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arm arm sb wit, arm yourself against, take up arms (against, lay down (your) arms, up in arms (about, ‘ams contol ams race art have/get sth dowm toa fine art, art of doing, art to doing, art deco, art frm, art galley, arthouse ‘ask ask yourself th, ask sb a favour, ask alt /too much {of sb), ask sb over/round, ask sbi, for the asking, asking fr troube/ivetc, if you ask me ascociate associate sth wth authority have the authority to do, grant sb the authority to do, have authority over, have ston good authority, n authority, with authority, the authorities, local authority bback back into th, back onto sth, back sb (to do} ‘bad go bad, go from bad to worse, feel bad (about, bad for, bad at (dain), ina bad way, (n) bad faith bad appl, bad blood balance (hang) inthe balance, strike a balance, upset/ alter/edress the balance, balance betweer/of, on balance, of balance basis basis for, on a dalytemporary/et basis, onthe basis of hat behaviour behaviour towards, pattem of behaviour, on your 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mind aot, Cas a bell, clear as mud, clear case (of), clear evidence/ notion | clock se ck wah he clok, against he ck | “tf te sock ccs, clckvon come cone oa coches, cone power, oreo ww come at shouts, come o 8, conebe 251rae pters and cole dbase 252 ‘common have sth in common (wth sb), common for st/sthto do, common to, common language, the ‘common people, common practice Conclusion bring sth toa conclusion, come to / arrive at/ reach a conclusion, jump leap to conclusions, in Conclusion, conclusion of, logical conclusion, foregone conclusion consequence accept/lace the consequences, consequence of, serious/disastous/die ‘consequences, as a consequence, in consequence, of ofits conseauence consideration take into consideration, give consideration to, show consideration for, under consideration, for s's Consideration out of consideration for course run ts course, in/during the course of in due Course, on @ course, course of action/events crime commi/repor'/winess/solve a crime, fight/combat ‘time, the scene ofa crime, organised crime, cnme prevention, crime ate, crime wave ‘ry cry with painfhappiness/relit, cry over/about, cry for heb, cry yourself to step, cry your eyes/heart out, cry on sb's shoulder, have a good) ery, cry of, afar cry from date date from, date back to, Keep (sth) up to date, seta. a date, goon / make a date (with sb), ata later ture date to date ‘day make sb's day, day by day, from day today, any day now, inthis day and age, day of, day out, day tip dead 20 dead. don dead. dead (st) against (dine. in ‘dead trouble, dead and bured, dead slence, dead centre, ead and gone, dead tired, dead ahead deal dealin, deal wth, deal a biow to, make a bg deal (ut) of, cu/make/reacly'stke a deal (wth), get/have 2 ‘800d deal (on), big dea, a good/great deal of decide decie to do, decide against / in favour of, decide that, decide between, decide for yourself, decide on Aolight delight in doing, take (great) delight in dong, to BS delight, witvin delight demand demand sth from sb, meet/satisty a demand, ‘make a demand, the demand for, i demand, (on demand ony deny sb sth, deny a request, deny that, deny doin,