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English idioms exercise 1.1 Flashcards

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john was the only one who brought the money at the end of the week

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John was the only wage earner

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they thought about how to earn money

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they thought about how to make their living

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they wanted someone to invest in the business

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They wanted someone to put money in the business

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they decided to spend less money

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they decided to tighten their belt

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a green grocers was a business with no perpective

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a green grocers was a falling market

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the business started to bring money

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the business started to run at a profit

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sue’s father didn’t join the business but he invested some money into it

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sue’s father became a sleeping partner

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they nearly completed the deal with joe’s brother

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they nearly closed the deal

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john’s brothers was known for dyshonest action

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john was known for his shop practices

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sue and Joe earned a lot of money

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sue and Joe made a lot of money

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they had no money and cannot pay the debt

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they went bankrupt

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they didn’t have enough money

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their finances were in a bad shape

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they couldn’t avoid a change of ownership of the company

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they couldn’t avoid a take over

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Meg did an office job

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Meg was a white color worker

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15
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She worked after the usual hours for extra pay

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She worked overtime

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She went abroad for the purpose of doing business

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She went abroad on business

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17
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She agreed to be available at any time

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She agreed to be on call

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18
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Some people had to dismissed from employment

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Some people had to be fired

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Her colleagues decided to stop working as a protest

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Her colleagues decided to go on strike

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She didn’t want to be a strike breaker

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She didn’t want to be a black leg

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21
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Everybody was dismissed from work

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Everybody got the sack

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Meg didn’t want to receive money from the government

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Meg didn’t want to go on the dole

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she didn’t like working at night

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she didn’t like being on a night shift

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she started doing something

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she got down to business

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she was determine to do something and started writing a CV

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she rolled her sleeves up and started writing a cv

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Julie was reading the newspaper to make the time pass more quickly

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Julie was reading the newspaper to kill the time

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she like to stay up late at night

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she was a night bird

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she knew she was burst into tears very soon

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she knew she was burst into tears at any moment

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July was wearing old fashion clothes

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July was wearing out of date clothes

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30
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she saw her parents occasionally

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she saw her parents every now and then

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she seldom went out with Susan

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she went out with Susan once in a blue moon

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she has to change her life without delay

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it was high time to change something in her life

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33
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she performed all her duties punctually

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she performed all her duties on time

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34
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she called her boss spontaneously

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she called her boss on the spare of the moment

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she asked her boss to spare her some time

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she asked her boss to have a minute for her

36
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M. Brown told her not to hurry

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M. Brown told her to take her time

37
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the train to Paris was 25 minutes late

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the train to Paris was 25 minutes behind time

38
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July bought the tickets at the latest possible time

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July bought the tickets at the last moment

39
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the headmaster was boring and too long

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the headmaster speech was long-winded

40
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the students knew he wouldn’t talk reasonably

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the students knew he wouldn’t talk sens

41
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he often says silly things

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he often talk rubbish

42
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the headmaster didn’t consider the student’s need

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the headmaster didn’t take the student’s need into account

43
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he should have state at the main facts in a short and clear way

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he should have put it in a nutshell

44
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everybody body started to talk about him secretively

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everybody started to talk behind his back

45
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Miss Thomas wanted to talk to Paul quickly

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Miss Thomas wanted to have a word with Paul

46
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Paul was honest about his opinion

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Paul spoke his mind

47
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he didn’t avoid saying what he was thinking about

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he didn’t beat about the bush

48
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the form teacher talk ro Paul angrily

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the form teacher gave Paul a long talking to

49
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the teacher misunderstood Paul’s intentions

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the teacher got hold of the wrong end of the stick

50
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they didn’t understand each other

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they talk at cross purposes

51
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the teacher didn’t consider Paul’s explanations

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the teacher didn’t take his explanation into account

52
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people often assume things

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people often take things for granted

53
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your remark is inappropriate

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your remark is out of place

54
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people often start a quarrel

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people often start to cross swords

55
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they try to persuade each other

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they try to make each other change their minds

56
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everybody wants to say what they consider important

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everybody wants to make their point

57
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people often assume things

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people often take things for granted

58
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your remark is inapropriate

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your remark is out of place

59
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people often start a quarrel

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people often start to cross swords

60
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they try to persuade each other

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they try to make each other change their mind

61
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everybody wants to say what they consider important

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everybody wants to make their point

62
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all of them want to say something no one else would beat

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all of them want to have the last word

63
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He doesn’t understand me

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he fails to see my point

64
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for one reason there is more interesting subject

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for one thing there is more interesting subject

65
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this is something you should remember

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this is something you should bear in mind

66
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everybody has the right to finish the discussion

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everybody has a right to rip up the discussion

67
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you should stop talking now

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you should hold your tong

68
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they must stop discussing this subject

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they must drop the subject

69
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Sum it up politics is a tricky subject

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all in all politics is a tricky subject

70
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John and Lucie were in a difficult situation

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John and Lucy were in a fix

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They prefer to hide their problems

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They prefer to sweep their problems under the carpet

72
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They didn’t want to discover the truth

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They didn’t want to get to the bottom of things

73
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Lucie tried to calm down the situation

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Lucy tried to put oil on trouble water

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Finally they understood their problem

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Finally they got a grasp of their problem

75
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They were at a crisis

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They were at a crossroads

76
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John thought about Lucie’s suggestion seriously

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John took Lucie’s suggestion to heart

77
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Suddenly he understood what he couldn’t see before

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Suddenly he saw daylight

78
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John found a perfect solution to his problem

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John found a happy medium

79
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He was risking a lot

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He was skating on thin eyes

80
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John said honestly what he thought

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John laid is cards on the table

81
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He could say something that couldn’t be reversed

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He could burn his bridges

82
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He started to believe that there was some hope

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He saw the light at the end of the tunnel

83
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He manage to look serious

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He manage to keep a straight face

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