-the-fort hold a clinic hold-a-clinic hold all the cards hold-all-the-cards hold back hold-back hold court hold-court hold down a job hold-down-a-job hold everything! hold-everything hold forth hold-forth hold it! hold-it hold it/that against sb hold-it-that-against-sb hold off hold-off hold on hold-on hold on/tight hold-on-tight hold onto sb/sth hold-onto-sb-sth hold onto/on to sth hold-onto-on-to-sth hold out hold-out hold out for sth hold-out-for-sth hold out on sb hold-out-on-sb hold out/offer an olive branch hold-out-offer-an-olive-branch hold sb in high/low repute hold-sb-in-high-low-repute hold sb off hold-sb-off hold sb over hold-sb-over hold sb to ransom hold-sb-to-ransom hold sb to sth hold-sb-to-sth hold sb/sth back hold-sb-sth-back hold sb/sth down hold-sb-sth-down hold sb/sth up hold-sb-sth-up hold sb/sth up to ridicule hold-sb-sth-up-to-ridicule hold sth back hold-sth-back hold sth down hold-sth-down hold sth out hold-sth-out hold sth over hold-sth-over hold sth up hold-sth-up hold sth up as sth hold-sth-up-as-sth hold still hold-still hold sway hold-sway hold that thought hold-that-thought hold the balance of power hold-the-balance-of-power hold the floor hold-the-floor hold the key hold-the-key hold the reins hold-the-reins hold the road hold-the-road hold true hold-true hold up hold-up hold water hold-water hold your head (up) high hold-your-head-up-high hold your horses hold-your-horses hold your own 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holy-week home (phone) number home-phone-number home address home-address Home Assistant home-assistant home automation home-automation home base home-base home brew home-brew home buyer home-buyer home economics home-economics home from home home-from-home home help home-help home in on sth/sb home-in-on-sth-sb home loan home-loan home movie home-movie home office home-office home page home-page home plate home-plate home rule home-rule home run home-run Home Secretary home-secretary home shopping home-shopping home truth home-truth home-loving home-loving homeland security homeland-security homing pigeon homing-pigeon Homo sapiens homo-sapiens homogeneous mixture homogeneous-mixture homologous chromosomes homologous-chromosomes homologous series homologous-series honest (to God/goodness) honest-to-god-goodness honest broker honest-broker honest-to-goodness honest-to-goodness honesty is the best policy honesty-is-the-best-policy honey trap honey-trap Hong Kong hong-kong honky-tonk honky-tonk honor roll honor-roll honor student honor-student honor system honor-system honorable mention honorable-mention honors degree honors-degree honourable mention honourable-mention honours degree honours-degree honours list honours-list honours student honours-student honours system honours-system hoo-ha hoo-ha hoof it hoof-it hoof-and-mouth hoof-and-mouth hook (sb/sth) up (to sth) hook-sb-sth-up-to-sth hook and eye hook-and-eye hook up hook-up hook-nosed hook-nosed Hooray Henry hooray-henry hoover sth up hoover-sth-up hop it hop-it hope against hope hope-against-hope hope chest hope-chest hope for the best hope-for-the-best hope springs eternal hope-springs-eternal hope/wish/swear to God hope-wish-swear-to-god hopped up hopped-up hopping mad hopping-mad horizontal axis horizontal-axis hormone replacement therapy hormone-replacement-therapy horn in horn-in horn-rimmed horn-rimmed hornet's nest hornet-s-nest horror film horror-film horror of horrors horror-of-horrors horror story horror-story horror-struck horror-struck hors d'oeuvre hors-d-oeuvre hors de combat hors-de-combat horse around horse-around horse chestnut horse-chestnut horse float horse-float horse racing horse-racing horse riding horse-riding horse sense horse-sense horse trailer horse-trailer horse's ass horse-s-ass horse-drawn horse-drawn horse-trade horse-trade horse-trading horse-trading horseback riding horseback-riding horses for courses horses-for-courses horseshoe crab horseshoe-crab hospital ball hospital-ball hospital pass hospital-pass hospitality tray hospitality-tray hostage to fortune hostage-to-fortune hostess trolley hostess-trolley hostile architecture hostile-architecture hot air hot-air hot and heavy hot-and-heavy hot button hot-button hot chocolate hot-chocolate hot cross bun hot-cross-bun hot desk hot-desk hot dog! hot-dog hot flush hot-flush hot key hot-key hot mess hot-mess hot mic hot-mic hot off the press hot-off-the-press hot pad hot-pad hot pants hot-pants hot pink hot-pink hot potato hot-potato hot press hot-press hot shit hot-shit hot take hot-take hot to trot hot-to-trot hot tub hot-tub hot under the collar hot-under-the-collar hot up hot-up hot-air balloon hot-air-balloon hot-air gun hot-air-gun hot-blooded hot-blooded hot-desking hot-desking hot-gospeller hot-gospeller hot-water bottle hot-water-bottle hot-water tank hot-water-tank hot-wire hot-wire hotsy-totsy hotsy-totsy hound sb out hound-sb-out hour after hour hour-after-hour hour hand hour-hand hour-long hour-long hourglass figure hourglass-figure house arrest house-arrest house call house-call House Committee house-committee house dust mite house-dust-mite house husband house-husband house journal house-journal house lights house-lights house martin house-martin house of cards house-of-cards house of correction house-of-correction house of God house-of-god house of worship house-of-worship house organ house-organ house sparrow house-sparrow house-hunting house-hunting house-room house-room house-sit house-sit house-sitter house-sitter house-sitting house-sitting house-to-house house-to-house house-trained house-trained household goods household-goods household name household-name household word household-word housemaid's knee housemaid-s-knee housing association housing-association housing benefit housing-benefit housing estate housing-estate housing project housing-project hover mower hover-mower how about that? how-about-that how about...? how-about how are things (with you)? how-are-things-with-you how are you fixed for sth? how-are-you-fixed-for-sth how are you keeping? how-are-you-keeping how are you placed for...? how-are-you-placed-for how come? idiom1 how-come how dare she, you, etc.! how-dare-she-you-etc how do you do? how-do-you-do how do you like...? how-do-you-like how does... grab you? how-does-grab-you (how much) do you want to bet? how-much-do-you-want-to-bet how should I know? how-should-i-know how the other half lives how-the-other-half-lives how was I to know? how-was-i-to-know how would you like...? how-would-you-like how's life (treating you)? how-s-life-treating-you how's tricks? how-s-tricks how, what, why, etc. on earth... how-what-why-etc-on-earth how-to how-to how/what about...? how-what-about hue and cry hue-and-cry huff and puff huff-and-puff hula skirt hula-skirt Hula-Hoop hula-hoop hum and haw hum-and-haw human development index human-development-index Human Genome Project human-genome-project human geography human-geography human immunodeficiency virus human-immunodeficiency-virus human interest human-interest human nature human-nature human relations human-relations human resources human-resources human rights human-rights human shield human-shield human trafficking human-trafficking humpback bridge humpback-bridge humpback whale humpback-whale hundreds and thousands hundreds-and-thousands hung jury hung-jury hung parliament hung-parliament hung up hung-up hung, drawn, and quartered hung-drawn-and-quartered hunger after/for sth hunger-after-for-sth hunger strike hunger-strike hunger striker hunger-striker hungry gap hungry-gap hunker down hunker-down hunky-dory hunky-dory hunt saboteur hunt-saboteur hunt sb/sth down hunt-sb-sth-down hunt/search high and low hunt-search-high-and-low hunter-gatherer hunter-gatherer hunting ground hunting-ground Huntington's chorea huntington-s-chorea Huntington's disease huntington-s-disease hurdy-gurdy hurdy-gurdy hurl/throw/sling mud at sb hurl-throw-sling-mud-at-sb hurly-burly hurly-burly hurricane lamp hurricane-lamp hurry (sb/sth) up hurry-sb-sth-up hurt sb's feelings hurt-sb-s-feelings hush money hush-money hush sth up hush-sth-up hush-hush hush-hush hyaluronic acid hyaluronic-acid hybrid warfare hybrid-warfare hydraulic fluid hydraulic-fluid hydraulic fracturing hydraulic-fracturing hydrochloric acid hydrochloric-acid hydrogen bomb hydrogen-bomb hydrogen bond hydrogen-bond hydrogen peroxide hydrogen-peroxide hydroxyl ion hydroxyl-ion hygiene factor hygiene-factor hype sb up hype-sb-up hyped up hyped-up hyperoxaluria and oxalosis hyperoxaluria-and-oxalosis hypertrophic cardiomyopathy hypertrophic-cardiomyopathy I am not my brother's keeper i-am-not-my-brother-s-keeper I ask you! i-ask-you I beg to differ/disagree i-beg-to-differ-disagree I bet i-bet I can't think i-can-t-think I declare i-declare I don't know about you but... i-don-t-know-about-you-but I don't know how, what, why, etc. i-don-t-know-how-what-why-etc I don't know i-don-t-know I don't mind if I do i-don-t-mind-if-i-do I know i-know I mean i-mean I might have known i-might-have-known I must be hearing things i-must-be-hearing-things I must say i-must-say I need hardly do sth i-need-hardly-do-sth I owe you (one) i-owe-you-one I rest my case i-rest-my-case I should be so lucky! i-should-be-so-lucky I should hope/say/think so/not i-should-hope-say-think-so-not I should think not/so (too)! i-should-think-not-so-too I shouldn't wonder i-shouldn-t-wonder I shudder to think i-shudder-to-think I stand corrected i-stand-corrected I take it i-take-it I take/plead the Fifth (Amendment) i-take-plead-the-fifth-amendment I tell a lie i-tell-a-lie I think not i-think-not I thought as much i-thought-as-much I would give anything/a lot i-would-give-anything-a-lot I wouldn't say no i-wouldn-t-say-no I wouldn't trust sb as far as I could throw them i-wouldn-t-trust-sb-as-far-as-i-could-throw-them I'd like to see... i-d-like-to-see I'll be a monkey's uncle! i-ll-be-a-monkey-s-uncle I'll be blowed! i-ll-be-blowed I'll be hanged if I know i-ll-be-hanged-if-i-know I'll be hanged if... i-ll-be-hanged-if I'll be jiggered i-ll-be-jiggered I'll eat my hat i-ll-eat-my-hat I'll say! i-ll-say I'll thank you to do sth i-ll-thank-you-to-do-sth I'll wring your/his/her neck! i-ll-wring-your-his-her-neck (I'll) tell you what i-ll-tell-you-what I'll/we'll cross that bridge when I/we come/get to it i-ll-we-ll-cross-that-bridge-when-i-we-come-get-to-it I'm a Dutchman i-m-a-dutchman I'm buggered if... i-m-buggered-if I'm damned if i-m-damned-if I'm easy i-m-easy I'm just looking i-m-just-looking I'm not fussy/fussed i-m-not-fussy-fussed I'm not saying..., but... i-m-not-saying-but (I'm so hungry), I could eat a horse i-m-so-hungry-i-could-eat-a-horse I'm telling you i-m-telling-you (I'm) just saying i-m-just-saying (I'm) pleased to meet you i-m-pleased-to-meet-you I've i-ve (I) told you (so)! i-told-you-so I, i i-i i.e. i-e I/we'll (have to) see i-we-ll-have-to-see I/you wouldn't wish sth on anyone/my/your worst enemy i-you-wouldn-t-wish-sth-on-anyone-my-your-worst-enemy ICE (number) ice-number ice age ice-age ice blue ice-blue ice bucket ice-bucket ice cap ice-cap ice cream ice-cream ice cream cone ice-cream-cone ice cream headache ice-cream-headache ice cream soda ice-cream-soda ice cube ice-cube ice floe ice-floe ice hockey ice-hockey ice lolly ice-lolly ice over ice-over ice pack ice-pack ice pick ice-pick ice pop ice-pop ice rink ice-rink ice skate ice-skate ice storm ice-storm ice tea ice-tea ice up ice-up ice water ice-water ice-cold ice-cold iced bun iced-bun iced coffee iced-coffee iced tea iced-tea icing sugar icing-sugar ID card id-card idée fixe idee-fixe identical twin identical-twin identify sb/sth with sth identify-sb-sth-with-sth identify with sb identify-with-sb identity card identity-card identity crisis identity-crisis identity parade identity-parade identity politics identity-politics identity theft identity-theft idiot savant idiot-savant idiot-proof idiot-proof idle sth away idle-sth-away if and when if-and-when if at first you don't succeed, try, try again if-at-first-you-don-t-succeed-try-try-again if ever there was one if-ever-there-was-one if I may be/make so bold (as to) if-i-may-be-make-so-bold-as-to if I were in your shoes if-i-were-in-your-shoes if I were you if-i-were-you if it ain't broke, don't fix it if-it-ain-t-broke-don-t-fix-it if it's not one thing, it's another if-it-s-not-one-thing-it-s-another if it/a thing is worth doing, it's worth doing well if-it-a-thing-is-worth-doing-it-s-worth-doing-well if looks could kill... if-looks-could-kill if my memory serves me right if-my-memory-serves-me-right if need be if-need-be if only if-only if the cap fits (wear it) if-the-cap-fits-wear-it if the worst comes to the worst if-the-worst-comes-to-the-worst if you ask me if-you-ask-me if you can't beat 'em, join 'em if-you-can-t-beat-em-join-em if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen if-you-can-t-stand-the-heat-get-out-of-the-kitchen if you don't mind me saying/asking if-you-don-t-mind-me-saying-asking if you like if-you-like if you take my meaning if-you-take-my-meaning if you will if-you-will if you'll pardon the expression if-you-ll-pardon-the-expression (if you've) seen one, you've seen them all if-you-ve-seen-one-you-ve-seen-them-all if/when it comes to the crunch if-when-it-comes-to-the-crunch if/when push comes to shove if-when-push-comes-to-shove ignorance is bliss ignorance-is-bliss ill health ill-health ill will ill-will ill-advised ill-advised ill-assorted ill-assorted ill-bred ill-bred ill-breeding ill-breeding ill-conceived ill-conceived ill-disposed ill-disposed ill-equipped ill-equipped ill-fated ill-fated ill-fitting ill-fitting ill-gotten ill-gotten ill-informed ill-informed ill-mannered ill-mannered ill-prepared ill-prepared ill-starred ill-starred ill-tempered ill-tempered ill-timed ill-timed ill-treat ill-treat ill-treatment ill-treatment ill-used ill-used illegal alien illegal-alien illegal immigrant illegal-immigrant imaginary number imaginary-number imbue sth/sb with sth imbue-sth-sb-with-sth immersion course immersion-course immersion heater immersion-heater immune response immune-response immune system immune-system immune thrombocytopenic purpura immune-thrombocytopenic-purpura impact statement impact-statement impinge on/upon sb/sth impinge-on-upon-sb-sth impostor syndrome impostor-syndrome impress sth on/upon sb impress-sth-on-upon-sb imprest system imprest-system improper fraction improper-fraction improve on/upon sth improve-on-upon-sth impulse buy impulse-buy impulse buying impulse-buying impute sth to sb impute-sth-to-sb in a dream in-a-dream in a flash in-a-flash in a flutter in-a-flutter in a heartbeat in-a-heartbeat in a manner of speaking in-a-manner-of-speaking in a spin in-a-spin in a stew in-a-stew in a word in-a-word in a world of your own in-a-world-of-your-own in absentia in-absentia in advance in-advance in advance of sth/sb in-advance-of-sth-sb in all but name in-all-but-name in all conscience in-all-conscience in all honesty/seriousness/truthfulness in-all-honesty-seriousness-truthfulness in all in-all in all my (born) days in-all-my-born-days in all weathers in-all-weathers in arrears in-arrears in back of in-back-of in balance in-balance in bed in-bed in blissful ignorance in-blissful-ignorance in broad daylight in-broad-daylight in buckets in-buckets in camera in-camera in cold blood in-cold-blood in commission in-commission in concert in-concert in deep doo-doo in-deep-doo-doo in extremis in-extremis in fits of laughter in-fits-of-laughter in flagrante in-flagrante in flower in-flower in foal in-foal in for a penny (in for a pound) in-for-a-penny-in-for-a-pound in for sth in-for-sth in full cry in-full-cry in glorious technicolor in-glorious-technicolor in God's/heaven's name in-god-s-heaven-s-name in good faith in-good-faith in good time in-good-time in good, bad, etc. repair in-good-bad-etc-repair in hand in-hand in harness with in-harness-with in his/her/their wisdom in-his-her-their-wisdom in hot pursuit in-hot-pursuit in inverted commas in-inverted-commas in kind in-kind in knots in-knots in line with sth in-line-with-sth in loco parentis in-loco-parentis in medias res in-medias-res in memory of sb in-memory-of-sb in midstream in-midstream in my book in-my-book in my day in-my-day in name only in-name-only in no way in-no-way in on sth in-on-sth in ones and twos in-ones-and-twos in phase/out of phase in-phase-out-of-phase in respect of sth in-respect-of-sth in ribbons in-ribbons in rotation in-rotation in safe hands in-safe-hands in sb's capable hands in-sb-s-capable-hands in sb's crosshairs in-sb-s-crosshairs in sb's eyes in-sb-s-eyes in sb's gift/in the gift of sb in-sb-s-gift-in-the-gift-of-sb in sb's hour of need in-sb-s-hour-of-need in sb's infinite wisdom in-sb-s-infinite-wisdom in sb's pocket in-sb-s-pocket in sb's words in-sb-s-words in secret in-secret in shirtsleeves in-shirtsleeves in short in-short in situ in-situ in small doses in-small-doses in so many words in-so-many-words in spades in-spades in stitches in-stitches in tandem in-tandem in terror of your life in-terror-of-your-life in the air in-the-air in the area of in-the-area-of in the balance in-the-balance in the blink of an eye in-the-blink-of-an-eye in the bosom of sth in-the-bosom-of-sth in the brain/looks department in-the-brain-looks-department in the buff in-the-buff in the can in-the-can in the club in-the-club in the cold light of day in-the-cold-light-of-day in the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king in-the-country-of-the-blind-the-one-eyed-man-is-king in the dead of night/winter in-the-dead-of-night-winter in the depth(s) of somewhere in-the-depth-s-of-somewhere in the depth(s) of winter in-the-depth-s-of-winter in the doghouse in-the-doghouse in the face of sth in-the-face-of-sth in the firing line in-the-firing-line in the first/second place in-the-first-second-place in the flesh in-the-flesh in the flower of sb's youth in-the-flower-of-sb-s-youth in the fullness of time in-the-fullness-of-time in the heat of the moment in-the-heat-of-the-moment in the hot seat in-the-hot-seat in the lap of luxury in-the-lap-of-luxury in the lap of the gods in-the-lap-of-the-gods in the last/final analysis in-the-last-final-analysis in the light of sth in-the-light-of-sth in the line of duty in-the-line-of-duty in the long run in-the-long-run in the making in-the-making in the name of sb/sth in-the-name-of-sb-sth in the name of sth in-the-name-of-sth in the neighbourhood of sth in-the-neighbourhood-of-sth in the nick of time in-the-nick-of-time in the person of sb in-the-person-of-sb in the pink in-the-pink in the pipeline in-the-pipeline in the process in-the-process in the raw in-the-raw in the right place at the right time in-the-right-place-at-the-right-time in the same breath in-the-same-breath in the shape of sth in-the-shape-of-sth in the short run in-the-short-run in the strictest confidence in-the-strictest-confidence in the teeth of sth in-the-teeth-of-sth in the thick of sth in-the-thick-of-sth in the tradition of sb/sth in-the-tradition-of-sb-sth in the twinkling of an eye in-the-twinkling-of-an-eye in the vicinity of in-the-vicinity-of in the wake of sth in-the-wake-of-sth in the wilderness in-the-wilderness in the wind in-the-wind in the works in-the-works in the wrong place at the wrong time in-the-wrong-place-at-the-wrong-time in the zone in-the-zone in this day and age in-this-day-and-age in too deep in-too-deep in toto in-toto in tow in-tow in tray in-tray in triplicate in-triplicate in two shakes (of a lamb's tail) in-two-shakes-of-a-lamb-s-tail in view of sth in-view-of-sth in vitro in-vitro in vitro fertilization in-vitro-fertilization in vivo in-vivo in words of one syllable in-words-of-one-syllable in your backyard in-your-backyard in your birthday suit in-your-birthday-suit in your dreams! in-your-dreams in your face in-your-face in your heart of hearts in-your-heart-of-hearts in your mind's eye in-your-mind-s-eye in your own right in-your-own-right in your own words in-your-own-words in your salad days in-your-salad-days in your stocking(ed) feet in-your-stocking-ed-feet in your tracks in-your-tracks (in) any way, shape, or form in-any-way-shape-or-form (in) between times in-between-times (in) the middle of nowhere in-the-middle-of-nowhere in-app in-app in-between in-between in-car in-car in-depth in-depth in-flight in-flight in-game in-game in-group in-group in-home in-home in-house in-house in-joke in-joke in-law in-law in-law suite in-law-suite in-play in-play in-residence in-residence in-running in-running in-service in-service in-store in-store in-store pickup in-store-pickup in/by fits and starts in-by-fits-and-starts in/out of keeping (with sth) in-out-of-keeping-with-sth in/out of pocket in-out-of-pocket in/out of the running in-out-of-the-running in/through all the years in-through-all-the-years in/within spitting distance in-within-spitting-distance inasmuch as inasmuch-as Inauguration Day inauguration-day inbounds pass inbounds-pass inch by inch inch-by-inch incident light incident-light incident ray incident-ray incidental music incidental-music incline to/towards sth incline-to-towards-sth income stream income-stream income support income-support income tax income-tax income-oriented income-oriented incubation period incubation-period indecent assault indecent-assault indecent exposure indecent-exposure indefinite article indefinite-article Independence Day independence-day independent clause independent-clause independent means independent-means independent school independent-school independent variable independent-variable index case index-case index finger index-finger index fossil index-fossil index of leading economic indicators index-of-leading-economic-indicators index patient index-patient index-linked index-linked Indian club indian-club Indian ink indian-ink Indian mynah indian-mynah Indian summer indian-summer indie pop indie-pop Indigenous People's Day indigenous-people-s-day indirect cost indirect-cost indirect free kick indirect-free-kick indirect object indirect-object indirect question indirect-question indirect speech indirect-speech indirect tax indirect-tax indirect taxation indirect-taxation Indo-European indo-european indoor soccer indoor-soccer induced current induced-current induction loop induction-loop industrial action industrial-action industrial archaeology industrial-archaeology industrial disease industrial-disease industrial espionage industrial-espionage industrial estate industrial-estate industrial park industrial-park industrial relations industrial-relations industrial tribunal industrial-tribunal industrial-strength industrial-strength industry-wide industry-wide inertia reel inertia-reel inertia selling inertia-selling infant formula infant-formula infant school infant-school inferiority complex inferiority-complex infertility clinic infertility-clinic infinity pool infinity-pool inflationary spiral inflationary-spiral inflected language inflected-language inform against/on sb inform-against-on-sb information age information-age information centre information-centre information overload information-overload information retrieval information-retrieval information superhighway information-superhighway information technology information-technology informed consent informed-consent infra dig infra-dig infringe on/upon sth infringe-on-upon-sth inhere in sth inhere-in-sth inheritance tax inheritance-tax initial coin offering initial-coin-offering initial public offering initial-public-offering initiation ceremony initiation-ceremony injection moulding injection-moulding injury time injury-time inkblot test inkblot-test inkjet printer inkjet-printer inline skate inline-skate inline skating inline-skating inner child inner-child inner circle inner-circle inner city inner-city inner ear inner-ear Inner Hebrides inner-hebrides inner ring inner-ring inner tube inner-tube inorganic chemistry inorganic-chemistry inquire after sb inquire-after-sb inquire into sth inquire-into-sth inquire within inquire-within inset day inset-day inside baseball inside-baseball inside job inside-job inside lane inside-lane inside leg inside-leg inside of sth inside-of-sth insider dealing insider-dealing insinuate yourself into sth insinuate-yourself-into-sth insist on doing sth insist-on-doing-sth insofar as insofar-as inspection chamber inspection-chamber inspection pit inspection-pit installment plan installment-plan instant messaging instant-messaging instant replay instant-replay instant runoff instant-runoff instant-message instant-message instantaneous velocity instantaneous-velocity instead of instead-of institutional racism institutional-racism institutionalized racism institutionalized-racism insulating tape insulating-tape insurance policy insurance-policy insure against sth insure-against-sth intaglio printing intaglio-printing intangible asset intangible-asset integrated circuit integrated-circuit intellectual property intellectual-property intelligence test intelligence-test intelligent design intelligent-design intensive care intensive-care intensive farming intensive-farming inter alia inter-alia interactive whiteboard interactive-whiteboard interest group interest-group interest rate interest-rate interest sb in sth interest-sb-in-sth interest-bearing interest-bearing interfere with sb interfere-with-sb interfere with sth interfere-with-sth interior angle interior-angle interior decorator interior-decorator interior design interior-design interior designer interior-designer intermediate school intermediate-school intermittent fasting intermittent-fasting internal combustion engine internal-combustion-engine internal energy internal-energy internal medicine internal-medicine international law international-law internet banking internet-banking internet café internet-cafe internet dating internet-dating internet-enabled internet-enabled interquartile range interquartile-range interval training interval-training intestinal fortitude intestinal-fortitude intimacy coordinator intimacy-coordinator intimate partner violence intimate-partner-violence into the bargain into-the-bargain introduce sb to sth introduce-sb-to-sth introductory course introductory-course inure sb to sth inure-sb-to-sth invalid sb out invalid-sb-out inveigh against sb/sth inveigh-against-sb-sth Inverness-shire inverness-shire inverse function inverse-function inverse proportion inverse-proportion inverted commas inverted-commas inverted snob inverted-snob invest in sth invest-in-sth invest sb with sth invest-sb-with-sth invest sb/sth with sth invest-sb-sth-with-sth investigative journalism investigative-journalism investigative journalist investigative-journalist investment bank investment-bank investment banker investment-banker investment banking investment-banking invisible ink invisible-ink invite sb in invite-sb-in invite sb over invite-sb-over iodine solution iodine-solution iodized salt iodized-salt ionic bond ionic-bond ionic compound ionic-compound IP address ip-address ipso facto ipso-facto Irish American irish-american Irish coffee irish-coffee Irish moss irish-moss Irish stew irish-stew Iron Age iron-age iron box iron-box iron lung iron-lung iron man iron-man iron rations iron-rations iron sth out iron-sth-out ironing board ironing-board irrational number irrational-number irritable bowel syndrome irritable-bowel-syndrome is he/she for real? is-he-she-for-real is that even a thing? is-that-even-a-thing is the game worth the candle? is-the-game-worth-the-candle is the Pope a Catholic? is-the-pope-a-catholic island hop island-hop island hopper island-hopper island hopping island-hopping Isle of Man isle-of-man Isle of Wight isle-of-wight islets of Langerhans islets-of-langerhans isn't isn-t isn't it/aren't they just? isn-t-it-aren-t-they-just isosceles triangle isosceles-triangle issue from sth issue-from-sth it all amounts/comes to the same thing it-all-amounts-comes-to-the-same-thing IT band it-band it beats me it-beats-me it can't be helped it-can-t-be-helped it doesn't hurt/never hurts to do sth it-doesn-t-hurt-never-hurts-to-do-sth it figures it-figures it goes without saying it-goes-without-saying it is/was nothing it-is-was-nothing it isn't over until the fat lady sings it-isn-t-over-until-the-fat-lady-sings it makes me (want to) puke it-makes-me-want-to-puke it never rains but it pours it-never-rains-but-it-pours it remains to be seen it-remains-to-be-seen it says a lot for sb/sth it-says-a-lot-for-sb-sth it stands to reason it-stands-to-reason it takes a thief to catch a thief it-takes-a-thief-to-catch-a-thief it takes all sorts (to make a world) it-takes-all-sorts-to-make-a-world it takes two to tango it-takes-two-to-tango it wouldn't hurt you to do sth it-wouldn-t-hurt-you-to-do-sth it'd it-d it'll it-ll it'll (all) end in tears it-ll-all-end-in-tears it'll cost you it-ll-cost-you it's a crying shame it-s-a-crying-shame it's a date it-s-a-date it's a fair cop it-s-a-fair-cop it's a funny old world it-s-a-funny-old-world it's a long story it-s-a-long-story it's a pleasure it-s-a-pleasure it's a small world it-s-a-small-world it's a wonder it-s-a-wonder it's a wrap it-s-a-wrap it's all Greek to me it-s-all-greek-to-me it's an ill wind (that blows nobody any good) it-s-an-ill-wind-that-blows-nobody-any-good it's early days it-s-early-days it's every man for himself it-s-every-man-for-himself it's just one of those things it-s-just-one-of-those-things it's more than my job's worth it-s-more-than-my-job-s-worth it's no use crying over spilled milk it-s-no-use-crying-over-spilled-milk it's not brain surgery it-s-not-brain-surgery it's not rocket science it-s-not-rocket-science it's now or never it-s-now-or-never it's raining cats and dogs! it-s-raining-cats-and-dogs it's safe to say (that) it-s-safe-to-say-that it's the least I can do it-s-the-least-i-can-do it's the same old story it-s-the-same-old-story it's the thought that counts it-s-the-thought-that-counts it's tough at the top it-s-tough-at-the-top it's your own lookout it-s-your-own-lookout (it's) business as usual it-s-business-as-usual (it's) just as well (that) it-s-just-as-well-that it's/that's the story of my life it-s-that-s-the-story-of-my-life itch to do sth itch-to-do-sth itsy-bitsy itsy-bitsy Ivory Coast ivory-coast ivory tower ivory-tower J, j j-j J-cloth j-cloth Jack Frost jack-frost jack plug jack-plug Jack Robinson jack-robinson jack sth in jack-sth-in jack sth up jack-sth-up Jack the Lad jack-the-lad jack-in-the-box jack-in-the-box jack-o'-lantern jack-o-lantern jack-of-all-trades jack-of-all-trades jack-of-all-trades, master of none jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none jacked up jacked-up jacket potato jacket-potato jai alai jai-alai jam on the brakes jam-on-the-brakes jam sandwich jam-sandwich jam session jam-session jam tomorrow jam-tomorrow jam-packed jam-packed Jane Doe jane-doe jangle sb's nerves jangle-sb-s-nerves Japanese knotweed japanese-knotweed Japanese mustard greens japanese-mustard-greens jar on sb jar-on-sb jasmine tea jasmine-tea jaw-dropping jaw-dropping Jaws of Life jaws-of-life jazz hands jazz-hands jazz sth up jazz-sth-up je ne sais quoi je-ne-sais-quoi jean jacket jean-jacket Jehovah's Witness jehovah-s-witness Jekyll and Hyde jekyll-and-hyde Jell-O jell-o jelly baby jelly-baby jelly bean jelly-bean jelly roll jelly-roll jelly shoe jelly-shoe jerk off jerk-off jerk sb around jerk-sb-around jerry-built jerry-built Jersey barrier jersey-barrier Jerusalem artichoke jerusalem-artichoke Jesus Christ jesus-christ Jesus freak jesus-freak Jesus sandal jesus-sandal jet black jet-black jet engine jet-engine jet lag jet-lag jet propulsion jet-propulsion Jet Ski jet-ski jet stream jet-stream jet-lagged jet-lagged jet-propelled jet-propelled jet-setter jet-setter Jew's harp jew-s-harp jewel case jewel-case jewellery box jewellery-box Jeye cloth jeye-cloth Jheri curl jheri-curl jib at sth jib-at-sth jibe with sth jibe-with-sth Jiffy bag jiffy-bag jiggery-pokery jiggery-pokery jigsaw puzzle jigsaw-puzzle Jim Crow jim-crow jim-dandy jim-dandy job action job-action job centre job-centre job creation job-creation job description job-description job done job-done job evaluation job-evaluation job lot job-lot job satisfaction job-satisfaction job security job-security job-share job-share job-sharing job-sharing jobs for the boys jobs-for-the-boys jobseeker's allowance jobseeker-s-allowance jock itch jock-itch jockey sb into sth jockey-sb-into-sth Joe Bloggs joe-bloggs Joe Public joe-public jog along jog-along jog sb's memory jog-sb-s-memory jog trot jog-trot jogging bottoms jogging-bottoms jogging suit jogging-suit John Bull john-bull John Doe john-doe John Dory john-dory John Hancock john-hancock John Q. Public john-q-public johnny-come-lately johnny-come-lately joie de vivre joie-de-vivre join battle join-battle join duty join-duty join hands join-hands join in (sth) join-in-sth join the club! join-the-club join up join-up joined up joined-up joined-up thinking joined-up-thinking joint family joint-family joint honours joint-honours joint resolution joint-resolution joint venture joint-venture joint-stock company joint-stock-company joker in the pack joker-in-the-pack joking apart/aside joking-apart-aside jolly good jolly-good jolly good show! jolly-good-show jolly hockey sticks jolly-hockey-sticks jolly sth up jolly-sth-up jolly well jolly-well joss stick joss-stick jostle for sth jostle-for-sth jot sth down jot-sth-down Judaeo-Christian judaeo-christian Judeo-Christian judeo-christian judgment call judgment-call Judgment Day judgment-day judicial review judicial-review juggling act juggling-act jugular vein jugular-vein juke joint juke-joint jukebox musical jukebox-musical Juliet balcony juliet-balcony Julius Caesar julius-caesar jumble sale jumble-sale jumbo cord jumbo-cord jumbo jet jumbo-jet jump all over sb jump-all-over-sb jump at sth jump-at-sth jump down sb's throat jump-down-sb-s-throat jump for joy jump-for-joy jump in jump-in jump in at the deep end jump-in-at-the-deep-end jump in with both feet jump-in-with-both-feet jump leads jump-leads jump on sb jump-on-sb jump out at sb jump-out-at-sb jump rope jump-rope jump the gun jump-the-gun jump through hoops jump-through-hoops jump to conclusions jump-to-conclusions jump to it jump-to-it jump to sb's defence jump-to-sb-s-defence jump-start jump-start jump/climb/get on the bandwagon jump-climb-get-on-the-bandwagon jump/leap out of your skin jump-leap-out-of-your-skin jumped-up jumped-up jumper cables jumper-cables jumper leads jumper-leads jumping jack jumping-jack jumping spider jumping-spider jumping-off point jumping-off-point junction box junction-box jungle gym jungle-gym jungle warfare jungle-warfare junior college junior-college junior high school junior-high-school junior school junior-school junk food junk-food junk mail junk-mail junk shop junk-shop jury box jury-box jury service jury-service just a minute/moment/second just-a-minute-moment-second just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get me just-because-i-m-paranoid-doesn-t-mean-they-re-not-out-to-get-me just gay enough just-gay-enough just like that just-like-that just my luck! just-my-luck just the man/woman for the job just-the-man-woman-for-the-job just the thing just-the-thing just the ticket just-the-ticket just what the doctor ordered just-what-the-doctor-ordered (just) around the corner just-around-the-corner (just) between you and me just-between-you-and-me (just) one of those things just-one-of-those-things (just) to be on the safe side just-to-be-on-the-safe-side (just) you wait just-you-wait just-in-time just-in-time Justice of the Peace justice-of-the-peace justifiable homicide justifiable-homicide juvenile delinquency juvenile-delinquency juvenile delinquent juvenile-delinquent juvenile hall juvenile-hall juvenile lead juvenile-lead K, k k-k K-pop k-pop K-Y Jelly k-y-jelly ka-ching ka-ching kangaroo court kangaroo-court Kawasaki disease kawasaki-disease keel over keel-over keep (herself) to herself keep-herself-to-herself keep (myself) to myself keep-myself-to-myself keep (sb) off sth keep-sb-off-sth keep (sb/sth) away keep-sb-sth-away keep (sb/sth) off sth keep-sb-sth-off-sth keep (sb/sth) out keep-sb-sth-out keep (sb/sth) out of sth keep-sb-sth-out-of-sth keep (sth/sb) back keep-sth-sb-back keep (yourself) to yourself keep-yourself-to-yourself keep a civil tongue in your head keep-a-civil-tongue-in-your-head keep a clean sheet keep-a-clean-sheet keep a cool head keep-a-cool-head keep a firm hand on sth keep-a-firm-hand-on-sth keep a low profile keep-a-low-profile keep a straight face keep-a-straight-face keep a tight rein on sb/sth keep-a-tight-rein-on-sb-sth keep a weather eye on sth keep-a-weather-eye-on-sth keep a weather eye open keep-a-weather-eye-open keep a/the lid on sth keep-a-the-lid-on-sth keep at sth keep-at-sth keep away keep-away keep body and soul together keep-body-and-soul-together keep faith with sth/sb keep-faith-with-sth-sb keep from doing sth keep-from-doing-sth keep in with sb keep-in-with-sb keep it down keep-it-down keep it up keep-it-up keep off sth keep-off-sth keep on keep-on keep on doing sth keep-on-doing-sth keep on the right side of sb keep-on-the-right-side-of-sb keep on trucking keep-on-trucking keep sb at arm's length keep-sb-at-arm-s-length keep sb at it keep-sb-at-it keep sb down keep-sb-down keep sb guessing keep-sb-guessing keep sb in keep-sb-in keep sb in the picture keep-sb-in-the-picture keep sb sweet keep-sb-sweet keep sb up keep-sb-up keep sb/sth from sth keep-sb-sth-from-sth keep sth back keep-sth-back keep sth down keep-sth-down keep sth from sb keep-sth-from-sb keep sth off (sb/sth) keep-sth-off-sb-sth keep sth to sth keep-sth-to-sth keep sth to yourself keep-sth-to-yourself keep sth up keep-sth-up keep tabs on sth/sb keep-tabs-on-sth-sb keep the flag flying keep-the-flag-flying keep the wolf from the door keep-the-wolf-from-the-door keep to himself keep-to-himself keep to somewhere keep-to-somewhere keep to sth keep-to-sth keep to themselves keep-to-themselves keep track keep-track keep up keep-up keep up (with sb/sth) keep-up-with-sb-sth keep up appearances keep-up-appearances keep up with the Joneses keep-up-with-the-joneses keep your distance keep-your-distance keep your eye in keep-your-eye-in keep your eye on the ball keep-your-eye-on-the-ball keep your eyes open for sb/sth keep-your-eyes-open-for-sb-sth keep your eyes peeled/skinned keep-your-eyes-peeled-skinned keep your hair on keep-your-hair-on keep your hand in keep-your-hand-in keep your head above water keep-your-head-above-water keep your head down keep-your-head-down keep your head keep-your-head keep your mouth shut keep-your-mouth-shut keep your nose clean keep-your-nose-clean keep your nose out of sth keep-your-nose-out-of-sth keep your own counsel keep-your-own-counsel keep your shirt on keep-your-shirt-on keep your/an eye on sth/sb keep-your-an-eye-on-sth-sb keep your/an eye out for sb/sth keep-your-an-eye-out-for-sb-sth keep-fit keep-fit keep/hold your cards close to your chest