Set Phrase or Descriptive Phrase? Flashcards
Develop your instinct for distinguishing between two types of phrases in English
a morning meeting
a morning MEETING
a weekly meeting
a weekly MEETING
a sales meeting
a SALES meeting
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back pain
BACK pain
chronic pain
chronic PAIN
a big shot
a BIG shot
a big event
a big EVENT
a fun party
a fun PARTY
a birthday party
a BIRTHday party
a wooden bowl
a wooden BOWL
a sugar bowl
a SUGAR bowl
a clean cup
a clean CUP
a coffee cup
a COFFEE cup
a swimming dolphin
a swimming DOLPHIN
a swimming instructor
a SWIMMING instructor
the running children
the running CHILDREN
running shoes
RUNNING shoes
an evolving situation
an evolving SITUATION
class trip
class TRIP
communication skills
COMMUNICATION skills
skill set
SKILL set
aha moment
AHA moment
from a compensation perspective
from a COMPENSATION perspective
a happy feeling
a happy FEELING
program creation
PROGRAM creation
It’s an English teacher thing
It’s an ENGLISH teacher thing
group discount
group DISCOUNT
customer service
customer SERVICE
team project
team PROJECT
success story
SUCCESS story
track record
TRACK record
father figure
FATHER figure
customer satisfaction
customer SATISFACTION
research project
RESEARCH project
a baby blanket
a BABY blanket
super star
SUPER star
lizard-catching glove
LIZARD-catching glove
dating site
DATING site
a relationship problem
a RELATIONSHIP problem
cheat sheet
CHEAT sheet
me time
ME time
happy hour
HAPPY hour
the pool is my happy place
the pool is my HAPPY place
to-do list
to-DO list
gamer friends
GAMER friends
road trip
ROAD trip
couch surfing
COUCH surfing
speaking engagements
SPEAKING engagements
mind control
MIND control
in total shock
in total SHOCK
culture shock
CULTURE shock
Thank you page
THANK you page
Youtube channel
YOUtube channel
Facebook group
FACEbook group
spam folder
SPAM folder
flow state
FLOW state
treasure hunt
TREASURE hunt
screenshot
SCREENshot
a job interview
JOB interview
a second interview
a second INTERVIEW
a puppy dog
a PUPPY dog
a tan line
a TAN line
seeing-eye dog
seeing-EYE dog
snack cheese
SNACK cheese
snacking cheese
SNACKING cheese
HR guru
hR guru
finance guru
FINANCE guru
fake guru
fake guru
the short list
the SHORT list
priority list
PRIORITY list
hot air balloon
hot AIR balloon
tattle tale
TATTLE tale
cell structure
CELL structure
the sweet spot
the SWEET spot
the Goldilocks zone
the GOLDILOCKS zone
the fat cats on Wall Street
the FAT cats on WALL street
a pet peeve
a pet PEEVE
pet food
PET food
a game changer
a GAME changer
a project plan
a PROJECT plan
an action item
an ACTION item
soul mates
SOUL mates
love birds
LOVE birds
bad hair day
bad HAIR day
magnifying glass
MAGNIFYING glass
a provocative question
a provocative QUESTION
an interview question
an INTERVIEW question
gold digger
gold digger
our brains are prediction machines
our brains are PREDICTION machines
the ladies’ room
the LADIES’ room
the men’s department
the MEN’S department
an explosive video
explosive VIDEO
the assassination attempt
the ASSASSINATION attempt
the attempted assassination
the attempted ASSASSINATION
deadly crackdown
deadly crackdown
the rainy season
the RAINY season
a rainy day
rainy DAY
tropical storm
tropical STORM
ice storm
ICE storm
record heat
record HEAT
downtime
DOWNtime
ice breaker
ICE breaker
sports news
SPORTS news
international news
international NEWS
tourism industry
TOURISM industry
a happy feeling
a happy FEELING
class trip
class TRIP
team project
team PROJECT