abortion (do an abortion; have an abortion) about (just about; out and about; up about something; up and about) above (cut above someone, a) accident (fatal accident; fateful accident) account (by one’s own account; keep accounts; keep an account; of no account; on account; on no account; on one’s own account; render an account for something; render an account of something; take account of some- thing; take an account of something) achilles (english achilles, the) acid (put the acid on someone) act (black act, the; black acts, the; get one’s act together; hard act to follow; in act to do something; in the act of doing something; privacy act, the; privacy protection act, the; ritual act; ritualistic act; tough act to follow) action (in action; man of action; out of action) activity (shadowy activities; shady activities) actor (comic actor; comical actor; straight actor) actual (your actual) adam (old adam; old as adam) admiral (lord admiral; white admiral) admiralty (lord of the admiralty) advance (make advances; make an advance) advantage (have the advantage of someone; have the advantage of something; have the advantage over some- thing; take advantage of someone; take someone at advantage) affair (interfere in someone’s affairs) affect (speak without affect) affinity (have an affinity for something; have an affinity with something) afraid (be afraid, be very afraid) africa (south africa; southern africa) afternoon (in the afternoon) again (again and again; as much again; every now and again; feel one’s old self again; now and again; off again, on again; on again, off again; once again; once and again; over again; over and over again; same again; something else again; think again; time and again) age (act one’s age; carry one’s age; dark age; dark ages, the; golden age; hold the age; middle age; middle ages; of a certain age; of age; of an age; of one’s age; show one’s age) agency (employment agency; news agency; press agency) agent (book agent; booking agent; intelligence agent; intel- ligent agent; press agent) agentry (press agentry) agreement (break an agreement; break off an agreement) aground (run something aground) air (by air; come up for air; dance on air; dreamlike air; dreamy air; give oneself airs; give someone the air; go on the air; go up in the air; in the air; in the open air; live in the air; live in the open air; live on air; on the air; over the air; take air; take the air; up in the air; vanish into thin air; walk on air) alive (dead and alive; eat someone alive; look alive) all (after all; after all is said and done; all in all; and all; and all that; any and all; at all; damn all; damn it all; first of all; if at all; in all; know it all; man of all work; that’s all she wrote) alley (silicon alley) alone (leave alone; leave someone alone; leave well alone; let alone; let well alone) along (all along; string along with someone; string some- one along) aloud (speak aloud) amendment (make amendments to something) amends (make amends for something) american (first americans; first-generation americans; native americans; native-born americans) anchor (put down anchors; throw out the anchors) angel (act as angel; act like an angel; be on the side of the angels; city of angels; join the angels) animal (clean animals; cleanly animals; domestic animals; domesticated animals) another (ask another; ask me another) answer (definite answer; definitive answer; know all the answers) ant (have ants in one’s pants) any (if any) anything (as anything; if anything; like anything) apart (worlds apart) ape (go ape over someone; play the sedulous ape to some- one) apple (bad apple; rotten apple) appointment (hold an appointment; keep an appointment) area (no-go area; restricted area) arm (arm in arm; at arm’s length; chance one’s arm; dead- man’s arm; fall into someone’s arms; fold one’s arms; give one’s arm to someone; have a long arm; in someone’s arms; long arm; make a long arm; on the arm; one would give his right arm; put the arm on someone; short arm; strong arm; twist someone’s arm; under one’s arm; under the arm) arms (in arms; under arms; up in arms) army (general of the armies; general of the army) arrest (avoid arrest; breach of arrest; evade arrest) Key Word Index – 376 –