preposition
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be under (a) strain
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Claudia could see that he was under considerable strain.
be under an obligation (= have an obligation )
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The landlord is under an obligation to repair the house.
be under attack
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He arrived when the base was under attack from mortar and small arms fire.
be under construction (= be being built )
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A new road is currently under construction.
be under negotiation (= be being discussed )
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The contract is currently under negotiation.
be under no obligation
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An accused man is under no obligation to say anything.
be under observation (= be in the process of being watched )
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The police said that the house had been under observation.
be under (police/armed etc) guard (= to be guarded by a group of people )
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He was taken to hospital, where he is now under police guard.
be under pressure
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Apple growers are under pressure from the public to use fewer chemicals.
be under repair (= be being repaired )
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We were staying at a hotel while our house was under repair.
be under stress
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She's been under a lot of stress lately.
be/come under suspicion (= be thought to have probably done something wrong )
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He was still under suspicion of fraud.
bring a blaze under control
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For more than four hours they battled to bring the blaze under control.
bring a fire under control
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Firefighters took more than an hour to bring the fire under control.
bring...under control
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Shea used diet and exercise to bring her weight under control .
buckle under the pressure/strain/weight
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A weaker person would have buckled under the weight of criticism.
came under...control
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The whole of this area came under Soviet control after World War II.
come under attack
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Camps in the south came under attack from pro-government forces.
come under criticism/come in for criticism (= be criticized )
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The deal came under fierce criticism from other American airlines.
come under pressure
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The new Prime Minister has already come under pressure from the opposition to call an election.
come under scrutiny (= be examined )
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The cost and efficiency of the health care system has come under increasing scrutiny.
come under the heading of
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writers who might come under the heading of postmodern fiction writers
come/fall under the influence of sb/sth (= be influenced by someone or something )
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They had come under the influence of a religious sect.
crack/collapse/buckle etc under the strain (= become unable to continue normally because of the strain )
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They are worried that the court system might collapse under the strain.
directly in front of/behind/under etc sth
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It was a small house, directly behind the church.
falls under the control
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Meat production falls under the control of the Agriculture Department.
had...under control
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Firefighters had the blaze under control by 9:44 p.m.
in/under certain circumstances (= if particular conditions exist )
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In certain circumstances you may be refused a visa.
in/under normal circumstances
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Under normal circumstances, you would have to pay to go into the exhibition.
is under new management
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The factory is under new management .
keep sb under observation (= closely watch someone or something over a period of time )
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The doctor ordered that the patient be kept under observation.
keep sth under review (= continue to review it )
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He recommended that the matter should be kept under review.
keep...under control
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The Federal Reserve Bank raised interest rates to keep inflation under control .
kept under control
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Dogs are allowed on the trails if they are kept under control .
kept under surveillance
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The suspects were kept under surveillance .
muttered under...breath
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‘He’s such an unpleasant man,’ Alyssia muttered under her breath .
placed under curfew
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The whole town was placed under curfew .
place/put sb under arrest (= arrest someone )
prosecute sb under a law/Act etc
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The company is to be prosecuted under the Health and Safety Act.
put sb under pressure (= put a lot of pressure on them )
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They were put under pressure to sign confessions.
sleep under the stars (= in a place with no roof )
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In the desert, they slept out under the stars.
trades under...name
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The firm now trades under the name Lanski and Weber.
under arrest (= the police are guarding him )
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A man is under arrest following the suspicious death of his wife.
under control
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‘Do you need any help?’ ‘No. It’s under control , thanks.’
under cover of darkness (= when darkness makes you less likely to be seen )
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The attack was planned to take place under cover of darkness.
under cross-examination
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He broke down under cross-examination .
under examination
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The handling of the matter is under examination by congressional investigators.
under starter’s orders (= about to begin the race )
under...alias
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a spy operating under the alias Barsad
under...sedation
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The patient was still under heavy sedation .
was under no illusion that
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She was under no illusion that he loved her.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(come/work etc) under the umbrella of sth
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A whole range of behaviour is subsumed under the umbrella of bureaucratic self-interest.
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Finally, war served to bring all members of a society, soldier and civilian, under the umbrella of national consciousness.
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Governments also use the more industrially orientated labs under the umbrella of the Fraunhofer society.
