Test 16 August Flashcards

1
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Completely unexpected

A

Out of the blue

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2
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No longer considered

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Out of the frame

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3
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Suffer because of a failure

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Get your finger burnt

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4
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Continue as if nothing happned

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Fiddling while rome burns

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5
Q

Everything is pleasant and easy

A

A bed of roses

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6
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Destroy possible ways of going back to something

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Burn your bridges

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7
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Briefly

A

In a nutshell

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8
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Eager to spend

A

Burn a hole in your pocket

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9
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Work late

A

Burn the midnight oil

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10
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Spend money in things not necessary

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Have money to burn

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11
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Can not occur

A

Has no place in

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12
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Wanting your own place

A

A place of my own

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13
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Not place for certain People

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No place for a child

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14
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Will be remembered

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A place in history

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15
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Having good intentions

A

His heart’s in the right place

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16
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Replace me

A

Go in my place

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17
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Firstly

A

In the first place

18
Q

Seat down

A

Take your places

19
Q

Start making sense

A

Fall into place

20
Q

To hold something

A

Hold the wood in place

21
Q

Replace someone

A

Take the place of (susan)

22
Q

Prints

A

Etching

23
Q

Push

A

Jostle

24
Q

Supervisor or controller

A

Overseer

25
Q

Artificial or difficult to believe

A

Contrived

26
Q

Steps of a ladder

A

Rungs

27
Q

Hit head to head

A

Butt

28
Q

In a Tight, comfortable way

A

Snugly

29
Q

Cut something

A

Sawn

30
Q

Not clear or easy to understand

A

Garbled

31
Q

Structure to build

A

Scaffolding

32
Q

Sth that causes the failure of something that already started to fail

A

The final nail in the coffin

33
Q

Say the truth even if it is not polite

A

To call a spade a spade

34
Q

To fail completely

A

To go down the tubes

35
Q

A bad part or thing of something

A

Weak link in the chain

36
Q

Become very angry

A

To blow a fuse

37
Q

Agreements with certain conditions

A

With(no) strings attached

38
Q

Different understanding of things

A

To get your wires crossed

39
Q

Having used or done everything you could

A

To shoot your bolt

40
Q

Start doing sth with more effort

A

To get into gear

41
Q

Make things even worse. Someone feels bad and you make him feel worse

A

To twist the knife