Idioms 4 Flashcards

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to be deceived by

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to be taken in

to take somebody in

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to be offended/made angry by

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to take exception to

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to not pay attention

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to take no notice of

to not take any notice of

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to not like something

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to not take kindly to

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to stop and let somebody get off/out of somewhere

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to set somebody down

e.g. The bus will set you down outside my house

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to formally apply for something (e.g. pay rise, expenses, a job)

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to put into for something

e.g. I hear you have put in for that job in the accounts department.

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to save money so that you can use it at a later date

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to put (money) by

e.g. Every month we put by 200 pounds so that we have enough for our trip.

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to say that something is caused by…

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to put (something) down to

e.g. The doctors put his ill health down to the fact that he was overweight.

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to go in the direction of

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to make for somewhere

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to complete a set

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to make up a set

e.g. I’m looking for a sixth tea cup to make up a set

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the time one’s watch has, more common in question form:

“What time is it?”

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What time do you make it?

Answer form: to make it 6 o’clock.

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to make no attempt to hide (often negative) feelings

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to make no bones about

e.g. “He hates studying for school and he makes no bones about it”

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to provide (good) reasons for

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to make (out) a (convincing/strong) case for

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to lose money

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to make a loss

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  • it does not make any difference

- I don’t mind

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it makes no odds

e.g. It makes no odds whether we run or hide. Either way, they’ll find us.

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to be good enough to be selected to play for a team

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to make the team

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to stop liking somebody or something that you used to like

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to go off somebody/something

e.g. “I’ve gone off horror films. I can’t stand them anymore”

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to attack

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to go for somebody

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to not be sure if something is good or right

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to have misgivings about something/doing something

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to be annoyed by somebody/something

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to have had enough of somebody/something/doing something

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to complete what you had planned, generally used in negatives

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to go through with something

e.g. Given the size of the crowd, I couldn’t go through with it

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to keep talking about something in such a way that others get bored, impatient or irritated

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to go on (and on) about something

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to make a start at doing something difficult

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to go about something/doing something

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(informal) the chances of something happening have been ruined

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to go bang

e.g. and then they discovered that I was tone-deaf, and bang went my chances of becoming a concert pianist

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to become uncontrollably violent
to go berserk
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to have been neglected to the point of being in very poor condition (a building) or in a state of complete disorganisation
to go to rack and ruin | to go to the dogs
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When power/fame/money makes somebody excessively proud and confident
when something goes (straight) to somebody's head
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- to be as aggressive or forceful as the person you are arguing with - to hurt the person you are fighting as much as he or she hurts you
to give as good as you get e.g. She may look small and timid, but, when she argues, she most certainly gives as good as she gets.
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to do something as well as you possible can
to give of your best
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to give somebody the most important facts about something
to give somebody the lowdown on something
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to do something bad to somebody who has previously done something bad to you/ to get revenge
to get your own back. e.g. When you consider how his friends had betrayed him, you can't blame him for wanting to get his own back on them.
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to be nearly (used for time/age)
to be getting on for e. g. I have no idea what time it is, but it must be getting on for 3 o'clock e. g. He must be getting on for 50, though he looks much younger.
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to be late in paying something
to get behind with e. g. to get behind with your rent e. g. to get behind with all the paperwork e. g. to get behind with your work
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to persuade somebody to do something by being nice to them
to get round somebody e.g. I could get round my mother by buying her chocolates.
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to finally find the time to do something
to get round to doing something
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to do, most commonly used in question form "What did you do?"
to get up to "What did you get up to...? e.g. What did you get up to this weekend?
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to finally get the punishment one deserves
to get one's comeuppance
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to find a word or phrase very difficult to pronounce
to not be able to get your tongue round e.g. I gave up learning German because I found it impossible to get my tongue round even the simplest of words
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to take action and deal with a problem
to get to grips with e.g. The government hasn't yet got to grips with the unemployment problem
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- to start happening | - to start moving
to get underway e.g. Work on the new underground line has yet to get underway.
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to find out about something
to get wind of something
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to become friends and start spending a lot of time with people who are a bad influence on you
to fall in with e.g. Ever since she had fallen in with Tommy and his gang, her school work had gone downhill.
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to quarrel with somebody and stop being friends with them
to fall out with somebody e.g. We fell out with him when he criticised my sister
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to laugh uncontrollably
to fall about laughing
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lots of things are going wrong with something
to fall apart at the seams
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- to fail to continue or be competitive - to be considered no longer important - to be considered impossible (promises, ideas, plans)
to fall by the wayside
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to lose one's position of power
to fall from power
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to make a mistake that people make
to fall into the trap of doing something
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to do something very eagerly
to fall (all) over oneself to do something
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to get rid of something (rule, law, tax, institution) so that it no longer exists
to do away with
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to be beneficial to somebody
to do somebody a power of good e.g. Getting away from the stresses of work would do you a power of good.
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to sell lots of something
to do a roaring trade in something e.g. During the heatwave, we did a roaring trade in electric fans.
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to satisfy yourself with what you have, as opposed to what you want
to make do with something
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to argue and hit one another
to come to blows
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to be criticised
to come in for criticism e.g. The government has come in for severe criticism over its new education policies.
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to reach a critical stage
to come to a head e.g. The argument came to a head when neither side would admit that they had made a mistake.
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the become available for people to buy
to come onto the market
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to attack somebody (especially with a knife)
to come at somebody e.g. and then he came at the hero with a knife.
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when a plan succeeds
it comes off e.g. it's an ingenious plan, but I doubt whether it will come off.
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- to be completely new and different | - to do something that nobody has ever done before
to break new ground