The detective felt no qualms about bending the rules

The book is a classic in every sense of the word

in the nude

The absent party is always to blame

to do the chores

the previous year

The house was on fire.

The music is great!

The rose-bush blooms

The feeling is somehow the same and yet quite different.

The meal was not exactly inspiring

The committee studied the minutiae of the report for hours

of the last importance

at the risk of one’s life

The apple never falls far from the tree

the luck of the Irish

to be the dupe of someone

to do the dirty on someone

by the end of May

At the most you will get 1,000 Euros for the car

At the sound of the last tone it will be 9 o’clock

The disease is contagious

The event was rained off

in the offing

the lull before the storm