The usual completion is as free as a bird. The Latin equivalent of the phrase is 'tam liber quam avis'. In the word-by-word translation, the adverb 'tam' means 'so'. The adjective 'liber' means 'free'. The adverb 'quam' means 'as'. The noun 'avis' means 'bird'.
As free as a bird :)
The words "would want" is a verb phrase: helper verb would and main verb want.
limb. I.e. an awkward, risky or untenable position.
"with a sigh" is a prepositional phrase because it includes a preposition ("with") and a noun ("sigh"), but it does not have a subject and verb to form a complete thought like a clause would.
Slouchy hat ?
Mathematical phrase is a number phrase which does not express a complete thought.
A preposition is a part of speech that starts a prepositional phrase, such as "the man OF THE HOUSE". The preposition would be "of" and the complete phrase would be "of the house". I guess you could say that a preposition describes nouns, as in aforementioned sentence, "man" would just be a plain noun without the phrase.
'Tooth and nail' is the complete phrase.
An absolute phrase is a phrase that when you add the words Was or Were you can get a complete thought out sentence.
no,because not all phrase has not a complete thought.
To be an idependent clause a phrase would need a conjugated verb. i.e "a bushel of apples to take home" is a phrase. "I need a bushel of apples to take home" is a complete sentence.
The phrase "Achilles' heel" is a way of naming a weakness. An example of a sentence using the phrase would be: While he was a fantastic Basketball player, free throws were his Achilles' heel.