CẤU TRÚC TIẾNG ANH TỔNG HỢP potx

CẤU TRÚC TIẾNG ANH TỔNG HỢP
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NGÂN HÀNG CÁC C U TRÚC TI NG ANH THÔNG D NGẤ Ế Ụ
TO BE
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To be a bear for punishment:
To be a believer in ghosts:

To be a believer in sth:
To be a bit cracky: [ (thông tuc) gan, d h i]̣ ̀ ở ơ
To be a bit groggy about the legs, to feel groggy
['gr gi]ɔ
To be a burden to sb:
To be a church-goer:
To be a comfort to sb:
To be a connoisseur of antiques: [æn'ti:k]
To be a cup too low:
To be a dab (hand) at sth{[dæb](long)tay c /thao}́ ừ ̣
To be a dead ringer for sb:
To be a demon for work:
To be a dog in the manger:
To be a drug on the market:
To be a favourite of sb; to be sb's favourite:
To be a fiasco [fi'æskou][(sn) ~s, ~es s thât bai]ự ́ ̣
To be a fiend at football:
To be a fluent speaker:
To be a foe to sth:
To be a frequent caller at sb's house:
To be a gentleman of leisure;
to lead a gentleman's life:
To be a good judge of wine:
To be a good puller
To be a good walker:
To be a good whip:
To be a good, bad writer:
To be a hiding place to nothing:
To be a law unto oneself:
To be a lump of selfishness:

To be a man in irons:
To be a mere machine: {[mi ] (adj) chi la}ə ̉ ̀
{merely ['mi li] (adv) chi, n thuân}ə ̉ đơ ̀
To be a mess
To be a mirror of the time
To be a novice in, at sth
to be a pendant to ['pend nt]ə (n)
To be a poor situation:
To be a retarder of progress:
[ri'ta:d ] (n)ə
To be a shark at maths: [ :k] (n)∫ɑ
To be a sheet in the wind
To be a shingle short:
To be a slave to custom: [sleiv] (n)
To be a spy on sb's conduct:
To be a stickler over trifles: ['stikl ] (n)ə
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To be a swine to sb [swain](n) {con l n;(thông tuc) ợ ̣
ng i (vât) ang ghet/ghê t m}ườ ̣ đ ́ ́ ở
To be a tax on sb:
To be a terror to :
To be a testimony to sth:
{['testim ni](n) s / l i ch ng nhân, l i khaiə ự ờ ứ ̣ ờ
in testimony of: ê lam ch ng cho}đ ̉ ̀ ứ
To be a thrall to one's passions:
[ r :l] (n) ng i nô lê ( en & bong)θ ɔ ườ ̣ đ ́
(v) b t lam nô lê/lê thuôc/phuc tungắ ̀ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̀
To be a tight fit
To be a total abstainer (from alcohol)
To be a tower of strength to sb:
To be a transmitter of (sth):
To be abashed:
To be abhorrent to sb:
To be abhorrent to, from sth: [ b'h r nt] (adj) ə ɔ ə
(+ from) trai/mâu thuân v i, không h p v í ̃ ớ ợ ớ
To be able to do sth:
To be able to react to nuances of meaning
['nju: :ns] (n) s c thaiɑ ắ ́
To be ablush with shame
{[ 'bl ] (adj & adv) then o m t}ə ʌ∫ ̣ đ ̉ ặ
To be abominated by sb
[ 'b mineit] (v) ə ɔ
To be about sth:
To be about to (do):

To be above (all) suspicion
To be abreast with, (of) the times:
To be absolutely right:
To be absolutely wrong:
To be acclaimed Emperor/King
To be accommodated in the hotel:
To be accomplice in a crime [ 'k mplis; 'k mplis](n) ə ɔ ə ʌ
To be accountable for a sum of money:
To be accountable for one's action:
To be accountable to sb:
To be accused of plagiarism:
To be acquainted with facts of the case:
To be acquainted with sb:
To be acquitted one's crime: [ 'kwit]ə
To be addicted to drink: ['ædikt] (n)
To be admitted to the Academy:
To be admitted to the exhibition gratis:
To be adroit in: [ 'dr it] (adj)ə ɔ
To be adverse to a policy:
To be affected by fever:
To be affected in one's manners:
To be affected to a service:
To be affected with a disease:
To be affianced to sb: [ 'fai ns] (v) inh/h a hônə ə đ ́ ứ
To be afflicted by a piece of news:
To be afield:
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To be afloat:
To be after sth:
To be against:
To be agog for sth:
To be agreeable to sth:
To be agreeable to the taste:
To be ahead:
To be akin to sth:
To be alarmed at sth:
To be alive to one's interests:

To be alive to the importance of
To be all abroad:
To be all ears:
To be all eyes:
To be all in a fluster:
To be all in a tumble:
To be all legs:
To be all mixed up:
To be all of a dither, to have the dithers:
To be all of a dither:
To be all of a glow:
To be all of a tremble, all in a tremble
To be all the same to:
To be all the world to:
To be all tongue:
To be always after a petticoat:
To be always harping on the same string
(on the same note):
To be always on the move:
To be always ready for a row:
To be always to the fore in a fight:
To be always willing to oblige:
To be ambitious to do sth:
To be ambushed:
To be an abominator of sth:
To be an early waker:
To be an encumbrance to sb:
To be an excessive drinker:
To be an improvement on sb:
To be an integral part of sth:

To be an occasion of great festivity:
To be an oldster:
To be an onlooker at a football match:
To be an umpire at a match:
To be anticipative of sth:
To be anxious for sth:
To be applicable to sth:
To be appreciative of music:
To be apprehensive for sb:
To be apprehensive of danger:
To be apprised of a fact:
To be apt for sth:
To be as bright as a button:
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To be as brittle as glass:
To be as drunk as a fish:
To be as happy as a king, (as a bird on the tree)
To be as hungry as a wolf:
To be as mute as a fish:
To be as slippery as an eel:
To be as slippery as an eel:
To be at a loss for money:
To be at a loss what to do, what to say:
To be at a loss:
To be at a nonplus:
To be at bat:
To be at cross-purposes:
To be at dinner:
To be at enmity with sb.:
To be at fault:
To be at feud with sb:
To be at grass:
To be at grips with the enemy:
To be at handgrips with sb:
To be at issue on a question:
To be at its height:
To be at large:
To be at loggerheads with sb:

To be at odds with sb:
To be at odds with sb:
To be at one with sb:
To be at one's best:
To be at one's lowest ebb:
To be at play:
To be at puberty:
To be at sb's beck and call:
To be at sb's elbow:
To be at sb's heels:
To be at sb's service:
To be at stake:
To be at stand:
To be at strife (with):
To be at the end of one's resources:
To be at the end of one's tether:
To be at the front:
To be at the helm:
To be at the last shift:
To be at the pain of doing sth:
To be at the top of the tree:
To be at the top the of the form:
To be at the wheel:
To be at the zenith of glory:
to be at variance with someone:
To be at work:
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To be athirst for sth:
To be attached to:
To be attacked by a disease:
To be attacked from ambush:
To be attacked:
To be averse to (from) sth:
To be awake to one's own interests:
To be aware of sth a long way off:
To be aware of sth:
To be awkward with one's hands:

To be badly off:
To be balled up:
To be bankrupt in (of) intelligence:
To be bathed in perspiration:
To be beaten out and out:
To be beautifully gowned:
To be beforehand with the world:
To be beforehand with:
To be behind prison bars:
To be behindhand in one's circumstances:
To be behindhand with his payment:
To be beholden to sb:
To be beneath contempt:
To be bent on quarrelling:
To be bent on:
To be bent with age:
To be bereaved of one's parents:
To be bereft of speech:
To be beside oneself with joy:
To be besieged with questions:
To be betrayed to the enemy:
To be better off:
To be between the devil and the deep sea:
To be bewildered by the crowd and traffic:
To be beyond one's ken:
To be bitten with a desire to do sth:
To be bitten with:
To be blackmailed:
To be blessed with good health.:
To be bolshie about sth:

To be bored to death:
To be born blind:
To be born of the purple:
To be born on the wrong side of the blanket:
To be born under a lucky star:
To be born under an unclucky star:
To be bound apprentice to a tailor:
To be bowled over:
To be bred (to be) a doctor:
To be brilliant at:
To be brought before the court:
To be brought to bed:
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To be brought up in the spirit of duty:
To be brown off:
To be buffeted by the crowd:
To be bunged up:
To be burdened with debts:
To be buried in thoughts:
To be burnt alive:
To be burried with militairy honours:
To be bursting to do sth:
To be bursting with a secret;
to be bursting to tell a secret
To be bursting with pride:
To be bushwhacked:
To be busy as a bee:
To be called away:
To be called to the bar:
To be called up for the active service:
To be capacitated to do sth:
To be careful to do sth:
To be carried away by that bad news:
To be cast away on the desert island:
To be cast away:
To be cast down:
To be caught in a machine:
To be caught in a noose:

To be caught in a snare:
To be caught in a snare:
To be caught in the net:
To be caught with chaff:
To be caught with one's hand in the till:
To be cautioned by a judge:
To be cautious in doing sth:
To be censored:
To be chippy:
To be chucked (at an examination):
To be churched:
To be clamorous for sth:
To be clear about sth:
To be clever at drawing:
To be close behind sb:
To be close with one's money:
To be closeted with sb:
To be cold with sb:
To be comfortable:
To be comfortably off:
To be commissioned to do sth:
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To be compelled to do sth:
To be concerned about sb:
To be condemned to the stake:
To be confident of the future:
To be confidential (with sb):
To be confined to barracks:
To be confined:
To be confronted with (by) a difficulty:
To be connected with a family:
To be connected with sb, sth:
To be conscious of sth:
To be conspicuous (in a crowd ):
To be consumed with hunger:
To be consumed with jealousy:
To be contaminated by bad companions:
To be content to do sth:

To be continued in our next:
To be convicted of felony:
To be convulsed with laughter:
To be convulsed with pain:
To be cool towards sb:
To be correspondent to (with) sth:
To be counted as a member:
To be counted out:
To be cramped for room:
To be crazy (over, about) sb:
To be cross with sb:
To be crowned with glory:
To be cut out for sth:
To be dainty:
To be dead against sth:
To be dead keen on sb:
To be dead-set on doing sth:
To be debarred from voting in the eletion:
To be declared guilty of murder:
To be deeply in debt:
To be deferential to sb:
To be delivered of a poem:
To be delivered of:
To be demented, to become demented:
To be deranged:
To be derelict (in one's duty):
To be derived, (from):
To be desirous of sth, of doing sth:
To be destined for a place:
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To be destined for some purpose:
To be different from:
To be dight with (in) diamond:
To be disabled:
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To be discomfited by questions:

To be discontented with one's job:
To be disinclined to:
To be disloyal to one's country:
To be dismissed from the service:
To be displaced by :
To be displeased at (with)sth:
To be dissatisfied with (at)sth:
To be distinctly superior:
To be divorced from reality:
To be dotty on one's legs:
To be double the length of sth:
To be doubtful of sth:
To be down in (at) heath:
To be down in the mouth:
To be dressed in black, in silk:
To be dressed in green:
To be dressed up to the nines (to the knocker):
To be driven ashore:
To be drowned:
To be dull of mind:
To be dull of sight, of hearing:
To be dying for sth:
To be eager in the pursuit of science:
To be eager to do sth:
To be easily offended:
To be eaten up with pride:
To be economical with sth:
To be elastic:
To be elated with joy:
To be elbowed into a corner:

To be eliminated in the first heat:
To be embarrassed by lack of money.:
To be employed in doing sth:
To be empowered to :
To be enamoured of sb:
To be encumbered with a large family:
To be endued with many virtues:
To be engaged in politics, business:
To be enraged at (by) sb's stupidity:
To be enraptured with sth:
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To be ensnarled in a plot:
To be enthralled by a woman's beauty:
To be enthralled by an exciting story:
To be entitled to do sth:
To be envious of sb's succcess:
To be enwrapped in slumber:
To be enwrapped:
To be equal to a task:
To be equal to doing sth:
To be equal to one's responsibility:
To be equal to the occasion:
To be estopped from doing sth:
To be euchred:
To be expectant of sth:
To be expected:
To be expecting a baby:
To be expert in, at sth:
To be expressly forbidden:
To be extremely welcome:
To be faced with a difficulty:
To be faint with hunger:
To be faithful in the performance of one's duties:
To be familiar with sth:
To be famished:
To be far from all friends:
To be far gone with child:
To be fastidious:

To be feel sleepy:
To be filled with amazement:
To be filled with astonishment:
To be filled with concern:
To be firm fleshed:
To be five meters in depth:
To be five years old:
To be flayed alive:
To be fleeced by dishonest men:
To be flooded with light:
To be flush with sth:
To be flush:
To be fond of bottle:
To be fond of good fare:
To be fond of music:
To be fond of study:
To be fond of the limelight:
To be fond of travel:
To be fooled into doing sth:
To be for:
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To be forced to do sth:
To be forced to the inescapable conclusion
that he is a liar
To be forewarned is to be forearmed:
To be forgetful of one's duties:
To be fortunate:
To be forward in one's work:
To be foully murdered:
To be found guilty of blackmail:
To be found guilty of espionage:
To be found wanting:
To be free in one's favours:
To be free to confess:
To be friendly with sb:
To be frightened of doing sth:
To be frightened to death:

To be frozen to the marrow:
To be full of beans:
To be full of business:
To be full of cares:
To be full of conceit:
To be full of hope:
To be full of idle fancies:
To be full of joy:
To be full of life:
To be full of mettle:
To be full of oneself:
To be full of years:
To be fully satisfied:
To be furtive in one's movements:
To be fussy:
To be gammy for anything:
To be gasping for liberty:
To be generous with one's money:
To be getting chronic:
To be gibbeted in the press:
To be ginned down by a fallen tree:
To be given over to evil courses:
To be given over to gambling:
To be glad to hear sth:
To be glowing with health:
To be going on for:
To be going:
To be gone on sb:
To be good at dancing:
To be good at games:

To be good at housekeeping:
To be good at numbers:
To be good at repartee:
To be good safe catch:
To be goody-goody:
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To be governed by the opinions of others:

To be gracious to sb:
To be grateful to sb for sth, for having done sth:
To be great at tennis:
To be great with sb:
To be greedy:
To be greeted with applause:
To be grieved to see sth:
To be guarded in one's speech:
To be guilty of a crime:
To be guilty of forgery:
To be gunning for sb:
To be hard pressed:
To be hail-fellow (well-met) with everyone:
To be hale and hearty:
To be hand in (and) glove with:
To be handicapped by ill health:
To be hanged for a pirate:
To be hard of hearing:
To be hard on (upon)sb:
To be hard up against it; to have it hard:
To be hard up for:
To be haunted by memories:
To be hazy about sth:
To be heart-broken:
To be heavily taxed:
To be heavy on (in) hand:
To be heavy with sleep:
To be held in an abhorrence by sb:
To be held in captivity:
To be held in derision by all:

To be hellishly treated:
To be hep to sb's trick:
To be hissed off the stage:
To be hit by a bullet:
To be hitched up:
To be hoarse:
To be hooked by a passing car:
To be hopeful of success:
To be hopelessly in love:
To be horrid to sb:
To be hot on the track of sb:
To be hot:
To be hounded out of the town:
To be hugely successful:
To be hungry for fame:
To be hungry for sth:
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To be in (to get into) a flap:
To be in a (blue) funk:
To be in a (dead) faint, to fall down in a faint:
To be in a clutter:
To be in a fever of:
To be in a fever:
To be in a fix:
To be in a flutter:
To be in a fog:
To be in a fret:
To be in a fume:
To be in a good temper:
To be in a huff:
To be in a hypnotic trance:
To be in a maze:
To be in a mess:
To be in a mix:
To be in a muck of a sweat:
To be in a muddle:
To be in a nice glow:

To be in a paddy (in one of one's paddies):
To be in a position of victory:
To be in a puzzle:
To be in a quandary:
To be in a sad case:
To be in a sad plight:
To be in a state of mortal anxiety:
To be in a state of nerves:
To be in a sweat of fear:
To be in a tangle:
To be in a tantrum:
To be in a terrible state of disorder:
To be in a thundering rage:
To be in a tight box:
To be in a wax:
To be in a wrong box:
To be in abeyance:
To be in accord with sth:
To be in agreement with sb:
To be in ambush:
To be in an awful bate:
To be in an ecstasy of joy:
To be in an excellent humour:
To be in an expansive mood after a few drinks:
To be in an interesting condition:
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619
620
621
622

623
624
625
626 To be in charge with an important misson:
627 To be in charge:
628
629
630
631
632
633
634
635
636
637
638
639
640
641
642
643
644
645
646
647
648 To be in doubt:
649
650
651
652

653
654
655
656
657
658
659
660
661
662 To be in full rig:
663
664
665
666
667
668
669
670
671 To be in harmony with:
To be in an offside position:
To be in apple-pie order:
To be in besetment with rivers on every side:
To be in bud:
To be in cahoot(s) with sb:
To be in cash:
To be in chafe:
To be in clink:
To be in comfortable circumstances:
To be in command of a troop:
To be in commission:

To be in communication with sb:
To be in concord with :
To be in confinement:
To be in conflict with sb:
To be in connivance with sb:
To be in contact with sb:
To be in control:
To be in correspondence,
have correspondence with sb:
To be in danger:
To be in debt:
To be in deep water:
To be in despair:
To be in direct communication with:
To be in direct contradiction:
To be in disagreement with sb:
To be in disfavour with sb:
To be in drink (under the influence of drink):
To be in evidence:
To be in fear of sb (of sth):
To be in fine, (in good) fettle:
To be in flesh:
To be in focus:
To be in for trouble:
To be in for:
To be in force:
To be in form, out of form:
To be in front of the church:
To be in full bearing:
To be in full feather:

To be in gaol:
To be in good health:
To be in good odour with sb:
To be in good spirits:
To be in good, bad odour:
To be in good, bad repute:
To be in great form:
To be in great want:
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672
673
674
675
676 To be in irons:
677
678
679
680
681
682
683
684
685
686
687
688
689
690
691
692

693
694
695
696
697
698
699
700
701
702
703
704
705
706
707
708
709 To be in Queen's street:
710
711
712
713
714
715
716
717
718 To be in sb's company:
719
720
721
722

To be in high feather:
To be in high mood:
To be in high spirit:
To be in hot water:
To be in jeopardy:
To be in juxtaposition:
To be in keeping with sth:
To be in leading-strings:
To be in league with:
To be in line with:
To be in liquor; to be the worse for liquor:
To be in love with sb:
To be in love with:
To be in low spirit:
To be in low water:
To be in luck, in luck's way:
To be In manuscript:
To be in narcotic state:
To be in necessitous circumstances:
To be in necessity:
To be in negotiation with sb:
To be in no hurry:
To be in no mood for jollity:
To be in occupation of a house:
To be in one's cups:
To be in one's element:
To be in one's minority:
To be in one's nineties:
To be in one's second childhood:
To be in one's senses:

To be in one's teens:
To be in one's thinking box:
To be in place:
To be in pop:
To be in prison:
To be in process of removal:
To be in rags:
To be in rapport with:
To be in recollections:
To be in relationship with sb:
To be in retreat:
To be in sb's bad books:
To be in sb's black books:
To be in sb's clutches:
To be in sb's confidence:
To be in sb's good books:
To be in sb's good graces:
To be in sb's goodwill:
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723
724
725
726
727
728
729
730
731
732
733

734
735
736
737
738
739
740
741
742
743
744
745
746
747
748
749
750
751
752
753
754
755
756
757
758
759
760 To be in the shipping way:
761
762
763

764
765
766
767
768
769
770
771
772
773
774
To be in sb's train:
To be in search of sth:
To be in season:
To be in serious strait:
To be in shabby clothes:
To be in soak:
To be in solution:
To be in sore need of sth:
To be in terror:
To be in the band-wagon:
To be in the can:
To be in the cart:
To be in the clouds:
To be in the cold:
To be in the conspiracy:
To be in the dark:
To be in the death agony:
To be in the dog-house:
To be in the doldrums:

To be in the employ of sb:
To be in the enjoyment of good health:
To be in the first flight:
To be in the flower of one's age:
To be in the front line:
To be in the full flush of health:
To be in the habit of doing sth:
To be in the humour to do sth:
To be in the know:
To be in the late forties:
To be in the late twenties:
To be in the limelight:
To be in the mood for doing sth:
To be in the pouts:
To be in the running:
To be in the same box:
To be in the secret:
To be in the seventies:
To be in the soup:
To be in the suds:
To be in the swim:
To be in the utmost poverty:
To be incapacitated from voting:
To be incensed at sb's remarks:
To be inclusive of sth:
To be incompetent to do sth:
To be incumbent on sb to do sth:
To be indebted to a large amount to sb:
To be independent of sb:
To be indignant at sth:

To be indiscriminate in making friends:
To be indulgent towards one's children's faults;
to look on one's children with an indulgent eye:
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775
776
777
778
779
780
781
782
783
784
785 To be inundated with requests for help:
786
787
788
789
790
791
792
793 To be just doing sth:
794
795
796 To be kin to sb:
797
798
799
800

801
802
803
804
805
806
807
808
809
810
811
812
813
814 To be live, on friendly, on good terms with sb:
815
816
817
818
819
820
821
822
823
824
825
826
827
828
To be infatuated with a pretty girl:
To be infatuated with sb:

To be influential:
To be informed of sb's doings:
To be instant with sb to do sth:
To be intelligent of a fact:
To be intent on one's work:
To be into the red:
To be intoxicated with success:
To be intrigued by the suddenness of an event:
To be inward-looking:
To be irresolute:
To be jealous of one's rights:
To be jealous of sb:
To be joined to sth:
To be juiced:
To be jumpy:
To be kept in quarantine for six months:
To be killed on the spot:
To be kind to sb:
To be knee-deep trouble:
To be knocked out in an exam:
To be lacking in personality:
To be lacking in:
To be lavish in praises:
To be lavish in spending the money:
To be lax in (carrying out)one's duties:
To be learned in the law:
To be leery of sb:
To be left out in the cold:
To be left over:
To be letter perfect in:

To be licensed to sell sth:
To be lifted up with pride:
To be light-headed:
To be like a bear with a sore head:
To be living in want:
To be loath for sb to do sth:
To be loath to do sth:
To be located in a place:
To be loss of shame:
To be lost in meditation:
To be lost to all sense of shame:
To be loved by sb:
To be low of speech:
To be lucky:
To be lured into the trap:
To be mad (at) missing the train:
To be mad about (after, on) sth:
To be made in several sizes:
17
829 To be man enough to refuse:
830
831
832
833
834
835
836
837
838
839

840
841
842
843
844
845
846
847
848
849
850
851
852
853
854
855
856
857
858
859
860
861
862
863
864
865
866
867
868
869

870
871
872
873
874
875
876
877
878 To be of sb's mind, to be of a mind with sb:
879
880
881 To be of the last importance:
To be mashed on sb:
To be mass of:
To be master of oneself:
To be master of the situation:
To be match for sb:
To be mauled by a tiger:
To be mindful of one's good name:
To be mindful to do sth:
To be mindless of danger:
To be misled by bad companions:
To be mistaken about sb's intentions:
To be mistrusful of one's ability to make
the right decision
To be mixed up in an affair:
To be more exact :
To be much addicted to opium:
To be much cut up by a piece of news:
To be mulcted of one's money:

To be mured up in a small room all day:
To be mutually assistant:
To be near of kin:
To be near one's end:
To be near one's last:
To be neat with one's hands:
To be neglectful of sth:
To be neglectful to do sth:
To be negligent of sth:
To be nice to sb:
To be no disciplinarian:
To be no mood for:
To be no picnic:
To be no respecter of persons:
To be no skin of sb's back:
To be no slouch at sth:
To be not long for this world:
To be noticed to quit:
To be nutty (up) on sb:
To be nutty on sb:
To be of a cheerful disposition:
To be of a confiding nature:
To be of frequent occurrence:
To be of generous make-up:
To be of good cheer:
To be of good descent:
To be of good stock:
To be of humble birth:
To be of kinship with sb:
To be of limited understanding:

To be of noble birth:
To be of sterling gold:
To be of tender age:
18
882
883
884
885 To be off (with) one's bargain:
886
887 To be off like a shot:
888
889
890
891
892
893
894
895
896
897 To be offensive to sb:
898
899
900
901
902
903
904
905
906
907

908
909
910
911
912
913
914
915
916
917
918 To be on loaf:
919
920
921
922
923
924
925
926
927
928
929
930
931
932
933
934 To be on patrol:
To be of the Roman Catholic persuasion:
To be of use for:
To be of value:

To be off colour:
To be off one's base:
To be off one's chump:
To be off one's food:
To be off one's guard:
To be off one's nut:
To be off one's rocker:
To be off the hinges:
To be offended at, with, by sth:
To be offended with sb:
To be on a bed of thorns:
To be on a diet:
To be on a good footing with sb:
To be on a good wicket:
To be on a level with sb:
To be on a par with sb:
To be on a razor-edge:
To be on a sticky wicket:
To be on boardwages:
To be on decline:
To be on distant terms with sb:
To be on duty:
To be on duty:
To be on edge:
To be on equal terms with sb:
To be on familiar ground:
To be on fighting terms:
To be on furlough:
To be on guard (duty):
To be on holiday:

To be on low wage:
To be on nettle:
To be on one's back:
To be on one's beam-ends:
To be on one's bone:
To be on one's game:
To be on one's guard:
To be on one's guard:
To be on one's legs:
To be on one's lone(s), by one's lone(s):
To be on one's lonesome:
To be on one's mettle:
To be on one's own dunghill:
To be on pain of death:
To be on parole:
19
935
936
937
938 To be on reflection:
939
940
941
942
943
944
945
946
947
948 To be on the anvil:

949
950
951 To be on the cadge:
952
953
954 To be on the down-grade:
955
956
957
958
959
960
961
962
963 To be on the high rope:
964
965 To be on the hike:
966
967
968
969 To be on the lurk:
970
971
972
973
974
975 To be on the point of starting:
976
977
978

979
980
981 To be on the safe side:
982
983
984 To be on the tramp:
985
986
987
To be on pins and needles:
To be on post:
To be on probation.:
To be on remand:
To be on sentry duty:
To be on sentry-go:
To be on short commons:
To be on short leave, on leave of absence:
to be on short time:
To be on street:
To be on the alert against an attack:
To be on the alert:
To be on the beat:
To be on the booze:
To be on the decrease:
To be on the dole:
To be on the downward path:
To be on the firm ground:
To be on the froth:
To be on the fuddle:
To be on the gad:

To be on the go:
To be on the grab:
To be on the gridiron:
To be on the highway to success:
To be on the listen:
To be on the loose:
To be on the loose:
To be on the march:
To be on the mend:
To be on the night-shift:
To be on the pad:
To be on the point of departing:
To be on the rampage:
To be on the rampage:
To be on the right side of fortv:
To be on the rise:
To be on the rove:
To be on the straight:
To be on the tip-toe with curiosity:
to be on the verge of forty:
To be on the waggon: (Lóng)
To be on the wallaby (track):
20
988
989
990
991
992
993
994

995
996 To be on, up stump:
997
998
999
1000
1001
1002
1003
1004 To be opposed to the intervention of a third nation
1005
1006
1007
1008
1009
1010
1011 To be out in one's reckoning:
1012
1013
1014 To be out of alignment:
1015
1016
1017
1018
1019
1020
1021
1022
1023 To be out of one's mind:
1024

1025 To be out of one's wits, to have lost one's wits:
1026
1027
1028
1029
1030
1031 To be out of training:
1032
1033
1034 To be out of vogue:
1035
1036
1037
1038
To be on the wane:
To be on the watch for sb:
To be on the watch for:
To be on the wrong side of forty:
To be on the wrong side of forty:
To be on the wrong side of the door:
to be on visiting terms with;
to have a visiting acquaintance with:
To be on watch:
To be one's own enemy:
To be one's own man:
To be one's own trumpeter:
To be onto:
To be oofy:
To be open to conviction:
To be open-minded on political issues:

To be or not to be:
To be ordained:
To be out at elbow(s):
To be out for seven seconds:
To be out for sth:
To be out in one's reckoning:
To be out of a job:
To be out of a situation:
To be out of business:
To be out of cash:
To be out of employment:
To be out of harmony:
To be out of humour:
To be out of measure:
To be out of one's depth:
To be out of one's element:
To be out of one's mind:
To be out of patience:
To be out of sorts:
To be out of the question:
To be out of the red:
To be out of the straight:
To be out of trim:
To be out of tune with one's surrounding:
To be out of work: T
To be out on a dike:
To be out shooting:
To be out with one's mash:
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1039

1040
1041
1042
1043
1044
1045
1046
1047 To be pally with sb:
1048
1049
1050
1051
1052
1053
1054
1055
1056
1057 To be perturbed by that news:
1058
1059
1060
1061
1062
1063 To be placed in leader of the troop:
1064
1065 To be plainly dressed:
1066
1067
1068
1069

1070
1071
1072
1073
1074 To be possessed of:
1075
1076
1077
1078
1079
1080
1081
1082
1083
1084
1085
1086
1087
1088
1089
1090
1091
To be outspoken:
To be over hasty in doing sth:
To be over hump:
To be over the hill:
To be over-staffed:
To be paid a good screw:
To be paid by the quarter:
To be paid montly:

To be parched with thirst:
To be partial to music:
To be partial to sb:
To be particular about one's food:
To be past master in a subject:
To be past one's prime:
To be perfect in one's service:
To be perished with cold:
To be persuaded that:
To be pervious to the right words:
To be pinched with cold/ poverty:
To be pinched with cold:
To be pinched with hunger:
To be pitchforked into an office:
To be plain with sb:
To be plastered:
To be pleased with sth:
to be ploughed in the viva voce:
To be poles apart:
To be poor at mathematics:
To be poorly housed:
To be poorly off:
To be possessed by the devil:
To be practised upon:
To be preoccupied by family troubles:
To be prepared to:
To be present in great strength:
To be prey to sth; to fall prey to:
To be privy to sth:
To be proficient in Latin:

To be profuse in one's praises:
To be promoted (to be) captain:
To be promoted by seniority:
To be promoted to the rank of :
To be prone to sth:
To be prostrated by the heat:
To be prostrated with grief:
To be proud of having done sth:
To be public knowledge:
To be pumped by running:
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1092
1093
1094
1095
1096
1097
1098
1099
1100 To be put out about sth:
1101
1102
1103
1104 To be quartered with sb:
1105
1106
1107
1108
1109
1110

1111
1112
1113
1114
1115
1116
1117
1118
1119
1120
1121
1122
1123 To be reduced to beggary:
1124
1125
1126
1127
1128
1129
1130
1131
1132
1133
1134
1135
1136
1137
1138
1139
1140 To be right in a conjecture:

1141
1142
1143
1144
1145
To be punctual in the payment of one's rent:
To be punished by sb:
To be purged from sin:
To be purposed to do sth:
To be pushed for money:
To be put in the stocks:
To be put into (reduced to)a dilemma:
To be put off eggs:
To be put to fire and sword:
To be qualified for a post:
To be quarrelsome in one's cup:
To be queer:
To be quick at accounts:
To be quick of apprehension:
To be quick of hearing,
to have a keen sense of hearing
To be quick on one's pin:
To be quick on the draw:
To be quick on the trigger:
To be quick to sympathize:
To be quit of sb:
To be quite frank with sb:
To be quite innocent of English grammar:
To be raised to the bench:
To be raised to the purple:

