Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Blood is the red liquid that flows inside your body, which you can see if you cut yourself.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
You can use ~ to refer to the race or social class of someone’s parents or ancestors.
There was Greek ~ in his veins...
N-UNCOUNT: usu supp N
3.
If you say that there is bad ~ between people, you mean that they have argued about something and dislike each other.
There is, it seems, some bad ~ between Mills and the Baldwins.
PHRASE: oft PHR between pl-n
4.
If you say that something makes your ~ boil, you are emphasizing that it makes you very angry.
It makes my ~ boil to think two thugs decided to pick on an innocent young girl.
PHRASE: V inflects emphasis
5.
If something violent and cruel is done in cold ~, it is done deliberately and in an unemotional way.
The crime had been committed in cold ~.
PHRASE: PHR after v disapproval
see also cold-~ed
6.
If you say that something makes your ~ run cold or makes your ~ freeze, you mean that it makes you feel very frightened.
The rage in his eyes made her ~ run cold...
He could hear a sudden roaring. His ~ froze.
PHRASE: V inflects emphasis
7.
If you say that someone has a person’s ~ on their hands, you mean that they are responsible for that person’s death.
He has my son’s ~ on his hands. I hope it haunts him for the rest of his days.
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8.
If a quality or talent is in your ~, it is part of your nature, and other members of your family have it too.
Diplomacy was in his ~: his ancestors had been feudal lords...
He has adventure in his ~.
PHRASE: oft v-link PHR
9.
You can use the expressions new ~, fresh ~, or young ~ to refer to people who are brought into an organization to improve it by thinking of new ideas or new ways of doing things.
There’s been a major reshuffle of the cabinet to bring in new ~...
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10.
If you say that someone sweats ~ trying to do something, you are emphasizing that they try very hard to do it.
I had to sweat ~ for an M.A.
PHRASE: V inflects emphasis
11.
flesh and ~: see flesh
own flesh and ~: see flesh