Ch 1 Flashcards by Andrzej Kwaśniewski

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Happen in a satisfactory way

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Fall into place

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Gradually become worse

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Go downhill

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Likely to happen

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On the cards

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Collocation used when one knows the audience knows the rest of the story

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The rest is history

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Disperse, come to an end

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Break up

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Reduce one’s consumption of Sth

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Cut back on

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Help

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Help out

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Getting used to a new situation

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Settle in

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Reach the same quality as sth else

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Catch up with

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To accept sth eagerly

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Jump at

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Compete against sth

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Take on

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About sth that succeeded

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Pay off

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Find

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Track sth down

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To suggest an idea

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Come up with

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Wait around / spend time aimlessly

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Hang around

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Arrive / be found after being lost

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Turn up

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Make minor changes improving sth

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Amend

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Change your opinion to gain advantage

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Change tune

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Start behaving differently in a good way

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Change ways

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Go from one owner to another

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Change hands

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Change opinion

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Change of mind

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To be in another persons situation

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Change places

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Steal

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Make off with

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Make sb unhappy

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Get sb down

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To have to deal with a problem

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Come up against sth

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Complete an unpleasant task

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Get over with

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Appear unexpectedly

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Come up

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Travel

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Get around

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Make someone understand

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Get sth across

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Conduct

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Carry out

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Happen as planned / succeed

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Come off

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Think about sth briefly

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Cross sb’s mind

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To find good things in a bad situation

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Look on the bright side

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To be completely different than sth

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Far cry from

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Do something differently to make it more interesting

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Ring the changes (on)

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No longer necessary

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Redundant

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Force someone to go somewhere

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Drag (along)

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Potknąć się

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Trip over sth

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Depressing /gloomy

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Dismal

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A period of good / bad luck

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A run of good / bad luck

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Astonish someone

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Knock (sb) sideways

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A piece of good luck

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Lucky brake

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Boring

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Mind-numbingly

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to not have changed what you do or how you do it for a very long time so that it is not interesting any longer:

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Be in a rut

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Deep and rough sounding voice

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Gravelly voice

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Robienie na drutach

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Knitting

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Szydełkowanie

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Crocheting

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Przędza

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Yarn

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Play music or sing in a public place for money

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Busk

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Stoicka postawa po porażce

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Philosophical

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Deeply, extremely

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Profoundly

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Do sth that starts sth else

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Set the ball rolling

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Blady

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Pale

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Think of sth

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Cross sb mind

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Continue to give sb vital information

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Keep sb posted

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Get the facts straight

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Set the record straight