USE OF ENGLISH 1

do credit

do business

do a favour

do damage

do research

do harm/good

that will/won't do

do 60 miles (an hour)

do everything (with) in one's power

perform/put into a practice a job/work, a test, a play, one's duty

achieve sth good/useful/right

commit sth bad/wrong

practise a sport/hobby

do (sb) a good turn

do sth nice for sb else

do the honours

act as a host/hostess; perform a social duty/ceremony

do the sights

go sightseeing

do justice to

do or show sth in the best light

do the trick

work, succeed in doing sth

do the donkey work

do most of the heavy work

do wonders/miracles

have a very good affect on

do one's best

try as hard as possible

do the best sb can

try as hard as sb can

at a low ebb

worse than usual; depressed

at a loose end

having nothing to do

at one's disposal

available for use

at loggerheads

in disagreement

at ease

completely relaxed

at one's wit ends

not knowing what to do or say because sb is worried

(be) at a loss

confused, uncertain

(be) at a standstill

not moving, stopped

(be) at odds with

in disagreement

(be) at the forefront

leading position

(be) at large

escaped and still free

(be) at its/one's best

in the best state or form

(be) at a dead end

a point at which one can make no further progress

genuine + signature/antique/article/painting/interest

authentic + signature/document/painting/story

real + silk/love/friend/gold/name/problem/possibility

mouth the words

pretend to sing

(look) down in the mouth

sad and without spirit

thumb a lift

hitchhike

face up to sth

deal with

put on a brave face

show courage in times of difficulty

keep a straight face

attempt not to smile or laugh

save/lose face

avoid loss of prestige/be humiliated

head for somewhere

go

at the head of the table

at the end of the table

toe the line

obey

foot the bill

pay

foot of a mountain

the lowest part

put one's foot in it

say or do sth foolish tactless

set foot in/on

enter or visit a place

nose into

interfere

elbow one's way through the crowd

push

shoulder the blame/possibility

accept

hand it to sb

praise

hands of the clock

pointers

spine of a book

narrow parts of the cover

leg of a journey

stage of a trip

arm of a chair

part of the side of a chair

in this neck of the woods

in this area/around here

risk/stick one's neck out

put yourself in a dangerous/unpleasant situation

in the back of the beyond

at a distant/isolated place

have a lot of cheek

have cool confidence

have the heart to

be willing to do or say sth unkind or unpleasant

with the heavy heart

very unwillingly

pick one's brain

find out waht sb knows by asking questions

play it by ear

do or say what seems best at the time

hear sth from one's own lips

hear sth from the person himself

strong character/personality

a lot of character/personality

clash of personalities

be a personality

in/out of character

main character

(be) in a mood

have a particular feeling (good/bad/strange...)

be in the mood to

in no mood to

set the mood

lose one's temper

get angry

temper your language

have a temper

be in a temper

take the view

believe

on view

view sth with

in full view

take a dim view of

with a view to

change of scenery

something new

part of the scenery

spectacular scenery

make a scene

cause trouble

behind the scenes

change of scene

set the scene

set one's sights on

decide which/what you want

catch sight of

in/out of sight

lose sight of

know by sight