keep-hold-your-cards-close-to-your-chest keep/hold your end up keep-hold-your-end-up keep/put your nose to the grindstone keep-put-your-nose-to-the-grindstone keepy-uppy keepy-uppy keg party keg-party Kegel exercise kegel-exercise kelly green kelly-green Kendal mint cake kendal-mint-cake kerb appeal kerb-appeal kerb-crawling kerb-crawling keto diet keto-diet ketogenic diet ketogenic-diet key chain key-chain key fob key-fob key money key-money key performance indicator key-performance-indicator key ring key-ring key signature key-signature key sth in key-sth-in key sth to sb/sth key-sth-to-sb-sth key worker key-worker keyboard shortcut keyboard-shortcut keyboard warrior keyboard-warrior keyed up keyed-up keyhole surgery keyhole-surgery kick (some) ass kick-some-ass kick (sth) off kick-sth-off kick against sth kick-against-sth kick against the pricks kick-against-the-pricks kick around kick-around kick back kick-back kick in kick-in kick in sth kick-in-sth kick in the teeth kick-in-the-teeth kick off kick-off kick over the traces kick-over-the-traces kick sb out kick-sb-out kick sb upstairs kick-sb-upstairs kick sth around kick-sth-around kick sth into touch kick-sth-into-touch kick the bucket kick-the-bucket kick the can down the road kick-the-can-down-the-road kick the habit kick-the-habit kick the tires kick-the-tires kick up kick-up kick up a fuss/row/stink kick-up-a-fuss-row-stink kick up your heels kick-up-your-heels kick your heels kick-your-heels kick-ass kick-ass kick-start kick-start kick/hit sb when he/she is down kick-hit-sb-when-he-she-is-down kid around kid-around kiddy fiddler kiddy-fiddler kidney bean kidney-bean kidney machine kidney-machine kidney stone kidney-stone kids' stuff kids-stuff kill it kill-it kill list kill-list kill or cure kill-or-cure kill sb with kindness kill-sb-with-kindness kill sth off kill-sth-off kill sth stone-dead kill-sth-stone-dead kill switch kill-switch kill the fatted calf kill-the-fatted-calf kill the goose that lays the golden egg kill-the-goose-that-lays-the-golden-egg kill time, an hour, etc. kill-time-an-hour-etc kill two birds with one stone kill-two-birds-with-one-stone killer app killer-app killer instinct killer-instinct killer whale killer-whale Kilner jar kilner-jar kind of kind-of kind-hearted kind-hearted kindred spirit kindred-spirit kinesiology tape kinesiology-tape kinetic art kinetic-art kinetic energy kinetic-energy King's evidence king-s-evidence king-size king-size Kinross-shire kinross-shire kinship care kinship-care kinship carer kinship-carer kiss and tell kiss-and-tell kiss ass kiss-ass kiss cam kiss-cam kiss curl kiss-curl kiss my arse! kiss-my-arse kiss of death kiss-of-death kiss sb's arse kiss-sb-s-arse kiss sb/sth off kiss-sb-sth-off kiss sth goodbye kiss-sth-goodbye kiss sth off kiss-sth-off kiss-off kiss-off kit sb/sth out kit-sb-sth-out kitchen cabinet kitchen-cabinet kitchen counter kitchen-counter kitchen garden kitchen-garden kitchen island kitchen-island kitchen porter kitchen-porter kitchen roll kitchen-roll kitchen salt kitchen-salt kitchen-sink kitchen-sink kite-flying kite-flying kith and kin kith-and-kin kitten heel kitten-heel kitty-corner kitty-corner Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome klippel-trenaunay-syndrome knacker's yard knacker-s-yard knee-deep knee-deep knee-high knee-high knee-jerk knee-jerk knee-joint knee-joint knee-length knee-length knees-up knees-up knick-knack knick-knack knickerbocker glory knickerbocker-glory knife edge knife-edge knife grinder knife-grinder knight errant knight-errant knit your brow/brows knit-your-brow-brows knitting needle knitting-needle knock 'em dead! knock-em-dead knock (some) sense into sb knock-some-sense-into-sb knock around knock-around knock around (sth) knock-around-sth knock back (sth) knock-back-sth knock it off knock-it-off knock off (sth) knock-off-sth knock on wood knock-on-wood knock sb around knock-sb-around knock sb back (sth) knock-sb-back-sth knock sb down knock-sb-down knock sb off knock-sb-off knock sb off their pedestal idiom1 knock-sb-off-their-pedestal knock sb out knock-sb-out knock sb over knock-sb-over knock sb sideways/for six knock-sb-sideways-for-six knock sb up knock-sb-up knock sb's block off knock-sb-s-block-off knock sb/sth down knock-sb-sth-down knock spots off sth knock-spots-off-sth knock sth down knock-sth-down knock sth into a cocked hat knock-sth-into-a-cocked-hat knock sth off knock-sth-off knock sth off (sth) knock-sth-off-sth knock sth on the head knock-sth-on-the-head knock sth out knock-sth-out knock sth out of sb knock-sth-out-of-sb knock sth over knock-sth-over knock sth together/up knock-sth-together-up knock the bottom out of sth knock-the-bottom-out-of-sth knock up knock-up knock yourself out knock-yourself-out knock, knock! knock-knock knock-down knock-down knock-down-drag-out knock-down-drag-out knock-kneed knock-kneed knock-knock burglar knock-knock-burglar knock-knock burglary knock-knock-burglary knock-off knock-off knock-on effect knock-on-effect knock/lick sth/sb into shape knock-lick-sth-sb-into-shape knock/take the stuffing out of sb/sth knock-take-the-stuffing-out-of-sb-sth knock/throw sb for a loop knock-throw-sb-for-a-loop knocking shop knocking-shop knockout drops knockout-drops know all the answers know-all-the-answers know all there is to know about sth know-all-there-is-to-know-about-sth know best know-best know better (than sb) know-better-than-sb know better (than to do sth) know-better-than-to-do-sth know of sb/sth know-of-sb-sth know sth back to front know-sth-back-to-front know sth from sth know-sth-from-sth know sth inside out know-sth-inside-out know sth like the back of your hand know-sth-like-the-back-of-your-hand know the score know-the-score know what it is (like) to know-what-it-is-like-to know what you are doing know-what-you-are-doing know what you are talking about know-what-you-are-talking-about know what's what know-what-s-what know when you are well off know-when-you-are-well-off know where you stand know-where-you-stand know which side your bread is buttered (on) know-which-side-your-bread-is-buttered-on know your own mind know-your-own-mind know your place know-your-place know your stuff know-your-stuff know your way around sth know-your-way-around-sth know-all know-all know-how know-how know-it-all know-it-all know/see where sb is coming from know-see-where-sb-is-coming-from knuckle down knuckle-down knuckle under knuckle-under Komodo dragon komodo-dragon koosh ball koosh-ball kosher salt kosher-salt Kris Kringle kris-kringle kung fu kung-fu L, l l-l L-plate l-plate la Niña la-nina la-di-da la-di-da la-la land la-la-land lab rat lab-rat labor camp labor-camp Labor Day labor-day labor force labor-force labor market labor-market labor movement labor-movement labor relations labor-relations labor union labor-union labor-intensive labor-intensive labor-saving labor-saving labour camp labour-camp Labour Day labour-day labour force labour-force labour market labour-market labour movement labour-movement labour of love labour-of-love labour relations labour-relations labour the point labour-the-point labour under the delusion, illusion, misapprehension, etc. labour-under-the-delusion-illusion-misapprehension-etc labour-intensive labour-intensive labour-saving labour-saving lace sth up lace-sth-up lace-ups lace-ups lack direction lack-direction lactic acid lactic-acid lacto-vegetarian lacto-vegetarian lacto-vegetarianism lacto-vegetarianism lactose intolerance lactose-intolerance lactose-intolerant lactose-intolerant lad mag lad-mag ladies' fingers ladies-fingers ladies' man ladies-man ladies' room ladies-room ladle sth out ladle-sth-out Lady Bountiful lady-bountiful Lady Muck lady-muck lady-in-waiting lady-in-waiting lady-killer lady-killer lager lout lager-lout lagered-up lagered-up lagging indicator lagging-indicator lah-di-dah lah-di-dah laid-back laid-back laissez-faire laissez-faire Lamb of God lamb-of-god lambing season lambing-season lame duck lame-duck lance corporal lance-corporal land acknowledgment land-acknowledgment land crab land-crab land of milk and honey land-of-milk-and-honey land on your feet idiom1 land-on-your-feet Land Rover land-rover land sb in sth land-sb-in-sth land sb with sth land-sb-with-sth land tenure land-tenure land up land-up land-grant university land-grant-university landing craft landing-craft landing gear landing-gear landing page landing-page landing stage landing-stage landing strip landing-strip landmark birthday landmark-birthday landmarked building landmarked-building landscape gardener landscape-gardener landscape gardening landscape-gardening language laboratory language-laboratory lantern jaw lantern-jaw lantern slide lantern-slide lantern-jawed lantern-jawed lap dancing lap-dancing lap of honour2 lap-of-honour lap steel lap-steel lap sth up lap-sth-up lapsang souchong lapsang-souchong lapse into sth lapse-into-sth lard sth with sth lard-sth-with-sth lardy cake lardy-cake Large Electron Positron Collider large-electron-positron-collider large intestine large-intestine large-scale large-scale large/small-scale large-small-scale larger than life larger-than-life lark around lark-around Las Vegas las-vegas laser printer laser-printer laser printing laser-printing laser-guided laser-guided lash out lash-out lash out (sth) lash-out-sth Lassa fever lassa-fever last but not least last-but-not-least last hurrah last-hurrah last name last-name last orders last-orders last out last-out last quarter last-quarter last will and testament last-will-and-testament last word last-word last-ditch last-ditch latch on latch-on latch onto sb latch-onto-sb latch onto sth latch-onto-sth latchkey kid latchkey-kid late adopter late-adopter late developer late-developer late in the day late-in-the-day late-term late-term latent heat latent-heat lateral flow test lateral-flow-test lateral thinking lateral-thinking lathi-charge lathi-charge Latin America latin-america Latin American latin-american latissimus dorsi latissimus-dorsi latter-day latter-day lattice window lattice-window laugh at sb/sth laugh-at-sb-sth laugh in sb's face laugh-in-sb-s-face laugh like a drain laugh-like-a-drain laugh sth off laugh-sth-off laugh up your sleeve laugh-up-your-sleeve laugh your head off laugh-your-head-off laugh, shout, scream, etc. your head off laugh-shout-scream-etc-your-head-off laugh-out-loud laugh-out-loud laughing gas laughing-gas laughing stock laughing-stock laughter is the best medicine laughter-is-the-best-medicine launch into sth launch-into-sth launch pad launch-pad laundry basket laundry-basket laundry detergent laundry-detergent laurel wreath laurel-wreath lava lamp lava-lamp lavender language lavender-language lavish sth on sb/sth lavish-sth-on-sb-sth law and order law-and-order law clerk law-clerk law enforcement law-enforcement law-abiding law-abiding lawn bowling lawn-bowling lawn party lawn-party lawn tennis lawn-tennis lawnmower parent lawnmower-parent lay a finger on sb lay-a-finger-on-sb lay a hand on sb lay-a-hand-on-sb lay bare sth lay-bare-sth lay brother lay-brother lay down the law lay-down-the-law lay down your life for sth lay-down-your-life-for-sth lay into sb lay-into-sb lay it on a bit thick lay-it-on-a-bit-thick lay off (sth/sb) lay-off-sth-sb lay sb low lay-sb-low lay sb off lay-sb-off lay sb out lay-sb-out lay sb to rest lay-sb-to-rest lay sb up lay-sb-up lay sister lay-sister lay sth (to) waste lay-sth-to-waste lay sth aside lay-sth-aside lay sth at sb's door lay-sth-at-sb-s-door lay sth down lay-sth-down lay sth in lay-sth-in lay sth off lay-sth-off lay sth on lay-sth-on lay sth on the line lay-sth-on-the-line lay sth out lay-sth-out lay sth to rest lay-sth-to-rest lay the basis/foundations for sth lay-the-basis-foundations-for-sth lay the foundation(s) of/for lay-the-foundation-s-of-for lay the ghost of sth (to rest) lay-the-ghost-of-sth-to-rest lay up trouble for yourself lay-up-trouble-for-yourself lay yourself open to attack, criticism, ridicule, etc. lay-yourself-open-to-attack-criticism-ridicule-etc lay yourself open to ridicule lay-yourself-open-to-ridicule lay-by lay-by layer cake layer-cake lazy river lazy-river lazy Susan lazy-susan lead off lead-off lead poisoning lead-poisoning lead sb a (merry) dance lead-sb-a-merry-dance lead sb by the nose lead-sb-by-the-nose lead sb on lead-sb-on lead sb up the garden path lead-sb-up-the-garden-path lead singer lead-singer lead the field/pack/world lead-the-field-pack-world lead time lead-time lead to sth lead-to-sth lead up to sth lead-up-to-sth lead with sth lead-with-sth lead-in lead-in lead/live the life of Riley lead-live-the-life-of-riley leaded window leaded-window leading article leading-article leading edge leading-edge leading hand leading-hand leading indicator leading-indicator leading lady leading-lady leading light leading-light leading man leading-man leading question leading-question leaf mould leaf-mould leaf peeper leaf-peeper leaf through sth leaf-through-sth leak like a sieve leak-like-a-sieve lean (sth) against/on sth lean-sth-against-on-sth lean and hungry lean-and-hungry lean on sb lean-on-sb lean on sb/sth lean-on-sb-sth lean towards sth lean-towards-sth lean-to lean-to leap at sth leap-at-sth leap out at sb leap-out-at-sb leap year leap-year learn a/your lesson learn-a-your-lesson learn sth by rote learn-sth-by-rote learn to live with sth learn-to-live-with-sth learn/know the ropes learn-know-the-ropes learner's permit learner-s-permit learning curve learning-curve learning difficulties learning-difficulties learning disability learning-disability leash law leash-law least said soonest mended least-said-soonest-mended leatherback turtle leatherback-turtle leave a bad taste in sb's mouth leave-a-bad-taste-in-sb-s-mouth leave a lot to be desired leave-a-lot-to-be-desired leave go/hold of sth leave-go-hold-of-sth leave it at that leave-it-at-that leave it out! leave-it-out leave no stone unturned leave-no-stone-unturned leave off (sth/doing sth) leave-off-sth-doing-sth leave off! leave-off leave sb be leave-sb-be leave sb cold leave-sb-cold leave sb hanging leave-sb-hanging leave sb high and dry leave-sb-high-and-dry leave sb in the lurch leave-sb-in-the-lurch leave sb out in the cold leave-sb-out-in-the-cold leave sb standing leave-sb-standing leave sb to their own devices leave-sb-to-their-own-devices leave sb/sth out leave-sb-sth-out leave sth aside leave-sth-aside leave sth behind leave-sth-behind leave sth for/to sb leave-sth-for-to-sb leave sth in your wake leave-sth-in-your-wake leave sth/sb behind leave-sth-sb-behind leave sth/sb off sth leave-sth-sb-off-sth leave the field open for sb leave-the-field-open-for-sb leave well alone leave-well-alone leave your/its mark on sb/sth leave-your-its-mark-on-sb-sth leave, go off, etc. with your tail between your legs leave-go-off-etc-with-your-tail-between-your-legs leave-taking leave-taking lech after sb lech-after-sb LED display led-display left field left-field left of centre left-of-centre left-click left-click left-hand left-hand left-hand drive left-hand-drive left-handed left-handed left-handed compliment left-handed-compliment left-handedness left-handedness left-hander left-hander left-luggage office left-luggage-office left-winger left-winger leg before wicket leg-before-wicket legal action legal-action legal aid legal-aid legal eagle legal-eagle legal high legal-high legal holiday legal-holiday legal pad legal-pad legal tender legal-tender 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back lie-back lie behind sth lie-behind-sth lie detector lie-detector lie doggo lie-doggo lie down lie-down lie down on the job lie-down-on-the-job lie in lie-in lie in sth lie-in-sth lie in wait lie-in-wait lie low lie-low lie through your teeth lie-through-your-teeth lie up lie-up lieutenant governor lieutenant-governor life assurance life-assurance life coach life-coach life cycle life-cycle life event life-event life expectancy life-expectancy life form life-form life history life-history life imprisonment life-imprisonment life in the fast lane life-in-the-fast-lane life insurance life-insurance life is just a bowl of cherries life-is-just-a-bowl-of-cherries life jacket life-jacket life peer life-peer life peerage life-peerage life preserver life-preserver life raft life-raft life science life-science life sentence life-sentence life skill life-skill life story life-story life's a bitch (and then you die) life-s-a-bitch-and-then-you-die life's work life-s-work life-affirming life-affirming life-altering life-altering life-and-death life-and-death life-changing life-changing life-giving life-giving life-saver life-saver life-saving life-saving life-size life-size life-support system life-support-system life-threatening life-threatening lifestyle manager lifestyle-manager lift-off lift-off ligamentum flavum ligamentum-flavum light (sth) up light-sth-up light a fire under sb light-a-fire-under-sb light aircraft light-aircraft light and shade light-and-shade light at the end of the tunnel light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel light box light-box light bulb light-bulb light cream light-cream light globe light-globe light heavyweight light-heavyweight light industry light-industry light meter light-meter light on/upon sth light-on-upon-sth light pen light-pen light railway light-railway light therapy light-therapy light year light-year light years away light-years-away light-bulb moment light-bulb-moment light-fingered light-fingered light-headed light-headed light-hearted light-hearted lighten sth up lighten-sth-up lighten up lighten-up lighting-up time lighting-up-time lightning bug lightning-bug lightning conductor lightning-conductor lightning never strikes twice lightning-never-strikes-twice lightning strike lightning-strike lightning talk lightning-talk lights-out lights-out like a boss like-a-boss like a bull in a china shop like-a-bull-in-a-china-shop like a cat on a hot tin roof like-a-cat-on-a-hot-tin-roof like a dose of salts like-a-dose-of-salts like a lamb to the slaughter like-a-lamb-to-the-slaughter like a man/woman possessed like-a-man-woman-possessed like a maniac like-a-maniac like a shag on a rock like-a-shag-on-a-rock like a shot like-a-shot like a streak of lightning like-a-streak-of-lightning like a thief in the night like-a-thief-in-the-night like a ton of bricks like-a-ton-of-bricks like clockwork like-clockwork like crazy like-crazy like dishwater like-dishwater like fury like-fury like gold dust like-gold-dust like 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live-high-on-off-the-hog live in live-in live in sin live-in-sin live it up live-it-up live like a king/lord live-like-a-king-lord live off sb/sth live-off-sb-sth live off the fat of the land live-off-the-fat-of-the-land live on borrowed time live-on-borrowed-time live on sth live-on-sth live out live-out live out sth live-out-sth live out your dreams/fantasies live-out-your-dreams-fantasies live through sth live-through-sth live to fight another day live-to-fight-another-day live to tell the tale live-to-tell-the-tale live together live-together live up to sth live-up-to-sth live vlog live-vlog live vlogging live-vlogging live wire live-wire live with sb live-with-sb live with sth live-with-sth live your own life live-your-own-life live/be in clover live-be-in-clover lived in lived-in liven (sb) up liven-sb-up liven (sth) up liven-sth-up liver sausage liver-sausage liver spot liver-spot living death living-death living donor living-donor living room living-room living room suite 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long-sleeved long-sleeved long-standing long-standing long-stay long-stay long-suffering long-suffering long-term long-term long-time long-time long-winded long-winded longitudinal wave longitudinal-wave longshore drift longshore-drift look a fright look-a-fright look after sb/sth look-after-sb-sth look ahead look-ahead look and feel look-and-feel look around (somewhere/sth) look-around-somewhere-sth look at sth look-at-sth look at/see sth through rose-coloured/rose-tinted glasses look-at-see-sth-through-rose-coloured-rose-tinted-glasses look back look-back look daggers at sb look-daggers-at-sb look down on sb look-down-on-sb look forward to sth look-forward-to-sth look in look-in look into sth look-into-sth look kindly on sb/sth look-kindly-on-sb-sth look like a drowned rat look-like-a-drowned-rat look like something the cat brought/dragged in look-like-something-the-cat-brought-dragged-in look like the back end of a bus look-like-the-back-end-of-a-bus look like/as though you've seen 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sb lose-your-heart-to-sb lose your life lose-your-life lose your mind lose-your-mind lose your rag lose-your-rag lose your shirt lose-your-shirt lose your touch lose-your-touch lose your way lose-your-way lose-lose lose-lose loss adjuster loss-adjuster loss leader loss-leader loss-making loss-making lost cause lost-cause lost in the shuffle lost-in-the-shuffle lost property lost-property lost property office lost-property-office lost-and-found lost-and-found lotus land lotus-land lotus position lotus-position lotus-eater lotus-eater Lou Gehrig's disease lou-gehrig-s-disease loud and clear loud-and-clear lounge around (sth) lounge-around-sth lounge bar lounge-bar lounge room lounge-room lounge suit lounge-suit louse (sth) up louse-sth-up love affair love-affair love bite love-bite love child love-child love handles love-handles love letter love-letter love life love-life love lock love-lock love match love-match love me, love my dog love-me-love-my-dog love rat love-rat love sb to bits love-sb-to-bits love seat love-seat love triangle love-triangle love-hate relationship love-hate-relationship love-in love-in love-making love-making love-struck love-struck loved one loved-one loved up loved-up lovey-dovey lovey-dovey low beams low-beams low blow low-blow Low Church low-church low emission zone low-emission-zone low season low-season low slung low-slung low tide low-tide low-alcohol low-alcohol low-calorie low-calorie low-context low-context low-cost low-cost low-cut low-cut low-down low-down low-end low-end low-energy low-energy low-fat low-fat low-fi low-fi low-hanging fruit low-hanging-fruit low-key low-key low-level low-level low-level language low-level-language low-lying low-lying low-pitched low-pitched low-pressure low-pressure low-rent low-rent low-resolution low-resolution low-rise low-rise low-spirited low-spirited low-tech low-tech low-water mark low-water-mark lower case lower-case lower class lower-class lower house lower-house lower your sights 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(sb's) hackles rise make-sb-s-hackles-rise make a big thing (out) of sth make-a-big-thing-out-of-sth make a bundle make-a-bundle make a case for sth make-a-case-for-sth make a clean breast of it make-a-clean-breast-of-it make a day/night/evening/weekend of it make-a-day-night-evening-weekend-of-it make a hole in sth make-a-hole-in-sth make a joke of sth make-a-joke-of-sth make a killing make-a-killing make a man (out) of sb make-a-man-out-of-sb make a meal (out) of sth make-a-meal-out-of-sth make a mockery of sth make-a-mockery-of-sth make a monkey out of sb make-a-monkey-out-of-sb make a mountain out of a molehill make-a-mountain-out-of-a-molehill make a move make-a-move make a muck of sth make-a-muck-of-sth make a name for yourself make-a-name-for-yourself make a noise about sth make-a-noise-about-sth make a pig of yourself make-a-pig-of-yourself make a pig's ear of sth make-a-pig-s-ear-of-sth make a pile make-a-pile make a play for sth/sb make-a-play-for-sth-sb make a point of doing 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mammary gland mammary-gland man and boy man-and-boy man bag man-bag man breasts man-breasts man bun man-bun man cannot live by bread alone man-cannot-live-by-bread-alone man cave man-cave man flu man-flu man Friday man-friday man hug man-hug man of God man-of-god man of letters man-of-letters man of straw man-of-straw man on! man-on man up man-up man's best friend man-s-best-friend man's inhumanity to man man-s-inhumanity-to-man man-about-town man-about-town man-eater man-eater man-eating man-eating man-hour man-hour man-made man-made man-sized man-sized man-to-man man-to-man man-to-man defense man-to-man-defense man-to-man marking man-to-man-marking man/woman of the people man-woman-of-the-people managed care managed-care management consultancy management-consultancy management consultant management-consultant managing director managing-director Manchurian candidate manchurian-candidate mango chutney mango-chutney mani-pedi mani-pedi manic depression manic-depression manic depressive manic-depressive manicure set manicure-set manna from heaven manna-from-heaven mano a mano mano-a-mano mansard roof mansard-roof manta ray manta-ray manual dexterity manual-dexterity manual transmission manual-transmission manuka honey manuka-honey Manx cat manx-cat many a time many-a-time many a true word is spoken in jest many-a-true-word-is-spoken-in-jest many happy returns (of the day) many-happy-returns-of-the-day many moons ago many-moons-ago many's the many-s-the many-sided many-sided map sth out map-sth-out maple syrup maple-syrup maraschino cherry maraschino-cherry Marcel wave marcel-wave march-past march-past marching band marching-band marching orders marching-orders Mardi Gras mardi-gras Marfan syndrome marfan-syndrome margin of error margin-of-error marginal land marginal-land marital aid marital-aid marital status marital-status mark sb down as sth mark-sb-down-as-sth mark scheme mark-scheme mark sth down mark-sth-down mark sth off mark-sth-off mark sth out mark-sth-out mark sth up mark-sth-up mark sth/sb off mark-sth-sb-off mark time mark-time marked man/woman marked-man-woman market economy market-economy market forces market-forces market garden market-garden market gardening market-gardening market price market-price market research market-research market researcher market-researcher market share market-share market town market-town market value market-value marketing communication marketing-communication marking-out tool marking-out-tool marmalade cat marmalade-cat marriage bureau marriage-bureau marriage certificate marriage-certificate marriage counseling marriage-counseling marriage equality marriage-equality marriage guidance marriage-guidance married name married-name marrowfat pea marrowfat-pea marry beneath you marry-beneath-you marry in haste, repent at leisure marry-in-haste-repent-at-leisure marry money marry-money marry sb off marry-sb-off marry up (sth) marry-up-sth marsh gas marsh-gas Marshal of the Royal Air Force marshal-of-the-royal-air-force Marshall Islander marshall-islander Martello tower martello-tower martial art martial-art martial law martial-law Marxist-Leninist marxist-leninist mary janes mary-janes marzipan layer marzipan-layer masa harina masa-harina mash up sth mash-up-sth mashed potatoes mashed-potatoes masked ball masked-ball masking tape masking-tape mason jar mason-jar masquerade as sb/sth masquerade-as-sb-sth mass extinction mass-extinction mass mailing mass-mailing mass market mass-market mass murder mass-murder mass production mass-production mass spectrometer mass-spectrometer mass spectrometry mass-spectrometry mass transit mass-transit mass-produce mass-produce mass-produced mass-produced massage parlour massage-parlour massage sb's ego massage-sb-s-ego master bathroom master-bathroom master bedroom master-bedroom master key master-key Master of Arts master-of-arts master of ceremonies master-of-ceremonies Master of Dental Surgery master-of-dental-surgery Master of Science master-of-science master plan master-plan master switch master-switch Master's master-s Master's degree master-s-degree match ball match-ball match fit match-fit match fitness match-fitness match play match-play match point match-point match sb against sb match-sb-against-sb match sth pound for pound match-sth-pound-for-pound match sth up match-sth-up match sth/sb up match-sth-sb-up match up match-up match-fixing match-fixing matched betting matched-betting matchstick figure matchstick-figure mate for life mate-for-life maternity leave maternity-leave maternity ward maternity-ward mates' rate mates-rate matinee idol matinee-idol matter-of-fact matter-of-fact matter-of-factly matter-of-factly matter-of-factness matter-of-factness mature age student mature-age-student mature student mature-student Maundy Thursday maundy-thursday max out max-out max sth out max-sth-out May Day may-day may I ask may-i-ask May queen may-queen may the best man/person win! may-the-best-man-person-win may well may-well may/might as well may-might-as-well Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome mayer-rokitansky-kuster-hauser-syndrome me time me-time me-too me-too mea culpa mea-culpa meal ticket meal-ticket meals on wheels meals-on-wheels mealy-mouthed mealy-mouthed mean business mean-business mean the world to sb mean-the-world-to-sb mean well mean-well means test means-test means testing means-testing means-tested means-tested measure sb/sth against sb/sth measure-sb-sth-against-sb-sth measure sb/sth up measure-sb-sth-up measure sth out measure-sth-out measure up measure-up measuring cylinder measuring-cylinder measuring jug measuring-jug meat and potatoes meat-and-potatoes meat and two veg meat-and-two-veg meat grinder meat-grinder meat loaf meat-loaf meat locker meat-locker meat market meat-market meat safe meat-safe mechanical digestion mechanical-digestion mechanical engineering mechanical-engineering medallion man medallion-man media event media-event median strip median-strip medical examiner medical-examiner medical hall medical-hall medical tourism medical-tourism medical tourist medical-tourist medicine ball medicine-ball medicine cabinet medicine-cabinet medium rare medium-rare medium wave medium-wave medium-well medium-well medjool date medjool-date medulla oblongata medulla-oblongata meet sb halfway meet-sb-halfway meet sb's eye meet-sb-s-eye meet up meet-up meet with sth meet-with-sth meet your maker meet-your-maker meet your match meet-your-match meet your Waterloo meet-your-waterloo meet-and-greet meet-and-greet meet-cute meet-cute meeting house meeting-house meeting point meeting-point melt (away) into sth melt-away-into-sth melt away melt-away melt sth down melt-sth-down melting point melting-point melting pot melting-pot Member of Parliament member-of-parliament membranous nephropathy membranous-nephropathy memento mori memento-mori memorial card memorial-card Memorial Day memorial-day memorial service memorial-service memory card memory-card memory span memory-span Memory Stick memory-stick memory/mind like a sieve memory-mind-like-a-sieve men in white coats men-in-white-coats men's room men-s-room MEN1 syndrome men1-syndrome ménage à trois menage-a-trois mend your fences mend-your-fences mend your ways mend-your-ways menstrual period menstrual-period mental age mental-age mental arithmetic mental-arithmetic mental block mental-block mental cruelty mental-cruelty mental handicap mental-handicap mental health mental-health mental hospital mental-hospital mental hygiene mental-hygiene mental illness mental-illness mental note mental-note mentally defective mentally-defective menu bar menu-bar menu option menu-option menu-driven menu-driven meow meow meow-meow merchant bank merchant-bank merchant banker merchant-banker merchant marine merchant-marine merchant navy merchant-navy merchant of doom/gloom merchant-of-doom-gloom merchant seaman merchant-seaman mercy killing mercy-killing merry Christmas! merry-christmas merry-go-round merry-go-round mesenteric ischaemia mesenteric-ischaemia mesenteric panniculitis mesenteric-panniculitis mess around mess-around mess around (with sb) mess-around-with-sb mess around with sth mess-around-with-sth mess sb about/around mess-sb-about-around mess sb up mess-sb-up mess sth up mess-sth-up mess with sb mess-with-sb mess with sth mess-with-sth mess with sth/sb mess-with-sth-sb mess-up mess-up message board message-board messed up messed-up messenger bag messenger-bag messenger RNA messenger-rna meta-analysis meta-analysis metabolic disorder metabolic-disorder metal detector metal-detector metal fatigue metal-fatigue mete sth out mete-sth-out meteor shower meteor-shower method acting method-acting method actor method-actor methyl orange methyl-orange methylated spirits methylated-spirits metric ton metric-ton metropolitan borough metropolitan-borough metropolitan county metropolitan-county metropolitan elite metropolitan-elite Mexican standoff mexican-standoff Mexican wave mexican-wave mezzo-soprano mezzo-soprano miaow miaow miaow-miaow mic drop mic-drop micellar water micellar-water Michelin star michelin-star Michelin-starred michelin-starred Mickey Mouse mickey-mouse micro greens micro-greens micro herb micro-herb micro-moment micro-moment microfiche reader microfiche-reader Mid Glamorgan mid-glamorgan mid-afternoon mid-afternoon mid-air mid-air mid-century modern mid-century-modern mid-morning mid-morning mid-ocean ridge mid-ocean-ridge mid-table mid-table middle age middle-age Middle America middle-america middle C middle-c middle class middle-class middle ear middle-ear Middle Eastern middle-eastern Middle England middle-england middle finger middle-finger middle ground middle-ground middle management middle-management middle manager middle-manager middle name middle-name middle school middle-school middle-age spread middle-age-spread middle-aged middle-aged middle-of-the-road middle-of-the-road midfield anchor midfield-anchor midfield diamond midfield-diamond midi system midi-system midlife crisis midlife-crisis midnight feast midnight-feast Midsummer's Day midsummer-s-day mielie meal mielie-meal might I ask/inquire/know might-i-ask-inquire-know might just as well might-just-as-well might've might-ve might-have-been might-have-been mightn't mightn-t mike check mike-check mike sb up mike-sb-up mild cognitive impairment mild-cognitive-impairment mild-mannered mild-mannered miles from anywhere/nowhere miles-from-anywhere-nowhere miles too big, small, expensive, etc. miles-too-big-small-expensive-etc milestone birthday milestone-birthday military academy military-academy military band military-band military honours military-honours military policeman military-policeman military service military-service military time military-time militate against sth militate-against-sth milk bar milk-bar milk chocolate milk-chocolate milk float milk-float Milk of Magnesia milk-of-magnesia milk round milk-round milk run milk-run milk tooth milk-tooth milk truck milk-truck milking machine milking-machine mill around mill-around millionaire's shortbread millionaire-s-shortbread Milton Keynes milton-keynes mime artist mime-artist mince pie mince-pie mind (you) mind-you Mind Map mind-map mind over matter mind-over-matter mind reader mind-reader mind the store mind-the-store mind your own business mind-your-own-business mind your p's and q's mind-your-p-s-and-q-s mind-altering mind-altering mind-blowing mind-blowing mind-body mind-body mind-boggling mind-boggling mind-numbing mind-numbing mind-numbingly mind-numbingly mind/watch your manners mind-watch-your-manners mine a rich seam of sth mine-a-rich-seam-of-sth mine detector mine-detector mineral oil mineral-oil mineral water mineral-water mini system mini-system mini-break mini-break mini-golf mini-golf mini-roundabout mini-roundabout mini-stroke mini-stroke miniature golf miniature-golf minimum wage minimum-wage minister to sb minister-to-sb ministering angel ministering-angel minke whale minke-whale minor league minor-league minstrel show minstrel-show mint julep mint-julep mint sauce mint-sauce minute hand minute-hand minute steak minute-steak mirror image mirror-image mirror site mirror-site miscarriage of justice miscarriage-of-justice mischief-making mischief-making mise en scène mise-en-scene misery loves company misery-loves-company miss a chance/opportunity miss-a-chance-opportunity miss out miss-out miss sb/sth out miss-sb-sth-out miss the boat miss-the-boat miss the mark miss-the-mark miss the point miss-the-point missing link missing-link missing person missing-person mission control mission-control mission creep mission-creep mission statement mission-statement mission-critical mission-critical missionary position missionary-position missionary zeal missionary-zeal mist (sth) over/up mist-sth-over-up mistake sb/sth for sb/sth mistake-sb-sth-for-sb-sth Mister Big mister-big misty-eyed misty-eyed mitral valve mitral-valve mix it mix-it mix sb up mix-sb-up mix sb/sth up mix-sb-sth-up mix sth up mix-sth-up mix your metaphors mix-your-metaphors mix-up mix-up mixed bag mixed-bag mixed blessing mixed-blessing mixed doubles mixed-doubles mixed economy mixed-economy mixed farming mixed-farming mixed feelings mixed-feelings mixed fraction mixed-fraction mixed grill mixed-grill mixed martial arts mixed-martial-arts mixed media mixed-media mixed metaphor mixed-metaphor mixed up mixed-up mixed-ability mixed-ability mixed-race mixed-race mixer tap mixer-tap mo-cap mo-cap moaning minnie moaning-minnie mobile device mobile-device mobile home mobile-home mobile hotspot mobile-hotspot mobile learning mobile-learning mobile library mobile-library mobile number mobile-number mobile phone mobile-phone mobile technology mobile-technology mobility scooter mobility-scooter Möbius strip mobius-strip mock sth up mock-sth-up mock sun mock-sun mock turtleneck mock-turtleneck mock-Tudor mock-tudor mock-up mock-up mod cons mod-cons model house model-house model yourself on sb model-yourself-on-sb modelling clay modelling-clay moderation in all things moderation-in-all-things modern dance modern-dance modern jazz modern-jazz modern languages modern-languages modern slavery modern-slavery modern-day modern-day modified American plan modified-american-plan modus operandi modus-operandi modus vivendi modus-vivendi moka pot moka-pot molecular biology molecular-biology molecular gastronomy molecular-gastronomy molecular weight molecular-weight Molotov cocktail molotov-cocktail mom jeans mom-jeans mom-and-pop mom-and-pop Monday-morning quarterback monday-morning-quarterback monetary system monetary-system money belt money-belt money box money-box money doesn't grow on trees money-doesn-t-grow-on-trees money for old rope money-for-old-rope money grabber money-grabber money laundering money-laundering money market money-market money order money-order money pit money-pit money supply money-supply money talks money-talks money tree money-tree money-back money-back money-grubbing money-grubbing money-minded money-minded money-off money-off monitor lizard monitor-lizard monk seal monk-seal monk strap shoe monk-strap-shoe monkey around monkey-around monkey around with sth monkey-around-with-sth monkey bread monkey-bread monkey business monkey-business monkey chant monkey-chant monkey chanting monkey-chanting monkey nut monkey-nut monkey suit monkey-suit monkey wrench monkey-wrench monkey-puzzle monkey-puzzle monoclonal gammopathy of unknown