(dark) circles under your eyes
(right) under sb's nose
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Pat's car was stolen, almost from under his nose .
be (all) water under the bridge
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However, this is water under the bridge.
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To some extent, that is water under the bridge.
be below/under par
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For a second year, economic growth has been substantially below par .
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I haven't been up to par since the operation.
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He later warned the council's executive committee chairman Erica Wheeler that Mrs Ware's work was below par .
be born under a lucky/unlucky star
be in/under sb's charge
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Soldiers under Bensen's charge say he was a harsh but fair commander.
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Hell, those goons were in complete charge , with their car caravans, squealing their tires around, intimidating people.
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It had no idea if the private hospitals were in turn charging their patients.
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Local organisers are responsible both for the academic and technical staffing of a vehicle whilst it is in their charge .
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Pain and anger were very much part of the proceedings, as they always are in McGovern's charged dramas.
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Perhaps Elena thought that if she was in sole charge she could make a proper tyrant out of him.
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The Producer would still be in overall charge , but his or her role was now far more strategic than tactical.
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There will again be Joint and Several liability as there was in Community Charge .
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When al Molqi took off, he was under the charge of Roman Catholic charity workers.
be snowed under
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Don't expect any help from them -- they're snowed under at the moment.
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Since the hurricane, builders and roofers have been snowed under with work.
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He had applied for a grant but at the time Liverpool City Council was snowed under by applications.
be under house arrest
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He, he was under house arrest.
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The editor of the party newspaper is under house arrest for printing a report about tanks being moved out of Tirana.
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We are not in darkest prison like our brothers and sisters in the flesh, but we are under house arrest.
be under sb's thumb
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Meg's really got Darren under her thumb .
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He was showing her that she was under his thumb .
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Judges are under the thumb of the bureaucracy.
be under siege
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The President was under siege from war protesters on the sidewalk.
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Everton's goal was under siege .
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Guei, who promised quick elections for a civilian government, is under siege from within the army.
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Penn, Cage and Leigh give these career performances at a time when movie acting is under siege by special effects.
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Read in studio Britain's churches are under siege , according to the company which insures them.
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The Army and the police remained under intense pressure in the Jaffna peninsula where many camps and stations were under siege .
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Your organization is under siege because you and your colleagues have been lax.
be under the impression (that)
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I was under the impression that you couldn't get a parking ticket on private property.
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The average American is under the mistaken impression that wildlife refuges have been set up to protect animals.
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Because alcohol is a central nervous system depressant, many people are under the impression that it improves sleep.
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Both Halle and Sethe were under the impression that they were hidden.
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I was under the impression that people who rented council houses would have to pay the new council tax in addition to their rents.
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I was under the impression that we shared certain things equally.
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My own service was under the impression that it had the huntin' and shootin' rights in this country.
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She must be under the impression it was him.
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She seemed to be under the impression more guests were coming, but nobody else ever came.
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They were under the impression that all strike offenses had to be violent or serious.
be under way
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And efforts are under way to develop new types of technology that may be better suited to remote communities.
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However, once the project is under way , no personnel changes will be allowed. 27.
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More serious basketball is under way next door.
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Repeat trials in conjunction with Silsoe Research Institute are under way to confirm that potential.
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Secret negotiations are under way with jailed mobsters to bring him down.
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Shooting exercises were under way nearby; their presence was verboten.
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The administration had now returned to its official residence, and the business of government was under way .
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The army also confirmed that a fresh effort to take Lunsar was under way .
be/come under fire
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Campbell came under fire for his handling of the negotiations.
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Grain-based cereal prices already have come under fire from Capitol Hill, with a report in mid-March by Reps.
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He added that to be accurate, the aircraft would have to risk coming under fire .
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He, in turn, came under fire from conservative Republicans in his home state.
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Its stance has come under fire from the president of the private sector's wood alliance, Corma.
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Peacekeeping forces came under fire in isolated incidents.
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Sir Derek came under fire from several shareholders.
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The service came under fire as scores of roads across the province were clogged with snow, snarling traffic and causing chaos.
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When crop-dusters come under fire , it is up to DynCorp helicopter pilots to provide support.
be/get under your feet
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The kids have been under my feet all day long.
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That way you will not be under her feet .
chuck sb under the chin
come under attack/fire/scrutiny etc
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At a deeper level, however, the concept of the mentally abnormal female offender has come under scrutiny.
