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in the sense; not have the sense of something; regain one’s senses) serial (television serial) series (television series) service (be at someone’s service; be in someone’s service; be of service to someone; come into service; give someone lip service; go into service; go into the service; go out of service; in service; in the service; man of service; quit the service; take service; take the service; time service) set (be set on doing something; be set to do something; jet set; twin set; two-piece set) shade (be in the shade; cast a shade over something; cast something into the shade; eye-shade) shadow (cast a long shadow over some- thing; cast a shadow over something; eye shadow) shake (give someone a fair shake; give someone a shake; give someone the shake) shake-down (give someone a shake- down) shake-up (give someone a shake-up) shame (bring shame on someone; put someone to shame) shape (bent out of shape; get some- thing into shape; give shape to some- thing; in no shape; not in shape; out of shape; take shape; take the shape) shark (one wouldn’t shout if a shark bit him; swim with the sharks) shave (clean shave; close shave; closely shaven) sheep (black sheep; count sheep; ride on the sheep’s back; separate the sheep from the goats; wolf in sheep’s clothing) sheet (blank sheet; fly-sheet; white as a sheet) shelf (laid on the shelf; left on the shelf; off the shelf; on the shelf ) shell (be hardly out of the shell; come out of one’s shell) shilling (cut someone off with a shilling; cut someone off without a shilling; long shillings) shine (take a shine to someone; take the shine out of someone) ship (abandon ship; clear a ship; clear a ship for action; dead ship; death ship; don’t give up the ship; fire ship; ghost ship; give up the ship; guard ship; liberty ship; long ship; post ship; sister ship; stone ship; when one’s ship comes home) shirt (keep one’s shirt on; lose one’s shirt) shoe (be in someone’s shoes; court shoes; fill someone’s shoes; old shoe; put oneself in someone’s shoes; put the shoe on the right foot; snow shoes; step into someone’s shoes) shoestring (on a shoestring) shoot (duck shoot) shop (body shop; close up a shop; close up shop; closed shop; keep a shop; keep shop; shut up a shop; shut up shop; talk shop; talk-shop) shopper (body shopper) shore (in shore; on shore) short (be a little short of something; be little short of something; bring someone up short; come short; cut someone short; draw the short straw; Key Word Index 392 –