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Idiomatic Expressions Flashcards

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About to

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Almost ready to

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Add up

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Make sense; be logical

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All at once

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Suddenly; without warning

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As a rule

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Generally; customarily

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At ease

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Not nervous; calm

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At the drop of a hat

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Quickly; without any preparation time

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Back out (of)

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Withdraw (an offer)

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Bank on

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Depend on; count on

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Be my guest

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Do what you want; feel free; help yourself

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Be rusty

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Need practice or review

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Beats me

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I don’t know; I have no idea ( often used in response to a question)

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Better of

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An improved condition

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Bite off more than one can chew

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Take on more responsibility than one can handle

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Bound to

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Certain to; sure to

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Break down

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Stop functioning (a machine, for example)

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Break in (on someone)

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Interrupt

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Break the ice

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Break through social barriers (as at a party)

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Break the news (to someone)

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Inform; give bad news

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Break up

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End ( a meeting for example)

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A breeze

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Something very simple and easy to do

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21
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Bring about

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Cause to happen

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Brush up on

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Review; study; practice

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23
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Bump into

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Meet unexpectedly; run into

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24
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By and large

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Mostly; generally; on the whole

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By heart

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By memory; learned word for word

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By no means

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In no way

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27
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Call it a day

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Stop working for the day; go home

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28
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Call off

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Cancel

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29
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Call on

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Visit

30
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Calm down

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Relax

31
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Care for

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Take care of; like; feel affection for

32
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Catch on

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Become popular

33
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Catch on (to)

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Understand, learn

34
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Catch up (with)

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Go as fast as; catch

35
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Check in (or into)

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Register (at a hotel)

36
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Check out (of)

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Leave (a hotel); take material (from a library)

37
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Cheer up

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Become cheerful; be happy

38
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Chip in (on/for)

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Contribute

39
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Clear up

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Clarify; make understandable; become nice and sunny ( used to talk about the weather)

40
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Come across

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Find; meet encounter

41
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Come around

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Begin to change one’s opinion; begin to agree with

42
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Come down with

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Become sick with ( an illness)

43
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Come up with

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Think of ( an idea)

44
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Cost an arm and a leg

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Be very expensive

45
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Count on

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Depend on; rely on

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Count out

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Eliminate; no longer consider as a factor

47
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Cut off

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Stop; discontinue ( a service)

48
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Cut out for

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Have an aptitude for; qualified for

49
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Day in and day out

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Constantly, for a long time

50
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Die down

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Become less severe; quiet down

51
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Do over

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Do again; repeat

52
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Do without

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Not have

53
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Down the drain

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Wasted, done for no reason (work)

54
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Dream up

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Invent, think of; come up with

55
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Drop in (on)

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Visit informally

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Drop (someone) a line

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Send someone a letter

57
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Drop off

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Leave something (a package), take (someone) home; let someone out of a car

58
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Drop out (of)

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Stop attending (classes)

59
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Dwell on

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Focus on; think about too much

60
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Easy as pie

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Very simple

61
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Eyes bigger than one’s stomach

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Pole who take more food than they can eat

62
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Fall behind

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Not move as quickly as; lag behind

63
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Fall through

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Fall to happen

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A far cry from

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Not similar to; not as good as

65
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Fed up (with)

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Not able to tolerate; disgusted with; annoyed by

66
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Feel free

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Do something if one wants

67
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Feel like

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Be inclined to

68
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Feel like a million dollars

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Feel very good

69
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Few and far between

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Uncommon and infrequent

70
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Figure out

A

Understand; solve

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