3. I don’t even know what to do to find out until I can sit down at my desk awhile, look over their insults and try to make some sense for myself. (m. Wilson)

4. The agreement didn’t make sense. (I. Murdoch)

5. Then we’ll get together and go through all this material and try to make some sense of it. (m. Wilson)

to be up to something - 1) occupied or busy with 2) privately planning or plotting some scheme

1. What have you been up to since I saw you last? (W.S. Maugham)

2. I thought about Anna and about what in the world she could be up to. (I. Murdoch)

3. Hal was the worst of the lot and always up to some devilment. (S. Anderson)

4.”Come on”, said Miss Handforth, “has the cat got your tongue? What have you two been up to there, may I ask?” Donald and Felicity were silent. (I. Murdoch)

to be up to doing something - to feel up to, to be capable of doing something

1. “I want air. Are you up to walking?” “Rather”. (J. Galsworthy)

to be all in (all done up, all out) - to be tired, tired out, exhausted

2. “Sit down”. He waved her to a stool, himself taking the bench. “I’m really about all in, you know. There’s no turnpike from the Yukon here”. (J. London)

3. “Things are different down here”, Miller explained. “You don’t have to eat dogs. You think different just about the time you are all in. You’ve never been all in, so you don’t know anything about it”. (J. London)

4. She stepped towards him with a movement that was horribly cringing. “You’ve got me beat, I’m all in. You won’t make me go back to “Frisco”?” (W.S. Maugham)

to drop in (pop in) - to make a casual visit

1. He had developed the habit of dropping in on her sometimes during the week to discuss the latest news about Jan. (D. Cusack)

2. You’ll probably get sick of me popping in. (D. Cusack)

3. I just thought I’d pop in and ask you if by any chance you wanted a kitten, Miss Blacklock? (A. Christie)

to turn on somebody - to face in a hostile manner

1. He never felt like a foreigner in Spanish and they didn’t really treat him like a foreigner most of the time. Only when they turned on you. They turned on you often, but they always turned on everyone. (E. Hemingway)

2. The big fleshy brunette was busy... He made a timid gesture with his hand. "A cup of tea, please". The brunette turned on him. (A .Sillitoe)

3. If he came home late and she reproached him, he frowned and turned on her in an overbearing way. (D. Lawrence)

4. On the other hand, of course, there was the possibility that Cowperwood might one day turn on him and accuse him of relations with her. (Th. Dreiser)

the last straw – a slight addition to a burden, task, hardship etc.which makes it unbearable

1. The man bounced off the wall and came back with his hands grabbing for Charles’ throat. This was the last straw. (J. Wain)

2. On top of all my troubles, this was the last straw. (A. Cronin)

3. At the hotel he found Joe, too busy all day with the laundry to have come to him earlier. It was the last straw, but Martin gripped the arms of his chair and talked and listened for half an hour. (J. London)

to let bygones be bygones – to forget what happened in the past

1. “You never liked Harry, did you?” he said softly. “After the way he behaved to you – “Simeon cackled. He said: “Al, but bygones must be bygones. That’s the spirit for Christmas, isn’t it, Lydia?” (A.Christie)

2. “Irene”, he said, “let bygones be bygones”. (J. Galsworthy)