significance monoclonal-gammopathy-of-unknown-significance monocyte disorder monocyte-disorder monosodium glutamate monosodium-glutamate mons pubis mons-pubis mons Veneris mons-veneris Montezuma's revenge montezuma-s-revenge mood board mood-board mood disorder mood-disorder mood stabilizer mood-stabilizer moon around moon-around Moon Boot moon-boot moon buggy moon-buggy moon over sb/sth moon-over-sb-sth mop sth up mop-sth-up mope around (somewhere) mope-around-somewhere mopping-up mopping-up moral compass moral-compass moral majority moral-majority moral support moral-support moral victory moral-victory more (...) than you can shake a stick at more-than-you-can-shake-a-stick-at more bang for your buck(s) more-bang-for-your-buck-s more by accident than design more-by-accident-than-design more by luck than judgment more-by-luck-than-judgment more cowbell more-cowbell more haste, less speed more-haste-less-speed more often than not idiom1 more-often-than-not more or less more-or-less more power to your elbow! more-power-to-your-elbow more than more-than more trouble than it's worth more-trouble-than-it-s-worth more/greater/bigger etc. than the sum of its parts more-greater-bigger-etc-than-the-sum-of-its-parts morning glory morning-glory morning person morning-person morning sickness morning-sickness morning suit morning-suit morning tea morning-tea morning, noon, and night morning-noon-and-night morning-after pill morning-after-pill morris dance morris-dance morris dancer morris-dancer morris dancing morris-dancing Morse code morse-code mortal sin mortal-sin mortality rate mortality-rate mortice lock mortice-lock mortification of the flesh mortification-of-the-flesh mortise lock mortise-lock Morton's metatarsalgia morton-s-metatarsalgia moses basket moses-basket mosh pit mosh-pit mosquito net mosquito-net mot juste mot-juste moth-eaten moth-eaten mother country mother-country mother figure mother-figure Mother Nature mother-nature mother ship mother-ship mother tongue mother-tongue Mother's Day mother-s-day mother's ruin mother-s-ruin mother-in-law mother-in-law mother-in-law suite mother-in-law-suite mother-of-pearl mother-of-pearl mother-to-be mother-to-be motherhood and apple pie motherhood-and-apple-pie motion capture motion-capture motion picture motion-picture motion sick motion-sick motion sickness motion-sickness motivational speaker motivational-speaker motor car motor-car motor home motor-home motor inn motor-inn motor lodge motor-lodge motor mower motor-mower motor neuron motor-neuron motor neuron disease motor-neuron-disease motor racing motor-racing motor scooter motor-scooter motor vehicle motor-vehicle motte-and-bailey castle motte-and-bailey-castle mount up mount-up mountain bike mountain-bike mountain biker mountain-biker mountain biking mountain-biking mountain climber mountain-climber mountain goat mountain-goat mountain lion mountain-lion mountain range mountain-range mountain sickness mountain-sickness mouse mat mouse-mat mouse over sth mouse-over-sth mouse potato mouse-potato mouth guard mouth-guard mouth off (about sth) mouth-off-about-sth mouth off (to/at sb) mouth-off-to-at-sb mouth organ mouth-organ mouth-breather mouth-breather mouth-breathing mouth-breathing mouth-to-mouth mouth-to-mouth movable feast movable-feast move heaven and earth move-heaven-and-earth move in on sth/sb move-in-on-sth-sb move it! move-it move off sth/on (to sth) move-off-sth-on-to-sth move on move-on move on to bigger/better things move-on-to-bigger-better-things move out move-out move sb/sth in move-sb-sth-in move the goalposts move-the-goalposts move with the times move-with-the-times move/go in for the kill move-go-in-for-the-kill move/shift your arse! move-shift-your-arse movers and shakers movers-and-shakers movie star movie-star movie theater movie-theater moving target moving-target moving van moving-van mow sb down mow-sb-down Moyamoya disease moyamoya-disease MP3 player mp3-player MS-DOS ms-dos much as much-as much less much-less much/still less much-still-less muck (sth) out muck-sth-out muck in muck-in muck sb/sth about/around muck-sb-sth-about-around muck sth up muck-sth-up muck-up muck-up mucous membrane mucous-membrane mud pie mud-pie mud sticks mud-sticks muddle along muddle-along muddle sb/sth up muddle-sb-sth-up muddle sth up muddle-sth-up muddle through muddle-through muddle-headed muddle-headed muddy the waters muddy-the-waters muffin top muffin-top mug (sth) up mug-sth-up mull sth over mull-sth-over mulled wine mulled-wine Mullerian agenesis mullerian-agenesis multi-ethnic multi-ethnic multi-hyphenate multi-hyphenate multiball system multiball-system multiple birth multiple-birth multiple personality disorder multiple-personality-disorder multiple sclerosis multiple-sclerosis multiple system atrophy multiple-system-atrophy multiple-choice multiple-choice multiplication sign multiplication-sign multiplication table multiplication-table mum's the word mum-s-the-word mumbo jumbo mumbo-jumbo mummy's boy mummy-s-boy Munchausen's syndrome munchausen-s-syndrome mung bean mung-bean Munro-bagging munro-bagging murky/uncharted waters murky-uncharted-waters Murphy's law murphy-s-law muscle dysmorphia muscle-dysmorphia muscle in muscle-in muscle memory muscle-memory muscle vest muscle-vest muscle-bound muscle-bound muscle-flexing muscle-flexing muscular dystrophy muscular-dystrophy museum piece museum-piece mushroom cloud mushroom-cloud mushy peas mushy-peas music box music-box music centre music-centre music hall music-hall music system music-system music theatre music-theatre music-making music-making musical chairs musical-chairs must-have must-have must-read must-read mustard gas mustard-gas muster point muster-point muster sth up muster-sth-up muster your forces muster-your-forces mustn't mustn-t mustn't grumble mustn-t-grumble mutatis mutandis mutatis-mutandis mute swan mute-swan mutton dressed as lamb mutton-dressed-as-lamb mutual friend mutual-friend mutual fund mutual-fund my (dear) boy my-dear-boy my arse! my-arse my bad my-bad my foot my-foot my heart bleeds for sb my-heart-bleeds-for-sb my lips are sealed my-lips-are-sealed my point exactly my-point-exactly my sweet my-sweet myalgic encephalomyelitis myalgic-encephalomyelitis myasthenia gravis myasthenia-gravis myelin damage myelin-damage myocardial infarction myocardial-infarction mystery play mystery-play mystery shopper mystery-shopper mystery tour mystery-tour myth-buster myth-buster myth-busting myth-busting n't n-t N, n n-n n/a n-a Na h-Eileanan Siar na-h-eileanan-siar naff off naff-off nag (away) at sb nag-away-at-sb nail a lie nail-a-lie nail bar nail-bar nail file nail-file nail polish nail-polish nail salon nail-salon nail sb down nail-sb-down nail scissors nail-scissors nail sth down nail-sth-down nail sth on nail-sth-on nail your colours to the mast nail-your-colours-to-the-mast nail-biter nail-biter nail-biting nail-biting nailed on nailed-on nailing jelly to the wall nailing-jelly-to-the-wall namby-pamby namby-pamby name and shame name-and-shame name day name-day name names name-names name sb/sth after sb/sth name-sb-sth-after-sb-sth name the day name-the-day name your poison name-your-poison name-calling name-calling name-drop name-drop name-dropper name-dropper name-dropping name-dropping nancy story nancy-story nanny goat nanny-goat nanny state nanny-state napkin ring napkin-ring nappy rash nappy-rash narcissistic personality 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Nick old-nick old people's home old-people-s-home old town old-town old wives' tale old-wives-tale old woman old-woman old-fashioned old-fashioned old-school old-school old-style old-style old-time old-time old-timer old-timer olde-worlde olde-worlde olive branch olive-branch olive drab olive-drab olive green olive-green olive oil olive-oil Omega-3 omega-3 omniscient narrator omniscient-narrator on a dime on-a-dime on a need-to-know basis on-a-need-to-know-basis on a razor edge on-a-razor-edge on a shoestring on-a-shoestring on a wing and a prayer on-a-wing-and-a-prayer on all fours on-all-fours on an empty stomach on-an-empty-stomach on an even keel on-an-even-keel on and off on-and-off on autopilot on-autopilot on board on-board on call on-call on demand on-demand on deposit on-deposit on easy street on-easy-street on everyone's lips on-everyone-s-lips on hand on-hand on high on-high on it on-it on its last legs on-its-last-legs on message on-message on no account on-no-account on 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the one hand ... on the other hand on-the-one-hand-on-the-other-hand on the part of sb/on sb's part on-the-part-of-sb-on-sb-s-part on the quiet on-the-quiet on the rebound on-the-rebound on the record on-the-record on the right/wrong side of 40, 50, etc. on-the-right-wrong-side-of-40-50-etc on the right/wrong side of the law on-the-right-wrong-side-of-the-law on the rocks on-the-rocks on the ropes on-the-ropes on the run on-the-run on the scent on-the-scent on the shelf on-the-shelf on the side on-the-side on the slate on-the-slate on the spectrum on-the-spectrum on the spur of the moment on-the-spur-of-the-moment on the streets on-the-streets on the strength of sth on-the-strength-of-sth on the table on-the-table on the take on-the-take on the threshold of sth on-the-threshold-of-sth on the town on-the-town on the trot on-the-trot on the up (and up) on-the-up-and-up on the verge (of) on-the-verge-of on the wagon on-the-wagon on the whole on-the-whole on top of sth on-top-of-sth on top of the world on-top-of-the-world on track on-track on your bike! on-your-bike on your last legs on-your-last-legs on your marks, get set, go! on-your-marks-get-set-go on your mettle on-your-mettle on your own head be it on-your-own-head-be-it on your rounds on-your-rounds on your toes on-your-toes on-again, off-again on-again-off-again on-brand on-brand on-off on-off on-ramp on-ramp on-screen on-screen on-site on-site on-the-job on-the-job on-trend on-trend on/about your person on-about-your-person on/at every corner on-at-every-corner on/from the sidelines on-from-the-sidelines on/off sb's radar on-off-sb-s-radar on/under pain of death on-under-pain-of-death once bitten, twice shy once-bitten-twice-shy once in a blue moon idiom1 once-in-a-blue-moon once upon a time once-upon-a-time once-in-a-lifetime once-in-a-lifetime once-over once-over one after another one-after-another one and all one-and-all one and the same one-and-the-same one another2 one-another one by one one-by-one one day one-day one for the books one-for-the-books one for the road one-for-the-road one good turn deserves another one-good-turn-deserves-another one in a million one-in-a-million one man's loss is another man's gain one-man-s-loss-is-another-man-s-gain one man's meat is another man's poison one-man-s-meat-is-another-man-s-poison one of these days one-of-these-days one of those days one-of-those-days one or two one-or-two one step forward, two steps back one-step-forward-two-steps-back one swallow doesn't make a summer one-swallow-doesn-t-make-a-summer one thing leads to another one-thing-leads-to-another one too many one-too-many one way or another one-way-or-another one, two, etc. down, one, two etc. to go. one-two-etc-down-one-two-etc-to-go one-armed bandit one-armed-bandit one-dimensional one-dimensional one-handed one-handed one-hit wonder one-hit-wonder one-horse race one-horse-race one-horse town one-horse-town one-liner one-liner one-man one-man one-man band one-man-band one-night stand one-night-stand one-off one-off one-on-one one-on-one one-parent family one-parent-family one-party one-party one-person one-person one-piece one-piece one-shot one-shot one-sided one-sided one-sidedness one-sidedness one-size-fits-all one-size-fits-all one-star one-star one-stop one-stop one-stop shop one-stop-shop one-time one-time one-to-one one-to-one one-track mind one-track-mind one-trick pony one-trick-pony one-two one-two one-two punch one-two-punch one-up one-up one-upmanship one-upmanship one-way one-way one-woman one-woman one/some day one-some-day onion dome onion-dome onion ring onion-ring online bank online-bank online banking online-banking online dating online-dating only child only-child only have eyes for sb only-have-eyes-for-sb only joking! only-joking only so much/many only-so-much-many only to do sth only-to-do-sth (only) time will tell only-time-will-tell onwards and upwards onwards-and-upwards ooh and aah ooh-and-aah oops-a-daisy oops-a-daisy op art op-art op-ed op-ed op-shop op-shop op. cit. op-cit open (sth) up open-sth-up open admissions open-admissions open adoption open-adoption open book open-book open carry open-carry open classroom open-classroom open day open-day open fire open-fire open fireplace open-fireplace open house open-house open letter open-letter open market open-market open marriage open-marriage open mic open-mic open mind open-mind open prison open-prison open sandwich open-sandwich open sb up open-sb-up open sb's eyes open-sb-s-eyes open season open-season open secret open-secret open sesame open-sesame open sth out/up open-sth-out-up open the door to sth idiom1 open-the-door-to-sth open the floodgates open-the-floodgates Open University open-university open up open-up open verdict open-verdict open your heart to someone open-your-heart-to-someone open your mouth open-your-mouth open-air open-air open-and-shut open-and-shut open-casket open-casket open-cut open-cut open-door open-door open-ended open-ended open-eyed open-eyed open-faced sandwich open-faced-sandwich open-handed open-handed open-heart surgery open-heart-surgery open-hearted open-hearted open-minded open-minded open-mindedness open-mindedness open-mouthed open-mouthed open-necked open-necked open-pit open-pit open-plan open-plan open-source open-source open-toed open-toed open-top open-top opening hours opening-hours opening night opening-night opening time opening-time opera glasses opera-glasses opera house opera-house operating room operating-room operating system operating-system operating table operating-table operating theatre operating-theatre operational research operational-research ophthalmic optician ophthalmic-optician opinion poll opinion-poll opportunistic infection opportunistic-infection opportunity shop opportunity-shop opposite number opposite-number opt in opt-in opt out opt-out optic nerve optic-nerve optical character reader optical-character-reader optical character recognition optical-character-recognition optical density optical-density optical fibre optical-fibre optical illusion optical-illusion optical reader optical-reader optical storage optical-storage optical zoom optical-zoom or die in the attempt or-die-in-the-attempt or else or-else or no or-no or otherwise or-otherwise or so or-so or something (like that) or-something-like-that or two idiom1 or-two or what? or-what oral history oral-history oral implant oral-implant oral sex oral-sex oral surgeon oral-surgeon oral surgery oral-surgery oral tradition oral-tradition orange juice orange-juice orange squash orange-squash orbital road orbital-road orchestra pit orchestra-pit order book order-book order form order-form order of magnitude order-of-magnitude order paper order-paper order sb around order-sb-around order sth in order-sth-in order your thoughts order-your-thoughts orders are orders orders-are-orders Ordinary level ordinary-level organ donation organ-donation organ donor organ-donor organ grinder organ-grinder organ loft organ-loft organ transplant surgery organ-transplant-surgery organic chemistry organic-chemistry organic compound organic-compound organic growth organic-growth organized chaos organized-chaos organized crime organized-crime organized labour organized-labour original jurisdiction original-jurisdiction original sin original-sin Orkney Islands orkney-islands orthodox medicine orthodox-medicine osmotic pressure osmotic-pressure osso buco osso-buco other half other-half other woman other-woman otitis externa otitis-externa otitis interna otitis-interna otitis media otitis-media ought to ought-to oughtn't oughtn-t Ouija board ouija-board Our Father our-father Our Lady our-lady out and about out-and-about out and away out-and-away out front out-front out loud out-loud out of2 out-of out of action out-of-action out of bounds out-of-bounds out of commission out-of-commission out of date out-of-date out of hand out-of-hand out of harm's way out-of-harm-s-way out of hours out-of-hours out of it out-of-it out of order out-of-order out of sight out-of-sight out of sight, out of mind out-of-sight-out-of-mind out of station out-of-station out of the blue out-of-the-blue out of the frying pan into the fire out-of-the-frying-pan-into-the-fire out of the mouths of babes (and sucklings) out-of-the-mouths-of-babes-and-sucklings out of the picture out-of-the-picture out of thin air out-of-thin-air out of this world out-of-this-world out of your depth out-of-your-depth out of your mind out-of-your-mind out of your mind/head out-of-your-mind-head out of/from the corner of your eye out-of-from-the-corner-of-your-eye out on a limb out-on-a-limb out tray out-tray out with it! out-with-it out-and-out out-and-out out-of-body experience out-of-body-experience out-of-court out-of-court out-of-pocket out-of-pocket out-of-the-way out-of-the-way out-of-town out-of-town out/up the wazoo out-up-the-wazoo outboard motor outboard-motor outer ear outer-ear Outer Hebrides outer-hebrides outer ring outer-ring outer space outer-space outfield player outfield-player outlet mall outlet-mall outlive your usefulness outlive-your-usefulness outside broadcast outside-broadcast outside forward outside-forward outside lane outside-lane outstation cheque outstation-cheque outward-bound outward-bound oven glove oven-glove oven-ready oven-ready over and over (again) over-and-over-again over easy over-easy over my dead body over-my-dead-body over the counter over-the-counter over the hill over-the-hill over the odds over-the-odds over the top over-the-top over your head over-your-head over-egg the pudding over-egg-the-pudding overhead kick overhead-kick overhead projector overhead-projector overnight oats overnight-oats overplay your hand overplay-your-hand overstep the mark overstep-the-mark overtaking lane overtaking-lane ovo-vegetarian ovo-vegetarian owe it to yourself owe-it-to-yourself owe sb a living owe-sb-a-living owing to owing-to own brand own-brand own goal own-goal own up own-up owner-occupied owner-occupied owner-occupier owner-occupier ox-drawn ox-drawn oxbow lake oxbow-lake Oxford shirt oxford-shirt oxygen bar oxygen-bar oxygen debt oxygen-debt oxygen mask oxygen-mask oxygen tank oxygen-tank oxygen tent oxygen-tent oyster bar oyster-bar oyster bed oyster-bed Oyster card oyster-card oyster mushroom oyster-mushroom ozone-friendly ozone-friendly P, p p-p p. and p. p-and-p p.c.m. p-c-m p.m. p-m p.o.q. p-o-q p.w. p-w PA system pa-system pace bowler pace-bowler pace sth off/out pace-sth-off-out pack (sth) up pack-sth-up pack a punch pack-a-punch pack animal pack-animal pack ice pack-ice pack sb in pack-sb-in pack sb off pack-sb-off pack sth away pack-sth-away pack sth in pack-sth-in pack sth into sth pack-sth-into-sth pack sth/sb in pack-sth-sb-in pack sth/somewhere out pack-sth-somewhere-out pack up pack-up pack up (sth) pack-up-sth package deal package-deal package store package-store package tour package-tour packed lunch packed-lunch packed/squashed like sardines packed-squashed-like-sardines packing case packing-case pad sth out pad-sth-out pad thai pad-thai padded cell padded-cell padded coat padded-coat padded envelope padded-envelope padded jacket padded-jacket paddle board paddle-board paddle boarding paddle-boarding paddle steamer paddle-steamer paddle wheel paddle-wheel paddle your own canoe paddle-your-own-canoe paddling pool paddling-pool paddy field paddy-field paddy wagon paddy-wagon paediatric thrombocytopenia paediatric-thrombocytopenia paedophile ring paedophile-ring page view page-view page-three girl page-three-girl page-turner page-turner paid-up paid-up pain relief pain-relief pain reliever pain-reliever paint a black picture of sth/sb paint-a-black-picture-of-sth-sb paint a picture (of something) paint-a-picture-of-something paint stripper paint-stripper paint thinner paint-thinner pair off pair-off pair sb off pair-sb-off pair up pair-up pak choi pak-choi pal around pal-around pal up pal-up palace coup palace-coup palato-alveolar palato-alveolar palazzo pants palazzo-pants pale ale pale-ale pale imitation pale-imitation pale in comparison pale-in-comparison pale into insignificance pale-into-insignificance Paleo diet paleo-diet palette knife palette-knife palisade layer palisade-layer palm oil palm-oil palm sb off with sth palm-sb-off-with-sth palm sth off palm-sth-off palm sugar palm-sugar Palm Sunday palm-sunday palm-fringed palm-fringed pampas grass pampas-grass pan out pan-out pan scourer pan-scourer Pan-Africanism pan-africanism Pan-Arabism pan-arabism pan-fry pan-fry Panama Canal panama-canal Pancake Day pancake-day pancake landing pancake-landing pancreatic duct pancreatic-duct pancreatic juice pancreatic-juice pancreatic mass pancreatic-mass pander to sb/sth pander-to-sb-sth Pandora's box pandora-s-box panel beater panel-beater Panenka penalty panenka-penalty panic attack panic-attack panic button panic-button panic buying panic-buying panic room panic-room panic selling panic-selling panic stations panic-stations panic-stricken panic-stricken pant for/after sb/sth pant-for-after-sb-sth pantomime horse pantomime-horse panty liner panty-liner Pap smear pap-smear paper clip paper-clip paper knife paper-knife paper money paper-money paper over sth paper-over-sth paper over the cracks paper-over-the-cracks paper profit paper-profit paper round paper-round paper shop paper-shop paper tiger paper-tiger paper towel paper-towel paper trail paper-trail paper-thin paper-thin papier mâché papier-mache Papua New Guinea papua-new-guinea Papua New Guinean papua-new-guinean par excellence par-excellence parachute payments parachute-payments parade ground parade-ground paradigm shift paradigm-shift parallel circuit parallel-circuit parallel imports parallel-imports parallel parking parallel-parking parallel port parallel-port parallel processing parallel-processing parallel universe parallel-universe parathyroid gland parathyroid-gland parcel bomb parcel-bomb parcel post parcel-post parcel sth out parcel-sth-out parcel sth up parcel-sth-up parchment paper parchment-paper pardon (me) pardon-me pardon me for breathing/existing/living! pardon-me-for-breathing-existing-living pare sth (down) to the bone pare-sth-down-to-the-bone parent company parent-company parent-teacher association parent-teacher-association parental leave parental-leave parents-in-law parents-in-law paring knife paring-knife parish clerk parish-clerk parish council parish-council park home park-home park keeper park-keeper park ranger park-ranger park the bus park-the-bus park up park-up park-and-ride park-and-ride parking brake parking-brake parking garage parking-garage parking light parking-light parking lot parking-lot parking meter parking-meter parking policeman parking-policeman parking ticket parking-ticket Parkinson's parkinson-s Parkinson's law parkinson-s-law parlour game parlour-game Parma ham parma-ham parochial school parochial-school parrot-fashion parrot-fashion part company part-company part exchange part-exchange part of speech part-of-speech part of the furniture part-of-the-furniture part with sth part-with-sth part-time part-time part-timer part-timer partially sighted partially-sighted particle accelerator particle-accelerator particle board particle-board particle physicist particle-physicist particle physics particle-physics parting shot parting-shot partner up partner-up party animal party-animal party bag party-bag party faithful party-faithful party favor party-favor party favour party-favour party line party-line party piece party-piece party planner party-planner party planning party-planning party political broadcast party-political-broadcast party politics party-politics party pooper party-pooper party popper party-popper party wall party-wall pas de deux pas-de-deux pass (all) belief pass-all-belief pass as/for sth/sb pass-as-for-sth-sb pass away pass-away pass degree pass-degree pass key pass-key pass laws pass-laws pass mark pass-mark pass muster pass-muster pass off pass-off pass on pass-on pass on sth pass-on-sth pass out pass-out pass rate pass-rate pass sb by pass-sb-by pass sb/sth over pass-sb-sth-over pass sth around pass-sth-around pass sth down pass-sth-down pass sth off as sth pass-sth-off-as-sth pass sth on pass-sth-on pass sth out pass-sth-out pass sth round pass-sth-round pass sth up pass-sth-up pass the buck pass-the-buck pass the hat around/round pass-the-hat-around-round pass the time of day pass-the-time-of-day pass water pass-water pass-fail pass-fail passer-by passer-by passing grade passing-grade passing lane passing-lane passing shot passing-shot passing-out passing-out passion flower passion-flower passion fruit passion-fruit passion play passion-play passion project passion-project passions run high passions-run-high passive immunity passive-immunity passive offside passive-offside passive resistance passive-resistance passive smoking passive-smoking passive-aggressive passive-aggressive passport control passport-control past master past-master past participle past-participle paste-up paste-up pastoral farming pastoral-farming pastry chef pastry-chef pasty-faced pasty-faced pat sb down pat-sb-down pat sb on the back pat-sb-on-the-back Patau syndrome patau-syndrome patch into sth patch-into-sth patch pocket patch-pocket patch sb through patch-sb-through patch sb/sth up patch-sb-sth-up patch sth into sth patch-sth-into-sth patch sth together patch-sth-together patch sth up patch-sth-up pâté de foie gras pate-de-foie-gras patent ductus arteriosus patent-ductus-arteriosus patent leather patent-leather patent medicine patent-medicine paternity leave paternity-leave pathetic fallacy pathetic-fallacy paths cross paths-cross patient zero patient-zero patio heater patio-heater patrol car patrol-car patrol officer patrol-officer patrol wagon patrol-wagon patron saint patron-saint pattern yourself on sb/sth pattern-yourself-on-sb-sth pave the way pave-the-way paved with gold paved-with-gold pavement artist pavement-artist paving stone paving-stone paw print paw-print pay (sth) out pay-sth-out pay channel pay-channel pay claim pay-claim pay dirt pay-dirt pay dividends pay-dividends pay down sth pay-down-sth pay for sth pay-for-sth pay grade pay-grade pay off pay-off pay packet pay-packet pay rise pay-rise pay sb back pay-sb-back pay sb off pay-sb-off pay sb/sth back pay-sb-sth-back pay sth in pay-sth-in pay sth off pay-sth-off pay the price pay-the-price pay the ultimate price pay-the-ultimate-price pay through the nose pay-through-the-nose pay top dollar pay-top-dollar pay TV pay-tv pay up pay-up pay your dues pay-your-dues pay your respects pay-your-respects pay your way pay-your-way pay-as-you-go pay-as-you-go pay-per-view pay-per-view payback period payback-period payback's a bitch payback-s-a-bitch payday loan payday-loan PB&J pb-j pea green pea-green pea soup pea-soup pea-souper pea-souper peace dividend peace-dividend peace offering peace-offering peace pipe peace-pipe peace sign peace-sign peace-loving peace-loving peach Melba peach-melba peaches and cream peaches-and-cream peacock blue peacock-blue peak oil peak-oil peanut brittle peanut-brittle peanut butter peanut-butter pear cider pear-cider pear-shaped pear-shaped pearl barley pearl-barley pearl diver pearl-diver pearl-clutching pearl-clutching pearly king/queen pearly-king-queen peat bog peat-bog peck at sth peck-at-sth pecking order pecking-order pectoral fin pectoral-fin pectus carinatum pectus-carinatum pectus excavatum pectus-excavatum pedal boat pedal-boat pedal power pedal-power pedal steel pedal-steel pedestrian crossing pedestrian-crossing pedestrian precinct pedestrian-precinct pediatric thrombocytopenia pediatric-thrombocytopenia pedophile ring pedophile-ring peel away/off peel-away-off peep-toe peep-toe peeping Tom peeping-tom peer group peer-group peer of the realm peer-of-the-realm peer pressure peer-pressure peer review peer-review peer-reviewed peer-reviewed peer-to-peer peer-to-peer peg leg peg-leg peg out peg-out peg sth out peg-sth-out pelican crossing pelican-crossing pell-mell pell-mell pelt (down) pelt-down pen drive pen-drive pen lid pen-lid pen name pen-name pen pal pen-pal pen pusher pen-pusher pen sb in/up pen-sb-in-up penal code penal-code penal colony penal-colony penal reform penal-reform penalty area penalty-area penalty box penalty-box penalty shootout penalty-shootout penalty spot penalty-spot pencil case pencil-case pencil pusher pencil-pusher pencil sharpener pencil-sharpener pencil skirt pencil-skirt pencil sth/sb in pencil-sth-sb-in pencil-thin pencil-thin penny loafer penny-loafer penny whistle penny-whistle penny-ante penny-ante penny-farthing penny-farthing penny-pinching penny-pinching pension fund pension-fund pension plan pension-plan pension sb off pension-sb-off pension scheme pension-scheme pension sth off pension-sth-off pent-up pent-up pentatonic scale pentatonic-scale people carrier people-carrier people person people-person people pleaser people-pleaser people skills people-skills people sth/somewhere by/with sb people-sth-somewhere-by-with-sb people trafficking people-trafficking people watcher people-watcher people watching people-watching people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones people-who-live-in-glass-houses-shouldn-t-throw-stones pep pill pep-pill pep rally pep-rally pep sb/sth up pep-sb-sth-up pep talk pep-talk pepper mill pepper-mill pepper pot pepper-pot pepper spray pepper-spray pepper sth with sth pepper-sth-with-sth pepper-and-salt pepper-and-salt peppercorn rent peppercorn-rent per annum per-annum per calendar month per-calendar-month per capita per-capita per se per-se percent positive percent-positive peregrine falcon peregrine-falcon perfect participle perfect-participle perfect storm perfect-storm perform/work miracles/a miracle perform-work-miracles-a-miracle performance art performance-art performance capture performance-capture performance-enhancing performance-enhancing performance-related performance-related peri-peri peri-peri period piece period-piece peripheral nerve injury peripheral-nerve-injury peripheral nervous system peripheral-nervous-system peripheral vascular disease peripheral-vascular-disease perish the thought perish-the-thought perk (sb) up perk-sb-up perk up perk-up permanent marker permanent-marker permanent secretary permanent-secretary permanent wave permanent-wave permissive society permissive-society peroxide blonde peroxide-blonde perp walk perp-walk persecution complex persecution-complex Persian cat persian-cat Persian rug persian-rug persistent vegetative state persistent-vegetative-state person of colour person-of-colour person of interest person-of-interest person-to-person person-to-person persona non grata persona-non-grata personal ad personal-ad personal allowance personal-allowance personal best personal-best personal column personal-column personal computer personal-computer personal data personal-data personal digital assistant personal-digital-assistant personal effects personal-effects personal identification number personal-identification-number personal injury personal-injury personal organizer personal-organizer personal pronoun personal-pronoun personal property personal-property personal shopper personal-shopper personal statement personal-statement personal stereo personal-stereo personal touch personal-touch personal trainer personal-trainer personality clash personality-clash personality cult personality-cult personality disorder personality-disorder personnel carrier personnel-carrier pertain to sth pertain-to-sth Perth and Kinross perth-and-kinross Peruvian groundcherry peruvian-groundcherry pes anserinus pes-anserinus pester power pester-power pet name pet-name PET scan pet-scan pet-friendly pet-friendly pet-sit pet-sit pet-sitter pet-sitter pet-sitting pet-sitting peter out peter-out Peter Pan peter-pan Peter Pan collar peter-pan-collar Peter Principle peter-principle petit bourgeois petit-bourgeois petit four petit-four petits pois petits-pois Petri dish petri-dish petrol bomb petrol-bomb petrol bunk petrol-bunk petrol cap petrol-cap petrol station petrol-station petroleum jelly petroleum-jelly petroleum-based petroleum-based petting zoo petting-zoo petty bourgeois petty-bourgeois petty cash petty-cash petty crime petty-crime petty officer petty-officer PG-13 pg-13 phantom goal phantom-goal phase sth in phase-sth-in phase sth out phase-sth-out Phi Beta Kappa phi-beta-kappa phoenix club phoenix-club phone banking phone-banking phone booth phone-booth phone box phone-box phone call phone-call phone card phone-card phone hacking phone-hacking phone in phone-in phone mast phone-mast phone number phone-number phone sex phone-sex phone sth in phone-sth-in phone tapping phone-tapping phoney war phoney-war photo album photo-album photo book photo-book photo finish photo-finish photo frame photo-frame photo opportunity photo-opportunity photo session photo-session photochemical smog photochemical-smog photoelectric cell photoelectric-cell photofit (picture) photofit-picture photographic memory photographic-memory photovoltaic cell photovoltaic-cell phrasal verb phrasal-verb phrase book phrase-book phyllo pastry phyllo-pastry phys ed phys-ed physic garden physic-garden physical distancing physical-distancing physical education physical-education physical geography physical-geography physical jerks physical-jerks physical sciences physical-sciences physical therapist physical-therapist physical therapy physical-therapy physician assistant physician-assistant piano lid piano-lid piano stool piano-stool piano tuner piano-tuner pick 'n' mix pick-n-mix pick a fight/quarrel/argument pick-a-fight-quarrel-argument pick at sth pick-at-sth pick holes in sth pick-holes-in-sth pick on sb pick-on-sb pick on someone your own size pick-on-someone-your-own-size pick over sth pick-over-sth pick sb up pick-sb-up pick sb up on sth pick-sb-up-on-sth pick sb's brains pick-sb-s-brains pick sb's pocket pick-sb-s-pocket pick sb/sth off pick-sb-sth-off pick sb/sth out pick-sb-sth-out pick sb/sth up pick-sb-sth-up pick sth out pick-sth-out pick sth up pick-sth-up pick through sth pick-through-sth pick up pick-up pick up on sth pick-up-on-sth pick up the bill/tab pick-up-the-bill-tab pick up the phone pick-up-the-phone pick up the pieces pick-up-the-pieces pick up the thread(s) pick-up-the-thread-s pick up/take the ball and run with it pick-up-take-the-ball-and-run-with-it pick up/take up the slack pick-up-take-up-the-slack pick yourself up off the floor pick-yourself-up-off-the-floor pick-me-up pick-me-up pick-up joint pick-up-joint pick-your-own pick-your-own pick/pull sb/sth to pieces pick-pull-sb-sth-to-pieces picket fence picket-fence picket line picket-line pickup truck pickup-truck picture book picture-book picture frame picture-frame picture messaging picture-messaging picture 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(sb) about/around piss-sb-about-around piss artist piss-artist piss down piss-down piss off piss-off piss sb off piss-sb-off piss sth away piss-sth-away piss yourself (laughing) piss-yourself-laughing piss-poor piss-poor piss-take piss-take piss-up piss-up piss/shit your pants piss-shit-your-pants pissed as a newt/fart pissed-as-a-newt-fart pissed off pissed-off piste basher piste-basher pistol-whip pistol-whip pit bull terrier pit-bull-terrier pit of your stomach pit-of-your-stomach pit pony pit-pony pit sb/sth against sb/sth pit-sb-sth-against-sb-sth pit stop pit-stop pit your wits against sb/sth pit-your-wits-against-sb-sth pitch darkness pitch-darkness pitch in pitch-in pitch into sb/sth pitch-into-sb-sth pitch invasion pitch-invasion pitch up pitch-up pitch-dark pitch-dark pitched battle pitched-battle pitchfork sb into sth pitchfork-sb-into-sth pith helmet pith-helmet pitter-patter pitter-patter pituitary gland pituitary-gland pixie cut pixie-cut pizza face pizza-face pizza parlour pizza-parlour place card place-card place mat place-mat place name place-name place of worship place-of-worship place setting place-setting place value place-value placebo-controlled placebo-controlled placement test placement-test Plaid Cymru plaid-cymru plain chocolate plain-chocolate plain clothes plain-clothes plain English plain-english plain flour plain-flour plain speaking plain-speaking plain-spoken plain-spoken plan on doing sth plan-on-doing-sth plan on sb/sth doing sth plan-on-sb-sth-doing-sth plan sth out plan-sth-out Planck's constant planck-s-constant planned economy planned-economy Planned Parenthood planned-parenthood planning blight planning-blight planning permission planning-permission plant sth out plant-sth-out plant-based plant-based plant-derived plant-derived plantar wart plantar-wart plasma screen plasma-screen plaster cast plaster-cast plaster of Paris plaster-of-paris plastic bullet plastic-bullet plastic explosive plastic-explosive plastic footprint 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gooseberry play-gooseberry play hard to get play-hard-to-get play hardball play-hardball play in the hole play-in-the-hole play it by ear play-it-by-ear play it cool play-it-cool play itself out play-itself-out play off play-off play on words play-on-words play on/upon sth play-on-upon-sth play out play-out play park play-park play politics play-politics play possum play-possum play sb at their own game play-sb-at-their-own-game play sb/sth off against sb/sth play-sb-sth-off-against-sb-sth play second fiddle play-second-fiddle play silly buggers play-silly-buggers play sth back play-sth-back play sth down play-sth-down play sth out play-sth-out play sth up play-sth-up play the field play-the-field play the game play-the-game play the race card play-the-race-card play the system play-the-system play to the gallery play-to-the-gallery play to the whistle play-to-the-whistle play up play-up play up to sb play-up-to-sb play with fire play-with-fire play with sth play-with-sth play with yourself play-with-yourself play your cards right play-your-cards-right play-act play-act play-acting play-acting Play-Doh play-doh playback singer playback-singer played out played-out playing card playing-card playing field playing-field .plc.uk plc-uk plea bargain plea-bargain plea bargaining plea-bargaining please God please-god please yourself please-yourself pleased with yourself pleased-with-yourself pleasure-seeking pleasure-seeking Plimsoll line plimsoll-line plot hole plot-hole plot line plot-line plough into sth/sb plough-into-sth-sb plough on plough-on plough sth back plough-sth-back plough sth back/in plough-sth-back-in plough sth into sth plough-sth-into-sth plough through sth plough-through-sth ploughman's lunch ploughman-s-lunch pluck