115 lines
4.2 KiB
Markdown
115 lines
4.2 KiB
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tags:
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- Notes
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- IELTS/Speaking
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status: Done
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Referenced to: [01_idiom](Couse%20Notes/idiom.pdf)
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1. Be about to do sth
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2. That’s about all/it
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3. Add fuel to the fire/flames
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4. Take advantage of sth/smb
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5. After all
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6. (Up) in the air
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7. The apple of smb’s eye
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8. Cost/pay an arm and a leg
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9. keep smb at arm’s length
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10. Get off smb’s back
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11. Beat about the bush
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12. Get out of bed on the wrong side
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13. Been there done that
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14. Give smb a bell (informal)
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15. To the best of your belief / knowledge
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16. Bite off more than you can chew (informal)
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17. Out of the blue
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18. The bottom line (informal)
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19. **(be) bursting to do smth**
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20. (as) busy as a bee
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21. Give smb a buzz (informal)
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22. get a buzz from sth/from doing smth
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23. Be/get carried away
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24. (build) castles in the air
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25. (like) chalk and cheese (different as chalk and cheese), BrE, informal (Hard cheese -> bad luck)
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26. Around/round the clock
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27. On cloud nine (old-fashioned, informal)
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28. Not have a clue (informal)
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29. **Get/have cold feet (informal)**
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30. Have (got) smth in common (with smb/smth)
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31. A couch potato (informal, disapproving)
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32. **From the cradle to the grave**
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33. Cry your eyes out
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34. I’m/I’ll be damned if…(spoken)
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35. From day one
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36. **Make smb’s day**
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37. Be/have to do with smb/smth
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38. Dressed to kill (informal)
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39. **Dressed (up) to the nines (informal)**
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40. Drink like a fish (informal)
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41. (take to smth) like a duck to water
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42. Be all ears (informal)
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43. At (your) ease
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44. Easier said than done
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45. Go easy on smb (informal)
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46. Take it/things easy (informal)
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47. Put all your eggs into one basket
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48. Not exactly (spoken)
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49. **give smth a facelift**
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50. fan the flames (of smth)
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51. take a fancy to smb/smth (esp. British English)
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52. by far
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53. far from it (informal)
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54. be (all) in favour of (doing) sth
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55. in smb’s/smth’s favour
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56. at first glance/sight
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57. (at) first hand
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58. Can’t get over smth (spoken)
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59. (not) get somewhere/nowhere/anywhere
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60. Be glued to smth (informal)
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61. take smth for granted
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62. get out of hand
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63. go hand in hand (with smth)
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64. come in handy/useful
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65. **get the hang of smth (informal)**
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66. be hard on smb
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67. **hate smb’s guts (informal)**
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68. **have it out with smb**
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69. **head over heels (in love)**
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70. here we go again
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71. **high and low**
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72. **get hold of smb/smth**
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73. **bring home the bacon (informal)**
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74. **come home (to smb)**
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75. keep it up
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76. **[kick the bucket](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/kick-the-bucket) (BrE, informal, humorous)**
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77. kill two birds with one stone
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78. kind of/sort of (informal)
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79. (two) of a kind/sort
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80. one of a kind
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81. it takes one to know one (informal, disapproving)
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82. know smb inside out (informal)
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83. know your own mind
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84. be common/public knowledge
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85. make the most of smth
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86. make your mark
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87. mean (smb) no harm; not mean (smb) any harm
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88. (be) a means to an end
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89. if my memory serves me well, correctly, etc.; if memory serves
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90. **come/spring to mind**
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91. have (got) a mind of your own
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92. **by a neck**
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93. **(as) good as new; like new**
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94. **next thing (I knew) (informal)**
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95. **next to nothing**
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96. it’s now or never
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97. by numbers
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98. **a hard/tough nut (to crack) (informal)**
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99. **(put smth) in a nutshell (informal)**
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100. [let one's hair down](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/search/?dictCode=english&q=let+one%27s+hair+down)
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101. [the be-all and end-all of sth](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/the-be-all-and-end-all-of-something)
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102. [make ends meet](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/make-ends-meet)
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103. [All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_work_and_no_play_makes_Jack_a_dull_boy)
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104. [All walks of life](https://plainenglish.com/expressions/all-walks-of-life/)
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105. [pick someone's brain](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/pick-someones-brain)
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106. [“The world has enough for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed.” ― Mahatma Gandhi](https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/427443-the-world-has-enough-for-everyone-s-need-but-not-enough)
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107. [tricks of the trade](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/tricks-of-the-trade) |