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He added that to be accurate, the aircraft would have to risk coming under fire.
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He said the company came under scrutiny along with other insurers after allegations were first made against Metropolitan Life in 1993.
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In addition to facing the ire of frustrated riders, Muni has also come under fire recently from federal safety officials.
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Patrick is generally regarded as having been an aggressive enforcer of civil-rights laws and often came under fire from conservatives.
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Police came under attack from bottles, bricks and plastic crates.
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Sir Derek came under fire from several shareholders.
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Their vehicle came under fire but was not hit.
come/go under the hammer
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A collection of prints and paintings by Picasso came under the hammer at Sotheby's yesterday.
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Three Renoir paintings will come under the hammer at Sotheby's in New York.
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As for football, it also came under the hammer for the usual reasons.
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Hundreds of items go under the hammer to save a medieval manor.
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In 1972 it failed to reach reserve price when it came under the hammer at auction.
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It was part of the contents of a unique toy museum in Buckinghamshire most of which came under the hammer today.
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Read in studio A collection of battered old toys has come under the hammer at an auction today.
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So that and nearly 500 other lots will go under the hammer at Sotherbys tomorrow.
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The rest of his collection is going under the hammer .
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They will go under the hammer at the London auctioneers Spink on 17 May.
cut the ground from under sb's feet
do sth under protest
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They finally paid the full bill under protest .
down under
draw a line under sth
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I can't allow him to draw a line under my relationship with Gloria.
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She liked to draw lines under things.
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The Office of Government Commerce was set up last April to draw a line under this relatively poor performance.
drink sb under the table
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He was 24, highly intelligent, could drink Malc under the table and had a dry, lightning wit.
everything/anything etc under the sun
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Andrew and I spent many hours on the Windrush porch discussing almost everything under the sun from party politics to mystic transcendentalism.
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Some people think that the police can do everything under the sun like, but of course you can't.
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There literally is everything under the sun , and you're free to do as much or as little as you want.
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They discussed everything under the sun .
fly/slip under sb's/the radar
get hot under the collar
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But they get hot under the collar about trips behind the old Iron Curtain.
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Read in studio Two leading ice cream manufacturers are getting hot under the collar in a row over trade.
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Third, people should get hot under the collar when presented with dreary architecture.
get under sb's skin
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Kids will say some mean things to try and get under your skin .
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But this class was dearly getting under his skin .
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He had got under her skin , and after half an hour she went home alone, not content with second-best.
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It will not be easy given the Sri Lankan propensity for getting under the skin of the opposition.
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So, come on you literary types; stop fretting about Orwell and start getting under our skins .
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Sure he could get under your skin but so would St Francis of Assisi on a job like this.
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Why did she let him get under her skin like this?
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Why should there be a surface to get beneath, a skin to get under?
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Why was she allowing Doreen to get under her skin in this manner?
have sth under your belt
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Once you've had a few lessons under your belt , you're ready to buy your own ski equipment.
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It's difficult to get matches under your belt when you're like that.
hide your light under a bushel
in/under the lee of sth
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A lone cat was padding almost invisibly along in the lee of a low wall.
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Observed examples of these relationships occur sometimes in the lee of cliffs.
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The horse landscape Today in a horse landscape horses steam in the lee of thorn hedges on soaking fields.
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The strange, fixed weather vane that stands in the lee of the vicarage at Rennes-le-Chateau.
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The unclothed, except when swimming, stayed in the background, secluded in the lee of a dune.
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They were standing in the lee of a hedge in the corner of an oil-seed field.
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Thirty years ago it had been just another village hiding in the lee of the Wolds.
keep sth under wraps
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Ford's new range of cars is being kept firmly under wraps until the Geneva auto show.
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It's been suggested the report was kept under wraps to avoid controversy.
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But in the interests of security we are keeping the information under wraps .
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But Micky's very careful to keep it under wraps .
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But officials deny they've been keeping their proposals under wraps .
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Now his biggest concern is keeping his excitement under wraps .
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The Left would like a civilian, but if there is a candidate it is keeping him under wraps .
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The plans are still being kept tightly under wraps , partly through the fear that Mowden might try to scupper them.
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There is some multimedia hardware on-board that the company is trying to keep pretty much under wraps .