at sth pluck-at-sth pluck sth out of the air pluck-sth-out-of-the-air pluck up your courage pluck-up-your-courage plug (sth) in/plug (sth) into sth plug-sth-in-plug-sth-into-sth plug (sth/sb) into sth plug-sth-sb-into-sth plug and play plug-and-play plug away plug-away plug hat plug-hat plug into sth plug-into-sth plug plant plug-plant plug-in plug-in plug-ugly plug-ugly plum pudding plum-pudding plumb line plumb-line plumb the depths plumb-the-depths plump (sb/sth) down plump-sb-sth-down plump for sth/sb plump-for-sth-sb plump sth up plump-sth-up plunge (sb/sth) into sth plunge-sb-sth-into-sth plunge in/plunge into sth plunge-in-plunge-into-sth plus fours plus-fours plus one plus-one plus size plus-size plush toy plush-toy ply sb with sth ply-sb-with-sth pneumatic drill pneumatic-drill PO box po-box po-faced po-faced poacher turned gamekeeper poacher-turned-gamekeeper pocket dial pocket-dial pocket handkerchief pocket-handkerchief pocket money pocket-money pocket veto pocket-veto pocket-sized pocket-sized POEMS syndrome poems-syndrome poet laureate poet-laureate poetic justice poetic-justice poetic licence poetic-licence pogo stick pogo-stick point (sth/sb) out point-sth-sb-out point of no return point-of-no-return point of order point-of-order point of sale point-of-sale point of view point-of-view point sb towards/in the direction of sth point-sb-towards-in-the-direction-of-sth point sth out point-sth-out point sth up point-sth-up point taken point-taken point the finger at sb point-the-finger-at-sb point the way point-the-way point to/towards sth point-to-towards-sth point-blank point-blank point-scoring point-scoring pointed cabbage pointed-cabbage points deduction points-deduction points system points-system poison gas poison-gas poison ivy poison-ivy poison oak poison-oak poison sb's mind poison-sb-s-mind poison-pen letter poison-pen-letter poisoned chalice poisoned-chalice poke around poke-around poke fun at sb poke-fun-at-sb poke/dig sb in the ribs poke-dig-sb-in-the-ribs poker face poker-face poker machine poker-machine poker-faced poker-faced polar bear polar-bear polar day polar-day polar night polar-night polar vortex polar-vortex pole dancer pole-dancer pole dancing pole-dancing pole position pole-position pole vault pole-vault pole vaulter pole-vaulter poles apart poles-apart police car police-car police constable police-constable police department police-department police force police-force police officer police-officer police procedural police-procedural police state police-state police station police-station policy-making policy-making polish sb off polish-sb-off polish sth off polish-sth-off polish sth up polish-sth-up polish sth/sb off polish-sth-sb-off political action committee political-action-committee political asylum political-asylum political correctness political-correctness political geography political-geography political prisoner political-prisoner political science political-science political scientist political-scientist politically correct politically-correct polka dot polka-dot poll tax poll-tax pollen count pollen-count polling booth polling-booth polling day polling-day polling station polling-station polo neck polo-neck polo shirt polo-shirt polo-necked polo-necked polycystic kidney disease polycystic-kidney-disease polycystic ovary syndrome polycystic-ovary-syndrome polyvinyl chloride polyvinyl-chloride pommel horse pommel-horse ponce about/around ponce-about-around pond life pond-life pond scum pond-scum pony keg pony-keg pony trekking pony-trekking pony up (sth) pony-up-sth Ponzi scheme ponzi-scheme poodle around (sth) poodle-around-sth pooh-bah pooh-bah pooh-pooh pooh-pooh poop out poop-out poop sb out poop-sb-out poop sheet poop-sheet pooper-scooper pooper-scooper poor relation poor-relation poorly off poorly-off pop art pop-art pop culture pop-culture pop group pop-group pop off pop-off pop psychology pop-psychology pop quiz pop-quiz pop sb off pop-sb-off pop sock pop-sock pop the question pop-the-question pop up pop-up pop your clogs pop-your-clogs pop-eyed pop-eyed popping candy popping-candy popular music popular-music popular science popular-science popular vote popular-vote pore over sth pore-over-sth pork pie pork-pie pork scratchings pork-scratchings pork-barrel pork-barrel port of call port-of-call port wine stain port-wine-stain portable hotspot portable-hotspot portable music player portable-music-player portal vein portal-vein portion control portion-control portion sth out portion-sth-out portmanteau word portmanteau-word pose as sb pose-as-sb positive discrimination positive-discrimination positive vetting positive-vetting positivity rate positivity-rate post hoc post-hoc post office post-office post-factual post-factual post-free post-free post-industrial post-industrial Post-it (note) post-it-note post-match post-match post-mortem post-mortem post-traumatic stress disorder post-traumatic-stress-disorder post-truth post-truth postage and packing postage-and-packing postage stamp postage-stamp postal ballot postal-ballot postal order postal-order postal vote postal-vote postal voter postal-voter postal voting postal-voting postcode lottery postcode-lottery poste restante poste-restante poster child poster-child poster colour poster-colour poster paint poster-paint Postgraduate Certificate in Education postgraduate-certificate-in-education pot ale pot-ale pot luck pot-luck pot pie pot-pie pot plant pot-plant pot roast pot-roast pot-bound pot-bound potassium iodide potassium-iodide potassium permanganate potassium-permanganate potato beetle potato-beetle potato chip potato-chip potato salad potato-salad potbellied stove potbellied-stove potential energy potential-energy potter's wheel potter-s-wheel potting shed potting-shed potty chair potty-chair potty mouth potty-mouth potty-mouthed potty-mouthed potty-trained potty-trained potty-training potty-training pounce on sth pounce-on-sth pound away at sth/sb pound-away-at-sth-sb pound cake pound-cake pound of flesh pound-of-flesh pound shop pound-shop pound sign pound-sign pound sterling pound-sterling pour oil on troubled waters pour-oil-on-troubled-waters pour scorn on sb/sth pour-scorn-on-sb-sth pour sth out pour-sth-out pour your heart out pour-your-heart-out pour-over pour-over pour/throw cold water on sth pour-throw-cold-water-on-sth poverty line poverty-line poverty trap poverty-trap poverty-stricken poverty-stricken powder keg powder-keg powder puff powder-puff powder room powder-room powder your nose powder-your-nose powdered sugar powdered-sugar power (sth) up power-sth-up power ballad power-ballad power base power-base power breakfast/lunch power-breakfast-lunch power broker power-broker power couple power-couple power cut power-cut power dressing power-dressing power grab power-grab power nap power-nap power of attorney power-of-attorney power outage power-outage power plant power-plant power play power-play power point power-point power politics power-politics power saw power-saw power station power-station power steering power-steering power structure power-structure power struggle power-struggle power through (sth) power-through-sth power tool power-tool power vacuum power-vacuum power-assisted steering power-assisted-steering power-sharing power-sharing power-up power-up practical joke practical-joke practical joker practical-joker practical nurse practical-nurse practice makes perfect practice-makes-perfect practise what you preach practise-what-you-preach prairie dog prairie-dog prank caller prank-caller prat about/around prat-about-around prawn cocktail prawn-cocktail prayer mat prayer-mat praying mantis praying-mantis pre-Columbian pre-columbian pre-drink pre-drink pre-drinking pre-drinking pre-election pre-election pre-eminent pre-eminent pre-eminently pre-eminently pre-empt pre-empt pre-emptive pre-emptive pre-exist pre-exist pre-existing pre-existing pre-game pre-game pre-loved pre-loved pre-match pre-match pre-order pre-order pre-owned pre-owned Pre-Raphaelite pre-raphaelite pre-teen pre-teen pre-war pre-war preach to the converted preach-to-the-converted precious metal precious-metal precious stone precious-stone precision instrument precision-instrument predatory pricing predatory-pricing predictive texting predictive-texting predispose sb to/towards sth predispose-sb-to-towards-sth prefrontal cortex prefrontal-cortex pregnancy test pregnancy-test premenstrual syndrome premenstrual-syndrome Premium Bond premium-bond premium-rate premium-rate prenuptial agreement prenuptial-agreement prep cook prep-cook prep school prep-school prep time prep-time preparatory school preparatory-school prepare the ground prepare-the-ground prescription drug prescription-drug presence of mind presence-of-mind present company excepted present-company-excepted present participle present-participle present-day present-day preservation order preservation-order preside over sth preside-over-sth Presidents' Day presidents-day presiding officer presiding-officer press baron press-baron press box press-box press conference press-conference press cutting press-cutting press gallery press-gallery press home your advantage press-home-your-advantage press on/ahead press-on-ahead press release press-release press secretary press-secretary press sth on sb press-sth-on-sb press sth/sb into service press-sth-sb-into-service press stud press-stud press the flesh press-the-flesh press-gang press-gang press-up press-up press/push the right button(s) press-push-the-right-button-s pressure cooker pressure-cooker pressure group pressure-group pressure point pressure-point pressure washer pressure-washer presumed consent presumed-consent prêt-à-porter pret-a-porter pretty please pretty-please pretty-pretty pretty-pretty prevail on/upon sb prevail-on-upon-sb prevention is better than cure prevention-is-better-than-cure prey on sb prey-on-sb prey on sb's mind prey-on-sb-s-mind prey on sth prey-on-sth price fixing price-fixing price point price-point price tag price-tag price war price-war price yourself out of the market price-yourself-out-of-the-market price-conscious price-conscious price-sensitive price-sensitive prick (sth) up prick-sth-up prick sb's conscience prick-sb-s-conscience prick the bubble (of sth) prick-the-bubble-of-sth prick-tease prick-tease prickly heat prickly-heat prickly pear prickly-pear pride comes/goes before a fall pride-comes-goes-before-a-fall pride yourself on sth pride-yourself-on-sth prima ballerina prima-ballerina prima donna prima-donna prima donna-ish prima-donna-ish prima facie prima-facie primary aldosteronism primary-aldosteronism primary care primary-care primary colour primary-colour primary consumer primary-consumer primary producer primary-producer primary school primary-school primary sclerosing cholangitis primary-sclerosing-cholangitis prime minister prime-minister Prime Minister's Questions prime-minister-s-questions prime mover prime-mover prime number prime-number prime time prime-time prime-ministerial prime-ministerial primordial soup primordial-soup Primus stove primus-stove Prince Charming prince-charming prince consort prince-consort Prince Edward Island prince-edward-island Prince of Wales prince-of-wales principal area principal-area principal boy principal-boy print on demand print-on-demand print run print-run print sth out print-sth-out printed circuit (board) printed-circuit-board printed matter printed-matter printing press printing-press prison camp prison-camp prisoner of conscience prisoner-of-conscience prisoner of war prisoner-of-war privacy settings privacy-settings private company private-company private detective private-detective private enterprise private-enterprise private means private-means private member private-member private member's bill private-member-s-bill private parts private-parts private practice private-practice private school private-school private secretary private-secretary Privy Councillor privy-councillor prize sth out of sb prize-sth-out-of-sb pro bono pro-bono pro forma pro-forma pro rata pro-rata pro tem pro-tem pro-abortion pro-abortion pro-am pro-am pro-choice pro-choice pro-life pro-life pro-war pro-war probable cause probable-cause probation officer probation-officer problem page problem-page proceed against sb proceed-against-sb procurator fiscal procurator-fiscal prodigal son prodigal-son produce box produce-box product placement product-placement production line production-line professional advice professional-advice professional foul professional-foul professional help professional-help profit from sth profit-from-sth profit margin profit-margin profit sharing profit-sharing profit warning profit-warning progressive simultanagnosia progressive-simultanagnosia progressive supranuclear palsy progressive-supranuclear-palsy project manager project-manager project-manage project-manage projected value projected-value projectile vomit projectile-vomit projectile vomiting projectile-vomiting prom king prom-king prom queen prom-queen promise sb the earth/moon promise-sb-the-earth-moon Promised Land promised-land promises, promises! promises-promises promissory note promissory-note promo code promo-code pronounce on/upon sth pronounce-on-upon-sth proof positive proof-positive prop sth up prop-sth-up propelling pencil propelling-pencil proper fraction proper-fraction proper noun proper-noun properly speaking properly-speaking property developer property-developer property guardian property-guardian prophet of doom prophet-of-doom proportional representation proportional-representation propylene glycol propylene-glycol prose poem prose-poem prostate enlargement prostate-enlargement protease inhibitor protease-inhibitor protection money protection-money protection racket protection-racket protective custody protective-custody protest march protest-march protest song protest-song protest too much protest-too-much Proto-Indo-European proto-indo-european provide against sth provide-against-sth provide for sb provide-for-sb provide for sth provide-for-sth provided (that) provided-that proving ground proving-ground provisional licence provisional-licence proxy vote proxy-vote proxy voter proxy-voter proxy voting proxy-voting proxy war proxy-war pruning shears pruning-shears prussic acid prussic-acid pseudo-science pseudo-science psych ops psych-ops psych sb out psych-sb-out psych yourself up psych-yourself-up psychiatric hospital psychiatric-hospital psychological moment psychological-moment psychological profile psychological-profile psychological profiling psychological-profiling psychological warfare psychological-warfare pub crawl pub-crawl pub grub pub-grub pub quiz pub-quiz public address system public-address-system public bar public-bar public broadcasting public-broadcasting public company public-company public convenience public-convenience public defender public-defender public enemy number one/no. 1 public-enemy-number-one-no-1 public figure public-figure public health public-health public holiday public-holiday public house public-house public housing public-housing public library public-library public limited company public-limited-company public policy public-policy public prosecutor public-prosecutor public relations public-relations public school public-school public servant public-servant public service public-service public service broadcasting public-service-broadcasting public speaker public-speaker public speaking public-speaking public transport public-transport public utility public-utility public-spirited public-spirited publishing house publishing-house pudding basin pudding-basin pudding-basin haircut pudding-basin-haircut Puerto Rican puerto-rican Puerto Rico puerto-rico puff adder puff-adder puff candy puff-candy puff pastry puff-pastry puff sth out puff-sth-out puff sth up puff-sth-up puff up puff-up puff(ed) sleeve puff-ed-sleeve puffa coat puffa-coat puffa jacket puffa-jacket puffed (out) puffed-out puffed up puffed-up puffer coat puffer-coat puffer jacket puffer-jacket puffer train puffer-train puffin crossing puffin-crossing pug nose pug-nose Pulitzer Prize pulitzer-prize pull (sb) through (sth) pull-sb-through-sth pull (sb/sth) out pull-sb-sth-out pull a fast one pull-a-fast-one pull a gun, knife, etc. on sb pull-a-gun-knife-etc-on-sb pull a stunt pull-a-stunt pull at sth pull-at-sth pull away pull-away pull back (from sth) pull-back-from-sth pull date pull-date pull down sth pull-down-sth pull factor pull-factor pull in/pull into somewhere pull-in-pull-into-somewhere pull off pull-off pull on pull-on pull out pull-out pull out all the stops pull-out-all-the-stops pull over pull-over pull rank pull-rank pull sb down pull-sb-down pull sb in pull-sb-in pull sb up pull-sb-up pull sb up short pull-sb-up-short pull sb's leg pull-sb-s-leg pull sth apart pull-sth-apart pull sth back pull-sth-back pull sth down pull-sth-down pull sth off pull-sth-off pull sth on pull-sth-on pull sth out of the bag/hat pull-sth-out-of-the-bag-hat pull sth together pull-sth-together pull sth up pull-sth-up pull sth/sb apart pull-sth-sb-apart pull strings pull-strings pull the other leg/one (it's got bells on)! pull-the-other-leg-one-it-s-got-bells-on pull the plug pull-the-plug pull the rug from under sb's feet pull-the-rug-from-under-sb-s-feet pull the strings pull-the-strings pull the wool over sb's eyes pull-the-wool-over-sb-s-eyes pull through (sth) pull-through-sth pull together pull-together pull up pull-up pull up short pull-up-short pull up stakes pull-up-stakes pull your socks up pull-your-socks-up pull your weight pull-your-weight pull yourself together pull-yourself-together pull-down menu pull-down-menu pull-in pull-in pull-tab pull-tab pull/get your finger out pull-get-your-finger-out pull/haul yourself up by the/your (own) bootstraps pull-haul-yourself-up-by-the-your-own-bootstraps pulling power pulling-power pulmonary atresia pulmonary-atresia pulmonary fibrosis pulmonary-fibrosis pulmonary hypertension pulmonary-hypertension pulp cavity pulp-cavity pulp fiction pulp-fiction pulse oximeter pulse-oximeter pulse oximetry pulse-oximetry pumice stone pumice-stone pump iron pump-iron pump out sth pump-out-sth pump sb up pump-sb-up pump sb's hand pump-sb-s-hand pump sth into sth pump-sth-into-sth pump sth out pump-sth-out pump sth up pump-sth-up pump-action pump-action pump-priming pump-priming pumping station pumping-station punch above your weight punch-above-your-weight Punch and Judy show punch-and-judy-show punch bowl punch-bowl punch card punch-card punch in punch-in punch out punch-out punch sb's lights out punch-sb-s-lights-out punch sth in punch-sth-in punch the clock punch-the-clock punch-drunk punch-drunk punch-up punch-up punching bag punching-bag punctuated equilibrium punctuated-equilibrium punctuation mark punctuation-mark punk rock punk-rock punt on sth punt-on-sth pup tent pup-tent puppy farm puppy-farm puppy fat puppy-fat puppy love puppy-love puppy mill puppy-mill purchasing power purchasing-power Purple Heart purple-heart purple state purple-state purpose-built purpose-built push (sb) toward(s) sth push-sb-toward-s-sth push (sth) forward push-sth-forward push ahead push-ahead push along push-along push factor push-factor push for sth push-for-sth push in push-in push notification push-notification push off push-off push on push-on push sb around push-sb-around push sb out push-sb-out push sb/sth aside push-sb-sth-aside push sb/sth over push-sb-sth-over push sth back push-sth-back push sth through push-sth-through push sth up/down push-sth-up-down push the boat out push-the-boat-out push your luck push-your-luck push yourself forward push-yourself-forward push-button push-button push-start push-start push-up push-up push-up bra push-up-bra pussy willow pussy-willow put (sth) down (somewhere) put-sth-down-somewhere put (your) money on sb/sth put-your-money-on-sb-sth put a figure on it put-a-figure-on-it put a gloss on sth put-a-gloss-on-sth put a sock in it! put-a-sock-in-it put a spoke in sb's wheel put-a-spoke-in-sb-s-wheel put all your eggs in one basket put-all-your-eggs-in-one-basket put an end to sth put-an-end-to-sth put down roots put-down-roots put flesh on (the bones of) sth put-flesh-on-the-bones-of-sth put ideas into sb's head put-ideas-into-sb-s-head put in a good word for sb put-in-a-good-word-for-sb put in for sth put-in-for-sth put it about put-it-about put it down to experience put-it-down-to-experience put it there! put-it-there put on a brave face put-on-a-brave-face put on an act put-on-an-act put on the dog put-on-the-dog put one over on sb put-one-over-on-sb put out put-out put out feelers put-out-feelers put out fires put-out-fires put paid to sth put-paid-to-sth put sb away put-sb-away put sb down put-sb-down put sb down as sth put-sb-down-as-sth put sb down for sth put-sb-down-for-sth put sb down somewhere put-sb-down-somewhere put sb in mind of sth put-sb-in-mind-of-sth put sb in the picture put-sb-in-the-picture put sb in their place put-sb-in-their-place put sb off put-sb-off put sb off (sth) put-sb-off-sth put sb off (sth/sb) put-sb-off-sth-sb put sb off their stride put-sb-off-their-stride put sb off their stride/stroke put-sb-off-their-stride-stroke put sb on put-sb-on put sb on a pedestal put-sb-on-a-pedestal put sb on sth put-sb-on-sth put sb on the spot put-sb-on-the-spot put sb onto sth put-sb-onto-sth put sb out put-sb-out put sb out of their misery put-sb-out-of-their-misery put sb out to grass put-sb-out-to-grass put sb out to pasture put-sb-out-to-pasture put sb through put-sb-through put sb through sth put-sb-through-sth put sb through the mill put-sb-through-the-mill put sb through the wringer put-sb-through-the-wringer put sb to sth put-sb-to-sth put sb to the sword put-sb-to-the-sword put sb up put-sb-up put sb up to sth put-sb-up-to-sth put sb's nose out of joint put-sb-s-nose-out-of-joint put sb/sth first put-sb-sth-first put sb/sth through their/its paces put-sb-sth-through-their-its-paces put sth about/around put-sth-about-around put sth across put-sth-across put sth across/over sb put-sth-across-over-sb put sth aside put-sth-aside put sth at sth put-sth-at-sth put sth away put-sth-away put sth back put-sth-back put sth before sb put-sth-before-sb put sth behind you put-sth-behind-you put sth by put-sth-by put sth down1 put-sth-down put sth down to sth put-sth-down-to-sth put sth forward put-sth-forward put sth in put-sth-in put sth in/put sth into sth put-sth-in-put-sth-into-sth put sth into sth put-sth-into-sth put sth off put-sth-off put sth on put-sth-on put sth out1 put-sth-out put sth out of its misery put-sth-out-of-its-misery put sth out of joint put-sth-out-of-joint put sth out of your mind put-sth-out-of-your-mind put sth over/across put-sth-over-across put sth to bed put-sth-to-bed put sth to sb put-sth-to-sb put sth to sleep put-sth-to-sleep put sth to the test put-sth-to-the-test put sth together put-sth-together put sth towards sth put-sth-towards-sth put sth under the microscope put-sth-under-the-microscope put sth up put-sth-up put sth/sb down put-sth-sb-down put sth/sb forward put-sth-sb-forward put sth/sb in a pigeonhole put-sth-sb-in-a-pigeonhole put sth/sb on the map put-sth-sb-on-the-map put sth/sb up put-sth-sb-up put stock in sth put-stock-in-sth put the boot in put-the-boot-in put the brakes on put-the-brakes-on put the cart before the horse put-the-cart-before-the-horse put the fear of God into you put-the-fear-of-god-into-you put the finishing touches to put-the-finishing-touches-to put the flags out! put-the-flags-out put the heat on sb put-the-heat-on-sb put the lid on sth put-the-lid-on-sth put the roses (back) into sb's cheeks put-the-roses-back-into-sb-s-cheeks put the shot put-the-shot put the skids under sth put-the-skids-under-sth put the squeeze on sb put-the-squeeze-on-sb put the word out put-the-word-out put their heads together put-their-heads-together put two and two together and make five put-two-and-two-together-and-make-five put two and two together put-two-and-two-together put up put-up put up or shut up put-up-or-shut-up put up sth put-up-sth put up with sth/sb put-up-with-sth-sb put upon put-upon put words in/into sb's mouth put-words-in-into-sb-s-mouth put years on sb put-years-on-sb put your back into sth put-your-back-into-sth put your best foot forward put-your-best-foot-forward put your feet up put-your-feet-up put your finger on sth put-your-finger-on-sth put your foot down put-your-foot-down put your foot in it put-your-foot-in-it put your hand in your pocket put-your-hand-in-your-pocket put your head over/above the parapet put-your-head-over-above-the-parapet put your heart and soul into sth put-your-heart-and-soul-into-sth put your money where your mouth is put-your-money-where-your-mouth-is put your neck on the line put-your-neck-on-the-line put your shirt on sth put-your-shirt-on-sth put your thinking cap on put-your-thinking-cap-on put yourself across put-yourself-across put yourself in sb's place/position/shoes put-yourself-in-sb-s-place-position-shoes put yourself out put-yourself-out put-down put-down put-on put-on put-up job put-up-job put/get sb's back up put-get-sb-s-back-up put/get the wind up sb put-get-the-wind-up-sb put/lay sth on the line put-lay-sth-on-the-line put/lay sth on/to one side put-lay-sth-on-to-one-side put/lay your cards on the table put-lay-your-cards-on-the-table put/leave sb in the shade put-leave-sb-in-the-shade put/leave sth on/to one side put-leave-sth-on-to-one-side put/place your faith in sth/sb put-place-your-faith-in-sth-sb put/set pen to paper put-set-pen-to-paper put/set pencil to paper put-set-pencil-to-paper put/set sb right put-set-sb-right put/set someone straight put-set-someone-straight put/set sth in motion put-set-sth-in-motion put/set sth in train put-set-sth-in-train put/set the cat among the pigeons put-set-the-cat-among-the-pigeons put/stick that in your pipe and smoke it! put-stick-that-in-your-pipe-and-smoke-it put/stick the knife into sb put-stick-the-knife-into-sb put/stick your oar in put-stick-your-oar-in put/throw a spanner in the works put-throw-a-spanner-in-the-works put/tighten the screws on sb put-tighten-the-screws-on-sb put/turn the clock back put-turn-the-clock-back putting green putting-green puy lentils puy-lentils puzzle over sth puzzle-over-sth puzzle sth out puzzle-sth-out Pygmalion effect pygmalion-effect pyoderma gangrenosum pyoderma-gangrenosum pyramid scheme pyramid-scheme pyramid selling pyramid-selling Pyrrhic victory pyrrhic-victory Pythagoras' theorem pythagoras-theorem Q and A q-and-a Q, q q-q Q-Tip q-tip Qin dynasty qin-dynasty QR code qr-code quad bike quad-bike quadratic equation quadratic-equation quality assurance quality-assurance quality control quality-control quality time quality-time quantitative easing quantitative-easing quantity surveyor quantity-surveyor quantum leap quantum-leap quantum mechanics quantum-mechanics quarrel with sth quarrel-with-sth quarter horse quarter-horse quarter note quarter-note quarter plate quarter-plate quarter-final quarter-final Queen Anne's lace queen-anne-s-lace queen bee queen-bee queen mother queen-mother Queen's evidence queen-s-evidence queen-size queen-size queer-bashing queer-bashing question mark question-mark question tag question-tag queue-jump queue-jump queue-jumping queue-jumping quick fix quick-fix quick march! quick-march quick one quick-one quick temper quick-temper quick-fire quick-fire quick-tempered quick-tempered quick-witted quick-witted quid pro quo quid-pro-quo quilted coat quilted-coat quilted jacket quilted-jacket quince paste quince-paste Quonset hut quonset-hut quotation marks quotation-marks quote... unquote quote-unquote R & B r-b R and D r-and-d R and R r-and-r R number r-number R, r r-r R-rated r-rated rabbit hole rabbit-hole rabbit hutch rabbit-hutch rabbit on rabbit-on rabble-rouser rabble-rouser rabble-rousing rabble-rousing race car race-car race car driver race-car-driver race meeting race-meeting race relations race-relations race walking race-walking race-baiter race-baiter race-baiting race-baiting race-neutral race-neutral racial hygiene racial-hygiene racial profiling racial-profiling racing bike racing-bike racing car racing-car racing car driver racing-car-driver racing driver racing-driver racing green racing-green racing pigeon racing-pigeon racing start racing-start rack and pinion rack-and-pinion rack off rack-off rack rate rack-rate rack sth up rack-sth-up rack your brains rack-your-brains radar trap radar-trap radiant energy radiant-energy radiation enteritis radiation-enteritis radiation sickness radiation-sickness radiation therapy radiation-therapy radio alarm clock radio-alarm-clock radio button radio-button radio silence radio-silence radio telescope radio-telescope radiocarbon dating radiocarbon-dating Rafferty's rules rafferty-s-rules rag doll rag-doll rag on sb rag-on-sb rag-and-bone man rag-and-bone-man rags-to-riches rags-to-riches rail link rail-link rail sth off rail-sth-off rail trail rail-trail railroad station railroad-station railroad tie railroad-tie railway station railway-station rain (sth) down rain-sth-down rain boot rain-boot rain check rain-check rain gauge rain-gauge rain on sb's parade rain-on-sb-s-parade rain shower rain-shower rain sth off rain-sth-off raise (a few) eyebrows raise-a-few-eyebrows raise a rumpus raise-a-rumpus raise hell raise-hell raise sb from the dead raise-sb-from-the-dead raise the alarm raise-the-alarm raise the roof raise-the-roof raise your eyebrows raise-your-eyebrows raise your game raise-your-game raise your hand to/against sb raise-your-hand-to-against-sb raised bed raised-bed raison d'être raison-d-etre rake over sth rake-over-sth rake sth in rake-sth-in rake sth out rake-sth-out rake sth up rake-sth-up rake sth/sb up rake-sth-sb-up rake-off rake-off rally round (sb) rally-round-sb ram sth down sb's throat ram-sth-down-sb-s-throat ram sth home ram-sth-home ram sth into sb ram-sth-into-sb ram-raid ram-raid ram-raiding ram-raiding ramp sth up ramp-sth-up ranch house ranch-house random breath test random-breath-test random sampling random-sampling ranger station ranger-station rank and file rank-and-file rank outsider rank-outsider ranked choice voting ranked-choice-voting rap sb over the knuckles rap-sb-over-the-knuckles rap sheet rap-sheet rapid-fire rapid-fire rapid-transit rapid-transit rare bird rare-bird rare breed rare-breed ras el hanout ras-el-hanout rash guard rash-guard rasta roko rasta-roko rat on sb/sth rat-on-sb-sth rat run rat-run rat-arsed rat-arsed ratchet sth up/down ratchet-sth-up-down rate of exchange rate-of-exchange rateable value rateable-value rather you than me rather-you-than-me rating agency rating-agency ration book ration-book ration sth out ration-sth-out rational number rational-number rattle on/away rattle-on-away rattle sth off rattle-sth-off rattle through sth rattle-through-sth raw bar raw-bar raw material raw-material raw sienna raw-sienna raw-boned raw-boned ray gun ray-gun ray of sunshine ray-of-sunshine Raynaud's disease raynaud-s-disease razor blade razor-blade razor knife razor-knife razor wire razor-wire razor-sharp razor-sharp razor-thin razor-thin razzle-dazzle razzle-dazzle re-elect re-elect re-election re-election re-enact re-enact re-enactment re-enactment re-enlist re-enlist re-enter re-enter re-form re-form re-up re-up reach for the stars reach-for-the-stars reach out to sb reach-out-to-sb react against sth react-against-sth read (sb) the riot act read-sb-the-riot-act read between the lines read-between-the-lines read my lips read-my-lips read receipt read-receipt read sb's lips read-sb-s-lips read sb's mind read-sb-s-mind read sb's palm read-sb-s-palm read sth into sth read-sth-into-sth read sth out read-sth-out read sth over/through read-sth-over-through read the runes read-the-runes read up (on/about) sth read-up-on-about-sth read-only read-only reading knowledge reading-knowledge reading list reading-list reading room reading-room ready meal ready-meal ready money ready-money ready to hand ready-to-hand ready, steady, go! ready-steady-go ready-made ready-made ready-to-wear ready-to-wear real estate real-estate real estate agent real-estate-agent real estate broker real-estate-broker real estate developer real-estate-developer real estate office real-estate-office real life real-life real number real-number real-time real-time reality check reality-check reality show reality-show reality TV reality-tv realty office realty-office ream sb (out) ream-sb-out reap the benefit, reward, etc. reap-the-benefit-reward-etc reap what you have sown reap-what-you-have-sown rear above/over sth/sb rear-above-over-sth-sb rear admiral rear-admiral rear its (ugly) head rear-its-ugly-head rear light rear-light rear-end rear-end rear-wheel drive rear-wheel-drive rearguard action rearguard-action rearview mirror rearview-mirror reason with sb reason-with-sb receding hairline receding-hairline Received Pronunciation received-pronunciation reception room reception-room recharge your batteries recharge-your-batteries reckon on sth reckon-on-sth reckon sth in reckon-sth-in reckon sth up reckon-sth-up reckon with sb/sth reckon-with-sb-sth reckon without sth reckon-without-sth reclamation yard reclamation-yard recluse spider recluse-spider recombinant DNA recombinant-dna recommended daily allowance recommended-daily-allowance recommended retail price recommended-retail-price reconcile yourself to sth reconcile-yourself-to-sth record holder record-holder record label record-label record player record-player record-breaking record-breaking recorded delivery recorded-delivery recovery position recovery-position recreation center recreation-center recreation ground recreation-ground recreational drug recreational-drug recreational vehicle recreational-vehicle recurring number recurring-number red admiral red-admiral red alert red-alert red blood cell red-blood-cell red card red-card red deer red-deer red flag red-flag red giant red-giant red herring red-herring Red Indian red-indian red kite red-kite red light red-light red line red-line red meat red-meat red mist red-mist red onion red-onion red panda red-panda red pepper red-pepper red pill red-pill Red Planet red-planet red spider red-spider red state red-state red tape red-tape red velvet cake red-velvet-cake red wine red-wine red-blooded red-blooded red-brick red-brick red-eye red-eye red-handed red-handed red-hot red-hot red-letter day red-letter-day red-light district red-light-district reduce sb to sth reduce-sb-to-sth reduce sth to sth reduce-sth-to-sth reduce, reuse, recycle reduce-reuse-recycle reduced circumstances reduced-circumstances reduced time reduced-time reducing agent reducing-agent redundancy payment redundancy-payment reed bed reed-bed reed instrument reed-instrument reed organ reed-organ reef knot reef-knot reek of sth reek-of-sth reel sb/sth in reel-sb-sth-in reel sth in/out reel-sth-in-out reel sth off reel-sth-off refer (sb) to sth refer-sb-to-sth refer sb to sth/sb refer-sb-to-sth-sb refer to sb/sth refer-to-sb-sth reference book reference-book reference library reference-library reflect on sb/sth reflect-on-sb-sth reflected ray reflected-ray reflecting telescope reflecting-telescope reflex angle reflex-angle reflex arc reflex-arc reform school reform-school reformed character reformed-character refracting telescope refracting-telescope refractive index refractive-index refresh sb's memory refresh-sb-s-memory refried beans refried-beans refrigerator-freezer refrigerator-freezer refugee camp refugee-camp refuse collector refuse-collector refuse dump refuse-dump regale sb with sth regale-sb-with-sth regenerative braking regenerative-braking regime change regime-change regional enteritis regional-enteritis register office register-office registered nurse registered-nurse registered post registered-post registered trademark registered-trademark registry office registry-office regulation time regulation-time rein sth in rein-sth-in reinforced concrete reinforced-concrete reinvent the wheel reinvent-the-wheel reject shop reject-shop relate to sb relate-to-sb relate to sb/sth relate-to-sb-sth relate to sth relate-to-sth relational database relational-database relative atomic mass relative-atomic-mass relative clause relative-clause relative density relative-density relative humidity relative-humidity relative molecular mass relative-molecular-mass relative pronoun relative-pronoun relax your grip/hold relax-your-grip-hold relegation zone relegation-zone relief map relief-map relief road relief-road relieve sb of sth relieve-sb-of-sth relocation expenses relocation-expenses rely on/upon sb/sth rely-on-upon-sb-sth remand centre remand-centre remark on sth remark-on-sth remember sb to sb remember-sb-to-sb Remembrance Day remembrance-day remind sb of sth/sb remind-sb-of-sth-sb remote control remote-control remote sensing remote-sensing remote working remote-working remote-controlled remote-controlled removal van removal-van Renaissance man renaissance-man renal failure renal-failure render sth down render-sth-down rent boy rent-boy rent strike rent-strike rent-a- rent-a rent-free rent-free repair to somewhere repair-to-somewhere repay sb's effort, time, attention, etc. repay-sb-s-effort-time-attention-etc repeat on sb repeat-on-sb repetitive strain injury repetitive-strain-injury reply-paid reply-paid repo man repo-man report back report-back report to sb report-to-sb reported speech reported-speech repose trust/confidence/hope in sb/sth repose-trust-confidence-hope-in-sb-sth reprocessing plant reprocessing-plant reproduction furniture reproduction-furniture reproduction number reproduction-number request stop request-stop rescue centre rescue-centre Rescue Remedy rescue-remedy research and development research-and-development reserve team reserve-team reset (button) reset-button reside in sth/sb reside-in-sth-sb resign yourself to sth resign-yourself-to-sth resistance band resistance-band resistance training resistance-training resolve sth into sth resolve-sth-into-sth resort to sth resort-to-sth Respectfully yours respectfully-yours respiratory system respiratory-system respiratory tract respiratory-tract respite care respite-care response time response-time rest area rest-area rest cure rest-cure rest easy rest-easy rest home rest-home rest in peace rest-in-peace rest on sb/sth rest-on-sb-sth rest on your laurels rest-on-your-laurels rest on/upon sb/sth rest-on-upon-sb-sth rest on/upon sth rest-on-upon-sth rest stop rest-stop rest up rest-up rest with sb rest-with-sb rest with sb/sth rest-with-sb-sth restaurant car restaurant-car resting bitch face resting-bitch-face resting place resting-place restless legs syndrome restless-legs-syndrome restorative justice restorative-justice restraining order restraining-order restrict yourself to sth restrict-yourself-to-sth restricted free agent restricted-free-agent restrictive practice restrictive-practice restrictive trade practice restrictive-trade-practice result from sth result-from-sth result in sth result-in-sth retail park retail-park retail price index retail-price-index retail therapy retail-therapy retinal detachment