think or act sensibly

EU sees sense on eCommerce. Google

Corporations see sense in big donations to NAACP By Steve Miller THE WASHINGTON TIMES. Google

 made to see sense. Google

become more mentally alert, able, inventive or cunning

A silent person reserves all this energy and utilises it for a better purpose, be
it to sharpen his brain or memory power for which all the educated yearn for.  Google

Adversity merely serves to sharpen his
wits and he is always busy cooking up some scheme. Google

Petruchio is the kind of man who would want a mate with similar qualities
to his own to challenge him, sharpen his wits and keep his interest.  Google

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The Codex Madrid shed a great deal of light on Leonardo's fascination
with clocks. google

Probability and statistics can shed a great deal of light
on how to set up decision making groups with real horsepower. google

They shed a great deal of light on the subject of immigration as well as New
Zealand’s investment potential. google

if sth slips your mind, you forget about it

This just slipped my mind, but it's back now.... Call it a senior moment,
but he has a very valid point. Google

I forgot to phone you last night. I'm sorry. It slipped my mind. google

I forgot to phone you last night. I'm sorry. It slipped my mind. Gogle

to speak figuratively

"Catching" up, so to speak. google

March came in like a lamb, so to speak, but we hope that the end of
the month will not follow tradition!.  gogle

Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer but have to keep on thinking about the fact that you suffer. I not only live each endless day in grief, but live each day thinking about living each day in grief."
  --  C.S. Lewis

share a way of expressing oneself

There is a saying that mystics
speak the same language, and that is the case.  google

Do Muslims and Christians speak the same language? Google

The challenge facing many smaller entrepreneurs and real
estate institutions is the ability to speak the same language.Google

a child has to be (physically) punished when necessary so that he may learn to behave properly

 Never let it be said
that in Oklahoma we spare the rod and spoil the child. Google

The saying ‘spare the rod and spoil the child’ is a salutary reminder
that this attitude was prevalent in Britain not so very long ago. Google

Spare the rod and spoil the child, I used to hear. google

say exactly what one thinks

Bill Moyers Speaks his
Mind on Bush-Brand Environmental Destruction and More.  Google

Horowitz deserves to speak his mind, and student objections are unreasonable. Google

Have you ever wondered how frightening it
must be to truly ask God to speak His mind to you? Google

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He also plans to cut the number of days HISD students spend taking tests by eliminating some standardized exams. (INTERNET-EN)

In a 1994 study , Ronald Ehrenberg and Dominic Brewer found that students score higher on standardized exams if their teachers attended more selective undergraduate institutions. (INTERNET-EN)

But , as a rule , better standardized exam results are more likely to go hand-in-hand with a shallow approach to learning than with deep understanding. (INTERNET-EN)

free or excessive use of swear-words

Strong language is a subject of deep concern to many people and is one
of the most frequent causes of complaint Google

But this is a case when strong words are absolutely
appropriate.  google

Pope and American Bishops Have Strong Words for Pro-Abortion Politicians.
 Google

studovat humanitní vědy

Therefore there has never been a better time to study humanities. (Google)

The Language and Culture track is designed for students who wish to study humanities and art, as well as Italian language. (Google)

So instead of spending so much time to study humanities, it´s better to study English and then choose to study humanities abroad. (Google)

be convenient for one´s purpouses

Labor in power never did suit his book. Google

The Deputy's past efforts to try to keep the
board independent do not suit his book now. google

He almost looked, with his quick imagination as if he already did, though
seeing at once also the full extent of how little it would suit his book. Google

use uncommon and esp. long words

You need to swallow the dictionary of short
and strange words for this game. Google

It isn't necessary to swallow the dictionary,
but do familiarize yourself with key terms.  Google

If they say a story is the three act trick, begining middle and end; and say has the Cinderella structure, how do other writers convey a story without going into clique ridden wording and swallow the dictionary.  Google

think, concentrate one´s attention on sth specific

"Take thought in translating ‘tongues’."
 Google

Take thought of them; that good may come to them take thought. google

You either accept it, or take thought about
it. If you take thought about it - nothing but frustration happens.  google

have or affect the type of speech that is used the upper class

So a posh restaurant, hotel, car etc is expensive and looks as if it’s used or owned by rich people; while to “talk posh” is to talk in an upper class manner. Google

"They make fun of me because of the way I talk. They say I 'talk posh'.". Then she did start to cry. google

We don't talk posh that's only the Royal family (we don't talk to them anyway). google