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Which is why, if you've got a bad temper, you probably do your utmost to keep it under wraps .
keep sth under your hat
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Rather than wear your heart on your sleeve, you keep it under your hat .
labour under a delusion/misconception/misapprehension etc
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Well, dear Rex was either lying or labouring under a misapprehension.
light a fire under sb
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They had come in the night and lit a fire under the stage.
not let the grass grow under your feet
on/under pain of death
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In effect, each is swearing to keep it on pain of death.
pull the rug (out) from under sb/sb's feet
put sth under the microscope
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We put everything under the microscope .
put the skids under sth
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The paint that puts the skids under barnacles is being adopted by Porter International for protective coatings in the United States.
shadows under your eyes
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Duhamel's face was white; the shadows under his eyes seemed to deepen.
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Even with the blinds down, she could see the dark shadows under her eyes.
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He noted the shadows under her eyes.
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How fresh she looked every morning, despite the slight shadows under her eyes which denoted not much sleep.
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Mr Stead was middle-aged and paunchy, with deep shadows under his eyes and square rimless glasses.
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On Monday morning Sam came to class events with dark shadows under his eyes, looking ten years older over a weekend.
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One day she came to history class with dark shadows under her eyes.
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She still looked pale, with deep shadows under her eyes.
sweep/brush sth under the carpet
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Refuse to sweep difficulties under the carpet but sort things out even when it is painful.
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We knew that it wouldn't just go away if we swept it under the carpet.
take sb under your wing
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Adrienne, eleven years older, had taken the 19-year-old singer under her wing .
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He had sized me up, he said, and had decided to take me under his wing .
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Tom took the young reporter under his wing .
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Adrienne, eleven years older, had taken her under her wing .
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Gyorgy Aczel, the liberal-minded ideology chief, spotted the talented regional boss and took him under his wings .
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He had sized me up, he later explained, and had decided to take me under his wing .
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He understood that the boy had had little formal education until Edouard took him under his wing .
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Nor could you expect some sage old workman to take you under his wing and bestow upon you his store of knowledge.
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Simon's uncle had taken him under his wing , so Simon and his wife, Mary, half lived there.
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They monitor the student at the work site and take them under their wing .
under (the) cover of darkness/night
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Kawaja fueled speculation by publicly suggesting that barrels of the by-product were shipped out under cover of night.
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Later, under cover of darkness, they crept into the house, where Charles hid for the night in the attic.
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Locals under the cover of darkness.
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Several of us ducked out under cover of darkness, even as others arrived.
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The actual emergence usually takes place under cover of darkness.
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They would exit under cover of darkness at one of numerous drop-zones fifty kilometres from the vast sprawl of Sagramaso City.
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They would pull out under cover of darkness.
under a cloud (of suspicion)
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According to the researchers, the new cell actually works better under cloud cover than in full sunlight.
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Decades of wallpaper peeling under clouds of dust.
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For all these reasons wooden aeroplanes are under a cloud at the moment.
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He passes away under a cloud , inscrutable at heart, forgotten, unforgiven, and excessively romantic.
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Not only must they care for distressed and disturbed young people, but they must do so under a cloud .
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Sometimes the pressure we were under clouded our judgment.
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The sight of these two storming along under a cloud of canvas is enough to stir the blood of most landlubbers.
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We argued about it, and when I left, I left under a cloud .
under canvas
under cover
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an undercover cop
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Cobb worked on the case under cover for the FBI.
under false pretences
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He got a loan from the bank under false pretences.
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Immigration officers attempt to catch people entering the country under false pretenses.
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He brought me down here to work for him under false pretences.
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He was only interested in himself and his business, and had married her under false pretences.
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I felt as if I was there under false pretences.
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I got into your office under false pretences, but there was no other way.
under glass
under lock and key
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Oswald's FBI file has been kept under lock and key.
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If they had kept me under lock and key from my fifteenth birthday until my twentieth, I might have escaped.
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Since then, that length of self-healing cable has been kept under lock and key at the railway inspectorate building at Reading.
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Smith's copies have spent the last six days under lock and key at its Dunstable depot.
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The older children were no longer kept under lock and key.
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Wherever they are kept, they should be out of reach of children and, where appropriate, under lock and key.
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With Petersen under lock and key, life for the gumshoes of the Office of Security returned to normal.
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Your master should really have kept the book under lock and key.
under no circumstances
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And under no circumstances are you allowed to vote for me.