retinal-detachment retire a number retire-a-number retirement community retirement-community retirement home retirement-home retirement plan retirement-plan retirement village retirement-village retiring room retiring-room retort stand retort-stand retrace your steps retrace-your-steps retrograde amnesia retrograde-amnesia return match return-match return ticket return-ticket rev up (sb/sth) rev-up-sb-sth revel in sth revel-in-sth revenge is sweet revenge-is-sweet revenge porn revenge-porn reverse discrimination reverse-discrimination reverse engineering reverse-engineering reverse psychology reverse-psychology revert to sb revert-to-sb revert to sth revert-to-sth revival meeting revival-meeting revolve around sb/sth revolve-around-sb-sth revolving door revolving-door rewards card rewards-card Rh factor rh-factor rhesus factor rhesus-factor rhesus monkey rhesus-monkey rhetorical question rhetorical-question rhetorical strategy rhetorical-strategy rheumatic fever rheumatic-fever rheumatoid arthritis rheumatoid-arthritis Rhode Island rhode-island Rhode Islander rhode-islander rhyme scheme rhyme-scheme rhyming slang rhyming-slang rhythm and blues rhythm-and-blues rhythm guitar rhythm-guitar rhythm guitarist rhythm-guitarist rhythm instrument rhythm-instrument rhythm method rhythm-method rhythm section rhythm-section rib-eye steak rib-eye-steak rib-tickling rib-tickling ribbon cutting ribbon-cutting ribbon development ribbon-development ribbon lake ribbon-lake ribonucleic acid ribonucleic-acid ribosomal RNA ribosomal-rna rice cake rice-cake rice paddy rice-paddy rice paper rice-paper rice pudding rice-pudding rice wine rice-wine Rich Tea rich-tea rid sb/sth of sth/sb rid-sb-sth-of-sth-sb ride (on) a wave of sth ride-on-a-wave-of-sth ride (out) the storm ride-out-the-storm ride herd on sb/sth ride-herd-on-sb-sth ride on sth/sb ride-on-sth-sb ride roughshod over sb/sth ride-roughshod-over-sb-sth ride sth out ride-sth-out ride up ride-up ride, drive, walk, etc. (off) into the sunset ride-drive-walk-etc-off-into-the-sunset ride-hailing ride-hailing riding habit riding-habit riding school riding-school riff-raff riff-raff rifle range rifle-range rift valley rift-valley rig sb out rig-sb-out rig sth up rig-sth-up rig the market rig-the-market rig-out rig-out right angle right-angle right behind sb right-behind-sb right field right-field right of way right-of-way right on right-on right on the button right-on-the-button right to die right-to-die right to life right-to-life right triangle right-triangle right you are! right-you-are (right) down to right-down-to (right) on the money right-on-the-money right, left, and centre right-left-and-centre right-angled triangle right-angled-triangle right-click right-click right-hand right-hand right-hand drive right-hand-drive right-hand man right-hand-man right-handed right-handed right-hander right-hander right-minded right-minded right-winger right-winger right/wrong way round right-wrong-way-round rigor mortis rigor-mortis ring (sb) back ring-sb-back ring a bell ring-a-bell ring bearer ring-bearer ring binder ring-binder ring finger ring-finger ring off ring-off ring out ring-out ring pull ring-pull ring road ring-road ring sb/sth up ring-sb-sth-up ring sth up ring-sth-up ring the changes (on) ring-the-changes-on ring true ring-true ring true/false ring-true-false ring with sth ring-with-sth ring-fence ring-fence ring-in ring-in ring-tailed lemur ring-tailed-lemur ring/sound alarm bells ring-sound-alarm-bells ring/sound hollow ring-sound-hollow ringed seal ringed-seal rinky-dink rinky-dink rinse aid rinse-aid rinse sth out rinse-sth-out riot gear riot-gear riot police riot-police rip current rip-current rip into sb/sth rip-into-sb-sth rip sb off rip-sb-off rip sth off rip-sth-off rip sth up rip-sth-up rip through sth rip-through-sth rip-off rip-off rip-roaring rip-roaring rip/tear up the rulebook rip-tear-up-the-rulebook ripe for sth ripe-for-sth ripple effect ripple-effect rise above sth rise-above-sth rise and shine! rise-and-shine rise from the dead/grave rise-from-the-dead-grave rise to fame rise-to-fame rise to the bait rise-to-the-bait rise to the occasion/challenge rise-to-the-occasion-challenge rising damp rising-damp rising star rising-star risk assessment risk-assessment risk management risk-management risk-averse risk-averse rite of passage rite-of-passage rivers of sth rivers-of-sth road haulage road-haulage road hog road-hog road kill road-kill road map road-map road racer road-racer road racing road-racing road rage road-rage road safety road-safety road sense road-sense road tax road-tax road test road-test road to Damascus road-to-damascus road toll road-toll road trip road-trip roar with sth roar-with-sth roaring drunk roaring-drunk roaring forties roaring-forties rob Peter to pay Paul rob-peter-to-pay-paul Robin Hood robin-hood rock and roll rock-and-roll rock bottom rock-bottom rock cake rock-cake rock candy rock-candy rock chick rock-chick rock climbing rock-climbing rock face rock-face rock garden rock-garden rock out rock-out rock pool rock-pool rock salt rock-salt rock the boat rock-the-boat rock up rock-up rock-a-bye rock-a-bye rock-hard rock-hard rock-solid rock-solid rocker switch rocker-switch rocket fuel rocket-fuel rocket science rocket-science rocket scientist rocket-scientist rocket ship rocket-ship rocket-propelled grenade rocket-propelled-grenade rocking chair rocking-chair rocking horse rocking-horse rocky road rocky-road roe deer roe-deer rogan josh rogan-josh rogue state rogue-state rogue trader rogue-trader rogues' gallery rogues-gallery role model role-model role play role-play role reversal role-reversal role-playing game role-playing-game roll (sth) out roll-sth-out roll (sth) over sth roll-sth-over-sth roll around roll-around roll back sth roll-back-sth roll bar roll-bar roll by roll-by roll call roll-call roll in roll-in roll neck roll-neck roll of honour roll-of-honour roll on the weekend, five o'clock, etc. roll-on-the-weekend-five-o-clock-etc roll sth back roll-sth-back roll sth up roll-sth-up roll up your sleeves roll-up-your-sleeves roll up! roll-up roll with the punches roll-with-the-punches roll your eyes roll-your-eyes roll-on roll-on roll-on roll-off roll-on-roll-off roll-your-own roll-your-own rolled gold rolled-gold rolled into one rolled-into-one rolled oats rolled-oats roller blind roller-blind roller derby roller-derby roller skate roller-skate roller towel roller-towel roller-skating roller-skating rolling mill rolling-mill rolling pin rolling-pin rolling stock rolling-stock Rolls-Royce rolls-royce rolltop desk rolltop-desk roly-poly roly-poly rom com rom-com Roman alphabet roman-alphabet Roman candle roman-candle Roman Catholic roman-catholic Roman Catholicism roman-catholicism Roman law roman-law Roman nose roman-nose Roman numeral roman-numeral Rome wasn't built in a day rome-wasn-t-built-in-a-day romp home/in romp-home-in romp through sth romp-through-sth rood screen rood-screen roof garden roof-garden roof rack roof-rack roof sth in/over roof-sth-in-over rookie card rookie-card rookie mistake rookie-mistake room and board room-and-board room for doubt room-for-doubt room for improvement room-for-improvement room for manoeuvre room-for-manoeuvre room heater room-heater room parent room-parent room service room-service room temperature room-temperature rooming house rooming-house rooming-in rooming-in root and branch root-and-branch root around (somewhere) root-around-somewhere root beer root-beer root canal root-canal root cellar root-cellar root crop root-crop root for sb root-for-sb root hair root-hair root sth out/up root-sth-out-up root sth/sb out root-sth-sb-out root vegetable root-vegetable rooted to the spot rooted-to-the-spot rope bridge rope-bridge rope ladder rope-ladder rope light rope-light rope sb in rope-sb-in rope sth/somewhere off rope-sth-somewhere-off Rorschach test rorschach-test rose hip rose-hip rose water rose-water rose window rose-window Rosh Hashanah rosh-hashanah Rosie Lee rosie-lee Ross and Cromarty ross-and-cromarty rot in jail, prison, etc. rot-in-jail-prison-etc rough and ready rough-and-ready rough and tumble rough-and-tumble rough cider rough-cider rough diamond rough-diamond rough edges rough-edges rough justice/luck rough-justice-luck rough paper rough-paper rough puff pastry rough-puff-pastry rough sb up rough-sb-up rough sleeper rough-sleeper rough sleeping rough-sleeping rough sth in rough-sth-in rough sth out rough-sth-out rough trade rough-trade rough-hewn rough-hewn round about round-about round and round round-and-round round brackets round-brackets round of applause round-of-applause round on sb/sth round-on-sb-sth round robin round-robin round sth down round-sth-down round sth off round-sth-off round sth out round-sth-out round sth up round-sth-up round sth/sb up round-sth-sb-up round the corner round-the-corner round trip round-trip round-eyed round-eyed round-shouldered round-shouldered round-table round-table round-the-clock round-the-clock round-trip ticket round-trip-ticket round-up round-up round/around the clock round-around-the-clock roundhouse kick roundhouse-kick rout sb out rout-sb-out route march route-march route one football route-one-football row back row-back row Z row-z rowdy-sheeter rowdy-sheeter rowing boat rowing-boat rowing machine rowing-machine Roy of the Rovers stuff roy-of-the-rovers-stuff royal assent royal-assent royal blue royal-blue royal flush royal-flush Royal Highness royal-highness royal jelly royal-jelly royal pardon royal-pardon royal prerogative royal-prerogative Rt. Hon. rt-hon rub along rub-along rub off rub-off rub salt in/into the wound rub-salt-in-into-the-wound rub sb out rub-sb-out rub sb up the wrong way rub-sb-up-the-wrong-way rub sb's nose in it rub-sb-s-nose-in-it rub shoulders (with) rub-shoulders-with rub sth down rub-sth-down rub sth in rub-sth-in rub sth out rub-sth-out rub sth/sb down rub-sth-sb-down rubber band rubber-band rubber boot rubber-boot rubber dinghy rubber-dinghy rubber duck rubber-duck rubber plant rubber-plant rubber stamp rubber-stamp rubber tree rubber-tree rubbing alcohol rubbing-alcohol ruby anniversary ruby-anniversary ruby murray ruby-murray ruby wedding anniversary ruby-wedding-anniversary ruck (sth) up ruck-sth-up rue the day rue-the-day ruffle sb's feathers ruffle-sb-s-feathers rugby ball rugby-ball rugby league rugby-league rugby union rugby-union rule of thumb rule-of-thumb rule OK rule-ok rule sth or sb in rule-sth-or-sb-in rule sth or sb out rule-sth-or-sb-out rule sth out rule-sth-out rule sth with an iron hand/fist rule-sth-with-an-iron-hand-fist rule the roost rule-the-roost rules are made to be broken rules-are-made-to-be-broken rules of engagement rules-of-engagement rum baba rum-baba rumble on rumble-on rumble strip rumble-strip rummage sale rummage-sale rumour mill rumour-mill rumour-monger rumour-monger rumpus room rumpus-room run (sth) down run-sth-down run (sth) into sth/sb run-sth-into-sth-sb run a mile run-a-mile run across sb run-across-sb run across sth run-across-sth run after sb run-after-sb run after sb/sth run-after-sb-sth run after sth run-after-sth run against sb/sth run-against-sb-sth run aground/ashore run-aground-ashore run along! run-along run and run run-and-run run around run-around run around after sb run-around-after-sb run around with sb run-around-with-sb run away run-away run away to sea run-away-to-sea run away with sb run-away-with-sb run away with sth run-away-with-sth run errands run-errands run high run-high run in the family run-in-the-family run into sb run-into-sb run into sth run-into-sth run its course run-its-course run off run-off run off with sth run-off-with-sth run on run-on run on sth run-on-sth run out run-out run out of steam run-out-of-steam run out on sb/sth run-out-on-sb-sth run out the clock run-out-the-clock run over run-over run over (sth) run-over-sth run over/through sth run-over-through-sth run rings round sb run-rings-round-sb run riot run-riot run round run-round run round in circles run-round-in-circles run round like a headless chicken run-round-like-a-headless-chicken run sb close run-sb-close run sb in run-sb-in run sb out run-sb-out run sb out of town (on a rail) run-sb-out-of-town-on-a-rail run sb ragged run-sb-ragged run sb/sth down run-sb-sth-down run sb/sth over run-sb-sth-over run sb/sth through run-sb-sth-through run sb/sth to ground run-sb-sth-to-ground run sth by sb run-sth-by-sb run sth in run-sth-in run sth off run-sth-off run sth up run-sth-up run the gauntlet run-the-gauntlet run the risk of doing sth run-the-risk-of-doing-sth run the show run-the-show run through sb's head/mind run-through-sb-s-head-mind run through sb's mind/head run-through-sb-s-mind-head run through sth run-through-sth run to sth run-to-sth run up against sth run-up-against-sth run wild run-wild run with sth run-with-sth run your eye over sth run-your-eye-over-sth run yourself down run-yourself-down run yourself into the ground run-yourself-into-the-ground run-down run-down run-in run-in run-of-the-mill run-of-the-mill run-through run-through run-up run-up run/go deep run-go-deep run/go like clockwork run-go-like-clockwork runner bean runner-bean runner-up runner-up running back running-back running battle running-battle running commentary2 running-commentary running costs running-costs running mate running-mate running shoe running-shoe running sore running-sore running stitch running-stitch running water running-water running with blood running-with-blood rush hour rush-hour rush into sth rush-into-sth rush job rush-job rush sb into (doing) sth rush-sb-into-doing-sth rush sth out rush-sth-out rush/run sb off their feet rush-run-sb-off-their-feet Russian roulette russian-roulette Russian wolfhound russian-wolfhound Rust Belt rust-belt rustle sth up rustle-sth-up rye bread rye-bread S & M s-m s'more s-more S, s s-s S-bend s-bend s/he s-he saber-rattling saber-rattling saber-toothed tiger saber-toothed-tiger sabre-rattling sabre-rattling sabre-toothed tiger sabre-toothed-tiger sack lunch sack-lunch sack out sack-out sack race sack-race sacred cow sacred-cow sacrificial lamb sacrificial-lamb sad-sack sad-sack sadder but wiser sadder-but-wiser saddle sb with sth saddle-sb-with-sth saddle-sore saddle-sore safari jacket safari-jacket safari park safari-park safari suit safari-suit safe conduct safe-conduct safe deposit box safe-deposit-box safe haven safe-haven safe house safe-house safe period safe-period safe room safe-room safe sex safe-sex safe space safe-space safe word safe-word safeguard against sth safeguard-against-sth safety belt safety-belt safety blanket safety-blanket safety catch safety-catch safety curtain safety-curtain safety deposit box safety-deposit-box safety first safety-first safety glass safety-glass safety glasses safety-glasses safety match safety-match safety net safety-net safety pin safety-pin safety razor safety-razor safety valve safety-valve sag bag sag-bag sage green sage-green sail against the wind sail-against-the-wind sail close to the wind sail-close-to-the-wind sail in sail-in sail through (sth) sail-through-sth sailing boat sailing-boat sailor suit sailor-suit Saint Vitus' dance saint-vitus-dance saint's day saint-s-day salad bar salad-bar salad cream salad-cream salad dressing salad-dressing salad spinner salad-spinner salami slicing salami-slicing sales assistant sales-assistant sales drive sales-drive sales force sales-force sales pitch sales-pitch sales rep sales-rep sales slip sales-slip sales talk sales-talk sales tax sales-tax Salisbury steak salisbury-steak salivary duct salivary-duct salivary gland salivary-gland sally forth sally-forth salmon pink salmon-pink salmon trout salmon-trout saloon bar saloon-bar salt cellar salt-cellar salt lick salt-lick salt shaker salt-shaker salt sth away salt-sth-away salt truck salt-truck salt water salt-water salt-and-pepper salt-and-pepper salwar kameez salwar-kameez Sam Hill sam-hill same again same-again same difference same-difference same here same-here same old same old same-old-same-old same to you same-to-you same-day same-day same-gender same-gender same-sex same-sex same-sex marriage same-sex-marriage San Antonio san-antonio San Diego san-diego San Francisco san-francisco San Jose san-jose San Marino san-marino sanctions-busting sanctions-busting sanctuary city sanctuary-city sanctum sanctorum sanctum-sanctorum sand dollar sand-dollar sand dune sand-dune sand trap sand-trap sand-cast sand-cast sandwich bar sandwich-bar sandwich board sandwich-board sandwich course sandwich-course sandwich generation sandwich-generation sandwich sb/sth between sb/sth sandwich-sb-sth-between-sb-sth sandwich sth together sandwich-sth-together sanitary fittings sanitary-fittings sanitary towel sanitary-towel sanitation worker1 sanitation-worker sans serif sans-serif Santa Claus santa-claus Santa's grotto santa-s-grotto São Tomé and Príncipe sao-tome-and-principe São Tomean sao-tomean sarcasm is the lowest form of wit sarcasm-is-the-lowest-form-of-wit sash window sash-window satellite dish satellite-dish satsuma plum satsuma-plum saturated fat saturated-fat saturated solution saturated-solution saturation bombing saturation-bombing saturation point saturation-point Saturday night special saturday-night-special Saudi Arabia saudi-arabia sausage dog sausage-dog sausage machine sausage-machine sausage meat sausage-meat sausage roll sausage-roll sausage sizzle sausage-sizzle save (sth) up save-sth-up save on sth save-on-sth save sb's 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his/her back sb-could-do-sth-with-one-arm-hand-tied-behind-his-her-back sb couldn't act, argue, fight, etc. their way out of a paper bag sb-couldn-t-act-argue-fight-etc-their-way-out-of-a-paper-bag sb deserves a medal sb-deserves-a-medal sb has bought it sb-has-bought-it sb should be shot sb-should-be-shot sb's answer to sb/sth sb-s-answer-to-sb-sth sb's bark is worse than his/her bite sb-s-bark-is-worse-than-his-her-bite sb's biological clock is ticking sb-s-biological-clock-is-ticking sb's blood is up sb-s-blood-is-up sb's declining years sb-s-declining-years sb's eyes are bigger than their belly/stomach sb-s-eyes-are-bigger-than-their-belly-stomach sb's face doesn't fit sb-s-face-doesn-t-fit sb's face falls sb-s-face-falls sb's face is a picture sb-s-face-is-a-picture sb's field of vision sb-s-field-of-vision sb's hands are tied sb-s-hands-are-tied sb's heart is in his/her boots sb-s-heart-is-in-his-her-boots sb's heart is in his/her mouth sb-s-heart-is-in-his-her-mouth sb's heart sinks sb-s-heart-sinks sb's heart's desire sb-s-heart-s-desire sb's heart/mind/pulse races sb-s-heart-mind-pulse-races sb's jaw drops (open) sb-s-jaw-drops-open sb's mask slips sb-s-mask-slips sb's ruling passion sb-s-ruling-passion sb's state/frame of mind sb-s-state-frame-of-mind sb's/sth's claim to fame sb-s-sth-s-claim-to-fame sb's/sth's days are numbered sb-s-sth-s-days-are-numbered sb/sth does things to you sb-sth-does-things-to-you sb/sth rocks sb-sth-rocks sb/sth won't bite sb-sth-won-t-bite scale sth down scale-sth-down scale sth up scale-sth-up scale the heights scale-the-heights scaled-down scaled-down scalene triangle scalene-triangle scare quotes scare-quotes scare sb away/off scare-sb-away-off scare sb into doing sth scare-sb-into-doing-sth scare sb shitless scare-sb-shitless scare sb/sth away/off scare-sb-sth-away-off scare sth up scare-sth-up scare the bejesus out of sb scare-the-bejesus-out-of-sb scare, frighten, etc. the (living) daylights out of sb scare-frighten-etc-the-living-daylights-out-of-sb scare/frighten the life out of sb scare-frighten-the-life-out-of-sb scaredy-cat scaredy-cat scarlet fever scarlet-fever scarlet woman scarlet-woman scatter cushion scatter-cushion scatter diagram scatter-diagram scatter rug scatter-rug scavenger hunt scavenger-hunt scent blood scent-blood scheduled flight scheduled-flight school bus school-bus school night school-night school of hard knocks school-of-hard-knocks school of thought school-of-thought school run school-run school voucher school-voucher school-leaver school-leaver school-leaving age school-leaving-age schoolboy error schoolboy-error sci-fi sci-fi science fiction science-fiction science park science-park scientific notation scientific-notation scissor jump scissor-jump scissor kick scissor-kick scissors and paste scissors-and-paste scoop sth out scoop-sth-out scoop sth/sb up scoop-sth-sb-up scoop the pool scoop-the-pool scoop-neck scoop-neck scope sth/sb out scope-sth-sb-out scorched-earth policy scorched-earth-policy score points (with sb) score-points-with-sb score points off sb score-points-off-sb score sth out/through score-sth-out-through scot-free scot-free Scotch bonnet scotch-bonnet Scotch broth scotch-broth Scotch egg scotch-egg Scotch mist scotch-mist Scotch-tape scotch-tape Scotland Yard scotland-yard Scottish Borders scottish-borders Scottish English scottish-english Scottish National Party scottish-national-party Scottish terrier scottish-terrier scour sth out scour-sth-out scouring pad scouring-pad Scout leader scout-leader Scout's honour scout-s-honour Scoville scale scoville-scale scrambled eggs scrambled-eggs scrap dealer scrap-dealer scrap heap scrap-heap scrap paper scrap-paper scrape a living scrape-a-living scrape by/along scrape-by-along scrape home scrape-home scrape sth/sb together/up scrape-sth-sb-together-up scrape the bottom of the barrel scrape-the-bottom-of-the-barrel scrape through (sth) scrape-through-sth scratch around for sth scratch-around-for-sth scratch beneath the surface scratch-beneath-the-surface scratch card scratch-card scratch paper scratch-paper scratch ticket scratch-ticket scratch your head scratch-your-head scratch-and-sniff scratch-and-sniff scratch-off scratch-off scratch/scrape the surface scratch-scrape-the-surface scratcher ticket scratcher-ticket scream (out) for sth scream-out-for-sth scream queen scream-queen scream your head off scream-your-head-off scream/shout blue murder scream-shout-blue-murder screen door screen-door screen print screen-print screen printing screen-printing screen sth off screen-sth-off screen test screen-test screen time screen-time screw (sth) up screw-sth-up screw around screw-around screw it/you/them! screw-it-you-them screw sb up screw-sb-up screw sth out of sb screw-sth-out-of-sb screw top screw-top screw up your courage screw-up-your-courage screw-up screw-up screwed up screwed-up scribbly gum scribbly-gum scrimmage vest scrimmage-vest scroll bar scroll-bar scrounge around scrounge-around scrub up scrub-up scrub up well scrub-up-well scrubbing brush scrubbing-brush scrum half scrum-half scrum master scrum-master scuba diver scuba-diver scuba diving scuba-diving scut work scut-work sea anemone sea-anemone sea bass sea-bass sea breeze sea-breeze sea captain sea-captain sea change sea-change sea coast sea-coast sea cow sea-cow sea defence sea-defence sea dog sea-dog sea foam candy sea-foam-candy sea lane sea-lane sea legs sea-legs sea level sea-level sea lion sea-lion sea salt sea-salt sea squirt sea-squirt sea stack sea-stack sea urchin sea-urchin sea wall sea-wall seal dribble seal-dribble seal of approval seal-of-approval seal sb's fate seal-sb-s-fate seal sth in seal-sth-in seal sth off seal-sth-off sealed orders sealed-orders sealed-bid sealed-bid sealing wax sealing-wax search algorithm search-algorithm search box search-box search engine search-engine search engine optimization search-engine-optimization search me! search-me search party search-party search sth/sb out search-sth-sb-out search warrant search-warrant season creep season-creep season ticket season-ticket season's greetings season-s-greetings seasonal affective disorder seasonal-affective-disorder seat belt seat-belt seat of learning seat-of-learning seat-of-the-pants seat-of-the-pants sebaceous gland sebaceous-gland seclusion room seclusion-room second base second-base second best second-best second childhood second-childhood second class second-class second cousin second-cousin second hand second-hand second honeymoon second-honeymoon second language second-language second name second-name second nature second-nature second sight second-sight second thought second-thought second to none second-to-none second wind second-wind second-degree second-degree second-degree burn second-degree-burn second-guess second-guess second-hand smoke second-hand-smoke second-homer second-homer second-in-command second-in-command second-rate second-rate second-wave second-wave secondary colour secondary-colour secondary consumer secondary-consumer secondary school secondary-school secondary ticketing secondary-ticketing secret admirer secret-admirer secret agent secret-agent secret ballot secret-ballot secret police secret-police secret Santa secret-santa secret sauce secret-sauce secret service secret-service secret shopper secret-shopper secret society secret-society secret weapon secret-weapon secretary general secretary-general Secretary of State secretary-of-state section sth off section-sth-off secular humanism secular-humanism secular humanist secular-humanist security blanket security-blanket security camera security-camera security clearance security-clearance security guard security-guard security light security-light security risk security-risk sedan chair sedan-chair sedimentation tank sedimentation-tank see a man about a dog see-a-man-about-a-dog see about sth see-about-sth see eye to eye see-eye-to-eye see fit see-fit see in the New Year see-in-the-new-year see life see-life see red see-red see sb in hell before ... see-sb-in-hell-before see sb off see-sb-off see sb out see-sb-out see sb right see-sb-right see sb through sth see-sb-through-sth see sb's true colours see-sb-s-true-colours see sb/sth off see-sb-sth-off see sense/reason see-sense-reason see stars see-stars see sth coming see-sth-coming see sth in sb/sth see-sth-in-sb-sth see sth out see-sth-out see sth through see-sth-through see sth with your own eyes see-sth-with-your-own-eyes see the back of sb/sth see-the-back-of-sb-sth see the colour of sb's money see-the-colour-of-sb-s-money see the joke see-the-joke see the last of sth/sb see-the-last-of-sth-sb see the light see-the-light see the light of day see-the-light-of-day see the point of sth see-the-point-of-sth see things in black and white see-things-in-black-and-white see through sb/sth see-through-sb-sth see to sth/sb see-to-sth-sb see you (later) see-you-later see you soon see-you-soon see your way (clear) to doing sth see-your-way-clear-to-doing-sth see yourself out see-yourself-out see-through see-through see/catch you later! see-catch-you-later seed corn seed-corn seed money seed-money seed potato seed-potato seeing (that) seeing-that Seeing Eye dog seeing-eye-dog seeing is believing seeing-is-believing seeing things seeing-things seeing-to seeing-to seek sb/sth out seek-sb-sth-out seize on/upon sth seize-on-upon-sth seize up seize-up select committee select-committee selective breeding selective-breeding selective service selective-service self-absorbed self-absorbed self-absorption self-absorption self-access self-access self-acknowledged self-acknowledged self-addressed self-addressed self-admitted self-admitted self-appointed self-appointed self-assembly self-assembly self-assertive self-assertive self-assessment self-assessment self-assured self-assured self-aware self-aware self-awareness self-awareness self-belief self-belief self-build self-build self-care self-care self-catering self-catering self-censorship self-censorship self-centred self-centred self-certification self-certification self-confessed self-confessed self-confident self-confident self-congratulatory self-congratulatory self-conscious self-conscious self-consciously self-consciously self-consciousness self-consciousness self-contained self-contained self-containment self-containment self-contradictory self-contradictory self-controlled self-controlled self-deception self-deception self-declared self-declared self-defeating self-defeating self-defence self-defence self-delusion self-delusion self-denial self-denial self-denying self-denying self-deprecating self-deprecating self-deprecatingly self-deprecatingly self-deprecation self-deprecation self-destruct self-destruct self-determination self-determination self-discipline self-discipline self-discovery self-discovery self-doubt self-doubt self-drive self-drive self-driving self-driving self-effacement self-effacement self-effacing self-effacing self-effacingly self-effacingly self-efficacy self-efficacy self-employed self-employed self-employment self-employment self-esteem self-esteem self-evident self-evident self-evidently self-evidently self-explanatory self-explanatory self-expression self-expression self-fertilization self-fertilization self-fertilize self-fertilize self-financing self-financing self-fulfilled self-fulfilled self-fulfilling self-fulfilling self-fulfilling prophecy self-fulfilling-prophecy self-fulfilment self-fulfilment self-governing self-governing self-government self-government self-harm self-harm self-help self-help self-identify self-identify self-image self-image self-immolation self-immolation self-importance self-importance self-important self-important self-importantly self-importantly self-imposed self-imposed self-improvement self-improvement self-incrimination self-incrimination self-induced self-induced self-indulgence self-indulgence self-indulgent self-indulgent self-inflicted self-inflicted self-interest self-interest self-interested self-interested self-knowledge self-knowledge self-loathing self-loathing self-made self-made self-medicate self-medicate self-medication self-medication self-obsessed self-obsessed self-opinionated self-opinionated self-own self-own self-perpetuating self-perpetuating self-pity self-pity self-pitying self-pitying self-pollination self-pollination self-portrait self-portrait self-possession self-possession self-preservation self-preservation self-proclaimed self-proclaimed self-professed self-professed self-propelled self-propelled self-protection self-protection self-publish self-publish self-publishing self-publishing self-raising flour self-raising-flour self-referential self-referential self-reflection self-reflection self-regulating self-regulating self-regulation self-regulation self-reliant self-reliant self-report self-report self-respect self-respect self-restraint self-restraint self-righteous self-righteous self-rising flour self-rising-flour self-rule self-rule self-sacrifice self-sacrifice self-sacrificing self-sacrificing self-satisfaction self-satisfaction self-satisfied self-satisfied self-seeking self-seeking self-selected self-selected self-service self-service self-serving self-serving self-soothe self-soothe self-starter self-starter self-study self-study self-styled self-styled self-sufficient self-sufficient self-supporting self-supporting self-tan self-tan self-tanning self-tanning self-taught self-taught self-willed self-willed self-worth self-worth selfie stick selfie-stick sell (sb) out sell-sb-out sell out sell-out sell sb a bill of goods sell-sb-a-bill-of-goods sell sb down the river sell-sb-down-the-river sell sb/yourself/sth short sell-sb-yourself-sth-short sell sth off sell-sth-off sell up sell-up sell your soul (to the devil) sell-your-soul-to-the-devil sell-by date sell-by-date sell-off sell-off selling point selling-point semantic web semantic-web semi-arid semi-arid semi-detached semi-detached semi-professional semi-professional semi-skilled semi-skilled semi-skimmed semi-skimmed semilunar valve semilunar-valve semisweet chocolate semisweet-chocolate send (off/away) for/to sth send-off-away-for-to-sth send a message send-a-message send a signal (to sb) that send-a-signal-to-sb-that send chills down/up sb's spine send-chills-down-up-sb-s-spine send for sb send-for-sb send out for sth send-out-for-sth send sb away with a flea in their ear send-sb-away-with-a-flea-in-their-ear send sb down send-sb-down send sb in send-sb-in send sb off send-sb-off send sb packing send-sb-packing send sb to Coventry send-sb-to-coventry send sb to eternity send-sb-to-eternity send sb up send-sb-up send sb/sth up send-sb-sth-up send shivers down/up sb's spine send-shivers-down-up-sb-s-spine send shudders/a shudder down your spine send-shudders-a-shudder-down-your-spine send sth back send-sth-back send sth in send-sth-in send sth off send-sth-off send sth on send-sth-on send sth out send-sth-out send word send-word send-off send-off send-up send-up send/give out (all) the wrong signals send-give-out-all-the-wrong-signals sending off sending-off senile dementia senile-dementia senior citizen senior-citizen senior high school senior-high-school senior moment senior-moment senior nursing officer senior-nursing-officer senior statesman senior-statesman sense organ sense-organ sensory neuron sensory-neuron sentence case sentence-case sentry box sentry-box separate the sheep from the goats separate-the-sheep-from-the-goats separate the wheat from the chaff separate-the-wheat-from-the-chaff separation anxiety separation-anxiety septic shock septic-shock septic tank septic-tank sergeant major sergeant-major serial interval serial-interval serial killer serial-killer serial monogamy serial-monogamy serial music serial-music serial number serial-number serial port serial-port series circuit series-circuit Serrano ham serrano-ham serve out serve-out serve sb right serve-sb-right serve sth out serve-sth-out serve sth up serve-sth-up server farm server-farm service animal service-animal service area service-area service charge service-charge service industry service-industry service provider service-provider service road service-road service station service-station serving board serving-board sesame seed sesame-seed set about sb set-about-sb set about sth set-about-sth set an example set-an-example set fire to sth/sb set-fire-to-sth-sb set foot in somewhere set-foot-in-somewhere set great, little, etc. store by sth set-great-little-etc-store-by-sth set in set-in set menu set-menu set off/out set-off-out set on/upon sb set-on-upon-sb set out set-out set piece set-piece set play set-play set point set-point set sb against sb set-sb-against-sb set sb back (sth) set-sb-back-sth set sb down set-sb-down set sb off set-sb-off set sb up set-sb-up set sb's teeth on edge set-sb-s-teeth-on-edge set sb/sth on sb set-sb-sth-on-sb set someone's pulse racing set-someone-s-pulse-racing set square set-square set sth against sth set-sth-against-sth set sth aside set-sth-aside set sth back set-sth-back set sth down set-sth-down set sth forth set-sth-forth set sth off set-sth-off set sth out set-sth-out set sth up set-sth-up set sth/sb apart set-sth-sb-apart set sth/sb back set-sth-sb-back set sth/sb on fire set-sth-sb-on-fire set sth/sb up set-sth-sb-up set text set-text set the agenda set-the-agenda set the scene set-the-scene set the scene/stage set-the-scene-stage set the Thames on fire set-the-thames-on-fire set the wheels in motion set-the-wheels-in-motion set to set-to set up shop set-up-shop set your heart on sth/doing sth set-your-heart-on-sth-doing-sth set your sights on sth set-your-sights-on-sth set yourself up as sth set-yourself-up-as-sth set-aside set-aside set-top box set-top-box set-up set-up set/put sb's mind at rest/ease set-put-sb-s-mind-at-rest-ease set/put the record straight set-put-the-record-straight set/put the seal on sth set-put-the-seal-on-sth set/put your mind to sth set-put-your-mind-to-sth settle (sb) down settle-sb-down settle a score settle-a-score settle an (old) score settle-an-old-score settle an account settle-an-account settle down settle-down settle for sth settle-for-sth settle in settle-in settle on sth settle-on-sth settle sb in settle-sb-in settle sth on sb settle-sth-on-sb settle up settle-up settle your affairs settle-your-affairs Seven Sisters seven-sisters seven-year itch seven-year-itch Seventh-Day Adventist seventh-day-adventist seventy-eight seventy-eight sew sth up sew-sth-up sewage works sewage-works sewing kit sewing-kit sewing machine sewing-machine sex appeal sex-appeal sex change sex-change sex chromosome sex-chromosome sex education sex-education sex industry sex-industry sex kitten sex-kitten sex life sex-life sex maniac sex-maniac sex object sex-object sex offender sex-offender sex offending sex-offending sex organ sex-organ sex reassignment surgery sex-reassignment-surgery sex shop sex-shop sex slave sex-slave sex sth up sex-sth-up sex symbol sex-symbol sex tape sex-tape sex therapist sex-therapist sex therapy sex-therapy sex tourism sex-tourism sex toy sex-toy sex trade sex-trade sex worker sex-worker sex-linked sex-linked sex-starved sex-starved sexual abuse sexual-abuse sexual harassment sexual-harassment sexual intercourse sexual-intercourse sexual orientation sexual-orientation sexual reproduction sexual-reproduction sexually transmitted disease sexually-transmitted-disease shabby chic shabby-chic shack up shack-up shade sth in shade-sth-in shade tree shade-tree shades of grey shades-of-grey shaggy-dog story shaggy-dog-story shake a leg shake-a-leg shake down shake-down shake out shake-out shake sb down shake-sb-down shake sb out of sth shake-sb-out-of-sth shake sb up shake-sb-up shake sb/somewhere down shake-sb-somewhere-down shake sb/sth off shake-sb-sth-off shake sth off shake-sth-off shake sth out shake-sth-out shake sth up shake-sth-up shake-up shake-up shake/rock sth to its foundations shake-rock-sth-to-its-foundations shaken baby syndrome shaken-baby-syndrome shale gas shale-gas shallow-fry shallow-fry shan't shan-t Shangri-La shangri-la shanks's pony shanks-s-pony shape up shape-up shape up or ship out! shape-up-or-ship-out shape-shifter shape-shifter shape-shifting shape-shifting share a platform share-a-platform share and share alike share-and-share-alike share-out share-out sharing economy sharing-economy shark fence shark-fence Sharon fruit sharon-fruit sharp practice sharp-practice sharp-eyed sharp-eyed sharpen (sth) up sharpen-sth-up sharpen up your act sharpen-up-your-act shave sth off sth shave-sth-off-sth shave sth off/from sth shave-sth-off-from-sth shaver point shaver-point she's she-s she-devil she-devil shea butter shea-butter sheath dress sheath-dress sheath knife sheath-knife sheep dip sheep-dip sheep shearing sheep-shearing sheep station sheep-station sheet cake sheet-cake sheet lightning sheet-lightning sheet music sheet-music sheet pan sheet-pan shelf life shelf-life shell (sth) out shell-sth-out shell company shell-company shell shock shell-shock shell suit shell-suit shell-shocked shell-shocked sheltered accommodation sheltered-accommodation sheltered workshop sheltered-workshop shepherd's pie shepherd-s-pie Shetland pony shetland-pony shift (your) ground shift-your-ground shift dress shift-dress shift for yourself shift-for-yourself shift key shift-key shift yourself shift-yourself shifting/rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic shifting-rearranging-the-deckchairs-on-the-titanic Shih Tzu shih-tzu shiitake mushroom shiitake-mushroom shilly-shally shilly-shally shin