(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
locking on (to a target, esp. by radar)
two-tone coloring; two-tone colouring
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
(carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin
clotted blood; gore; sticky clots of blood
street at night; making a night journey
to expose oneself (e.g. to danger)
complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used
power balance; balance of power
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
respect and affection; love and respect
model; pattern; paragon; exemplar
vast; limitless; boundless
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
meal set before one; women's advances
superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)
essence and fringe; beginning and ending; root and branch; means and end
predation; eating prey; preying upon
two characters; two letters; (arch.) garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); (arch.) Chinese chives
no way to do; nothing can be done
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening