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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:

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:

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:

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

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 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:

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:

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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

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:

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

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:
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935
936
937
938 To be on reflection:
939
940
941
942
943
944

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:

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

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:

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1067
1068
1069
1070
1071
1072
1073
1074 To be possessed of:
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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 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

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:

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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

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:

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

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 :