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feel it beneath one (to do something)

thing.Ł Please fłel free to stay for dnner. upon, but she took each of the children
If you see somłthing you want in the re- home after the brthdØy party.
frigerator, please fłel free.
feelŁ someone out to try to find out how
feelŁitŁbeneathŁ one (to do something) to feel sàmeone feelsŁ(about something).Ł(In-
that on would be lowering onself to do formal.ŁThisŁdoesŁnot involve touching
something.Ł Ann fłels it błneath her to anyàne.) Sally tried to fłel Tom out on
carry her own luggage. I would do it, whether he’d make a contribution. T The
but I fłel it błneath me. studłnts felt out their parents to find out
feelŁlikeŁa millØon (dłllars) to feel well what they thought about the proposed
andŁhealthy, both physicallyŁandŁmen- party.
tally. A quick swim in the morning feelŁ something in one’ boneð and kàow
makes me fłel like a million dollars. something in one’ boneð to sense some-
What a beautiful dØy! It makes you fłel thing;Łto have anŁintuitionŁabout some-
like a million. thing.Ł The train will be lØte. I fłel it in
feelŁlikeŁa newŁperson to feelŁrefresłed my bones. I failed the test. I know it in
andŁrenewed,ŁespeciallyŁafterŁgettingŁwell my bones.
orŁgettingŁdressedŁup.Ł I bought a new feelŁtheŁpinch to experience hardshipŁbe-
suit, and now I fłel like a new peroon. cause of having too little money. The
Bob felt like a new peroon when he got out Smiths uoed to go abroad every year, but
of the hosptal.
now that he’s retired, they’re really fłelng
feelŁ likeŁ doingtsomething 1. to want to do the pnch. You’re bound to fłel the pncð
something;Ł to be inŁ the moodŁ to dà a bt when you’re a studłnt.
something.Ł Do you fłel like stoppng
work to eat somłthing? I fłel like going feelŁupŁto something to feel well enough or
on a vacØtion. 2. to feel well enough to do preparedŁenough to do something. (Of-
something.Ł I believe I’m getting well. I tenŁinŁthe negative.) I don’t fłel up to
fłel like głtting out of bed. I doà’t fłel jogging todØy. Aunt Mary didà’t fłel up
like going to the party. I have a headache. to making the visit. Do you fłel up to go-
ing out todØy?
feelŁlikeŁ(having)Ł something to want to have
sàmethingŁor do sàmething. I fłel like feelingŁ no pain drunk.Ł Bob’s on his
having a nice cool drink. I fłel like a nicł eighth beer and fłelng no pain. At mid-
swim. night when we were all fłelng no pain, the
landlord comes up and Łells us to be qiet.
feelŁ one’ głrgeŁrise to sense that one is
gettingŁveryŁangry.Ł I felt my gorge rise feàceŁ someone in to restrict someone in
and I knew I was going to lose my Łemper. some way.Ł (Also literal.Ł Se also hem
Bob could fłel his gorge rise as he read someone or something in.) I don’t want to
his tax bill. fłnce you in, but you have to głt home ear-
lier at night. Doà’t try to fłnce me in. I
feelŁon topŁofŁtheŁwłrld to feelŁvery good,
asŁif one were rulingŁthe world.Ł I fłel need a lot of freedom.
on top of the world this morning. I do fendŁforŁ oneself Go to shift for oneself.
not actually fłel on top of the world, but I
have felt worse. ferretŁ something outŁofŁ someone ortsomething
to remove or retrieve somthing from
feelŁoutŁofŁplace to feel that one does not someone or something, usuallyŁwith cun-
blongŁinŁaŁplace.Ł I fłel out of place at ningŁ andŁ persistence.Ł (InŁ the case of
formal dances. Bob and Ann felt out of someone, the thingŁ beingŁ ferretedŁ out
place at the picnic, so they włnt home.
wouldŁ be infàrmation.) I tried very
feelŁput-upon to feelŁtakenŁadvantage of or hard, but I couldà’t ferret the nformØtion
exploited. Bill refused to help because out of the clerk. I had to ferret out the
he felt put-upon. Sally’s mother felt put- answer from a book in the library.

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