3 chapter Flashcards

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When you do it intentionally, not by accident

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on purpose

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to try to persuade someone to believe something that is not true, as a joke

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pull sb`s leg

Is it really your car or are you pulling my leg?

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to cause someone to notice something or someone

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catch someone’s eye

I was looking around the store for a present for my mom, and this book caught my eye.

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to make something known that was secret before

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go public (with sth)

We will not go public with the results until tomorrow.

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very close to where someone is or lives:

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on sb’s doorstep

There’s a lovely park right on our doorstep.

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someone who is extremely nervous and worried

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a bag/bundle of nerves

Sorry for shouting - I’m a bundle of nerves these days.

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fml about; relating to

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as regards

There is no problem as regards the financial arrangements.

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to catch a very bad cold because you are not wearing warm or dry clothes, etc.

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catch your death of cold

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If you are fresh out of something, you have just finished or sold all of it, so that there is no more left.

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be fresh out

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fml used, especially in business letters, to say what you are writing or talking about

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in/with reference to sb/sth

The inquiry’s terms of reference included the consideration of pay and conditions in the fire service.

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