(BQ) The dictionary will prove useful for native speakers who are looking for synonymous idiomatic phrases. Many phrases can be expressed in a variety of ways, and this dictionary, through crossreferencing, can lead the native speaker to equivalent forms with the same or similar meaning. The index provides a means for a writer to find the most appropriate phrase for a given purpose. Native speakers can find most of what they want by looking up words representing key ideas in the index and following the references to phrases in the dictionary itself. | A B Qq C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z quail at someone or something to show fear at someone or something; to shrink from someone or something. Todd quailed at the thought of what he had to do. The students quailed at the teacher who had been so hard on them in the past. quail before someone or something to cower before or at the threat of someone or something. The students quailed before the angry principal. They quailed before the thought of punishment. quake in one’s boots Go to shake in one’s boots. quake with something to shake as with fear, terror, etc. Alice was quaking with fear as the door slowly opened. Todd quaked with terror when he saw the vicious dog at the door. qualify as something to fulfill the requirements to be something. Tom qualified as a mechanic. I have been qualified as a mechanic since I was twenty. qualify for something to meet the requirements for something. I’m sorry, you do not qualify for this job. I don’t qualify for it. qualify someone as something to cause someone to fulfill the requirements for something. Does this course qualify me as a stockbroker? She qualified herself as a realtor. qualify someone for something to enable someone to meet the requirements for something. His years with the company qualified him for pension. Does this ticket qualify me for the drawing? quality time time spent with someone allowing interaction and closeness. He was able to spend a few minutes of quality time with his son, Buxton, at least once every two weeks. *qualms (about someone or something ) an uneasy feeling of one’s conscience about someone or something. (*Typically: cause ~ ; have ~ ; have no ~ ; give someone ~ .) Do you have any qualms about telling a little white lie to Mary about her not getting an invitation to the party? quarrel (with someone ) (about someone or something ) to have an argument with someone about the subject of someone or something. Please don’t quarrel with me about
