from scratch
— Adverb
– English
～ from the beginning, especially without relying on resources or other advantages; "he baked the torte from scratch"; "she built her business up from scratch"
for short
— Adverb
– English
～ as an abbreviation; "call me Bob for short"
for a song
— Adverb
– English
～ for a relatively small amount of money; "we bought the house for a song"
for sure
— Adverb
– English
～ definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely'); "the results are surely encouraging"; "she certainly is a hard worker"; "it's going to be a good day for sure"; "they are coming, for certain"; "they thought he had been killed sure enough"; "he'll win sure as shooting"; "they sure smell good"; "sure he'll come"
for that matter
— Adverb
– English
～ as far as that is concerned; "for that matter I don't care either"
from the heart
— Adverb
– English
～ very sincerely; "he spoke from the heart"
for the moment
— Adverb
– English
～ temporarily; "we'll stop for the time being"
for the most part
— Adverb
– English
～ in large part; mainly or chiefly; "These accounts are largely inactive"
for the asking
— Adverb
– English
～ on the occasion of a request; "advice was free for the asking"
for the time being
— Adverb
– English
～ temporarily; "we'll stop for the time being"
full-time
— Adverb
– English
～ for the standard number of hours; "she works full-time"
four times
— Adverb
– English
～ by a factor of four; "the price of gasoline has increased fourfold over the past two years"
from time to time
— Adverb
– English
～ sporadically and infrequently; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees"; "they visit New York on occasion"; "now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us"; "as we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his attention"
face-to-face
— Adverb
– English
～ directly facing each other; "the two photographs lay face-to-face on the table"; "lived all their lives in houses face-to-face across the street"; "they sat opposite at the table"
face-to-face
— Adverb
– English
～ within each other's presence; "she met the president face-to-face"
from pillar to post
— Adverb
– English
～ from one place or situation to another; "we were driven from pillar to post"
face to face
— Adverb
– English
～ directly facing each other; "the two photographs lay face-to-face on the table"; "lived all their lives in houses face-to-face across the street"; "they sat opposite at the table"
face to face
— Adverb
– English
～ involving close contact; confronting each other; "the boy and the policeman suddenly came face-to-face at the corner"; "they spoke face to face"