Block 1 Flashcards
To scheme
TO BE UP TO
To be indirect about approaching something
TO BEAT AROUND THE BUSH
To retaliate
TO GET EVEN WITH
To surrender
TO GIVE UP
To accede to impulses or someone’s demand
TO GIVE IN
To release
TO GIVE OFF
To distribute
TO GIVE OUT
Not to say a word
TO REMAIN SILENT
To be very thin
TO BE NOTHING BUT SKIN AND BONES
To go up very quickly
TO GO SKY HIGH
To use someone’s influences
TO PULL (SOME) STRINGS
To have antagonism towards someone, to the point of wanting to cause harm
TO HAVE IT IN FOR
e.g: The teacher had it in for John.
To bring into the open
TO HAVE IT OUT WITH
To lessen intensity
TO LET UP
To desire something greatly
TO HAVE ONE’S HEART SET ON
To have talent for
TO BE CUT OUT TO BE
To dry and disappear
TO DRY UP
To become dry through gradual loss of moisture
TO DRY OUT
To be very active
TO BE ALIVE AND KICKING
e.g: He was very old but he was alive and kicking.
Discover someone doing something wrong
TO CATCH RED-HANDED
Very suddenly
OVERNIGHT
e.g: He lost all his money overnight.
There is no danger of getting caught
THE COAST IS CLEAR
To prepare extravagantly
TO GO ALL OUT
e.g: She went all out to celebrate my birthday.
To overcome all difficulties
COME HELL OR HIGH WATER
When someone represent you
BY PROXY
e.g: He voted by proxy because he could go to the meeting.