guard shin-guard shin pad shin-pad shin splints shin-splints shine out shine-out shine through shine-through ship sb off ship-sb-off shipping and handling shipping-and-handling shire county shire-county shire horse shire-horse shirt pad shirt-pad shirt tail shirt-tail shish kebab shish-kebab shisha bar shisha-bar shit a brick shit-a-brick shit hot shit-hot shit on sb shit-on-sb shit stirrer shit-stirrer shit stirring shit-stirring shit-faced shit-faced shitake mushroom shitake-mushroom shiver (up and) down your spine shiver-up-and-down-your-spine shock absorber shock-absorber shock jock shock-jock shock tactics shock-tactics shock therapy shock-therapy shock troops shock-troops shock wave shock-wave shock, horror! shock-horror shocking pink shocking-pink shoe bite shoe-bite shoe box shoe-box shoestring potatoes shoestring-potatoes shoo-in shoo-in shoot a glance at sb shoot-a-glance-at-sb shoot for sth shoot-for-sth shoot for the moon shoot-for-the-moon shoot from the hip shoot-from-the-hip shoot it out shoot-it-out shoot questions at sb shoot-questions-at-sb shoot sb down shoot-sb-down shoot sth down shoot-sth-down shoot sth off shoot-sth-off shoot sth up shoot-sth-up shoot sth/sb down (in flames) shoot-sth-sb-down-in-flames shoot the breeze shoot-the-breeze shoot the works shoot-the-works shoot through shoot-through shoot up shoot-up shoot your mouth off shoot-your-mouth-off shoot yourself in the foot shoot-yourself-in-the-foot shoot-em-up shoot-em-up shooting gallery shooting-gallery shooting pains shooting-pains shooting star shooting-star shooting stick shooting-stick shop around shop-around shop assistant shop-assistant shop steward shop-steward shop window shop-window shop-soiled shop-soiled shopping bag shopping-bag shopping basket shopping-basket shopping cart shopping-cart shopping centre shopping-centre shopping channel shopping-channel shopping mall shopping-mall shopping trolley shopping-trolley shore leave shore-leave shore sth up shore-sth-up short and sweet short-and-sweet short back and sides short-back-and-sides short ball short-ball short circuit short-circuit short sharp shock short-sharp-shock short shrift short-shrift short story short-story short time short-time short wave short-wave short-grain rice short-grain-rice short-handed short-handed short-haul short-haul short-line railroad short-line-railroad short-line railway short-line-railway short-list short-list short-lived short-lived short-order cook short-order-cook short-range short-range short-sighted short-sighted short-sightedness short-sightedness short-sleeved short-sleeved short-staffed short-staffed short-stay short-stay short-tempered short-tempered short-term short-term shortcrust pastry shortcrust-pastry shorthand for sth shorthand-for-sth shorthand typist shorthand-typist shortness of breath2 shortness-of-breath shot put shot-put shot-putter shot-putter shotgun wedding shotgun-wedding should've should-ve shoulder bag shoulder-bag shoulder blade shoulder-blade shoulder pad shoulder-pad shoulder strap shoulder-strap shoulder to shoulder shoulder-to-shoulder shoulder-fired shoulder-fired shoulder-length shoulder-length shouldn't shouldn-t shout sb down shout-sb-down shout-out shout-out shout/proclaim sth from the rooftops shout-proclaim-sth-from-the-rooftops shouting match shouting-match shove it shove-it shove off! shove-off shove sb around shove-sb-around shove/stick sth up your ass! shove-stick-sth-up-your-ass shovel sth into your mouth shovel-sth-into-your-mouth shovel-ready shovel-ready show (sb) the way show-sb-the-way show business show-business show home show-home show of hands show-of-hands show off show-off show pony show-pony show sb around (sth) show-sb-around-sth show sb in their true colours show-sb-in-their-true-colours show sb out show-sb-out show sb over sth show-sb-over-sth show sb round (sth) show-sb-round-sth show sb the door show-sb-the-door show sb up show-sb-up show someone in a bad light show-someone-in-a-bad-light show sth/sb off show-sth-sb-off show trial show-trial show up show-up show your face show-your-face show your hand show-your-hand show yourself out show-yourself-out show-and-tell show-and-tell show/teach sb the ropes show-teach-sb-the-ropes shower curtain shower-curtain shower gel shower-gel shower sb with sth shower-sb-with-sth shower tea shower-tea shrimp cocktail shrimp-cocktail shrink from sth shrink-from-sth shrink-wrap shrink-wrap shrinking violet shrinking-violet Shrove Tuesday shrove-tuesday shrug sth off shrug-sth-off shuck sth off shuck-sth-off shudder to a halt shudder-to-a-halt shuffle off this mortal coil shuffle-off-this-mortal-coil shuffle sth off shuffle-sth-off shut (sb) up shut-sb-up shut (sth) down shut-sth-down shut (sth) off shut-sth-off shut (sth) up shut-sth-up shut sb away shut-sb-away shut sb out shut-sb-out shut sb/sth in (sth) shut-sb-sth-in-sth shut sb/sth out shut-sb-sth-out shut sb/sth up shut-sb-sth-up shut sth away shut-sth-away shut sth in sth shut-sth-in-sth shut sth out shut-sth-out shut up shop shut-up-shop shut your eyes to sth shut-your-eyes-to-sth shut your mouth/face shut-your-mouth-face shut yourself away shut-yourself-away shut yourself off shut-yourself-off shut/close the stable/barn door after the horse has bolted shut-close-the-stable-barn-door-after-the-horse-has-bolted shuttle diplomacy shuttle-diplomacy shy away from sth shy-away-from-sth Shy-Drager syndrome shy-drager-syndrome SI unit si-unit Siamese twins siamese-twins sic sth on sb sic-sth-on-sb sick as a dog sick-as-a-dog sick as a parrot sick-as-a-parrot sick at heart sick-at-heart sick building syndrome sick-building-syndrome sick day sick-day sick headache sick-headache sick leave sick-leave sick pay sick-pay sick sth up sick-sth-up sick to your stomach sick-to-your-stomach sick-making sick-making sickle cell sickle-cell sickle cell anaemia sickle-cell-anaemia sickness benefit sickness-benefit side dish side-dish side drum side-drum side effect side-effect side entrance side-entrance side gig side-gig side hustle side-hustle side mirror side-mirror side netting side-netting side order side-order side plate side-plate side return side-return side with sb side-with-sb side-eye side-eye side-on side-on side-splitting side-splitting side-splittingly side-splittingly side-wheeler side-wheeler sidereal time sidereal-time sidewalk artist sidewalk-artist siege mentality siege-mentality Sierra Leone sierra-leone Sierra Leonean sierra-leonean sight-read sight-read sight-reader sight-reader sight-reading sight-reading sign (sb) in sign-sb-in sign (sb) out sign-sb-out sign (sth) off sign-sth-off sign for sth sign-for-sth sign for/with sb sign-for-with-sb sign language sign-language sign of the times sign-of-the-times sign of the zodiac sign-of-the-zodiac sign off sign-off sign on sign-on sign on the dotted line sign-on-the-dotted-line sign sth away sign-sth-away sign sth out sign-sth-out sign sth over sign-sth-over sign up sign-up sign your own death warrant sign-your-own-death-warrant signal box signal-box signal tower signal-tower signature tune signature-tune signed and sealed signed-and-sealed signet ring signet-ring significant figures significant-figures significant other significant-other silence is golden silence-is-golden silent film silent-film silent letter silent-letter silent majority silent-majority silent partner silent-partner silicon chip silicon-chip Silicon Valley silicon-valley silicone implant silicone-implant silly billy silly-billy silly season silly-season silt (sth) up silt-sth-up Silver Alert silver-alert silver anniversary silver-anniversary silver birch silver-birch silver bullet silver-bullet silver command silver-command silver fox silver-fox silver gilt silver-gilt silver jubilee silver-jubilee silver lining silver-lining silver medal silver-medal silver paper silver-paper silver plate silver-plate silver surfer silver-surfer silver wedding anniversary silver-wedding-anniversary silver-plated silver-plated silver-tongued silver-tongued SIM card sim-card simmer down simmer-down simple eye simple-eye simple fracture simple-fracture simple interest simple-interest simple leaf simple-leaf simple sentence simple-sentence simple sugar simple-sugar simple time simple-time simple-minded simple-minded sin bin sin-bin sin tax sin-tax sin-binning sin-binning since when since-when sine curve sine-curve sine die sine-die sine qua non sine-qua-non sinews of war sinews-of-war sing along sing-along sing for your supper sing-for-your-supper sing the praises of sb/sth sing-the-praises-of-sb-sth single bed single-bed single combat single-combat single cream single-cream single file single-file single parent single-parent single room single-room single sb/sth out single-sb-sth-out single transferable vote single-transferable-vote single-breasted single-breasted single-decker single-decker single-estate single-estate single-handed single-handed single-minded single-minded single-mindedly single-mindedly single-sex single-sex single-use single-use singles bar singles-bar sink in sink-in sink in/sink into sth sink-in-sink-into-sth sink into sth sink-into-sth sink like a stone idiom1 sink-like-a-stone sink or swim sink-or-swim sink sth into sth sink-sth-into-sth sink to a whisper sink-to-a-whisper sink to such a level/such depths sink-to-such-a-level-such-depths sink unit sink-unit sink without (a) trace sink-without-a-trace sink your differences sink-your-differences sinking fast sinking-fast sinking feeling sinking-feeling sinking fund sinking-fund sinking ship sinking-ship Sinn Fein sinn-fein siphon sth off siphon-sth-off siren call siren-call sirloin (steak) sirloin-steak sister city sister-city sister under the skin sister-under-the-skin sister-in-law sister-in-law sit (around) on your backside sit-around-on-your-backside sit (sb) up sit-sb-up sit around sit-around sit at the feet of sb sit-at-the-feet-of-sb sit back sit-back sit by sit-by sit down sit-down sit down and do sth sit-down-and-do-sth sit in sit-in sit in for sb sit-in-for-sb sit in judgment on/over sb sit-in-judgment-on-over-sb sit on sb sit-on-sb sit on sb's stomach sit-on-sb-s-stomach sit on sth sit-on-sth sit on the fence sit-on-the-fence sit on your arse sit-on-your-arse sit on your hands sit-on-your-hands sit right/well (with sb) sit-right-well-with-sb sit round sit-round sit sth out sit-sth-out sit through sth sit-through-sth sit tight sit-tight sit under sb sit-under-sb sit up sit-up sit up and take notice sit-up-and-take-notice site map site-map sitting duck sitting-duck sitting member sitting-member sitting room sitting-room sitting target sitting-target sitting tenant sitting-tenant situation comedy situation-comedy Situations Vacant situations-vacant six of one and half a dozen of the other six-of-one-and-half-a-dozen-of-the-other six of the best six-of-the-best six-a-side football six-a-side-football six-footer six-footer six-pack six-pack six-pointer six-pointer six-shooter six-shooter six-yard box six-yard-box sixteenth note sixteenth-note sixth form sixth-form sixth sense sixth-sense sixth-former sixth-former size sth/sb up size-sth-sb-up skate over/around sth skate-over-around-sth skating rink skating-rink skean dhu skean-dhu skeletal muscle skeletal-muscle skeleton in the/your closet skeleton-in-the-your-closet skeleton key skeleton-key skeleton service skeleton-service skeleton staff skeleton-staff sketch map sketch-map sketch sth in sketch-sth-in sketch sth out sketch-sth-out skew-whiff skew-whiff Ski Fox ski-fox ski jump ski-jump ski lift ski-lift ski pants ski-pants ski pole ski-pole ski suit ski-suit skid marks skid-marks skill set skill-set skim sb/sth off skim-sb-sth-off skimmed milk skimmed-milk skin diving skin-diving skin flick skin-flick skin graft skin-graft skin sb alive skin-sb-alive skin tone skin-tone skin-deep skin-deep skin-diver skin-diver skinny-dip skinny-dip skinny-dipping skinny-dipping skinny-rib skinny-rib skip diving skip-diving skip out on sb/sth skip-out-on-sb-sth skip tracer skip-tracer skip-level skip-level skipping rope skipping-rope skirting board skirting-board skull and crossbones skull-and-crossbones sky blue sky-blue sky marshal sky-marshal sky-high sky-high skyscraper heels skyscraper-heels slack-jawed slack-jawed slag heap slag-heap slag sb off slag-sb-off slam dunk slam-dunk slanging match slanging-match slap and tickle slap-and-tickle slap bracelet slap-bracelet slap sb around slap-sb-around slap sb down slap-sb-down slap sb/sth down slap-sb-sth-down slap sth on slap-sth-on slap sth on/onto (sth/sb) slap-sth-on-onto-sth-sb slap-up slap-up slash-and-burn slash-and-burn slasher movie slasher-movie slave driver slave-driver slave labour slave-labour slave trade slave-trade sleaze factor sleaze-factor sleek back/down sleek-back-down sleep apnoea sleep-apnoea sleep around sleep-around sleep cycle sleep-cycle sleep disorder sleep-disorder sleep hygiene sleep-hygiene sleep in sleep-in sleep over sleep-over sleep sth off sleep-sth-off sleep through sth sleep-through-sth sleep together sleep-together sleep with sb sleep-with-sb sleepaway camp sleepaway-camp sleeping bag sleeping-bag sleeping car sleeping-car sleeping partner sleeping-partner sleeping pill sleeping-pill sleeping policeman sleeping-policeman sleeping sickness sleeping-sickness sleeve board sleeve-board sleeve note sleeve-note sleight of hand sleight-of-hand slice of the cake slice-of-the-cake slice sth off slice-sth-off slide guitar slide-guitar slide projector slide-projector slide rule slide-rule slide show slide-show slide tackle slide-tackle sliding scale sliding-scale sliding tackle sliding-tackle slim down slim-down slim pickings slim-pickings slim sth down slim-sth-down slim-fit slim-fit sling chair sling-chair sling sb out sling-sb-out sling sth out sling-sth-out sling your hook sling-your-hook slip away slip-away slip into sth slip-into-sth slip of the tongue slip-of-the-tongue slip out slip-out slip out of sth slip-out-of-sth slip road slip-road slip sb's memory/mind slip-sb-s-memory-mind slip through sb's fingers slip-through-sb-s-fingers slip through the net slip-through-the-net slip up slip-up slip-on slip-on slipped disc slipped-disc slippery slope slippery-slope Sloane Ranger sloane-ranger slob around (sth) slob-around-sth slobber over sb slobber-over-sb sloe gin sloe-gin slop around (sth) slop-around-sth slop out slop-out slope off slope-off slot machine slot-machine slot sb/sth in slot-sb-sth-in slough sth off slough-sth-off slow (sb/sth) down/up slow-sb-sth-down-up slow burn slow-burn slow burner slow-burner slow city slow-city slow cooker slow-cooker slow down slow-down slow food slow-food slow handclap slow-handclap slow motion slow-motion slow-twitch slow-twitch slow-witted slow-witted SLR camera slr-camera slug it out slug-it-out slug pellet slug-pellet sluice sth down/out sluice-sth-down-out slumber party slumber-party slush fund slush-fund slush pile slush-pile slut-shame slut-shame sly grog sly-grog smack of sth smack-of-sth smack talk smack-talk smack your lips smack-your-lips small ad small-ad small arms small-arms small beer small-beer small change small-change small claims court small-claims-court small fry small-fry small hours small-hours small intestine small-intestine small plates small-plates small potatoes small-potatoes small print small-print small talk small-talk small wonder small-wonder small-minded small-minded small-mindedness small-mindedness small-scale small-scale small-time small-time small-town small-town smallest room smallest-room smart alec smart-alec Smart Board smart-board smart bomb smart-bomb smart card smart-card smart casual smart-casual smart cookie smart-cookie smart drug smart-drug Smart Export Guarantee smart-export-guarantee smart fibre smart-fibre smart glasses smart-glasses smart meter smart-meter smart money smart-money smart mouth smart-mouth smart set smart-set smart TV smart-tv smart-arse smart-arse smart-mouthed smart-mouthed smarten (sb/sth) up smarten-sb-sth-up smarten up your act smarten-up-your-act smarty-pants smarty-pants smash sth up smash-sth-up smash-and-grab raid smash-and-grab-raid smash-mouth smash-mouth smash-up smash-up smashed-up smashed-up smell a rat smell-a-rat smell blood smell-blood smell fishy smell-fishy smell somewhere out smell-somewhere-out smell sth/sb out smell-sth-sb-out smelling salts smelling-salts smile on sth/sb smile-on-sth-sb smoke and mirrors smoke-and-mirrors smoke bomb smoke-bomb smoke detector smoke-detector smoke sb/sth out smoke-sb-sth-out smoke signal smoke-signal smoke-filled room smoke-filled-room smokestack industry smokestack-industry smoking gun smoking-gun smoking jacket smoking-jacket smooth muscle smooth-muscle smooth sth away smooth-sth-away smooth sth out smooth-sth-out smooth sth over smooth-sth-over smother sth in/with sth smother-sth-in-with-sth snack bar snack-bar snag list snag-list snail mail snail-mail snake charmer snake-charmer snake its way snake-its-way snakes and ladders snakes-and-ladders snap at sb's heels snap-at-sb-s-heels snap bean snap-bean snap election snap-election snap fastener snap-fastener snap out of sth snap-out-of-sth snap sb up snap-sb-up snap sb's head off snap-sb-s-head-off snap sth up snap-sth-up snap to it snap-to-it snap your fingers snap-your-fingers snap-happy snap-happy snare drum snare-drum snarled up snarled-up snatch at sth snatch-at-sth snatch victory (from the jaws of defeat) snatch-victory-from-the-jaws-of-defeat sneak peek sneak-peek sneak preview sneak-preview sniff at sth sniff-at-sth sniff sth out sniff-sth-out sniff sth/sb out sniff-sth-sb-out sniffer dog sniffer-dog snooze button snooze-button snow angel snow-angel snow bank snow-bank snow blindness snow-blindness snow blower snow-blower snow chains snow-chains snow day snow-day snow devil snow-devil snow globe snow-globe snow groomer snow-groomer snow job snow-job snow line snow-line snow pea snow-pea snow tyre snow-tyre snow white snow-white snow-blind snow-blind snow-capped snow-capped snowflake generation snowflake-generation snub nose snub-nose snub-nosed snub-nosed snuff it snuff-it snuff movie snuff-movie snuff sb out snuff-sb-out snuff sth out snuff-sth-out so ... it's not true so-it-s-not-true so be it so-be-it so help me (God) so-help-me-god so long so-long so much for sth so-much-for-sth so much so-much so much so so-much-so so much the better so-much-the-better so there so-there so to speak so-to-speak so what? so-what so-and-so so-and-so so-called so-called so-so so-so soak sth up soak-sth-up soap dodger soap-dodger soap flakes soap-flakes soap opera soap-opera sob story sob-story sob stuff sob-stuff sob your heart out sob-your-heart-out sober (sb) up sober-sb-up sober house sober-house soccer ball soccer-ball soccer mom soccer-mom social care social-care social climber social-climber social club social-club social conscience social-conscience social contract social-contract social democracy social-democracy Social Democrat social-democrat Social Democratic Party social-democratic-party social distancing social-distancing social engineering social-engineering social enterprise social-enterprise social entrepreneur social-entrepreneur social exclusion social-exclusion social game social-game social housing social-housing social insurance social-insurance Social Insurance Number social-insurance-number social life social-life social media social-media social media optimization social-media-optimization social mobility social-mobility social network social-network social networking social-networking social prescribing social-prescribing social science social-science social scientist social-scientist social security social-security social service social-service social studies social-studies social welfare social-welfare social work social-work social worker social-worker socialized medicine socialized-medicine sock puppet sock-puppet sock sth away sock-sth-away sock sth/sb in (with sb) sock-sth-sb-in-with-sb socket set socket-set sod all sod-all sod off sod-off Sod's law sod-s-law soda bread soda-bread soda fountain soda-fountain soda siphon soda-siphon sodium bicarbonate sodium-bicarbonate sodium carbonate sodium-carbonate sodium chloride sodium-chloride sodium hydroxide sodium-hydroxide sodium nitrate sodium-nitrate sofa bed sofa-bed sofa government sofa-government sofa-surf sofa-surf sofa-surfing sofa-surfing soft Brexit soft-brexit soft corner soft-corner soft drink soft-drink soft fruit soft-fruit soft furnishings soft-furnishings soft goods soft-goods soft in the head soft-in-the-head soft key soft-key soft landing soft-landing soft launch soft-launch soft news soft-news soft opening soft-opening soft option soft-option soft palate soft-palate soft play soft-play soft porn soft-porn soft power soft-power soft sell soft-sell soft spot soft-spot Soft Stuff soft-stuff soft target soft-target soft top soft-top soft touch soft-touch soft toy soft-toy soft water soft-water soft-boiled soft-boiled soft-centred soft-centred soft-core soft-core soft-hearted soft-hearted soft-pedal soft-pedal soft-soap soft-soap soft-spoken soft-spoken soften sb up soften-sb-up softly-softly softly-softly software house software-house software package software-package soi-disant soi-disant soil science soil-science sol-fa sol-fa solar energy solar-energy solar lantern solar-lantern solar panel solar-panel solar plexus solar-plexus solar power solar-power solar year solar-year soldering iron soldering-iron soldier of fortune soldier-of-fortune soldier on soldier-on solid fuel solid-fuel solid-state solid-state solitary confinement solitary-confinement Solomon Islands solomon-islands solvent abuse solvent-abuse some ... or other some-or-other something a little stronger something-a-little-stronger something else something-else something fierce something-fierce something for nothing something-for-nothing something like 96 percent, half, etc. something-like-96-percent-half-etc something like something-like something/nothing to shout about something-nothing-to-shout-about somewhere along the line somewhere-along-the-line son et lumière son-et-lumiere son of a bitch son-of-a-bitch son of a gun son-of-a-gun son-in-law son-in-law song and dance song-and-dance song form song-form song thrush song-thrush sonic boom sonic-boom sonic branding sonic-branding sooner or later sooner-or-later sop sth up sop-sth-up soprano recorder soprano-recorder sore point sore-point sore throat sore-throat sort code sort-code sort of sort-of sort sb out sort-sb-out sort sth out sort-sth-out sort sth/sb out sort-sth-sb-out sort-out sort-out sorting office sorting-office sotto voce sotto-voce sou'wester sou-wester sought after sought-after soul food soul-food soul music soul-music soul patch soul-patch soul-destroying soul-destroying soul-searching soul-searching sound card sound-card sound check sound-check sound effect sound-effect sound engineer sound-engineer sound engineering sound-engineering sound off sound-off sound sb out sound-sb-out sound system sound-system sound wave sound-wave sounding board sounding-board soup kitchen soup-kitchen soup spoon soup-spoon soup sth up soup-sth-up souped-up souped-up sour cream sour-cream sour grapes sour-grapes source code source-code sous chef sous-chef sous vide sous-vide South Africa south-africa South African south-african South America south-america South American south-american South Australia south-australia South Ayrshire south-ayrshire South Carolina south-carolina South Carolinian south-carolinian South Dakota south-dakota South Dakotan south-dakotan South Glamorgan south-glamorgan South Korea south-korea South Korean south-korean South Lanarkshire south-lanarkshire South Sudan south-sudan South Sudanese south-sudanese South Yorkshire south-yorkshire sow bug sow-bug sow the seeds of sth sow-the-seeds-of-sth sow your wild oats sow-your-wild-oats soy sauce soy-sauce soya bean soya-bean soya milk soya-milk space bar space-bar space blanket space-blanket space cadet space-cadet space capsule space-capsule space heater space-heater space junk space-junk space platform space-platform space probe space-probe space shuttle space-shuttle space station space-station space tourism space-tourism space tourist space-tourist space-age space-age space-saving space-saving space-time space-time spaced out spaced-out spaghetti bolognese spaghetti-bolognese spaghetti junction spaghetti-junction spaghetti western spaghetti-western spam filter spam-filter Spanish omelette spanish-omelette spare ribs spare-ribs spare sb's blushes spare-sb-s-blushes spare the rod and spoil the child spare-the-rod-and-spoil-the-child spare tyre spare-tyre spare-part surgery spare-part-surgery spark out spark-out spark plug spark-plug sparks fly sparks-fly sparring partner sparring-partner sparrow fart sparrow-fart spasmodic dysphonia spasmodic-dysphonia spasmodic torticollis spasmodic-torticollis spatio-temporal spatio-temporal spawning ground spawning-ground speak for yourself speak-for-yourself speak in sb's favour speak-in-sb-s-favour speak out/up speak-out-up speak to sb speak-to-sb speak to sth speak-to-sth speak too soon speak-too-soon speak up speak-up speak up for sb/sth speak-up-for-sb-sth speak volumes speak-volumes speak when you're spoken to! speak-when-you-re-spoken-to speak your mind speak-your-mind speak/talk of the devil speak-talk-of-the-devil speak/talk out of turn speak-talk-out-of-turn speak/talk the same language speak-talk-the-same-language Speakers' Corner speakers-corner speaking engagement speaking-engagement speaks for itself speaks-for-itself spear carrier spear-carrier spear phishing spear-phishing spec builder spec-builder Special Branch special-branch special constable special-constable special delivery special-delivery special education special-education special educational needs special-educational-needs special educational needs and disabilities co-ordinator special-educational-needs-and-disabilities-co-ordinator special educational needs co-ordinator special-educational-needs-co-ordinator special effect special-effect special forces special-forces special interest group special-interest-group special measures special-measures special needs special-needs special offer special-offer special pleading special-pleading special school special-school specific gravity specific-gravity specific heat specific-heat specimen charge specimen-charge spectator ion spectator-ion spectator sport spectator-sport speculum metal speculum-metal speculum mirror speculum-mirror speech and language therapist speech-and-language-therapist speech and language therapy speech-and-language-therapy speech bubble speech-bubble speech day speech-day speech impediment speech-impediment speech pathologist speech-pathologist speech pathology speech-pathology speech recognition software speech-recognition-software speech therapist speech-therapist speech therapy speech-therapy speed (sth) up speed-sth-up speed bag speed-bag speed bump speed-bump speed camera speed-camera speed dating speed-dating speed dial speed-dial speed limit speed-limit speed pedelec speed-pedelec speed read speed-read speed reading speed-reading speed skating speed-skating speed trap speed-trap speed-up speed-up spell sth out spell-sth-out spell trouble spell-trouble spelling bee spelling-bee spend a penny spend-a-penny spend the night together spend-the-night-together spending money spending-money spending plan spending-plan sperm bank sperm-bank sperm count sperm-count sperm whale sperm-whale spew (sth) up spew-sth-up sphere of influence sphere-of-influence sphinx-like sphinx-like spice sth up spice-sth-up spider mite spider-mite spider monkey spider-monkey spider mustard spider-mustard spider plant spider-plant spider vein spider-vein spider's web spider-s-web spiff sb/sth up spiff-sb-sth-up spike heels spike-heels spike protein spike-protein spike sb's guns spike-sb-s-guns spill (sth) out spill-sth-out spill blood spill-blood spill out spill-out spill over spill-over spill the beans spill-the-beans spill your guts spill-your-guts spin (sb) around spin-sb-around spin a coin spin-a-coin spin bowler2 spin-bowler spin bowling spin-bowling spin control spin-control spin doctor spin-doctor spin out of control spin-out-of-control spin room spin-room spin sth off spin-sth-off spin sth out spin-sth-out spin your wheels spin-your-wheels spin-dry spin-dry spin-dryer spin-dryer spin-off spin-off spin-out spin-out spina bifida spina-bifida spinal column spinal-column spinal cord spinal-cord spine-chilling spine-chilling spine-tingling spine-tingling spinning top spinning-top spinning wheel spinning-wheel spiny anteater spiny-anteater spiral notebook spiral-notebook spiral-bound spiral-bound spirit level spirit-level spiritual healer spiritual-healer spiritual healing spiritual-healing spiritual home spiritual-home spit (sth) up spit-sth-up spit and polish spit-and-polish spit blood/venom spit-blood-venom spit curl spit-curl spit hood spit-hood spit it out! spit-it-out spit sth out spit-sth-out splash guard splash-guard splash out (sth) splash-out-sth splash pad splash-pad splash park splash-park splash screen splash-screen spliff up spliff-up splinter group splinter-group split end split-end split hairs split-hairs split infinitive split-infinitive split pea split-pea split personality split-personality split pin split-pin split second split-second split up split-up split your sides split-your-sides split-level split-level spoil sb rotten spoil-sb-rotten spoil sb's party spoil-sb-s-party spoiling tactic spoiling-tactic spoken for spoken-for sponge bag sponge-bag sponge bath sponge-bath sponge cake sponge-cake sponge rubber sponge-rubber spontaneous combustion spontaneous-combustion spontaneous occlusion of the circle of Willis spontaneous-occlusion-of-the-circle-of-willis spoon-feed spoon-feed sport climbing sport-climbing sport utility vehicle sport-utility-vehicle sporting chance sporting-chance sports bar sports-bar sports bra sports-bra sports car sports-car sports centre sports-centre sports jacket sports-jacket sports psychologist sports-psychologist sports psychology sports-psychology sports science sports-science sports scientist sports-scientist spot check spot-check spot fine spot-fine spot kick spot-kick spot on spot-on spot-welding spot-welding spotted dick spotted-dick spotted gum spotted-gum spray gun spray-gun spray pad spray-pad spray paint spray-paint spray park spray-park spray pool spray-pool spray tan spray-tan spread betting spread-betting spread like wildfire spread-like-wildfire spread out spread-out spread sth over sth spread-sth-over-sth spread the word spread-the-word spread your wings spread-your-wings spread yourself too thin spread-yourself-too-thin spring break spring-break spring chicken spring-chicken spring constant spring-constant spring fever spring-fever spring for sth spring-for-sth spring from sth spring-from-sth spring greens spring-greens spring onion spring-onion spring peeper spring-peeper spring roll spring-roll spring sth on sb spring-sth-on-sb spring tide spring-tide spring to life spring-to-life spring to mind spring-to-mind spring up spring-up spring-clean spring-clean spring-cleaning spring-cleaning springform tin springform-tin sprinkler system sprinkler-system sprouting broccoli sprouting-broccoli spruce sb/sth up spruce-sb-sth-up spud bashing spud-bashing spun sugar spun-sugar spy on sb/sth spy-on-sb-sth spy out the land spy-out-the-land squad car squad-car squad rotation squad-rotation squad sheet squad-sheet squadron leader squadron-leader square (sth) with sth square-sth-with-sth square ball square-ball square brackets square-brackets square dance square-dance square deal square-deal square knot square-knot square meal square-meal square off square-off square peg (in a round hole) square-peg-in-a-round-hole square root square-root square sth/sb away square-sth-sb-away square the accounts/books square-the-accounts-books square the circle square-the-circle square up square-up square up to sb/sth square-up-to-sb-sth square-eyed square-eyed squash ball squash-ball squat thrust squat-thrust squeaky-bum time squeaky-bum-time squeaky-clean squeaky-clean squeegee man squeegee-man squeegee mop squeegee-mop squeeze (sb/sth) in/squeeze (sb/sth) into sth squeeze-sb-sth-in-squeeze-sb-sth-into-sth squeeze bottle squeeze-bottle squeeze sb dry squeeze-sb-dry squeeze sb/sth in squeeze-sb-sth-in squeeze sth out of sb squeeze-sth-out-of-sb squirrel monkey squirrel-monkey squirrel sth away squirrel-sth-away squirt gun squirt-gun Sri Lanka sri-lanka Sri Lankan sri-lankan St Bernard st-bernard St John's wort st-john-s-wort St Kitts and Nevis st-kitts-and-nevis St Lucia st-lucia St Lucian st-lucian St Vincent and the Grenadines st-vincent-and-the-grenadines stab sb in the back stab-sb-in-the-back stab vest stab-vest stability ball stability-ball stable boy stable-boy stack system stack-system stack the cards stack-the-cards stack up stack-up staff nurse staff-nurse staff officer staff-officer stag night/party stag-night-party stag party stag-party stage direction stage-direction stage door stage-door stage fright stage-fright stage invasion stage-invasion stage left stage-left stage manager stage-manager stage name stage-name stage right stage-right stage whisper stage-whisper stage-manage stage-manage stage-struck stage-struck staggered junction staggered-junction staging area staging-area staging post staging-post stained glass stained-glass stainless steel stainless-steel stake a claim stake-a-claim stake sb to sth stake-sb-to-sth stake somewhere/sth out stake-somewhere-sth-out stake sth on sth stake-sth-on-sth stake sth out stake-sth-out stalking horse stalking-horse stalling tactic stalling-tactic stamp on sth stamp-on-sth stamp sth out stamp-sth-out stamped addressed envelope stamped-addressed-envelope stamped on sb's memory stamped-on-sb-s-memory stamping ground stamping-ground stand (out) in relief stand-out-in-relief stand (up) and be counted stand-up-and-be-counted stand and deliver! stand-and-deliver stand around stand-around stand aside stand-aside stand back stand-back stand bail stand-bail stand by stand-by stand by sb stand-by-sb stand by sth stand-by-sth stand clear stand-clear stand down stand-down stand fast/firm stand-fast-firm stand for sth stand-for-sth stand in stand-in stand in the way of sth/sb stand-in-the-way-of-sth-sb stand on ceremony stand-on-ceremony stand on your dignity stand-on-your-dignity stand on your hands/head stand-on-your-hands-head stand on your own (two) feet stand-on-your-own-two-feet stand or fall by sth stand-or-fall-by-sth stand out stand-out stand out against sth/sb stand-out-against-sth-sb stand over sb stand-over-sb stand round stand-round stand sb in good stead stand-sb-in-good-stead stand sb up stand-sb-up stand shoulder to shoulder with sb stand-shoulder-to-shoulder-with-sb stand sth on its head stand-sth-on-its-head stand the test of time stand-the-test-of-time stand together stand-together stand up stand-up stand up for sth/sb stand-up-for-sth-sb stand up to sb/sth stand-up-to-sb-sth stand up to sth stand-up-to-sth stand your ground stand-your-ground stand-alone stand-alone stand/stick out a mile stand-stick-out-a-mile stand/stick out like a sore thumb stand-stick-out-like-a-sore-thumb stand/walk tall stand-walk-tall standard deviation standard-deviation standard form standard-form standard lamp standard-lamp standard of living standard-of-living standard operating procedure standard-operating-procedure standard time standard-time standard-bearer standard-bearer standing desk standing-desk standing joke standing-joke standing on your head standing-on-your-head standing order standing-order standing ovation standing-ovation standing room standing-room standing stone standing-stone standing wave standing-wave Stanley knife stanley-knife Staphylococcus infection staphylococcus-infection staple gun staple-gun star anise star-anise star chamber star-chamber star jump star-jump Star of David star-of-david star quality star-quality star sign star-sign star turn star-turn Star Wars star-wars star-crossed star-crossed Star-Spangled Banner star-spangled-banner star-struck star-struck star-studded star-studded stare sb in the face stare-sb-in-the-face stare sth in the face stare-sth-in-the-face starry-eyed starry-eyed Stars and Stripes stars-and-stripes start (sth) off start-sth-off start (sth) up start-sth-up start on at sb start-on-at-sb start on sth start-on-sth start out start-out start over start-over start sb off start-sb-off start-up start-up start/set/get the ball rolling start-set-get-the-ball-rolling starter home starter-home starter motor starter-motor starter pack starter-pack starting date starting-date starting line starting-line starting pistol starting-pistol starting point starting-point starting price starting-price starting salary starting-salary starting time starting-time starvation diet starvation-diet State Department state-department state enrolled nurse state-enrolled-nurse state fair state-fair state line state-line state occasion state-occasion state of emergency state-of-emergency State of the Union state-of-the-union state premier state-premier state registered nurse state-registered-nurse state school state-school state visit state-visit state's evidence state-s-evidence state-controlled state-controlled state-of-the-art state-of-the-art stately home stately-home states' rights states-rights static equilibrium static-equilibrium station break station-break station house station-house station wagon station-wagon stative verb stative-verb status symbol status-symbol statute of limitations statute-of-limitations statutory rape statutory-rape stave sth in stave-sth-in stave sth/sb off stave-sth-sb-off stay away from sb/sth stay-away-from-sb-sth stay behind stay-behind stay in stay-in stay on stay-on stay on the sidelines stay-on-the-sidelines stay out stay-out stay out of sth stay-out-of-sth stay over stay-over stay put stay-put stay the course stay-the-course stay up stay-up stay-at-home stay-at-home staying power staying-power steady on! steady-on steak and kidney pie steak-and-kidney-pie steak knife steak-knife steak tartare steak-tartare steal a march on sb steal-a-march-on-sb steal sb's thunder steal-sb-s-thunder steal the limelight steal-the-limelight steal the show/scene steal-the-show-scene stealth advertising stealth-advertising stealth bomber stealth-bomber stealth marketing stealth-marketing stealth tax stealth-tax steam (sth) up steam-sth-up steam bath steam-bath steam cleaner steam-cleaner steam engine steam-engine steam iron steam-iron steam locomotive steam-locomotive steam room steam-room steam shovel steam-shovel steam train steam-train steam-clean steam-clean steamed up steamed-up stearic acid stearic-acid steel band steel-band steel drum steel-drum steel grey steel-grey steel guitar steel-guitar steel mill steel-mill steel wool steel-wool steel-capped steel-capped steel-gray steel-gray steel-toecapped steel-toecapped steel-toed steel-toed Steele-Richardson-Olszewski syndrome steele-richardson-olszewski-syndrome steep sth/sb in sth steep-sth-sb-in-sth steeped in blood steeped-in-blood steer a course/path