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They defused the bomb before it could blow up.

Blow out all the candles on the birthday cake at once.

blew; blown

Blow me down!

Isn't it better to get drunk and cut loose once in a while and blow off the tension of daily frustration?

An autumn breeze begins to blow.

Don't be so worked up over this thing. It will all blow over before you know it.

Iaido is a form of swordsmanship in which one strikes down an attacking opponent with one blow of the sword quickly drawn out of its sheath, whether the practitioner is sitting or walking.

When you blow across the top of an open bottle, it makes a noise.

Tom was dealt another emotional blow when his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer

Did you and Joan have a blow up?

Your nose is running. Blow it.

dealing a profound blow to U.S. allies and potentially deepening the president's isolation on the world stage

This optimism received a crashing blow at the hands of William Wrede in his theory of the messianic secret

You can get good food for a modest sum at the restaurant.

To sum up, we can say that his new novel is disappointing.

a sum of money

I'll pay any sum you ask—within reason.

A module is said to be semisimple if it is the sum of simple submodules.

In addition to that sum he still owes me ten dollars.

I paid in a lump sum when I bought a television set.

So to sum up...

- suma (pieniędzy), kwota

Asked about her job, she said, "My job is too complicated to sum up in a word."

If you sum up feminist counselling in a few words, I suppose it would be counselling done from a woman's standpoint.

Credit is the amount or sum placed at a person's disposal by a bank; a loan of money.

List data can easily be totalled using the automatic sum function.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life — It goes on.

Powerlifting is a sport in which athletes compete to lift the maximum sum weight of the three heavy weight events, squat, bench press and deadlift.

After it rains and the ground is damp, it's easier to pull weeds.

Horses used to pull road-rollers, but the steamroller arrived with the invention of the steam engine.

Don't pull.

The operation was really touch and go there for awhile but the doctor thinks he'll pull through.

If we all pull together we should be able to get the country out of the mess it's in.

Traditionally on April 1st, people pull pranks on each other.

If I get a good mark, I can pull off an A in biology.

Since the favorite and his rival were running against each other a dark horse like him was able to pull out in front.

From time to time, a proposal to pull down a much-loved old building to make room for a new block of flats, raises a storm of angry protest.

Look, if push comes to shove I have no doubt she'll pull rank on you to get her way.

About the wedding ... It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance to be the main attraction, so instead of doing it on a shoestring, why not pull out all the stops and make a great show of it?

How did you pull off that agreement?

leaning back against the pull; the pull of the moon; the pull of the current

He looks like James Dean, no wonder he pulls all the ladies.

Democracy is the worst form of government, except all the others that have been tried.

How nice of you!

Of course.

It took me more than two hours to translate a few pages of English.

A box of chocolates

We were sitting peacefully at dinner, when all of a sudden the lights went out.

To the best of my knowledge, this chemical will prevent germs from breeding.

Eat a live frog every morning, and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.

Genes consist of a specific sequence of DNA.

Carpentry and bricklaying are examples of manual labor.

By the age of seven, he had already made his own bow and arrows.

When we started out in 2009, I was convinced that our store would become one of the best in the city.

I'm very particular about what kind of people I invite into my house.

If a man wants to learn to sound like a native speaker of Japanese, he shouldn't only learn Japanese from women. The reverse is true for a woman.

Something you should know about me is that I half of what I say is meaningless.

It's a complete mess, and it's getting on my nerves.

We wouldn't be in this mess if you'd just done what I told you.

If you mess with drugs, you're asking for trouble.

*lippy and messy

The situation in Kyrgyzstan is a real mess.

There's no need to tell on him and mess up their marriage.

If we all pull together we should be able to get the country out of the mess it's in.

If rain was enough to get phone-lines crossed then Japan would be in a right mess, wouldn't it?

I would hate to see him mess up one of his butterfly knife tricks.

Is there really any guy who has such a sad face when they mess up?

It took several hours to clear the mess left from the wreck of the truck and several cars.

A mess this is a state in which no order.

Sorry - the place is a bit of a mess. When I got home, the house was a complete mess. The burglars left the house in an awful mess. You can make cookies if you promise not to MAKE a mess in the kitchen.

Lanes in both directions are closed at the moment while police try to clear up the mess.

A disorderly/dirty state/thing. Sb is a mess: his life is in a state of confusion or disorganization. Also an untidy jumble of things. Can mean ‘trouble or an unpleasant situation.’ Mess UP: ‘to make sth dirty/untidy’ & ‘to ruin sth’/‘to make sth fail.’

The cones of the jack pine, for example, do not readily open to release their seeds until they have been subjected to great heat.

Jack isn't here.

Jack broke his mother's valuable vase, but he didn't do it on purpose, so she wasn't angry.

The speeding vehicle skidded and crashed head-on into the rear-end of a truck before the driver could say Jack Robinson.

With the money Jack won from his lawsuit, he should be able to live on easy street.

Juan was Costa Rican, whilst Pierre and Jack came from Réunion and South Africa respectively.

There was an explosion, and before anyone could say Jack Robinson, the airplane burst into flame and fell.

Come on Jack, it's Christmas. You've got to get into the spirit of things.

We are all poor swimmers with the possible exception of Jack.

It was him as told me what to do. "Dye your hair, Jack," he says; "it's what I've had to myself," he says. "They won't have old men nowadays, at no price."

It isn't true that Jack is no good at music; on the contrary, he plays the piano well.

Averaging over 100 miles per hour on the highway, Jack easily set off the police radar.

Jack once gave a helping hand to Robert, who was in trouble; and now Robert, in turn, is of great help to Jack.

During the recent trip to America, I made friends with Jack.

Mary blamed Jack for leaving their children unattended.

Stay with us.

During his stay in London, he is going to visit his cousin.

Our vacation was so much fun that we decided to stay an extra week.

The people in the next room stay up until all hours doing God knows what.

The bank robber shouted, "Stay where you are, all of you!"

Tom could hardly believe his ears when he heard that Mary was coming back home to stay.

I think he should stay away from drugs of any sort.

Though his stay in Europe was transient, Spenser felt he had learned much more about interactions with other people from traveling than he did at college.

Tom can't stay for long so let's get the meeting started.

If you stay at a big hotel, you can use their swimming pool.

Something you should know about me is that I stay up until late at night.

Stay home so that you can answer the phone.

Until what time does your pharmacy stay open?

She took full advantage of her stay in London to improve her English.

People stay in one place while meditating.