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Examples:alternative course of action—adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action)—lay down (a rule, a plan of action)—backwards and forwards (e.g. of piston or pump action)—fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action)—determined in one's course of action—the action of tossing or winnowing—resort to (a course of action)—room for freedom of action—propose (a new course of action)—guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action—a course of action beset by difficulties [idiom.]—get a share of the action—one's share of the action—lit. much thunder but little rain; fig. a lot of talk but little action—backwards and forwards action (e.g. of piston or pump)—resistance action of a drug—(at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action—(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state—rise to action with a determined shake of the arms—loud thunder, but only tiny drops of rain (idiom); a lot of talk, but no action—eat one's own fruit (idiom); fig. suffering the consequences of one's own action—(after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability discern or detect)—(of a group of people) rush into action—classifier for the frequency or number of times an action or deed is carried out - mostly used in idiomatic phrases—classifier for the number of repetitions of an action e.g. reading a book twice or three times— |