You should be able to select the phrase. What environment are you on? web? android? iOs? I ask because a couple of weeks ago on ipad I was no longer able to highlight a phrase. The mechanism has always been different compared to the others, but at the time no longer seemed to work. I haven't been able to go back and check if it was fixed, or if I was having momentary issues.

@, it isn't very easy to see how to save a phrase as a LingQ. However, after trying a few things, I think I have a way to do it.

First, select a lesson, then click on the first word of the phrase you want to save.

Then, click and hold shift as you mouse over all the words in the phrase.

The sidebar will open and select the translation or enter your own.

You can then go to the card icon in the lower right, and select Manage LingQs.

Select the phrases tab, and it should now be listed.

Hope that helps.

Lance.