To be rather puffed:
To be ravenous:
To be ready for any eventualities:
To be red with shame:
To be reduced by illness:
To be reduced to extremes:
To be reduced to the last extremity:
To be regardful of the common aim:
To be related to :
To be relentless in doing:
To be reliant on sb to do sth:
To be reluctant to do sth:
To be remanded for a week:
To be resigned to one's fate:
To be resolute in one's demands for peace:
To be responsible for sth:
To be responsible for the expenditure:
To be reticent about sth:
To be rich in imagery:
To be ridden by sth:
To be rife with sth:
To be robbed of the rewards of one's labo(u)r:
To be rolling in cash:
To be rosy about the gills:
To be round with sb:
To be roundly abused:
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1146
1147
1148

1149
1150
1151
1152
1153
1154
1155
1156
1157
1158
1159
1160
1161
1162
1163
1164
1165
1166
1167
1168
1169
1170
1171
1172
1173 To be severe upon sb:
1174
1175
1176
1177
1178

1179
1180
1181
1182
1183 To be short of the stuff:
1184
1185
1186 To be shut off from society:
1187
1188
1189
1190
1191
1192
1193
1194
1195 To be slack in, doing sth:
1196
1197
1198
1199
To be roused to anger:
To be rubbed out by the gangsters:
To be rude to sb, to say rude things to sb:
To be ruined by play:
To be ruled by sb:
To be sb's dependence:
To be sb's man:
To be sb's slave:
To be sb's superior in courage:

To be scalded to death:
To be scant of speech:
To be scarce of money:
To be scornful of material things:
To be sea-sick:
To be second to none:
To be seconded by sb:
To be secure from attack:
To be seething with hatred:
To be seized by panic:
To be seized with apoplexy:
To be seized with compunction:
To be self-conscious in doing sth:
To be sensible of one's defects:
To be sent on a mission:
To be sent to the block:
To be sentenced to ten years' hard-labour:
To be served round:
To be sewed up:
To be shadowed by the police:
To be sharp-set:
To be shipwreck:
To be shocked:
To be shorn of human right:
To be short of cash:
To be short of hand:
To be short of sth:
To be short of work:
To be short with sb:
To be shy of (on) money:

To be shy of doing sth:
To be sick at heart:
To be sick for home:
To be sick for love:
To be sick of a fever:
To be sick of the whole business:
To be sickening for an illness:
To be slightly elevated:
To be slightly stimulated:
To be slightly tipsy:
To be slow of apprehension:
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1200
1201
1202
1203
1204
1205
1206
1207
1208
1209 To be sold on sth:
1210
1211
1212
1213
1214
1215
1216
1217

1218 To be square with sb:
1219
1220
1221 To be stifled by the smoke:
1222
1223
1224
1225 To be strict with sb:
1226
1227 To be strong on sth:
1228
1229
1230
1231
1232
1233
1234
1235
1236
1237 To be supposed, to do sth:
1238
1239 To be surprised at:
1240
1241
1242
1243
1244
1245
1246
1247

1248
1249
1250 To be thankful to sb for sth:
1251
1252 To be the architect of one's own fortunes:
1253
To be slow of wit:
To be smitten down with the plague:
To be smitten with remorse:
To be smittenby sb:
To be smothered by the dust:
To be snagged:
To be snipped:
To be snookered:
To be soft on sb:
To be sole agent for:
To be solicitous of sth:
To be sopping with rain:
To be sound asleep:
To be spoiling for a fight:
To be spoons on sb:
To be spoony on sb:
To be sprung from a noble race:
To be staked through the body:
To be steady in one's principles:
To be stigmatized as a coward and a liar:
To be still active:
To be still in one's nonage:
To be strong in one's resolve:
To be struck all of a heap:

To be struck on sb:
To be struggling with adversity:
To be stumped for an answer:
To be submerged by paperwork:
To be subsidized by the State:
To be successful in doing sth:
To be suited to, for sth:
To be superior in numbers to the enemy:
To be sure of oneself:
To be swamped with work:
To be sweet on sb:
To be sworn (in):
To be taken aback:
To be taken captive:
To be taken in:
To be tantamount to sth:
To be tardy for school:
To be ten meters deep:
To be ten years old:
To be the anchorage of sb's hope:
To be the chattel of :