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Question 1

tell sb about an idea to receive feedback

Answer 1

bounce a few/couple of ideas off somebody

Question 2

annoy sb
be angry

Answer 2

get a rise of sb
be in the doghouse, hot under the collar, foaming at the mouth

Question 3

long speech about sth

Answer 3

launch into a long/bitter diatribe against sb

Question 4

be unsuccessful

Answer 4

strike out
(strike out on your own)

Question 5

refuse to listen to sb

Answer 5

brush off an idea/a person, give sb the brush-off

Question 6

criticise

Answer 6

castigate

Question 7

courage

Answer 7

spunk

Question 8

lie

Answer 8

fabricate facts/cook up a story

Question 9

have a quick look

Answer 9

have/take a gander

Question 10

call a taxi

Answer 10

hail a cab

Question 11

be obsequious towards sb

Answer 11

butter up sb

Question 12

have an opinion that is different from others’

Answer 12

go out on a limb

Question 13

be sad

Answer 13

despondent, be down in the dumps , morose

Question 14

conspire with sb

Answer 14

be in league with, in cahoots

Question 15

waste time

Answer 15

dilly-dally, shilly-shally

Question 16

promote

Answer 16

proselytize

Question 17

when the need arises

Answer 17

on ad hoc basis, extemporary/ an ad hoc meeting

Question 18

as a standard for comparing

Answer 18

set a new benchmark for, use as a benchmark
Teachers give the benchmark tests to see whether students are grasping the new curriculum.
provide a benchmark
set the benchmark against

Question 19

restricted

Answer 19

fettered by the necessity

Question 20

bad/dire

Answer 20

precarious, parlous state, perilous, lamentable, abysmal, appalling

Question 21

useless and incompetent

Answer 21

a feckless person

Question 22

an unnatural or very unlikely end to a story or event, that solves or removes any problems too easily

Answer 22

deus ex machina

Question 23

hit sb

Answer 23

give sb a punch (on the nose), punch sb in the stomach

Question 24

make a hole

Answer 24

punch a hole in paper sheets/in a belt/ punch a card

Question 25

adapt to a difficult situation

Answer 25

roll with the punches

Question 26

go to work every day

Answer 26

punch the clock

Question 27

stop quarreling

Answer 27

bury the hatchet

Question 28

criticize sb

Answer 28

do a hatchet job on sb
run down
inveigh against sb
vituperate against
(vituperation, castigation, opprobrium, chastisement) arraign calumniate excoriate sb (in press, excoriate government)

Question 29

persuade sb

Answer 29

twist sb’s arms

Question 30

do sth unpleasant , persevere

Answer 30

grit your teeth

Question 31

twist

Answer 31

twist and turns, twisted mind
Twist the rope tightly round that post over there.
twist head/ring
She slipped on the ice and twisted her knee.
twist words/twist the truth
take a surprise twist, cruel twist of fate/fortune
the twists and turns of fate
It has proved very difficult to unravel the twists and turns and contradictions of the evidence.
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