n.
deed
event
1) to do a ~ (she did a nice ~ when she offered to help; to do great ~s; to do the right ~)
2) a bad; difficult; easy; good; mean; nasty; nice; sensible; strange; stupid; terrible ~; the right; wrong ~
3) a ~ to + inf. (it was an easy ~ to do; it was the wrong ~ to do)
object
4) to use a ~ for (don't use this ~ for removing paint)
facts, details
5) to get a ~ out of smb. (I couldn't get a ~ out of her)
6) to know a ~ about (he doesn't know a ~ about music); to know a ~ or two ('to know quite a bit')
fact, point
( colloq. )
7) the ~ is that + clause (the ~ is that I still have a great deal of work to do; the other ~ is that I really don't want to go)
article of clo~
8) not to have a ~ to wear (I don't have a ~ to wear)
9) to put on; take off one's ~s
possessions, effects
10) to pack one's ~s
step
11) the first; next ~ (the next ~ is to submit your application)
person of a certain type
12) a pretty; poor ~ (a pretty little ~; you poor ~)
thought, idea
13) to say the right ~
matters
(used in the plural)
14) to even ~s up
15) to see ~s (as they are)
16) ( misc. ) all ~s considered ('with every~ taken into account'); ~s don't look good; ~s are looking up for us; how do ~s stand? how are ~s?
utensils
17) to clear the (breakfast) ~s away
individual
18) a living ~ (there wasn't a living ~ in sight)
fear
obsession
( colloq. )
19) a ~ about (she has a ~ about flying)
misc.
20) to do one's ~ ('to do what one feels competent or motivated to do'); any old ~ ('any~ at all'); a sure ~ ('smt. that is certain to succeed'); of all ~s ('most surprisingly'); to tell smb. a ~ or two ('to tell smb. frankly what one thinks')