Pormova Flashcards

1
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Cat got your tongue

A

Can’t you speak

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2
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Butterflies in my stomach

A

I’m very nervous

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3
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Go down in flames

A

To fail completely

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4
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Once in a blue moon

A

Very rarely

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5
Q

Guess what?

A

Used to give good, surprising news

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6
Q

I have to tell you something

A

Used to give either bad or good news

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7
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Bad news, I’m afraid

A

Used to give bad, upsetting news

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8
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I’ve got great news for you

A

Used to give very good,exciting news

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9
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You’ll do amazing honey , Break a leg

A

Good luck

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10
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I haven’t been sleeping much, I have been “burning the midnight oil” to finish a work project

A

To study or work until late hours

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11
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Come on! I know you are hiding something “ spill the beans”

A

To reveal a secret

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12
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He’ll “ chicken out “ . He is always loses his courage

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To back out because of fear

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13
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Look after

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To take care of someone

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14
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Danny has always “looked up to” him, he also wants to save lives

A

To respect and admire someone

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15
Q

What are you “looking at” so secretly. Look at

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To direct your eyes to see something or someone

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16
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What are you “looking for”?

A

To try to find something

17
Q

Aren’t your lucky?

A

Used as a sarcastic response to the good, surprising news رد ساخر

18
Q

I’m sorry it didn’t work out

A

Used as a response to the news about failed plans

19
Q

I’m really sorry to hear that

A

Used as a response to the disappointed news. خائب الامل

20
Q

Our profits have been increasing!

A

To go up

21
Q

Decrease

Our business success has been decreasing

A

To go down

22
Q

Purchase

Thank you for purchasing our products!

A

To buy

23
Q

Verfiy

What are you up to?
I’m being verified to set up an online bank account

A

To check

24
Q

Return
My new laptop broke so I need to return it to the store

A

To give back

25
Q

Wrestle,wrist, wring, wrinkle

A

تصارع. معصم. يعصر الملابس من الماء. تجاعيد الجبهة

26
Q

Have butterfingers

i don’t particularly appreciate it when Jim helps me, he has butterfingers

A

To drop thinks often

27
Q

To peas in a pod
Those kids are like two peas in a pod

A

Very similar

28
Q

In a jam
We are in a jam now, because the boss has told us to change everything in the presentation

A

In a difficult situation

29
Q

The icing on the cake
It was a great day but meeting my old school friend was just the icing on the cake

A

an additional benefit to something positive

30
Q

Hot potato

politicians rarely deal with hot potato like poverty

A

An issue that makes everyone feel uncomfortable

31
Q

Have bigger fish to fry

I want mike to help me with this project, but he says he has bigger fish to fry now

A

To have more important things to do

32
Q

Apple of one’s eye

She is apple on her grandmother eye

A

loved or favored person

33
Q

Take with a grain of salt

My recommendation would be to take it with a grain of salt

A

to evaluate something with doubt

34
Q

Cry over spilled milk

It was disappointing, but there is no point crying over spilled milk. You can’t change it now

A

To be unhappy about what cannot be undone

35
Q

No picnic

I love my job, but working 10 hours a day is a picnic

A

A difficult or unpleasant situation