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running start
Good progress at the beginning.
Contributions of $5000 before the drive began gave the charity fund a running start.
The team was off to a running start, having won the first two games.
salt of the earth
One who helps to make society good and wholesome; a basically good or valuable person.
Everyone here considers Syd and Susan the salt of the earth because they are so generous.
search one's heart
search one's soul
heart-searching
soul-searching
To study your reasons and acts; try to discover if you have been fair and honest.
After much heart-searching, Jean told Beth she was sorry for the unkind things she had said.
The minister preached a soul-searching sermon about the thoughtless ways people hurt each other.
The teacher searched his heart trying to decide if he had been unfair in failing Tom.
set one's heart on
have one's heart on
heart set
To want very much. To be very desirous of; hope very much to succeed in. Used with a verbal noun.
He set his heart on that bike.
He set his heart on winning the race.
She has her heart set on taking a trip abroad. She's been thinking about it for months.
Todd has his heart set on going to medical school and becoming a doctor.
smart alec
Надоедливый, напористый человек, который старается пустить пыль в глаза свои интеллектом.
Don't be such a smart Alec.
Не надо так умничать.
Some smart Alec interrupted the game claiming that the answers were incorrect!
Какой-то умник прервал игру, заявив, что ответы были неправильные!
softhearted
Generous; sympathetic.
Street beggars tend to exploit the softhearted nature of passersby.
start in
To begin to do something; start.
Fred started in weeding the garden.
The family started in eating supper.
To begin a career.
Bob started in as an office boy and became president.
To give a first job to.
The bank started him in as a clerk.
start out
To begin to go somewhere.
Art started out on a voyage around the world.
Bill started out for school on his bicycle.
To begin a career or life.
Harry started out as an errand boy in a business office.
We all start out in life as helpless infants.
To give one a first job.
The garage man started Pete out as a grease rack man.