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But under no circumstances comfort the baby, or hold the baby.
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Etiquette demanded that under no circumstances would he change his mind.
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Juvenile Court proceedings can be reported but under no circumstances may any child involved in the proceedings be identified.
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Lydon was adamant that under no circumstances would he rejoin the group.
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Tears must not be allowed to fill their eyes and under no circumstances run down their cheeks.
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That is, under no circumstances must I mention to anyone that I have turned down an invitation to return to Blighty.
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The trouble with the proposal was that under no circumstances would the United States give up its ultimate veto on the bombs.
under offer
under plain cover/under separate cover
under sail
under sb's roof
under sb's watchful eye
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Although its voluntary recruits diminished, the order had managed to limp on for nearly two centuries under Ixmarity's watchful eye.
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Amelia learned stunting under his watchful eye, to become competent in the air no matter what the conditions.
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No such extravagance here, as under the watchful eye of Asquith, he launched into some of his best known songs.
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She felt absolutely helpless and extremely vulnerable standing completely unclothed under his watchful eyes.
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The second best is under the watchful eye or with the help of a relative.
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Thwarted, he then embraced her stiffly before taking the baby in his arms under the watchful eye of his wife.
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Today, the Reichardt duck farm is run under the watchful eye of Jim Reichardt, great grandson of the original founder.
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Voice over Back at the Young Telegraph, their final copy is put together under the watchful eye of a full-time reporter.
under the (watchful/stern etc) eye of sb
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He flashed his security pass under the eyes of the two armed guards posted beside the exit door.
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The hoopla also continued well into the night outside the casinos under the eyes of Las Vegas police and security guards.
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They act out roles and techniques under the watchful eye of their instructors.
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Thwarted, he then embraced her stiffly before taking the baby in his arms under the watchful eye of his wife.
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Today, the Reichardt duck farm is run under the watchful eye of Jim Reichardt, great grandson of the original founder.
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Voice over Back at the Young Telegraph, their final copy is put together under the watchful eye of a full-time reporter.
under the aegis of sb/sth
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The refugee camp operates under the aegis of the UN.
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And under the aegis of the Duke, a powerful protector, Strayhorn was able to live an openly gay life.
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More often than not, racial themes enter the conversation of the YCs under the aegis of fun.
under the auspices of sb/sth
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A research project has been set up under the auspices of the University of Michigan.
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Further talks took place in Rome on Dec. 20 under the auspices of the verification commission.
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Giambologna's equestrian statue of Cosimo I has been cleaned under the auspices of the Pegasus consortium.
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This was opened in 1986 under the auspices of the Drugs Council and a local housing trust.
under the banner of sth
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Kassar is expected to produce one or two films a year at Paramount under the banner of a still-unnamed production company.
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Knights who had ridden forth under the banner of this leader or that rode back on their own.
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On the other side are those who march under the banner of Unity.
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Our links with the press are strong and we provide copy ready material and photographs under the banner of Media Action.
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Third World countries struggled for national independence and did so often under the banner of nationalist socialism.
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This familiarity, this friendliness of science is fast disappearing under the banner of standardisation.
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Within 12 months the Moderation movement had collapsed and in 1835 the abstainers re-grouped under the banner of Total Abstinence.
under the counter
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And they sell under the counter , you know.
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That box of spark plugs under the counter is a cache.
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Then he reached under the counter for his slim green ledgers.
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There's pots to wash and a broom under the counter .
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This time you bring back a whole box of plugs to put under the counter .
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Without waiting to lift the flap she slipped under the counter .
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Yet we all know that it goes on - under the counter , as it were.
under the heel of sb/sth
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The country is once more under the heel of a dictator.
under the influence (of alcohol/drink/drugs etc)
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Cowan suggests that the strength of the excitatory interactions increases relative to that of the inhibitory interactions under the influence of the drug.
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Teenagers under the influence of the locally produced khat narcotic plant were said to be responsible for much of the artillery fire.
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The motor velocity increases under the influence of the positive torque and the equilibrium position is attained with maximum velocity.
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The roads, under the influence of the rain, were becoming shocking.
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The weather became cooler under the influences of cold breezes from the frozen north, observed my master.
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Today I write this, happily, under the influence of a drug.
under the inspiration of sb
under the knife
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Again and again he goes under the knife .
