Phrases and Collocations for Fluent English

A6 Phrases - continuation
A life of studious contemplation
A life, a Presence, like the air
A light of unwonted pleasure in her eyes [unwonted = unusual]
A light wind outside the lattice swayed a branch of roses to and fro,
A lightning-phrase, as if shot from the quiver of infallible wisdom
A limpidity and lucidity of style [limpidity = transparent clearity; easily intelligible]
A lingering tinge of admiration
A list of our unread books torments some of us like a list of murders
A little breeze ran through the corn like a swift serpent
A little indulgence may be due to those
A little jaded by gastronomical exertions
A little weed-clogged ship, gray as a ghost
A lively sense of what is dishonorable
A long accumulating store of discontent and unrest
A long slit of daylight like a pointing finger
A long tangle of unavoidable detail
A look threatening and peremptory [peremptory = ending all debate or action]
A lukewarm and selfish love
A majority of us believe
A man in my situation has
A man of imperious will [imperious = arrogantly domineering]
A man of matchless modesty and refinement
A manner bright with interest and interrogation
A manner nervously anxious to please
A many-sided and far-reaching enthusiasm
A marvelous sharpener of the faculties
A melancholy monotone beat on one's heart
A melancholy preponderance of mischief
A memory like a well-ordered cupboard
A memory-haunting phrase
A mercenary marriage
A mere conjectural estimate
A mere exhibition of fussy diffuseness
A mere figment of a poet's fancy
A microscopic care in the search of words
A mien and aspect singularly majestic [mien = bearing or manner]
A mighty wind, like a leviathan, plowed the brine
A mild and deprecating air
A mind singularly practical and sagacious [sagacious = wise]

A mind very like a bookcase