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Ch 1 Flashcards

1
Q

Happen in a satisfactory way

A

Fall into place

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2
Q

Gradually become worse

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Go downhill

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3
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Likely to happen

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On the cards

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4
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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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5
Q

Disperse, come to an end

A

Break up

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6
Q

Reduce one’s consumption of Sth

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Cut back on

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7
Q

Help

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Help out

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8
Q

Getting used to a new situation

A

Settle in

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9
Q

Reach the same quality as sth else

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Catch up with

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10
Q

To accept sth eagerly

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Jump at

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11
Q

Compete against sth

A

Take on

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12
Q

About sth that succeeded

A

Pay off

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13
Q

Find

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Track sth down

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14
Q

To suggest an idea

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Come up with

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15
Q

Wait around / spend time aimlessly

A

Hang around

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16
Q

Arrive / be found after being lost

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Turn up

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17
Q

Make minor changes improving sth

A

Amend

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18
Q

Change your opinion to gain advantage

A

Change tune

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19
Q

Start behaving differently in a good way

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Change ways

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20
Q

Go from one owner to another

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Change hands

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21
Q

Change opinion

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Change of mind

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22
Q

To be in another persons situation

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Change places

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23
Q

Steal

A

Make off with

24
Q

Make sb unhappy

A

Get sb down

25
Q

To have to deal with a problem

A

Come up against sth

26
Q

Complete an unpleasant task

A

Get over with

27
Q

Appear unexpectedly

A

Come up

28
Q

Travel

A

Get around

29
Q

Make someone understand

A

Get sth across

30
Q

Conduct

A

Carry out

31
Q

Happen as planned / succeed

A

Come off

32
Q

Think about sth briefly

A

Cross sb’s mind

33
Q

To find good things in a bad situation

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Look on the bright side

34
Q

To be completely different than sth

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Far cry from

35
Q

Do something differently to make it more interesting

A

Ring the changes (on)

36
Q

No longer necessary

A

Redundant

37
Q

Force someone to go somewhere

A

Drag (along)

38
Q

Potknąć się

A

Trip over sth

39
Q

Depressing /gloomy

A

Dismal

40
Q

A period of good / bad luck

A

A run of good / bad luck

41
Q

Astonish someone

A

Knock (sb) sideways

42
Q

A piece of good luck

A

Lucky brake

43
Q

Boring

A

Mind-numbingly

44
Q

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:

A

Be in a rut

45
Q

Deep and rough sounding voice

A

Gravelly voice

46
Q

Robienie na drutach

A

Knitting

47
Q

Szydełkowanie

A

Crocheting

48
Q

Przędza

A

Yarn

49
Q

Play music or sing in a public place for money

A

Busk

50
Q

Stoicka postawa po porażce

A

Philosophical

51
Q

Deeply, extremely

A

Profoundly

52
Q

Do sth that starts sth else

A

Set the ball rolling

53
Q

Blady

A

Pale

54
Q

Think of sth

A

Cross sb mind

55
Q

Continue to give sb vital information

A

Keep sb posted

56
Q

Get the facts straight

A

Set the record straight

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