Part 12 Flashcards

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1
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Make or break

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Circumstances causing total success or total failure.

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2
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Make the grade

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Be satisfactory or at an accepted level.

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3
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Make time

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Find time to do something as a priority.

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4
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Makes your flesh crawl

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Something that makes you feel disgusted or nervous.

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5
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Making a go of it

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Attempting to succeed at something.

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6
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Making good time

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Completing something faster than expected.

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7
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Making headway

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Making progress in what you are trying to do.

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8
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Match made in heaven

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Relationship that is likely to be happy and successful.

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9
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Method to my madness

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Despite one’s approach seeming random, there actually is structure to it.

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10
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Mile a minute

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Happens very quickly.

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11
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Miss the boat

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Miss a chance or opportunity.

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12
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Monkey business

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Mischievous or deceitful behaviour.

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13
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Month of

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Sundays A very long period of time.

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14
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Murphy’s law

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Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.

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15
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Never in a million years

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Will never happen.

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16
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No time like the present

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The belief it is better to do something right away instead of waiting.

17
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No time to lose

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Start something right away, otherwise it won’t be finished on time.

18
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Not letting grass grow under your feet

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Not delaying in getting something done.

19
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Not letting moss grow over

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Doing something now or without delay.

20
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Not playing with a full deck

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Lacking intelligence.