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1
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What means to cram in ?

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to make a special effort to meet with (someone) or to do (something) although one is very busy.

He tries to cram in too much into our lessons and nothing really gets explained

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Go off the rails (people, storyline etc) ?

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to start behaving in a way that is not generally acceptable, especially dishonestly or illegally:

Ex:

He went off the rails in his first year at university.

The storyline for the last of us goes a little off the rails and start devolving into the background of almost irrelevant side characters

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I like Disney and musical, Moana suits me to a tee

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Perfect fit f

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X hit close to home ?

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To affect emotionally because one can relate

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To mirror smth?

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To represent something as it is

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An uproar about sth?

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a situation in which a lot of people complain about something angrily or make a lot of noise

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Face a backlash ?

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A strong negative reaction by a large group of people

Ex:

The film faced a backlash for how they treated the deception of suicide in 13 reasons why

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Up in arms about ?

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Being angry or upset

Many groups were up in arms about the depiction of Hannah’s death in 13 reasons why

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What means to pander to ?

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to do or provide exactly what a person or group wants, especially when it is not acceptable, reasonable, or approved of, usually in order to get some personal advantage:

Ex:

It’s not good the way she panders to his every whim.

I hate parents that pander to their children, it almost stifles them from becoming functional adults if they always get what they want

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Seldom?

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Rarely

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Deft - show deftness in (handling/skill/ability) ?

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Skillful/effective

Ex:

She shows deft ability to handle the situation when so many others panicked

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Ineffable quality ?

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causing so much emotion, especially pleasure, that it cannot be described:

To great or intense to be expressed in words

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To lust (after) ?

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a very powerful feeling of wanting something:

Ex:

her lust for power

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From the outset ?

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From the beginning

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Live up to the hype ?

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Be as good as expected and anticipated by the public

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It doesn’t not pull its punches ?

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Speak in an honest way without being kind

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Viable ?

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Able to work as intended

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Subvert ? (Trope/expectations/conventions/morals)

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Try to destroy/damage something (politic specially)

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Set the benchmark for ?

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Set as high standards to be compared witn

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Do away with ?

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Get rid of/stop using

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Wishy-washy ?

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having no colour, firm ideas, principles, or noticeable qualities of any type:

Ex:

The candidate gave a few unsatisfactory wishy-washy answers.

Watercolours are too wishy-washy for my taste.

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Gritty ?

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showing the unpleasant or difficult features of something as they really are:

Ex:

The novel was praised for its gritty realism and emotional intensity.

a gritty crime drama

a gritty portrayal of urban poverty

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Come off ?

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To happen as planned

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Tugs at the heartstrings ?

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To cause strong feelings of love/sympathy

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Leave you feeling flat ?

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Being disappointed, not causing the excitation we expected

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Massive whirlwind of enjoyment ?

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Great enjoyment

27
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Plucky ?

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Brave

Ex:

She was a plucky young girl, showing courage in the face of all difficulties

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Run of the mill ?

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Ordinary/not special

29
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Titular ?

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having the title of a position but not the responsibilities, duties, or power; in name only:

Character/film

30
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To portray ?

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To represent someone

31
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Gormless ?

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stupid and slow to understand:

Face/feature/expression

32
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No easy feat ?

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Not easy feat

33
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Hound/harass/hassle ?

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Hound : to chase someone or to refuse to leave someone alone, especially because you want to get something from them

Harass : to continue to annoy or upset someone over a period of time:

Hassle : to annoy someone, especially by repeatedly asking them something:

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Belittle/demeaning/disparaging ?

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to make a person or an action seem as if he, she or it is not important

Ex:

The teacher always belittled me/ was really demeaning/was really disappearing

35
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Get a lot of stick for something ?

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To receive strong criticism

36
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If memory serves me right ?

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If I recall well

37
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Have a knack for something ?

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Be good at something

38
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He is as thick as two short planks

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Being dumb

39
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Have talents in spades

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Have a lot of talent

40
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State school/comprehensive school?

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«Public» school

41
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Means tested ?

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the official process of measuring how much income a person has in order to decide if they should receive money from the government

42
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Bunk/skive off ?

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Ditch school

43
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To coast through/sail through something

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Surfer superficiellement

Ex:

You won’t coast through this lecture today, we are going to practice difficult stuff

44
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Doss off ?

A

Similar to bunk/skive off

45
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Go through the motions ?

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to do something without thinking it is very important or having much interest in it:

Ex:

He says he’s been investigating my complaint, but I feel he’s just going through the motions.

46
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A means to an end for

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To do something not because we want it but because there is a purpose behind

Ex:

I don’t really like this temp job, however I need money for the concert tickets.

47
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Is crying out for ?

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Need something

Ex:

English school are crying out for reforms in education

48
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To have the last laugh ?

A

to finally get an advantage from an argument or disagreement, when it seemed that you would not

49
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In sync with

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En synchro avec

50
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Pale in comparison to ?

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Pale en comparaison de

51
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Snide (comments/remarks/jibes/have a snide attitude)

A

(especially of remarks) containing unpleasant criticism that is not clearly stated:

Ex:

She is not outright aggressive but she has a snide attitude that often rubs people the wrong way

52
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Be in a sorry/sad state of affairs ?

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A bad situation that causes concern

53
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To walk sb through something ?

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Accompagne sb through something

54
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Be on each other toes ?

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To take responsability for something you shouldn’t

55
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Gloss over ?

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to treat or describe (something, such as a serious problem or error) as if it were not important.

56
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A blazing row ?

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Quarrel in a very noisy/angry way

57
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Be at loggerheads with sb?

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Arguing with sb

58
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A situation snowballs ?

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Effet de boule de neige

59
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Do sth out of spite

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To deliberately hurt someone because they hurt you

60
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Bottle feelings up ?

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Keep feelings inside

61
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Indiscernable ?

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Indiscernable like French

62
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Set in stones ?

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Difficult to change

63
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Drawback ?

A

Disadvantage

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