steer-a-course-path steer clear of sb/sth steer-clear-of-sb-sth steering column steering-column steering committee steering-committee steering wheel steering-wheel stem cell stem-cell stem from sth stem-from-sth step aerobics step-aerobics step aside step-aside step aside/down step-aside-down step back step-back step back (in time) step-back-in-time step change step-change step forward step-forward step in step-in step into sb's shoes step-into-sb-s-shoes step into sth step-into-sth step into the breach step-into-the-breach step on it step-on-it step on sb step-on-sb step out of line step-out-of-line step out on sb step-out-on-sb step sth down step-sth-down step sth up step-sth-up step up step-up step up to the plate step-up-to-the-plate step-parent step-parent step-sibling step-sibling step/be out of line step-be-out-of-line step/move up a gear step-move-up-a-gear step/tread on sb's toes step-tread-on-sb-s-toes stepping stone stepping-stone stew (in your own juice) stew-in-your-own-juice stewing steak stewing-steak sth has to be seen to be believed sth-has-to-be-seen-to-be-believed sth is calling you sth-is-calling-you sth knows no bounds sth-knows-no-bounds sth's sth-s stick (sth) out stick-sth-out stick around stick-around stick at sth stick-at-sth stick blender stick-blender stick by sth/sb stick-by-sth-sb stick figure stick-figure stick in sb's craw stick-in-sb-s-craw stick in sb's mind/head/memory stick-in-sb-s-mind-head-memory stick in sb's throat stick-in-sb-s-throat stick insect stick-insect stick it out stick-it-out stick of rock stick-of-rock stick out stick-out stick out for sth stick-out-for-sth stick sb with sth stick-sb-with-sth stick shift stick-shift stick sth/sb up stick-sth-sb-up stick to sb like glue stick-to-sb-like-glue stick to sb's ribs stick-to-sb-s-ribs stick to sth stick-to-sth stick to your guns stick-to-your-guns stick together stick-together stick up stick-up stick up for sth/sb stick-up-for-sth-sb stick with it stick-with-it stick with sth/sb stick-with-sth-sb stick your neck out stick-your-neck-out stick your nose into sth stick-your-nose-into-sth stick your snoot in/into (sth) stick-your-snoot-in-into-sth stick-in-the-mud stick-in-the-mud stick-on stick-on stick-to-it-iveness stick-to-it-iveness stick/put your tongue out stick-put-your-tongue-out sticker price sticker-price sticking plaster sticking-plaster sticking point sticking-point sticks and stones may break my bones, (but words can never hurt me) sticks-and-stones-may-break-my-bones-but-words-can-never-hurt-me sticky rice sticky-rice sticky tape sticky-tape sticky wicket sticky-wicket stiff upper lip stiff-upper-lip still life still-life still waters run deep still-waters-run-deep stinging nettle stinging-nettle stink bomb stink-bomb stink eye stink-eye stinking thinking stinking-thinking stir sth up stir-sth-up stir the blood stir-the-blood stir-crazy stir-crazy stir-fry stir-fry stirrup pants stirrup-pants stitch sb up stitch-sb-up stitch sth together stitch-sth-together stitch sth/sb up stitch-sth-sb-up stitch-up stitch-up stock car stock-car stock control stock-control stock cube stock-cube stock exchange stock-exchange stock market stock-market stock route stock-route stock up stock-up stock-in-trade stock-in-trade stock-still stock-still stockbroker belt stockbroker-belt Stockholm syndrome stockholm-syndrome stocking cap stocking-cap stocking filler stocking-filler stocking mask stocking-mask stocking stuffer stocking-stuffer stoke up on/with sth stoke-up-on-with-sth stomach ache stomach-ache stomach flu stomach-flu stomach pump stomach-pump stomp on sb/sth stomp-on-sb-sth stone broke stone-broke stone circle stone-circle stone the crows! stone-the-crows stone-age stone-age stone-clad stone-clad stone-cold stone-cold stone-cold sober stone-cold-sober stone-dead stone-dead stone-deaf stone-deaf stone-faced stone-faced stony broke stony-broke stony-faced stony-faced stool pigeon stool-pigeon stoop ball stoop-ball stoop to sth stoop-to-sth stop and search stop-and-search stop at nothing stop-at-nothing stop by (somewhere) stop-by-somewhere stop in stop-in stop motion animation stop-motion-animation stop off somewhere stop-off-somewhere stop over stop-over stop press stop-press stop short of sth stop-short-of-sth stop sign stop-sign stop the rot stop-the-rot stop-and-go stop-and-go stop-go stop-go stoppage time stoppage-time stopping distance stopping-distance stopping train stopping-train storage battery storage-battery storage device storage-device storage heater storage-heater store brand store-brand store card store-card store credit store-credit store detective store-detective store sth up store-sth-up store up trouble/problems store-up-trouble-problems store-bought store-bought stored energy stored-energy storm cellar storm-cellar storm chaser storm-chaser storm chasing storm-chasing storm cloud storm-cloud storm door storm-door storm door/window storm-door-window storm drain storm-drain storm in a teacup storm-in-a-teacup storm sewer storm-sewer storm surge storm-surge storm trooper storm-trooper storm window storm-window storm-force storm-force story mode story-mode stow (sth) away stow-sth-away stow away stow-away straight angle straight-angle straight arrow straight-arrow straight edge straight-edge straight face straight-face straight man straight-man straight razor straight-razor straight up straight-up (straight) from the horse's mouth straight-from-the-horse-s-mouth straight-A straight-a straight-edge razor straight-edge-razor straight-faced straight-faced straighten sb out straighten-sb-out straighten sth out straighten-sth-out straighten sth up straighten-sth-up straighten up straighten-up strain after/for effect strain-after-for-effect strain every nerve strain-every-nerve strait-laced strait-laced strangely enough strangely-enough stranger things have happened stranger-things-have-happened strangle sth at birth strangle-sth-at-birth strap sb in strap-sb-in strap sth up strap-sth-up strategic weapon strategic-weapon straw boater straw-boater straw in the wind straw-in-the-wind straw man straw-man straw poll straw-poll strawberry blonde strawberry-blonde strawberry mark strawberry-mark streak ahead streak-ahead stream of consciousness stream-of-consciousness streaming service streaming-service street child street-child street clothes street-clothes street cred street-cred street dance street-dance street food street-food street football street-football street furniture street-furniture street hockey street-hockey street homeless street-homeless street homelessness street-homelessness street marketing street-marketing street party street-party street people street-people street smarts street-smarts street theatre street-theatre street urchin street-urchin street value street-value street-credible street-credible street-smart street-smart strengthen sb's hand strengthen-sb-s-hand strep throat strep-throat stress fracture stress-fracture stress incontinence stress-incontinence stress management stress-management stress mark stress-mark stress puppy stress-puppy stress sb out stress-sb-out stress test stress-test stress-related stress-related stressed (out) stressed-out stretch (yourself) out stretch-yourself-out stretch a/the point stretch-a-the-point stretch limousine stretch-limousine stretch marks stretch-marks stretch the length of sth stretch-the-length-of-sth stretch the truth stretch-the-truth stretch to sth stretch-to-sth stretch your legs stretch-your-legs stretcher sb off stretcher-sb-off stretcher-bearer stretcher-bearer strictly speaking strictly-speaking stride piano stride-piano strike (sb) out strike-sb-out strike a balance strike-a-balance strike a blow against/at sth strike-a-blow-against-at-sth strike a blow for sth strike-a-blow-for-sth strike a chord strike-a-chord strike a note strike-a-note strike an attitude strike-an-attitude strike an attitude/attitudes strike-an-attitude-attitudes strike at the heart of sth strike-at-the-heart-of-sth strike back strike-back strike fear/terror into sb strike-fear-terror-into-sb strike force strike-force strike gold strike-gold strike home strike-home strike it lucky strike-it-lucky strike it rich strike-it-rich strike on/upon sth strike-on-upon-sth strike out strike-out strike out (at sb/sth) strike-out-at-sb-sth strike out (somewhere) strike-out-somewhere strike pay strike-pay strike sb down strike-sb-down strike sb off (sth) strike-sb-off-sth strike sth down strike-sth-down strike sth out/through strike-sth-out-through strike up (sth) strike-up-sth strike while the iron is hot strike-while-the-iron-is-hot string bag string-bag string bean string-bean string instrument string-instrument string lights string-lights string quartet string-quartet string sb along string-sb-along string sb up string-sb-up string sth out string-sth-out string sth together string-sth-together string sth up string-sth-up string theory string-theory string tie string-tie string vest string-vest stringed instrument stringed-instrument strings attached strings-attached strip (down) to sth strip-down-to-sth strip cartoon strip-cartoon strip club strip-club strip light strip-light strip lighting strip-lighting strip mall strip-mall strip mining strip-mining strip poker strip-poker strip sb of sth strip-sb-of-sth strip search strip-search strip steak strip-steak strip sth away strip-sth-away strip sth off strip-sth-off strip sth out strip-sth-out stripped down stripped-down strong acid strong-acid strong base strong-base strong force strong-force strong language strong-language strong nerves strong-nerves strong point strong-point strong suit strong-suit strong-arm strong-arm strong-minded strong-minded strong-willed strong-willed strongly held strongly-held structural engineer structural-engineer structural racism structural-racism struggle on struggle-on strung out strung-out strung up strung-up strut your stuff strut-your-stuff stub sth out stub-sth-out stubby holder stubby-holder stuck up stuck-up (stuck) in a rut stuck-in-a-rut student loan student-loan student union student-union study holiday study-holiday study under sb study-under-sb stuff and nonsense stuff-and-nonsense stuff bag stuff-bag stuff it, them, you, etc. stuff-it-them-you-etc stuff sack stuff-sack stuff your face stuff-your-face stuffed animal stuffed-animal stuffed shirt stuffed-shirt stuffed up stuffed-up stumble across/on/upon sth/sb stumble-across-on-upon-sth-sb stumble into sth stumble-into-sth stumbling block stumbling-block stump speech stump-speech stump up (sth) stump-up-sth stun gun stun-gun stunt double stunt-double style guide style-guide style sheet style-sheet sub judice sub-judice sub lieutenant sub-lieutenant sub-aqua sub-aqua sub-editor sub-editor sub-Saharan sub-saharan sub-zero sub-zero subatomic particle subatomic-particle subduction zone subduction-zone subject line subject-line subject matter subject-matter subject sb/sth to sth subject-sb-sth-to-sth submachine gun submachine-gun submarine sandwich submarine-sandwich submerge yourself in sth submerge-yourself-in-sth subordinate clause subordinate-clause subscribe to sth subscribe-to-sth subsistence crop subsistence-crop subsistence farming subsistence-farming substance abuse substance-abuse substance abuser substance-abuser substitute teacher substitute-teacher subtraction sign subtraction-sign success story success-story successor state successor-state such and such such-and-such such as it is such-as-it-is such is life such-is-life suck it and see suck-it-and-see suck sb off suck-sb-off suck sb/sth dry suck-sb-sth-dry suck sb/sth in/suck sb/sth into sth suck-sb-sth-in-suck-sb-sth-into-sth suck sth in suck-sth-in suck up to sb suck-up-to-sb sucker sb into sth sucker-sb-into-sth sucking diesel sucking-diesel suction cup suction-cup sudden death sudden-death sudden infant death syndrome sudden-infant-death-syndrome suffice (it) to say suffice-it-to-say sugar and spice sugar-and-spice sugar apple sugar-apple sugar beet sugar-beet sugar cane sugar-cane sugar coating sugar-coating sugar daddy sugar-daddy sugar snap pea sugar-snap-pea sugar the pill sugar-the-pill sugar-coated sugar-coated sugar-free sugar-free sui generis sui-generis suicide belt suicide-belt suicide bomber suicide-bomber suicide pact suicide-pact suicide vest suicide-vest suit bag suit-bag suit sb (right) down to the ground suit-sb-right-down-to-the-ground suit up suit-up suit yourself! suit-yourself suited and booted suited-and-booted sulfur dioxide sulfur-dioxide sulfur-crested cockatoo sulfur-crested-cockatoo sulfuric acid sulfuric-acid sulphur dioxide sulphur-dioxide sulphur-crested cockatoo sulphur-crested-cockatoo sulphuric acid sulphuric-acid sum (sth/sb) up sum-sth-sb-up sum total sum-total sum up sum-up summa cum laude summa-cum-laude summer camp summer-camp summer pudding summer-pudding summer school summer-school summing-up summing-up sumo wrestler sumo-wrestler sumo wrestling sumo-wrestling sun cream sun-cream sun deck sun-deck sun god sun-god sun hat sun-hat sun lotion sun-lotion sun porch sun-porch sun shower sun-shower sun visor sun-visor sun-baked sun-baked sun-drenched sun-drenched sun-dried sun-dried sun-kissed sun-kissed sun-worshipper sun-worshipper Sunday best sunday-best Sunday driver sunday-driver Sunday paper sunday-paper Sunday school sunday-school sunk cost sunk-cost sunk in thought idiom1 sunk-in-thought sunrise industry sunrise-industry sunset industry sunset-industry suntan lotion suntan-lotion Super Bowl super-bowl Super Glue super-glue super-commuter super-commuter super-commuting super-commuting super-duper super-duper super-spreader super-spreader superfine sugar superfine-sugar superiority complex superiority-complex supermarket tabloid supermarket-tabloid supplementary angle supplementary-angle supply and demand supply-and-demand supply chain supply-chain supply side supply-side supply teacher supply-teacher support group support-group support network support-network supraspinous fossa supraspinous-fossa supraspinous ligament supraspinous-ligament sure enough sure-enough sure thing sure-thing surface area surface-area surface mail surface-mail surface tension surface-tension surface-to-air missile surface-to-air-missile surface-to-surface missile surface-to-surface-missile surge pricing surge-pricing Surgeon General surgeon-general surgical spirit surgical-spirit surgical strike surgical-strike surprise, surprise surprise-surprise surround sound surround-sound surveillance capitalism surveillance-capitalism survival kit survival-kit survival of the fittest survival-of-the-fittest survivor guilt survivor-guilt suspended animation suspended-animation suspender belt suspender-belt suspension bridge suspension-bridge suspensory ligament suspensory-ligament swallow dive swallow-dive swallow the bait swallow-the-bait swallow your pride swallow-your-pride swallow your words swallow-your-words swamp gas swamp-gas swan dive swan-dive swap meet swap-meet swarm with sth swarm-with-sth SWAT team swat-team swear by sth swear-by-sth swear like a trooper swear-like-a-trooper swear off sth swear-off-sth swear sb in swear-sb-in swear word swear-word swearing-in swearing-in sweat blood sweat-blood sweat buckets sweat-buckets sweat bullets sweat-bullets sweat gland sweat-gland sweat it out sweat-it-out sweat over sth sweat-over-sth sweep sb along sweep-sb-along sweep sb off their feet sweep-sb-off-their-feet sweep sth aside sweep-sth-aside sweep sth under the carpet sweep-sth-under-the-carpet sweep the board sweep-the-board sweet chestnut sweet-chestnut sweet cider sweet-cider sweet fanny adams sweet-fanny-adams sweet nothings sweet-nothings sweet onion sweet-onion sweet pea sweet-pea sweet pepper sweet-pepper sweet potato sweet-potato sweet science sweet-science sweet shop sweet-shop sweet spot sweet-spot sweet talk sweet-talk sweet tooth sweet-tooth sweet-and-sour sweet-and-sour sweetheart cabbage sweetheart-cabbage sweetheart deal sweetheart-deal swept-back swept-back swim bladder swim-bladder swimming baths swimming-baths swimming costume swimming-costume swimming pool swimming-pool swimming trunks swimming-trunks swine fever swine-fever swine flu swine-flu swing (sth/sb) around swing-sth-sb-around swing at sb swing-at-sb swing both ways swing-both-ways swing bridge swing-bridge swing by/past (sth) swing-by-past-sth swing door swing-door swing for it swing-for-it swing for sb swing-for-sb swing into action swing-into-action swing state swing-state swing the balance swing-the-balance swing voter swing-voter swinging door swinging-door swipe card swipe-card Swiss ball swiss-ball Swiss chard swiss-chard Swiss roll swiss-roll switch off switch-off switch sth on switch-sth-on switchboard operator switchboard-operator switched on switched-on swivel-eyed swivel-eyed swizzle stick swizzle-stick swollen head swollen-head swollen-headed swollen-headed sword of Damocles sword-of-damocles sworn enemy sworn-enemy swot up (sth) swot-up-sth syllabic consonant syllabic-consonant sympathetic magic sympathetic-magic sympathy vote sympathy-vote symphony orchestra symphony-orchestra synchronized swimming synchronized-swimming synovial fluid synovial-fluid syringe driver syringe-driver system software system-software systemic capillary leak syndrome systemic-capillary-leak-syndrome systemic racism systemic-racism systems analysis systems-analysis systems analyst systems-analyst T cell t-cell t'ai chi t-ai-chi T, t t-t T-bar t-bar T-bone t-bone T-bone steak t-bone-steak T-junction t-junction T-Rex t-rex T-shirt t-shirt T-square t-square T-zone t-zone ta-da ta-da ta-ta ta-ta tab key tab-key table d'hôte table-d-hote table football table-football table lamp table-lamp table linen table-linen table manners table-manners table mat table-mat table runner table-runner table salt table-salt table tennis table-tennis table wine table-wine tabletop sale tabletop-sale tabula rasa tabula-rasa tack sth on tack-sth-on tactical vest tactical-vest tactical vote tactical-vote tactical voting tactical-voting tae kwon do tae-kwon-do tag along tag-along tag sale tag-sale tag sth on tag-sth-on tag team tag-team tail back tail-back tail light tail-light tail off tail-off tailor-made tailor-made Takatsuki syndrome takatsuki-syndrome take (sth) over take-sth-over take a back seat take-a-back-seat take a battering take-a-battering take a dim view of sth take-a-dim-view-of-sth take a hard line on sb/sth take-a-hard-line-on-sb-sth take a hike! take-a-hike take a joke take-a-joke take a leaf out of sb's book take-a-leaf-out-of-sb-s-book take a leak/have a leak take-a-leak-have-a-leak take a long, hard look at sth take-a-long-hard-look-at-sth take a pew! take-a-pew take a rain check (on sth) take-a-rain-check-on-sth take a shine to sb take-a-shine-to-sb take a spill take-a-spill take a stroll/trip/walk down memory lane take-a-stroll-trip-walk-down-memory-lane take a tumble take-a-tumble take a walk! take-a-walk take a/the fall for sb take-a-the-fall-for-sb take after sb take-after-sb take against sb take-against-sb take care (of yourself) take-care-of-yourself take centre stage take-centre-stage take first/second place take-first-second-place take five take-five take hold take-hold take it from me take-it-from-me take it into your head to do sth take-it-into-your-head-to-do-sth take it on the chin take-it-on-the-chin take it one day at a time/take each day as it comes take-it-one-day-at-a-time-take-each-day-as-it-comes take it out of sb take-it-out-of-sb take it upon yourself to do sth take-it-upon-yourself-to-do-sth take it/things easy take-it-things-easy take its/a toll take-its-a-toll take leave of your senses take-leave-of-your-senses take matters into your own hands take-matters-into-your-own-hands take no prisoners take-no-prisoners take note of sth take-note-of-sth take off take-off take on sth2 take-on-sth take one (thing) at a time take-one-thing-at-a-time take over/up the reins take-over-up-the-reins take root take-root take sb aback take-sb-aback take sb apart take-sb-apart take sb back take-sb-back take sb for a ride take-sb-for-a-ride take sb in take-sb-in take sb off take-sb-off take sb on take-sb-on take sb out take-sb-out take sb out of himself/herself take-sb-out-of-himself-herself take sb round (sth/somewhere) take-sb-round-sth-somewhere take sb through sth take-sb-through-sth take sb to the cleaner's take-sb-to-the-cleaner-s take sb under your wing take-sb-under-your-wing take sb up on sth take-sb-up-on-sth take sb's breath away take-sb-s-breath-away take sb's life take-sb-s-life take sb's mind off sth take-sb-s-mind-off-sth take sb's name in vain take-sb-s-name-in-vain take sb's part take-sb-s-part take sb's word for it take-sb-s-word-for-it take sb/sth in hand take-sb-sth-in-hand take sb/sth out take-sb-sth-out take shape take-shape take silk take-silk take some beating take-some-beating take sth apart take-sth-apart take sth as read take-sth-as-read take sth at face value take-sth-at-face-value take sth away take-sth-away take sth back take-sth-back take sth down take-sth-down take sth from sb take-sth-from-sb take sth in take-sth-in take sth in your stride take-sth-in-your-stride take sth into account take-sth-into-account take sth off take-sth-off take sth on take-sth-on take sth on board take-sth-on-board take sth out take-sth-out take sth out on sb take-sth-out-on-sb take sth to heart take-sth-to-heart take sth to pieces take-sth-to-pieces take sth up take-sth-up take sth with a pinch of salt take-sth-with-a-pinch-of-salt take stock take-stock take that! take-that take the bad with the good take-the-bad-with-the-good take the bull by the horns take-the-bull-by-the-horns take the chill off sth take-the-chill-off-sth take the edge off sth take-the-edge-off-sth take the gilt off the gingerbread take-the-gilt-off-the-gingerbread take the gloss off sth take-the-gloss-off-sth take the heat off sb take-the-heat-off-sb take the law into your own hands take-the-law-into-your-own-hands take the liberty of doing sth take-the-liberty-of-doing-sth take the long view take-the-long-view take the piss (out of) sb or sth take-the-piss-out-of-sb-or-sth take the plunge take-the-plunge take the rough with the smooth take-the-rough-with-the-smooth take the salute take-the-salute take the sting out of sth take-the-sting-out-of-sth take the time take-the-time take the weight off your feet/legs take-the-weight-off-your-feet-legs take the wind out of sb's sails take-the-wind-out-of-sb-s-sails take the words out of sb's mouth take-the-words-out-of-sb-s-mouth take the wraps off sth take-the-wraps-off-sth take things easy take-things-easy take to drink take-to-drink take to sb/sth take-to-sb-sth take to somewhere take-to-somewhere take to sth take-to-sth take to sth like a duck to water take-to-sth-like-a-duck-to-water take to the road take-to-the-road take to your bed take-to-your-bed take to your heels take-to-your-heels take up the cudgels for/against sb/sth take-up-the-cudgels-for-against-sb-sth take up with sb take-up-with-sb take years off sb take-years-off-sb take your (own) life take-your-own-life take your cue from sth/sb take-your-cue-from-sth-sb take your eye off the ball take-your-eye-off-the-ball take your hat off to sb take-your-hat-off-to-sb take your life in your hands take-your-life-in-your-hands take your lumps take-your-lumps take your time take-your-time take-home message take-home-message take-home pay take-home-pay take-home test take-home-test take-up take-up take/get a pounding take-get-a-pounding take/have a knock take-have-a-knock take/lead sb on/to one side take-lead-sb-on-to-one-side take/need a cold shower take-need-a-cold-shower take/pick up the gauntlet take-pick-up-the-gauntlet take/sign the pledge take-sign-the-pledge talcum powder talcum-powder tale of woe tale-of-woe talent contest talent-contest talent scout talent-scout talent show talent-show talk a blue streak talk-a-blue-streak talk about ... talk-about talk about sth/doing sth talk-about-sth-doing-sth talk around sth talk-around-sth talk at sb talk-at-sb talk back talk-back talk dirty talk-dirty talk down to sb talk-down-to-sb talk nonsense talk-nonsense talk radio talk-radio talk sb down talk-sb-down talk sb into sth talk-sb-into-sth talk sb out of sth talk-sb-out-of-sth talk sb round talk-sb-round talk sb's ass off talk-sb-s-ass-off talk sb's head off talk-sb-s-head-off talk sense talk-sense talk shop talk-shop talk show talk-show talk smack talk-smack talk some sense into sb talk-some-sense-into-sb talk sth down talk-sth-down talk sth out talk-sth-out talk sth over talk-sth-over talk sth through talk-sth-through talk sth up talk-sth-up talk the hind leg(s) off a donkey talk-the-hind-leg-s-off-a-donkey talk the talk ... walk the walk talk-the-talk-walk-the-walk talk the talk talk-the-talk talk through your hat talk-through-your-hat talk tough talk-tough talk trash talk-trash talk turkey talk-turkey talk your way into/out of sth talk-your-way-into-out-of-sth talk your way out of sth talk-your-way-out-of-sth talk/speak in riddles talk-speak-in-riddles talking book talking-book talking head talking-head talking of sb/sth talking-of-sb-sth talking point talking-point talking-to talking-to tall claim tall-claim tall poppy syndrome tall-poppy-syndrome tall story tall-story tall-grass prairie tall-grass-prairie tall/great oaks from little acorns grow tall-great-oaks-from-little-acorns-grow tally (sth) up tally-sth-up tally-ho tally-ho tally-room tally-room tam o'shanter tam-o-shanter tamper with sth tamper-with-sth tamper-evident tamper-evident tan sb's hide tan-sb-s-hide tangle with sb tangle-with-sb tank top tank-top tank up tank-up tanked up tanked-up tanning bed tanning-bed tanning booth tanning-booth tap dance tap-dance tap dancing tap-dancing tap into sth tap-into-sth tap out tap-out tap room tap-room tap sb for sth tap-sb-for-sth tap sth out tap-sth-out tap water tap-water tap-dancer tap-dancer tape deck tape-deck tape measure tape-measure tape recorder tape-recorder tape sth up tape-sth-up taper off taper-off tapped out tapped-out tar and feather sb tar-and-feather-sb tar paper tar-paper tar sb with the same brush tar-sb-with-the-same-brush target language target-language target man target-man target practice target-practice target setting target-setting tart sth up tart-sth-up tart yourself up tart-yourself-up tartar sauce tartar-sauce tartaric acid tartaric-acid task force task-force Tasmanian devil tasmanian-devil Tasmanian wolf tasmanian-wolf taste buds taste-buds tasting menu tasting-menu tax allowance tax-allowance tax avoidance tax-avoidance tax base tax-base tax break tax-break tax credit tax-credit tax disc tax-disc tax evasion tax-evasion tax exile tax-exile tax haven tax-haven tax preparer tax-preparer tax relief tax-relief tax return tax-return tax shelter tax-shelter tax year tax-year tax-deductible tax-deductible tax-exempt tax-exempt tax-free tax-free taxi driver taxi-driver taxi rank taxi-rank Tay-Sachs Disease tay-sachs-disease tea and sympathy tea-and-sympathy tea ball tea-ball tea break tea-break tea caddy tea-caddy tea cart tea-cart tea chest tea-chest tea cloth tea-cloth tea cosy tea-cosy tea dress tea-dress tea garden tea-garden tea leaf tea-leaf tea party tea-party tea room tea-room tea set tea-set tea strainer tea-strainer tea towel tea-towel tea tray tea-tray tea tree tea-tree tea tree oil tea-tree-oil tea trolley tea-trolley teach sb a lesson teach-sb-a-lesson teach your grandmother to suck eggs teach-your-grandmother-to-suck-eggs teach-in teach-in teacher's pet teacher-s-pet teacher-training college teacher-training-college teaching assistant teaching-assistant team building team-building team player team-player team sheet team-sheet team spirit team-spirit team up team-up tear a strip off sb tear-a-strip-off-sb tear gas tear-gas tear into sb/sth tear-into-sb-sth tear into sth tear-into-sth tear off tear-off tear sb apart tear-sb-apart tear sb away tear-sb-away tear sb's heart out tear-sb-s-heart-out tear sb/sth apart tear-sb-sth-apart tear sth apart tear-sth-apart tear sth down tear-sth-down tear sth off tear-sth-off tear sth up tear-sth-up tear up tear-up tear your hair out tear-your-hair-out tear-stained tear-stained tear-streaked tear-streaked tear/rip sb/sth to shreds tear-rip-sb-sth-to-shreds Teare's disease teare-s-disease teary-eyed teary-eyed tease sth out tease-sth-out technical area technical-area technical school technical-school technical support technical-support technology park technology-park 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(that's) a likely story! that-s-a-likely-story (that's) your hard luck that-s-your-hard-luck that's/it's your funeral! that-s-it-s-your-funeral (that) Monday morning feeling that-monday-morning-feeling that/there's ... for you that-there-s-for-you thaw out thaw-out the (latest) thing the-latest-thing the able-bodied the-able-bodied the accused the-accused the acid test the-acid-test the acme the-acme the active voice the-active-voice the Adirondack Mountains the-adirondack-mountains the Agrarian Revolution the-agrarian-revolution the Alexander technique the-alexander-technique the all-clear the-all-clear the Allies the-allies the Alps the-alps the American dream the-american-dream the Amish the-amish the Angelus the-angelus the Anthropocene the-anthropocene the Antipodes the-antipodes the apple doesn't fall far from the tree the-apple-doesn-t-fall-far-from-the-tree the apple of sb's eye the-apple-of-sb-s-eye the Arctic Circle the-arctic-circle the ark the-ark the armed forces 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the-spanish-inquisition the Special Olympics the-special-olympics the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak the-spirit-is-willing-but-the-flesh-is-weak the Square Mile the-square-mile the squeaky wheel gets the grease the-squeaky-wheel-gets-the-grease the staff of life the-staff-of-life the Stations of the Cross the-stations-of-the-cross the Statue of Liberty the-statue-of-liberty the status quo the-status-quo the status quo ante the-status-quo-ante the straight and narrow the-straight-and-narrow the stratosphere the-stratosphere the streets are paved with gold the-streets-are-paved-with-gold the stuff of sth the-stuff-of-sth the subtropics the-subtropics the sun sets on sth the-sun-sets-on-sth the Sunbelt the-sunbelt the Supreme Being the-supreme-being the Supreme Court the-supreme-court the tail end the-tail-end the tail wagging the dog the-tail-wagging-the-dog the Taliban the-taliban the Talmud the-talmud the taxman the-taxman the Taylor Report the-taylor-report the Ten 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the-trooping-of-the-colour the Tropic of Cancer the-tropic-of-cancer the Tropic of Capricorn the-tropic-of-capricorn the troposphere the-troposphere the Troubles the-troubles the TUC the-tuc the UAE the-uae the UK the-uk the UN the-un the unacceptable face of sth the-unacceptable-face-of-sth the undersigned the-undersigned the undeserving poor the-undeserving-poor the United Arab Emirates the-united-arab-emirates the United Kingdom the-united-kingdom the United Nations the-united-nations the United States of America the-united-states-of-america the upper crust the-upper-crust the upper hand the-upper-hand the upshot the-upshot the USA the-usa the USAF the-usaf the USN the-usn the USSR the-ussr the usual suspects the-usual-suspects the vanguard the-vanguard the Vatican the-vatican the Very Reverend the-very-reverend the visual arts the-visual-arts the water cycle the-water-cycle the waterside the-waterside the way to a man's heart is through his stomach the-way-to-a-man-s-heart-is-through-his-stomach the ways of the world the-ways-of-the-world the weaker sex the-weaker-sex the Webster ruling the-webster-ruling the week/month/year before last the-week-month-year-before-last the weft the-weft the West Coast the-west-coast the West Country the-west-country the West End the-west-end the West Indies the-west-indies the wherewithal the-wherewithal the White House the-white-house the White Pages the-white-pages the whole bit the-whole-bit the whole enchilada the-whole-enchilada the whole lot the-whole-lot the whole nine yards the-whole-nine-yards the whole street the-whole-street the WI the-wi the Wild West the-wild-west the witching hour the-witching-hour the Women's Institute the-women-s-institute the wooden spoon the-wooden-spoon the world and his wife the-world-and-his-wife the World Bank the-world-bank the World Cup the-world-cup the World Health Organization the-world-health-organization the world is sb's oyster the-world-is-sb-s-oyster the World Series the-world-series the World Trade Organization the-world-trade-organization the World Wide Web the-world-wide-web the worm turns the-worm-turns the worse for drink the-worse-for-drink the worse for wear the-worse-for-wear the writing is on the wall the-writing-is-on-the-wall the written word the-written-word the WRNS the-wrns the wrong/other side of the tracks the-wrong-other-side-of-the-tracks the WSPA the-wspa the WWF the-wwf the X factor the-x-factor the year dot the-year-dot the Yellow Pages the-yellow-pages (the) chances are the-chances-are (the) shit hits the fan the-shit-hits-the-fan (the) word is the-word-is (the) word is/gets out the-word-is-gets-out the/a devil of a sth the-a-devil-of-a-sth the/a glare of sth the-a-glare-of-sth theatre in the round theatre-in-the-round them and us them-and-us theme music theme-music theme park theme-park theme song theme-song then again then-again then and there then-and-there theoretical possibility theoretical-possibility theory of mind theory-of-mind therapeutic use exemption therapeutic-use-exemption there and back there-and-back there are plenty more fish in the sea there-are-plenty-more-fish-in-the-sea there but for the grace of God (go I) there-but-for-the-grace-of-god-go-i there is a God! there-is-a-god there is no holding sb (back) there-is-no-holding-sb-back there you go again there-you-go-again there you go idiom1 there-you-go there'd there-d there'll be hell to pay there-ll-be-hell-to-pay there's there-s there's a good boy/girl/dog! there-s-a-good-boy-girl-dog there's a lot of it about there-s-a-lot-of-it-about there's a time and a place (for everything) there-s-a-time-and-a-place-for-everything there's little to be said for sth there-s-little-to-be-said-for-sth there's many a slip twixt cup and lip there-s-many-a-slip-twixt-cup-and-lip there's method in your madness there-s-method-in-your-madness there's no accounting for taste there-s-no-accounting-for-taste there's no danger of that! there-s-no-danger-of-that there's no escaping the fact there-s-no-escaping-the-fact there's no help for it there-s-no-help-for-it there's no knowing there-s-no-knowing there's no knowing/telling/saying there-s-no-knowing-telling-saying there's no rest for the wicked there-s-no-rest-for-the-wicked there's no smoke without fire there-s-no-smoke-without-fire there's no such thing as a free lunch there-s-no-such-thing-as-a-free-lunch there's no such thing/person (as) there-s-no-such-thing-person-as there's no time like the present there-s-no-time-like-the-present there's none so deaf as those who will not hear there-s-none-so-deaf-as-those-who-will-not-hear there's nothing in sth there-s-nothing-in-sth there's nowt so queer as folk there-s-nowt-so-queer-as-folk there's one law for the rich and another for the poor there-s-one-law-for-the-rich-and-another-for-the-poor there's safety in numbers there-s-safety-in-numbers there's something in sth there-s-something-in-sth there's something to be said for there-s-something-to-be-said-for (there's) no two ways about it. there-s-no-two-ways-about-it there, there there-there thereby hangs a tale thereby-hangs-a-tale therein lies therein-lies thermal blanket thermal-blanket thermal imaging thermal-imaging thermal underwear thermal-underwear they should worry! they-should-worry they'd they-d they'll they-ll they're they-re they've they-ve thick and fast thick-and-fast thick on the ground thick-on-the-ground thick-skinned thick-skinned thin down thin-down thin-skinned thin-skinned things that go bump in the night things-that-go-bump-in-the-night think again think-again think ahead think-ahead think back think-back think better of sth think-better-of-sth think big think-big think for yourself think-for-yourself think nothing of sth think-nothing-of-sth think of sth think-of-sth think of sth/sb think-of-sth-sb think of/about sb/sth think-of-about-sb-sth think on your feet think-on-your-feet think outside the box think-outside-the-box think poorly of sb/sth think-poorly-of-sb-sth think sth out think-sth-out think sth over think-sth-over think sth through think-sth-through think sth up think-sth-up think tank think-tank think the (whole) world revolves around you think-the-whole-world-revolves-around-you think the sun shines out (of) sb's arse/backside think-the-sun-shines-out-of-sb-s-arse-backside third base third-base third party third-party third rail third-rail third-class third-class third-degree burn third-degree-burn third-generation third-generation third-hand third-hand third-party insurance third-party-insurance third-rate third-rate thirst after/for sth thirst-after-for-sth thirst trap thirst-trap thirst-quenching thirst-quenching thirsty work thirsty-work this and that this-and-that this is the life! this-is-the-life this minute this-minute this side of sth this-side-of-sth this vale of tears this-vale-of-tears this, our, etc. neck of the woods this-our-etc-neck-of-the-woods thoracic outlet syndrome thoracic-outlet-syndrome thorn in your flesh/side thorn-in-your-flesh-side those were the days those-were-the-days those whom the gods love die young those-whom-the-gods-love-die-young thought leader thought-leader thought leadership thought-leadership thought out thought-out thought-provoking thought-provoking thrash metal thrash-metal thrash sth out thrash-sth-out thread vein thread-vein thread your way through, between, etc. sth thread-your-way-through-between-etc-sth three lions three-lions three quarters three-quarters three-dimensional three-dimensional three-four time three-four-time three-legged race three-legged-race three-line whip three-line-whip three-piece suit three-piece-suit three-piece suite three-piece-suite three-ply three-ply three-point turn three-point-turn three-quarter length three-quarter-length three-quarter time three-quarter-time three-ring binder three-ring-binder three-star three-star three-wheeler three-wheeler thrift store thrift-store thrilled to bits thrilled-to-bits thromboangiitis obliterans thromboangiitis-obliterans throttle (sth) back/down throttle-sth-back-down through and through through-and-through through ball through-ball through route through-route through thick and thin through-thick-and-thin through traffic through-traffic throw (sb) a curve (ball) throw-sb-a-curve-ball throw (sth) up throw-sth-up throw (your) money/cash around throw-your-money-cash-around throw a (monkey) wrench in the works throw-a-monkey-wrench-in-the-works throw caution to the wind/winds throw-caution-to-the-wind-winds throw cold water on sth throw-cold-water-on-sth throw down the gauntlet