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

To have to deal with a problem

Come up against sth

Complete an unpleasant task

Get over with

Appear unexpectedly

Come up

Travel

Get around

Make someone understand

Get sth across

Conduct

Carry out

Happen as planned / succeed

Come off

Think about sth briefly

Cross sb’s mind

To find good things in a bad situation

Look on the bright side

To be completely different than sth

Far cry from

Do something differently to make it more interesting

Ring the changes (on)

No longer necessary

Redundant

Force someone to go somewhere

Drag (along)

Potknąć się

Trip over sth

Depressing /gloomy

Dismal

A period of good / bad luck

A run of good / bad luck

Astonish someone

Knock (sb) sideways

A piece of good luck

Lucky brake

Boring

Mind-numbingly

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:

Be in a rut

Deep and rough sounding voice

Gravelly voice

Robienie na drutach

Knitting

Szydełkowanie

Crocheting

Przędza

Yarn

Play music or sing in a public place for money

Busk

Stoicka postawa po porażce

Philosophical

Deeply, extremely

Profoundly

Do sth that starts sth else

Set the ball rolling

Blady

Pale

Think of sth

Cross sb mind

Continue to give sb vital information

Keep sb posted

Get the facts straight

Set the record straight