104 lines
3.1 KiB
Markdown
104 lines
3.1 KiB
Markdown
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tags:
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- IELTS
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- Notes
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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 (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) |