Phrases and Collocations for Fluent English

A3 Phrases - continuation
A distorted and pessimistic view of life
A dogmatic and self-righteous spirit
A drowsy murmur floats into the air like thistledown
A duel of brains
A dull collocation of words
A face as imperturbable as fate
A face as pale as wax
A face singularly acute and intelligent
A face tempered like steel
A fact of vast moment
A faint accent of reproach
A faint sense of compunction moved her
A faint tremor of amusement was on his lips
A faint, transient, wistful smile lightened her brooding face
A faintly quizzical look came into his incisive stare
A fastidious sense of fitness
A fatal moral hollowness
A fatigued, faded, lusterless air, as of a caged creature
A fawn-colored sea streaked here and there with tints of deepest orange
A feeling of lofty remoteness
A feminine excess of inconsequence
A fever of enthusiasm
A few pens parched by long disuse
A few tears came to soften her seared vision
A few words will suffice to answer
A fiery exclamation of wrath and disdain
A figure full of decision and dignity
A figure like a carving on a spire
A final and irrevocable settlement
A firm and balanced manhood
A firmness tempered by the most scrupulous courtesy
A first faint trace of irritation
A fitful boy full of dreams and hopes
A fitting interval for penitence
A flame of scarlet crept in a swift diagonal across his cheeks
A fleeting and furtive air of triumph
A flippant rejoinder
A flood of external impressions
A flood of pride rose in him

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