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Ards went under the knife last night.
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Bet you didn't know Northern Ireland star Michael Hughes was under the knife several weeks ago?
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Every attack was accompanied by the certain knowledge that within a couple of hours I'd be under the knife .
under the plough
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Half a million acres came newly under the plough between 1761 and 1792, one million more during the Napoleonic Wars.
under the same roof/under one roof
under the table
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payments made under the table to local officials
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They paid him under the table so he wouldn't have to pay taxes.
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A perfect end to a perfect day: a chocolate-smeared face peers up from under the table .
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Andrea suddenly ducked under the table to avoid Heather.
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Anna sees something under the table by the tree.
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At that I push the chair all the way under the table and we give each other these glowing smiles.
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He looks under the table and sees a bare toe rubbing the toe of his sneaker.
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He thought she looked maddeningly attractive, and emboldened by the fine claret, pressed his knee against hers under the table .
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It can be hidden from the tax man, laundered to disguise its source and passed under the table in bribes.
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They laughed so hard they slid under the table .
under the weather
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I hear you've been a bit under the weather . Are you feeling better now?
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Louise looked a little under the weather when I saw her.
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Mike's feeling a little under the weather so he couldn't come tonight.
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Although he was not as ill as he had made out to Elaine, he still felt a bit under the weather .
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And young Curtis has been a bit under the weather , missed training this week, so he's out.
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I began to feel under the weather on Thursday morning after leaving Haslemere.
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It was too early in the trip for a serious attempt and all of us were decidedly under the weather .
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Like our own, Botham's finances are a little under the weather .
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Marie's pretty under the weather for the next couple of days.
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You will have off days when you are tired or a bit under the weather .
under your breath
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"Son of a bitch," Bill muttered under his breath .
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And, as he played, he seemed to talk to himself under his breath .
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Greatly relieved, he muttered under his breath and crossed himself several times.
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He hissed those words under his breath , your friend, his fingers digging mindlessly into the clear plastic packets of prophylactics.
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He swore under his breath and then quickly thrust the sack back into the water.
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Major Roland Tuck swore peaceably under his breath .
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Peter muttered something resentful under his breath , but did as she asked.
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Quietly, under my breath , I began humming Handel.
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Sitting back, humming under his breath , he scanned the waters for anything that might present itself.
under your own steam
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Can you manage to get up to the house under your own steam while I bring up the food?
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I never thought Sal and Thomas would make it here under their own steam !
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He left unexplained why, if that was his view, he had not gone under his own steam somewhat earlier.
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He would prefer an assistant who was prepared to be directed, not one who would dash away under their own steam .
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It now stands in North Road museum having last moved under its own steam in 1925.
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Otherwise, they'd be all over the place under their own steam .
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We need to know whether Paul got to the Cathedral under his own steam and at what time.
under/given the circumstances
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Besides, under the circumstances , the risk had to be taken.
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Especially under the circumstances and all.
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He made some measure of pass at me. Given the circumstances of a cheese dip, it was cheering.
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He said that he felt that its terms were the best obtainable under the circumstances .
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Perhaps under the circumstances it made sense to remain in the one place.
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Their disciplined behavior under the circumstances impressed my father.
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Well given the circumstances who can blame them.
under/on false pretences
under/on tow
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Maintenance costs on tow motors were slashed.
well-fed/under-fed/poorly-fed
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Where's the cat?" "She crawled under the couch."
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A small dog scampered into the room and dived under the table.
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Children under 16 will not be admitted without an adult.
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He's been working under Amato for six months.
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He has a small scar under his nose.
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He was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.
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I've been under a lot of stress lately.
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I could see something glittering under the water.
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If there's no one at home, just shove the letter under the door.
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In our library, novels are classified under Crime, Romance, and General.
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It is one of the largest mountain ranges under the Pacific ocean.
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Krentz writes historical romances under the name Amanda Quick.
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Selling alcohol to anyone under age 21 is a crime.
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Several of the employees under him complained of his bullying behavior.
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Several of the stolen items were found buried under Mackie's house.
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She has at least 40 people under her at Shell.
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The Association of British Travel Agents is listed under "Trade Associations and Professional Bodies" in the Yellow Pages.
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The information is filed under the child's last name.
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The organization is tax exempt under section 501 of the tax code.
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The pen fell under the desk.