throw-down-the-gauntlet throw good money after bad throw-good-money-after-bad throw in the towel idiom1 throw-in-the-towel throw money at sth throw-money-at-sth throw pillow throw-pillow throw rug throw-rug throw sb back on their own resources throw-sb-back-on-their-own-resources throw sb off balance throw-sb-off-balance throw sb out throw-sb-out throw sb over throw-sb-over throw sb to the dogs throw-sb-to-the-dogs throw sb together throw-sb-together throw sb under the bus throw-sb-under-the-bus throw shade throw-shade throw shapes throw-shapes throw sth away throw-sth-away throw sth away/out throw-sth-away-out throw sth back in sb's face throw-sth-back-in-sb-s-face throw sth in throw-sth-in throw sth off throw-sth-off throw sth on throw-sth-on throw sth out throw-sth-out throw sth together throw-sth-together throw sth/sb off throw-sth-sb-off throw the baby out with the bathwater throw-the-baby-out-with-the-bathwater throw the book at sb throw-the-book-at-sb throw up your hands in horror/despair throw-up-your-hands-in-horror-despair throw your hat into the ring throw-your-hat-into-the-ring throw your voice throw-your-voice throw your weight around throw-your-weight-around throw yourself at sb throw-yourself-at-sb throw yourself into sth throw-yourself-into-sth throw-in throw-in throw/put sb off the scent throw-put-sb-off-the-scent thrust sth on/upon sb thrust-sth-on-upon-sb thumb drive thumb-drive thumb piano thumb-piano thumb through sth thumb-through-sth thumbnail sketch thumbnail-sketch thumbs down thumbs-down thumbs up thumbs-up thyroid nodule thyroid-nodule thyroid-stimulating hormone thyroid-stimulating-hormone tic-tac-toe tic-tac-toe tick along tick-along tick away/by tick-away-by tick box tick-box tick over tick-over tick sb off tick-sb-off tick sth off tick-sth-off ticker tape ticker-tape ticker-tape parade ticker-tape-parade ticking-off ticking-off tickle sb's fancy tickle-sb-s-fancy tickle the ivories tickle-the-ivories tidal power tidal-power tidal wave tidal-wave tide pool tide-pool tide sb over (sth) tide-sb-over-sth tide table tide-table tidy sth away tidy-sth-away tidy-up tidy-up tie (sb/sth) down tie-sb-sth-down tie (sth) in tie-sth-in tie (sth) in with sth tie-sth-in-with-sth tie clip tie-clip tie sb (up) in knots tie-sb-up-in-knots tie sb down tie-sb-down tie sb up tie-sb-up tie sth up tie-sth-up tie the knot tie-the-knot tie-breaker tie-breaker tie-dye tie-dye tie-in tie-in tie-up tie-up tied cottage tied-cottage tied house tied-house tied to your mother's/wife's apron strings tied-to-your-mother-s-wife-s-apron-strings tiffin box tiffin-box tiffin-carrier tiffin-carrier tiger bread tiger-bread tiger mother tiger-mother tight turn tight-turn tight-fisted tight-fisted tight-fitting tight-fitting tight-lipped tight-lipped tighten sth up tighten-sth-up tighten the net tighten-the-net tighten your belt tighten-your-belt tightrope walker tightrope-walker tiki torch tiki-torch tiki-taka tiki-taka till roll till-roll till/until kingdom come till-until-kingdom-come till/until the cows come home till-until-the-cows-come-home tilt at windmills tilt-at-windmills tilt the balance/scales tilt-the-balance-scales time and a half time-and-a-half time and tide wait for no man time-and-tide-wait-for-no-man time bomb time-bomb time capsule time-capsule time clock time-clock time flies time-flies time frame time-frame time hangs heavy time-hangs-heavy time is money time-is-money time is of the essence time-is-of-the-essence time is on sb's side time-is-on-sb-s-side time lag time-lag time limit time-limit time loop time-loop time machine time-machine time management time-management time off in lieu time-off-in-lieu time signal time-signal time signature time-signature time slot time-slot time span time-span time stands still time-stands-still time switch time-switch time travel time-travel time traveller time-traveller time trial time-trial time trialist time-trialist time trialling time-trialling time warp time-warp time zone time-zone time's a great healer time-s-a-great-healer time-and-motion study time-and-motion-study time-consuming time-consuming time-honoured time-honoured time-lapse time-lapse time-poor time-poor time-release time-release time-scale promotion time-scale-promotion time-server time-server time-serving time-serving time-tested time-tested time-waster time-waster time-wasting time-wasting timed ticket timed-ticket tin can tin-can tin god tin-god tin hat tin-hat tin opener tin-opener Tin Pan Alley tin-pan-alley tin whistle tin-whistle tinfoil hat tinfoil-hat ting-a-ling ting-a-ling tip (sth/sb) over tip-sth-sb-over tip of the iceberg tip-of-the-iceberg tip over into sth tip-over-into-sth tip sb off tip-sb-off tip sb the wink tip-sb-the-wink tip the balance/scales tip-the-balance-scales tip truck tip-truck tip your hand tip-your-hand tip-off tip-off tip-top tip-top Tipp-Ex tipp-ex tipper truck/lorry tipper-truck-lorry tipping point tipping-point tiptoe around sth/sb tiptoe-around-sth-sb tire of sth tire-of-sth tire of sth/sb tire-of-sth-sb tire pressure tire-pressure tire sb out tire-sb-out tired and emotional tired-and-emotional tired out tired-out tissue culture tissue-culture tit for tat tit-for-tat title bar title-bar title case title-case title deed title-deed title page title-page title race title-race title role title-role title track title-track tittle-tattle tittle-tattle tjanting tool tjanting-tool to a man to-a-man to a tee to-a-tee to a/some degree to-a-some-degree to add insult to injury to-add-insult-to-injury to and fro to-and-fro to be left on the cutting room floor to-be-left-on-the-cutting-room-floor to be reckoned with to-be-reckoned-with to be sure to-be-sure to be wise after the event to-be-wise-after-the-event to begin with to-begin-with to boot to-boot to cap it all to-cap-it-all to coin a phrase to-coin-a-phrase to crown it all to-crown-it-all to date to-date to die for to-die-for to err is human (to forgive divine). to-err-is-human-to-forgive-divine (to give) credit where credit's due to-give-credit-where-credit-s-due to have arrived to-have-arrived to hell to-hell to hell with sb/sth to-hell-with-sb-sth to my eye to-my-eye to my mind to-my-mind to put it mildly to-put-it-mildly to say nothing of ... to-say-nothing-of to say the least to-say-the-least to sb's face to-sb-s-face to sb's way of thinking to-sb-s-way-of-thinking to the bad to-the-bad to the best of my recollection to-the-best-of-my-recollection to the bitter end to-the-bitter-end to the bone to-the-bone to the core to-the-core to the day to-the-day to the gills to-the-gills to the good to-the-good to the gunwales to-the-gunwales to the last (man) to-the-last-man to the last to-the-last to the letter to-the-letter to the life to-the-life to the nth degree to-the-nth-degree to the point to-the-point to top it all to-top-it-all to wit to-wit to your heart's content to-your-heart-s-content to your name to-your-name (to) give the devil his due to-give-the-devil-his-due to-be to-be to-do to-do to-ing and fro-ing to-ing-and-fro-ing to/for all intents and purposes to-for-all-intents-and-purposes to/until my dying day to-until-my-dying-day toad-in-the-hole toad-in-the-hole toast rack toast-rack toasting fork toasting-fork toby jug toby-jug today North America, tomorrow the world today-north-america-tomorrow-the-world toe cap toe-cap toe poke toe-poke toe-curling toe-curling toe-curlingly toe-curlingly toe-to-toe toe-to-toe toffee apple toffee-apple toffee-nosed toffee-nosed toilet bag toilet-bag toilet bowl toilet-bowl toilet brush toilet-brush toilet paper toilet-paper toilet roll toilet-roll toilet soap toilet-soap toilet tissue toilet-tissue toilet water toilet-water toilet-trained toilet-trained toiletry bag toiletry-bag toll bridge toll-bridge toll plaza toll-plaza toll road toll-road toll-free toll-free Tom, Dick, and Harry tom-dick-and-harry tom-tom tom-tom tomato ketchup tomato-ketchup tommy gun tommy-gun tone in tone-in tone language tone-language tone poem tone-poem tone sth down tone-sth-down tone-deaf tone-deaf tongue depressor tongue-depressor tongue in cheek tongue-in-cheek tongue-lashing tongue-lashing tongue-tied tongue-tied tongue-twister tongue-twister tongues wagging tongues-wagging tonka bean tonka-bean tonsil tennis tonsil-tennis too bad too-bad too big for your boots too-big-for-your-boots too cool for school too-cool-for-school too good to be true too-good-to-be-true too good to miss too-good-to-miss too little, too late too-little-too-late too many chiefs and not enough Indians too-many-chiefs-and-not-enough-indians too many cooks spoil the broth too-many-cooks-spoil-the-broth too much information too-much-information too much like hard work too-much-like-hard-work too much of a good thing too-much-of-a-good-thing too right too-right tool (sth/sb) up tool-sth-sb-up tooled up tooled-up tooth fairy tooth-fairy top and tail top-and-tail top brass top-brass top dog top-dog top floor top-floor top half top-half top hat top-hat top rate top-rate top sb up top-sb-up top secret top-secret top sth off top-sth-off top sth up top-sth-up top surgery top-surgery top ten top-ten top-down top-down top-drawer top-drawer top-heavy top-heavy top-level top-level top-notch top-notch top-of-the-range top-of-the-range top-rated top-rated top-security top-security top-up top-up top-up card top-up-card top-up fees top-up-fees topsy-turvy topsy-turvy torch song torch-song tortilla chip tortilla-chip tortoiseshell butterfly tortoiseshell-butterfly toss (sb) off toss-sb-off toss sth around toss-sth-around toss sth aside toss-sth-aside toss sth away toss-sth-away toss sth off toss-sth-off toss sth out toss-sth-out toss up toss-up tot sth up tot-sth-up Total Football total-football total physical response total-physical-response tote bag tote-bag totem pole totem-pole touch base touch-base touch down touch-down touch football touch-football touch on/upon sth touch-on-upon-sth touch sb up touch-sb-up touch sth in touch-sth-in touch sth off touch-sth-off touch sth up touch-sth-up touch wood touch-wood touch-and-go touch-and-go Touch-Tone touch-tone touch-type touch-type touch/strike/hit a (raw) nerve touch-strike-hit-a-raw-nerve touchy-feely touchy-feely tough love tough-love tough luck tough-luck tough sth out tough-sth-out tour de force tour-de-force tour of duty tour-of-duty Tourette's syndrome tourette-s-syndrome tourist class tourist-class tourist office tourist-office tourist trap tourist-trap tow bar tow-bar tow rope tow-rope tow truck tow-truck tow-away tow-away towel rail towel-rail tower above/over sb/sth tower-above-over-sb-sth tower above/over sth tower-above-over-sth tower block tower-block town and gown town-and-gown town clerk town-clerk town council town-council town councillor town-councillor town crier town-crier town hall town-hall town house town-house town meeting town-meeting town planner town-planner town planning town-planning toxic asset toxic-asset toxic debt toxic-debt toxic masculinity toxic-masculinity toy boy toy-boy toy with sb/sth toy-with-sb-sth toy with sth toy-with-sth trace element trace-element tracing paper tracing-paper track and field track-and-field track and trace track-and-trace track event track-event track meet track-meet track record track-record track shoe track-shoe track sth/sb down track-sth-sb-down tracker dog tracker-dog tracking station tracking-station tracksuit bottoms tracksuit-bottoms tracksuit manager tracksuit-manager tract house tract-house traction engine traction-engine tractor-trailer tractor-trailer trad climbing trad-climbing trad jazz trad-jazz trade balance trade-balance trade deficit trade-deficit trade fair trade-fair trade figures trade-figures trade name trade-name trade on sth trade-on-sth trade price trade-price trade route trade-route trade school trade-school trade secret trade-secret trade sth in trade-sth-in trade sth off trade-sth-off trade surplus trade-surplus trade union trade-union trade unionism trade-unionism trade unionist trade-unionist trade up/down trade-up-down trade-in trade-in trade-off trade-off tradesman's entrance tradesman-s-entrance trading card trading-card trading estate trading-estate trading post trading-post traditional jazz traditional-jazz traffic calming traffic-calming traffic circle traffic-circle traffic cone traffic-cone traffic cops traffic-cops traffic island traffic-island traffic jam traffic-jam traffic light traffic-light traffic police traffic-police traffic warden traffic-warden trail away/off trail-away-off trail mix trail-mix trail running trail-running trail shoe trail-shoe trailer camping trailer-camping trailer park trailer-park trailer trash trailer-trash train set train-set train station train-station train wreck train-wreck training bra training-bra training wheels training-wheels trans fat trans-fat Transcendental Meditation transcendental-meditation transfer fee transfer-fee transfer list transfer-list transfer RNA transfer-rna transfer student transfer-student transfer window transfer-window transferable vote transferable-vote transient ischaemic attack transient-ischaemic-attack transit camp transit-camp transition metal transition-metal transport café transport-cafe transport plane transport-plane transport ship transport-ship transverse flute transverse-flute transverse wave transverse-wave trap house trap-house trap music trap-music Trappist monk trappist-monk trash bag trash-bag trash can trash-can trash can liner trash-can-liner trash grabber trash-grabber trash-talk trash-talk travel adapter travel-adapter travel agency travel-agency travel agent travel-agent travel ban travel-ban travel corridor travel-corridor travel expenses travel-expenses travel mug travel-mug travel plug travel-plug travel sickness travel-sickness travel trailer travel-trailer travel-sick travel-sick traveler's check traveler-s-check traveller's cheque traveller-s-cheque tread carefully/gently/lightly tread-carefully-gently-lightly tread the boards tread-the-boards treasure hunt treasure-hunt treasure trove treasure-trove Treasury bond treasury-bond treat sb like dirt treat-sb-like-dirt treat sb like royalty treat-sb-like-royalty treble clef treble-clef treble recorder treble-recorder tree diagram tree-diagram tree fern tree-fern tree house tree-house tree hugger tree-hugger tree ring tree-ring tree surgeon tree-surgeon tree surgery tree-surgery tree-lined tree-lined trekking pole trekking-pole tremble to think tremble-to-think trench coat trench-coat trench foot trench-foot trespass on/upon sth trespass-on-upon-sth trestle table trestle-table trial and error trial-and-error trial balloon trial-balloon trial run trial-run trials and tribulations trials-and-tribulations tribute band tribute-band triceps dip triceps-dip trick of the trade trick-of-the-trade trick question trick-question trick-or-treating trick-or-treating trickle feed trickle-feed trickle-down trickle-down tricuspid valve tricuspid-valve tried and found wanting tried-and-found-wanting trifle with sb/sth trifle-with-sb-sth trig point trig-point trigeminal neuralgia trigeminal-neuralgia trigger finger trigger-finger trigger food trigger-food trigger warning trigger-warning trigger-happy trigger-happy Trinidad and Tobago trinidad-and-tobago Trinity Sunday trinity-sunday trip (sb) up trip-sb-up trip off the tongue trip-off-the-tongue trip switch trip-switch trip-hop trip-hop triple bond triple-bond triple glazing triple-glazing triple jump triple-jump triple jumper triple-jumper triple threat triple-threat triplet codon triplet-codon trisomy 13 trisomy-13 trisomy 18 trisomy-18 trisomy 21 trisomy-21 trisomy syndrome trisomy-syndrome trochlear nerve trochlear-nerve Trojan horse trojan-horse troll factory troll-factory trompe l'oeil trompe-l-oeil troop carrier troop-carrier trophic level trophic-level trophy cabinet trophy-cabinet trophy girlfriend trophy-girlfriend trophy wife trophy-wife tropical rainforest tropical-rainforest trot sb out trot-sb-out trot sth out trot-sth-out trouble and strife trouble-and-strife trouble spot trouble-spot trouser press trouser-press trouser suit trouser-suit trout pout trout-pout truant officer truant-officer truck farm truck-farm truck farming truck-farming truck stop truck-stop truckle bed truckle-bed trudge through sth trudge-through-sth true crime true-crime true love true-love true north true-north true to life true-to-life true-blue true-blue true-life true-life true-life story true-life-story trump card trump-card trump sth up trump-sth-up trumped-up trumped-up trundle bed trundle-bed trundle sth out trundle-sth-out trunk road trunk-road trust fund trust-fund trust sb (to do sth)! trust-sb-to-do-sth truth is stranger than fiction truth-is-stranger-than-fiction truth serum truth-serum truth will out truth-will-out truth-teller truth-teller try for sth try-for-sth try it on try-it-on try out for sth try-out-for-sth try sth for size try-sth-for-size try sth on try-sth-on try sth out try-sth-out try sth out on sb try-sth-out-on-sb try your hand at sth try-your-hand-at-sth try your luck try-your-luck try-out try-out Ts and Cs ts-and-cs tsetse fly tsetse-fly tu-whit tu-whoo tu-whit-tu-whoo tub-thumping tub-thumping tube feeding tube-feeding tubular bells tubular-bells tuck in/tuck into sth tuck-in-tuck-into-sth tuck sb in tuck-sb-in tuck shop tuck-shop tuck sth away tuck-sth-away tuckered out tuckered-out tug at/touch your forelock tug-at-touch-your-forelock tug of love tug-of-love tug of war tug-of-war tuition fees tuition-fees tumble dryer tumble-dryer tumble to sth tumble-to-sth tummy button tummy-button tune (sb/sth) out tune-sb-sth-out tune (sth) up tune-sth-up tune in tune-in tune-up tune-up tuning fork tuning-fork tuning peg tuning-peg tunnel vision tunnel-vision turf accountant turf-accountant turf sb out turf-sb-out turf sth out turf-sth-out turf war turf-war Turing Machine turing-machine Turing test turing-test Turkish bath turkish-bath Turkish delight turkish-delight turn (sb) against sb/sth turn-sb-against-sb-sth turn (sb) back turn-sb-back turn (sb/sth) into sb/sth turn-sb-sth-into-sb-sth turn (sth) over turn-sth-over turn (sth) to sth turn-sth-to-sth turn a blind eye turn-a-blind-eye turn a deaf ear turn-a-deaf-ear turn a place inside out turn-a-place-inside-out turn away turn-away turn back the clock turn-back-the-clock turn in turn-in turn in your grave turn-in-your-grave turn into a pumpkin turn-into-a-pumpkin turn of events turn-of-events turn of mind turn-of-mind turn of turn-of-phrase turn off (sth) turn-off-sth turn on sb turn-on-sb turn on sth turn-on-sth turn on the waterworks turn-on-the-waterworks turn out turn-out turn over turn-over turn over a new leaf turn-over-a-new-leaf turn over sth turn-over-sth turn sb away turn-sb-away turn sb in turn-sb-in turn sb off turn-sb-off turn sb on turn-sb-on turn sb on to sth turn-sb-on-to-sth turn sb out turn-sb-out turn sb over to sb turn-sb-over-to-sb turn sb's head turn-sb-s-head turn sb's stomach turn-sb-s-stomach turn sb/sth loose turn-sb-sth-loose turn signal turn-signal turn somewhere/sth over turn-somewhere-sth-over turn sth around turn-sth-around turn sth in turn-sth-in turn sth on turn-sth-on turn sth on its head turn-sth-on-its-head turn sth out turn-sth-out turn sth over to sb turn-sth-over-to-sb turn sth round turn-sth-round turn sth up turn-sth-up turn sth upside down turn-sth-upside-down turn sth/sb down turn-sth-sb-down turn tail turn-tail turn the clock back turn-the-clock-back turn the corner turn-the-corner turn the other cheek turn-the-other-cheek turn the spotlight on sth turn-the-spotlight-on-sth turn the tables on sb turn-the-tables-on-sb turn to dust turn-to-dust turn to jelly turn-to-jelly turn to sb/sth turn-to-sb-sth turn to sth turn-to-sth turn up turn-up turn up (somewhere) turn-up-somewhere turn your back on sb turn-your-back-on-sb turn your back on sth turn-your-back-on-sth turn your hand to sth turn-your-hand-to-sth turn your nose up turn-your-nose-up turn-off turn-off turn-on turn-on turn-up for the book(s) turn-up-for-the-book-s turn/come up trumps turn-come-up-trumps turn/use sth to good account turn-use-sth-to-good-account turning circle turning-circle turning point turning-point turtle bean turtle-bean turtle dove turtle-dove Turtle Island turtle-island tussle with sth tussle-with-sth TV dinner tv-dinner twelfth man twelfth-man Twelfth Night twelfth-night twelve-bar blues twelve-bar-blues twelve-tone twelve-tone twelve-tone scale twelve-tone-scale twenty-first twenty-first twenty-four seven twenty-four-seven twenty-four-hour clock twenty-four-hour-clock twenty-twenty vision twenty-twenty-vision twiddle your thumbs twiddle-your-thumbs twilight years twilight-years twilight zone twilight-zone twin bed twin-bed twin town twin-town twin-bedded twin-bedded twist sb around your little finger twist-sb-around-your-little-finger twist sb's arm twist-sb-s-arm twist tie twist-tie twist/turn the knife (in the wound) twist-turn-the-knife-in-the-wound two bits two-bits two can play at that game two-can-play-at-that-game two fingers two-fingers two three five two-three-five two wrongs don't make a right two-wrongs-don-t-make-a-right two's company, three's a crowd two-s-company-three-s-a-crowd two-bit two-bit two-by-four two-by-four two-dimensional two-dimensional two-edged two-edged two-faced two-faced two-footed tackle two-footed-tackle two-handed two-handed two-hander two-hander two-piece two-piece two-ply two-ply two-seater two-seater two-star two-star two-tier two-tier two-time two-time two-timer two-timer two-tone two-tone two-up two-down two-up-two-down two-way two-way two-way mirror two-way-mirror two-wheeler two-wheeler Tyne and Wear tyne-and-wear type sth in type-sth-in type sth out/up type-sth-out-up typhoid fever typhoid-fever Tyrannosaurus rex tyrannosaurus-rex tyre pressure tyre-pressure tzetze fly tzetze-fly U, u u-u U-bend u-bend U-boat u-boat U-ie u-ie U-turn u-turn ugly duckling ugly-duckling uh-huh uh-huh uh-oh uh-oh uh-uh uh-uh ulcerative colitis ulcerative-colitis ulnar wrist pain ulnar-wrist-pain ultra-runner ultra-runner ultra-running ultra-running umbilical cord umbilical-cord un-American un-american unaccounted for unaccounted-for uncalled-for uncalled-for uncanny valley uncanny-valley uncared for uncared-for uncivilized hour uncivilized-hour Uncle Sam uncle-sam Uncle Tom uncle-tom under arms under-arms under lock and key under-lock-and-key under repair under-repair under sail under-sail under sb's roof under-sb-s-roof under sb's thumb under-sb-s-thumb under starter's orders under-starter-s-orders under the cosh under-the-cosh under the counter under-the-counter under the heel of sth/sb under-the-heel-of-sth-sb under the influence under-the-influence under the knife under-the-knife under the name of under-the-name-of under the same roof under-the-same-roof under the table under-the-table under the wire under-the-wire under wraps under-wraps under your breath under-your-breath under your feet under-your-feet under your own steam under-your-own-steam under-represented under-represented under-the-radar under-the-radar underoccupancy charge underoccupancy-charge undreamed of undreamed-of undress sb with your eyes undress-sb-with-your-eyes unearned income unearned-income unemployment benefit unemployment-benefit uneven bars uneven-bars unexplained gastrointestinal bleeding unexplained-gastrointestinal-bleeding unheard-of unheard-of Union Jack union-jack union-basher union-basher union-bashing union-bashing unit trust unit-trust unitary authority unitary-authority United Church of Canada united-church-of-canada universal credit universal-credit universal indicator universal-indicator universal joint universal-joint unknown quantity unknown-quantity unlooked-for unlooked-for until all hours until-all-hours until you are blue in the face until-you-are-blue-in-the-face unto thine own self be true unto-thine-own-self-be-true up and down up-and-down up and down somewhere up-and-down-somewhere up and running up-and-running up for grabs up-for-grabs up in the air up-in-the-air up sticks up-sticks up the ante up-the-ante up the creek up-the-creek up the spout up-the-spout up to up-to up to (doing) sth up-to-doing-sth up to a point up-to-a-point up to date up-to-date up to scratch up-to-scratch up to snuff up-to-snuff up to speed up-to-speed up with up-with up yours! up-yours (up) to the hilt up-to-the-hilt up-and-coming up-and-coming up-and-over up-and-over up-country up-country up-do up-do up-fake up-fake up-tempo up-tempo up-to-the-minute up-to-the-minute up/down your alley up-down-your-alley (upon) my word! upon-my-word upper airway resistance syndrome upper-airway-resistance-syndrome upper case upper-case upper class upper-class upper house upper-house ups and downs ups-and-downs upset the apple cart upset-the-apple-cart upside down upside-down upward(s) of upward-s-of upward-facing dog upward-facing-dog upwardly mobile upwardly-mobile urban jungle urban-jungle urban myth urban-myth urban renewal urban-renewal urethral stricture urethral-stricture urge incontinence urge-incontinence urge sb on urge-sb-on urgent care clinic urgent-care-clinic uric acid uric-acid USB stick usb-stick use sth up use-sth-up use your head use-your-head use your loaf use-your-loaf useful idiot useful-idiot user experience user-experience user group user-group user-friendly user-friendly usher sth in usher-sth-in utility belt utility-belt utility knife utility-knife utility player utility-player utility pole utility-pole utility room utility-room V, v v-v V-neck v-neck V-necked v-necked V-shaped v-shaped V-sign v-sign va-va-voom va-va-voom vacant possession vacant-possession vacuum cleaner vacuum-cleaner vacuum extraction vacuum-extraction vacuum flask vacuum-flask vacuum pump vacuum-pump vacuum-packed vacuum-packed vade mecum vade-mecum vaginal agenesis vaginal-agenesis Valentine's Day valentine-s-day valet parking valet-parking valet service valet-service value judgment value-judgment value-added value-added valve disease valve-disease valve-preserving aortic root repair valve-preserving-aortic-root-repair vamp sth up vamp-sth-up vampire bat vampire-bat vanish/go up/disappear in a puff of smoke vanish-go-up-disappear-in-a-puff-of-smoke vanishing point vanishing-point vanishing spray vanishing-spray vanity plates vanity-plates vanity press vanity-press vanity unit vanity-unit vantage point vantage-point vapour trail vapour-trail varicose vein varicose-vein variety is the spice of life variety-is-the-spice-of-life variety store variety-store various and sundry various-and-sundry varroa mite varroa-mite vas deferens vas-deferens vascular disease vascular-disease Vatican City vatican-city vee belt vee-belt veg out veg-out vegetable box vegetable-box vegetable oil vegetable-oil veggie burger veggie-burger vena cava vena-cava vending machine vending-machine venereal disease venereal-disease venetian blind venetian-blind Venn diagram venn-diagram ventricular assist device ventricular-assist-device ventriloquist's dummy ventriloquist-s-dummy venture capital venture-capital venture capitalist venture-capitalist venture on/upon sth venture-on-upon-sth Venus flytrap venus-flytrap verbal diarrhoea verbal-diarrhoea verge on sth verge-on-sth vernal equinox vernal-equinox vertical axis vertical-axis vertical blind vertical-blind vertical farm vertical-farm vertical farming vertical-farming vertical garden vertical-garden vertical gardening vertical-gardening vertical integration vertical-integration vertical panorama vertical-panorama vertical take-off vertical-take-off very good very-good very well very-well vested interest vested-interest veteran car veteran-car Veterans Day veterans-day veterinary surgeon veterinary-surgeon Vicar of Christ vicar-of-christ vice chancellor vice-chancellor vice president vice-president vice ring vice-ring vice squad vice-squad vice versa vice-versa vice-like vice-like vice-presidential vice-presidential vicious circle vicious-circle victim support victim-support Victoria sponge victoria-sponge victory lap2 victory-lap video camera video-camera video card video-card video clip video-clip video conferencing video-conferencing video game video-game video monitor video-monitor video recorder video-recorder video technology video-technology videocassette recorder videocassette-recorder Viennese whirl viennese-whirl villain of the piece villain-of-the-piece vintage car vintage-car viral load viral-load viral loop viral-loop virgin territory virgin-territory Virginia creeper virginia-creeper virtual assistant virtual-assistant virtual learning environment virtual-learning-environment virtual memory virtual-memory virtual office virtual-office virtual reality virtual-reality virtual reality headset virtual-reality-headset virtue signalling virtue-signalling vis-à-vis vis-a-vis visceral muscle visceral-muscle visit sth on/upon sb visit-sth-on-upon-sb visit with sb visit-with-sb visiting hours visiting-hours visitors' book visitors-book visual aid visual-aid visual variant of Alzheimer's disease visual-variant-of-alzheimer-s-disease vital organs vital-organs vital signs vital-signs vital statistics vital-statistics vitamin A vitamin-a vitamin B complex vitamin-b-complex vitamin B1 vitamin-b1 vitamin B12 vitamin-b12 vitamin B2 vitamin-b2 vitamin B6 vitamin-b6 vitamin B7 vitamin-b7 vitamin C vitamin-c vitamin D vitamin-d vitamin E vitamin-e vitamin H vitamin-h vitamin K vitamin-k vitreous humour vitreous-humour vocal cords vocal-cords vocal fry vocal-fry vocational school vocational-school voice acting voice-acting voice actor voice-actor voice actress voice-actress voice box voice-box voice lift voice-lift voice recognition voice-recognition voice within you voice-within-you voice-activated voice-activated voice-over voice-over vol-au-vent vol-au-vent volatile organic compound volatile-organic-compound voltaic cell voltaic-cell volte-face volte-face vote of confidence vote-of-confidence vote of no confidence vote-of-no-confidence vote of thanks vote-of-thanks vote sth down vote-sth-down vote sth through vote-sth-through vote sth up vote-sth-up vote sth up or down vote-sth-up-or-down vote with your feet vote-with-your-feet vote with your wallet vote-with-your-wallet vote-getter vote-getter voting booth voting-booth voting machine voting-machine voting slip voting-slip votive candle votive-candle vouch for sth/sb vouch-for-sth-sb vox pop vox-pop vulgar fraction vulgar-fraction W, w w-w wade in wade-in wade into sth wade-into-sth wade through sth wade-through-sth wading pool wading-pool wafer biscuit wafer-biscuit wafer-thin wafer-thin wage earner wage-earner wage freeze wage-freeze wage packet wage-packet wagon train wagon-train wagon-lit wagon-lit wah-wah wah-wah waif-like waif-like waifs and strays waifs-and-strays waist pack waist-pack wait a minute/moment/second wait-a-minute-moment-second wait and see wait-and-see wait around wait-around wait at table(s) wait-at-table-s wait behind wait-behind wait for it wait-for-it wait for sb wait-for-sb wait for sb/sth wait-for-sb-sth wait in wait-in wait in the wings wait-in-the-wings wait list wait-list wait lister wait-lister wait on sb wait-on-sb wait on sb/sth wait-on-sb-sth wait on sth wait-on-sth wait sth for sb wait-sth-for-sb wait sth out wait-sth-out wait till/until ... wait-till-until wait up wait-up wait your turn wait-your-turn waiting game waiting-game waiting list waiting-list waiting room waiting-room wake (sb) up wake-sb-up wake up and smell the coffee wake-up-and-smell-the-coffee wake up to sth wake-up-to-sth wake up! wake-up wake word wake-word wake-up call wake-up-call wakey-wakey wakey-wakey Waldenstrom macroglobulinaemia waldenstrom-macroglobulinaemia walk all over sb walk-all-over-sb walk away walk-away walk away with sth walk-away-with-sth walk back sth walk-back-sth walk in on sb walk-in-on-sb walk into sth walk-into-sth walk it walk-it walk of life walk-of-life walk off (somewhere) walk-off-somewhere walk off with sth walk-off-with-sth walk on air walk-on-air walk on eggs/eggshells walk-on-eggs-eggshells walk out walk-out walk right into sth walk-right-into-sth walk sb through sth walk-sb-through-sth walk sth off walk-sth-off walk the walk walk-the-walk walk through sth walk-through-sth walk-in walk-in walk-on part walk-on-part walk-up walk-up walk-up price walk-up-price walk/tread a tightrope walk-tread-a-tightrope walkie-talkie walkie-talkie walking boot walking-boot walking football walking-football walking frame walking-frame walking papers walking-papers walking pole walking-pole wall hanging wall-hanging wall sth in wall-sth-in wall sth off wall-sth-off wall sth up wall-sth-up Wall Street wall-street wall-to-wall wall-to-wall wallow in sth wallow-in-sth walls have ears walls-have-ears walrus moustache walrus-moustache waltz through sth waltz-through-sth want ad want-ad war bride war-bride war chest war-chest war clouds are gathering war-clouds-are-gathering war crime war-crime war criminal war-criminal war cry war-cry war dance war-dance war game war-game war memorial war-memorial war of words war-of-words war zone war-zone war-ravaged war-ravaged war-torn war-torn ward sb/sth off ward-sb-sth-off warm (sb) up warm-sb-up warm (sb/sth) up warm-sb-sth-up warm sth over warm-sth-over warm sth up warm-sth-up warm to sb warm-to-sb warm to sth warm-to-sth warm up warm-up warm-blooded warm-blooded warm-down warm-down warm-hearted warm-hearted warmed-over warmed-over warning/alarm bells start to ring/sound warning-alarm-bells-start-to-ring-sound warp speed warp-speed warrant officer warrant-officer warts and all warts-and-all wash (sth) out wash-sth-out wash (sth) up wash-sth-up wash (with sb) wash-with-sb wash off wash-off wash sth away wash-sth-away wash sth down wash-sth-down wash sth off wash-sth-off wash up wash-up wash your dirty linen in public wash-your-dirty-linen-in-public wash your hands of sth wash-your-hands-of-sth wash your mouth out (with soap/soapy water) wash-your-mouth-out-with-soap-soapy-water washboard stomach washboard-stomach washed out washed-out washed up washed-up washer-dryer washer-dryer washing liquid washing-liquid washing machine washing-machine washing powder washing-powder washing powder/liquid washing-powder-liquid washing-up washing-up washing-up liquid washing-up-liquid Washington's Birthday washington-s-birthday wasn't wasn-t wasp-waisted wasp-waisted waste away waste-away waste bin waste-bin waste disposal waste-disposal waste no time waste-no-time waste not, want not waste-not-want-not waste of space waste-of-space waste product waste-product waste water1 waste-water waste your breath waste-your-breath wasted on sb wasted-on-sb wastepaper basket wastepaper-basket wasting disease wasting-disease watch it watch-it watch list watch-list watch out watch-out watch out for sb/sth watch-out-for-sb-sth watch over sb watch-over-sb watch paint dry watch-paint-dry watch the clock watch-the-clock watch the world go by watch-the-world-go-by watch this space watch-this-space watch your back watch-your-back watch your step idiom1 watch-your-step watchful 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weak-chinned weak-kneed weak-kneed weak-minded weak-minded weak-willed weak-willed wean sb off sth wean-sb-off-sth wean sb on sth wean-sb-on-sth weapons of mass destruction weapons-of-mass-destruction weapons-grade weapons-grade wear (sth) away wear-sth-away wear (sth) out wear-sth-out wear and tear wear-and-tear wear off wear-off wear on wear-on wear sackcloth and ashes wear-sackcloth-and-ashes wear sb down wear-sb-down wear sb out wear-sb-out wear the trousers wear-the-trousers wear thin wear-thin wear your heart on your sleeve wear-your-heart-on-your-sleeve weasel out (of sth) weasel-out-of-sth weasel words weasel-words weather balloon weather-balloon weather bomb weather-bomb weather forecast weather-forecast weather forecaster weather-forecaster weather station weather-station weather the storm weather-the-storm weather-beaten weather-beaten Web 2.0 web-2-0 web address web-address web app web-app web browser web-browser web crawler web-crawler web designer web-designer web hosting web-hosting web page web-page web scraping web-scraping web server web-server web-based web-based web-enabled web-enabled web-footed web-footed wedding band wedding-band wedding bells wedding-bells wedding breakfast wedding-breakfast wedding list wedding-list wedding night wedding-night wedding planner wedding-planner wedding reception wedding-reception wedding ring wedding-ring wedding tackle wedding-tackle wee hours wee-hours wee small hours wee-small-hours wee-wee wee-wee weed sth/sb out weed-sth-sb-out Weed Whacker weed-whacker week-long week-long weekend warrior weekend-warrior weeping willow weeping-willow weigh a ton weigh-a-ton weigh in weigh-in weigh on sb/sth weigh-on-sb-sth weigh sb down weigh-sb-down weigh sb/sth down weigh-sb-sth-down weigh sb/sth up weigh-sb-sth-up weigh station weigh-station weigh sth out weigh-sth-out weigh sth up weigh-sth-up weigh your words weigh-your-words weighing machine weighing-machine weight loss weight-loss weight training weight-training 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what-you-lose-on-the-swings-you-gain-on-the-roundabouts what you see is what you get what-you-see-is-what-you-get what's what-s what's cooking? what-s-cooking what's done is done what-s-done-is-done what's eating sb? what-s-eating-sb what's it worth (to you)? what-s-it-worth-to-you what's more what-s-more what's not to like? what-s-not-to-like what's on what-s-on what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander what-s-sauce-for-the-goose-is-sauce-for-the-gander what's sth in aid of? what-s-sth-in-aid-of what's that (all) about (then)? what-s-that-all-about-then what's the betting? what-s-the-betting what's the big idea? what-s-the-big-idea what's the damage? what-s-the-damage what's the drill for sth? what-s-the-drill-for-sth what's the magic word? what-s-the-magic-word what's the score? what-s-the-score what's the use of...? what-s-the-use-of what's the world coming to? what-s-the-world-coming-to what's up? what-s-up what's what what-s-what what's your game? what-s-your-game what's-her-name what-s-her-name what's-his-name what-s-his-name what, how, why, etc. in the world what-how-why-etc-in-the-world what/whatever sb says goes what-whatever-sb-says-goes what/where/how/why the devil what-where-how-why-the-devil wheat complexion wheat-complexion wheel and deal wheel-and-deal wheel clamp wheel-clamp wheel round wheel-round wheel sth out wheel-sth-out wheel trim wheel-trim wheeler-dealer wheeler-dealer wheelie bag wheelie-bag wheelie bin wheelie-bin wheeling and dealing wheeling-and-dealing wheels within wheels wheels-within-wheels when all is said and done when-all-is-said-and-done when hell freezes over when-hell-freezes-over when in Rome (do as the Romans do) when-in-rome-do-as-the-romans-do when sb was a (mere) twinkle in their father's eye when-sb-was-a-mere-twinkle-in-their-father-s-eye when the chips are down when-the-chips-are-down when the going gets rough/tough when-the-going-gets-rough-tough when the going gets tough, the tough get going 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