to see about / to attend to / to see to

to see about: to give attention or time to (also: to attend to, to see to)

• Who is going to see about getting us a larger room for the meeting?
• I'll see to arranging music for the wedding if you attend to the entertainment.

deal with something: to bravely accept or deal with a painful, difficult, or upsetting situation [= stand]:

• She was afraid she wouldn't be able to bear the pain.
• Overcrowding makes prison life even harder to bear.
• Make the water as hot as you can bear.
• The humiliation was more than he could bear.
• Black people continue to bear the brunt of most racial violence (=have to deal with the most difficult or damaging part).
• Passengers could be insulting, and stewardesses just had to grin and bear it (=accept it without complaining).
• Experts were worried the financial system would not be able to bear the strain.

can't bear something/spoken

a) to be so upset about something that you feel unable to accept it or let it happen [= can't stand]:

• Please don't leave me. I couldn't bear it.

can't bear the thought of (doing) something

• I just can't bear the thought of having to start all over.

can't bear to do something

• I can't bear to see her cry.

can't bear doing something

• I couldn't bear not seeing him again.

to mix up

to mix up : to stir or shake well (S); to confuse, to bewilder (S)

For the second definition, the passive forms to be mixed up or to get mixed up are often used.

• You should mix up the ingredients well before you put them in the pan.
• The teacher's poor explanation really mixed the students up.
• The students think it's their fault that they are mixed up so often.

to make good time

to make good time: to travel a sufficient distance at a reasonable speed
The adjective excellent can also be used.

• It rained during our entire hike up Mt.Hood, so we didn't make good time.
• We made excellent time on our trip to Florida; it only took five hours to drive there.

to come from

to come from: to originate from

This idiom is commonly used in discussions of one's hometown, state, or country.

• What country in South America does she come from? She comes from Peru.
• I just learned that he really comes from Florida, not Texas.
• Where did this package come from? It was just sitting on our doorstep.
  

first-rate

first-rate: excellent, superb

• The food served in that four-star restaurant is truly first-rate.
• The Beverly Hill Hotel provides first-rate service to its guests.
  

to go with / to go together

to go with: to match, to compare well in color or design often used with this idiom.(also: to go together)

Adverbs such as well and poorly are often used with this idiom.

• That striped shirt goes well with the gray pants, but the pants go poorly with those leather shoes.

• Both of those paintings are nice, but they don't go together at all.

every other (one)

every other (one): every second (one), alternate (ones)

• I play tennis with my father every other Saturday, so I usually play twice a month.
• There were twenty problems in the exercise, but the teacher told us only to do every other one. Actually, doing ten problems was difficult enough.

to get rid of

to get rid of: to eliminate, to remove; to discard, to throw away

• Jerry tried hard to get rid of the stain on his shirt, but he never succeeded.
• The stain was so bad that Jerry finally had to get rid of his shirt.

now and then/ from time to time/once in a while/ on and off

now and then: occasionally, sometimes (also: from time to time, once in a while)

Both now and then and once in a while can be preceded by the adjective every.

Another idiom with the same meaning and form is every so often.

• I don't see him very often, but (every) now and then we arrange to have lunch together.
• Gary gets a cold (every) once in a while even though he takes good care of himself.
• Every so often my brother and I get together for a camping trip.
• I like to sleep late in the morning from time to time.

on and off also off and on for short periods but not regularly over a long period of time

• He's been smoking for 10 years now, on and off.

to make sure / to make certain

to make sure: to be sure, to ascertain (also: to make certain)

• Please make sure that you turn off the radio before you go out.
• Could you make certain of the time? I don't want to miss that TV show.