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globe-trotting

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a big traveler, someone who goes everywhere + often

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in store

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happening in the future

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dashed

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destroyed

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brief

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summarize, tell in a short way

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edge up

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increase a little bit

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hike

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increase

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stalled

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stopped

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front burner

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front burner on a stove

-> idiom: most important

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issue

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topic, problems

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shell out

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pay, pay for sth.

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deceiving

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tricking, cheating, lieing about sth.

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egrigious

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(very formal) -> terrible, horrible

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charged

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accused in court (formally)

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Brush

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little bushes, little trees

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idolated

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independent, separated, alone

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shower

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short, heavy rain

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casualties

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death + injuries

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sworn in

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officially take a job

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bury

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putt under the ground

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farce

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a joke

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impeding

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slowing sth.

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laced

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covered with, coated with

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median

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middle point (not average)

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tapered off

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gradually decreased

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to lay off

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to fire people due to a lack of work

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on the chopping

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in risk, danger

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severance

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cut from job, severed from job

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closing in ON sth.

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getting closer IN/to sth.

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avert

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avoid

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hobnob

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get together with

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take a turn for the better or for the worse

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get better or worse

  • > how are you?
  • I took a turn for the better
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take a shot at something

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try something

  • I will take a shot at surfing
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take a hike

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go away, get lost

  • I have to learn! Take a hike!
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catch a cold

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to get a cold

  • Don’t get to near to me. i
    don’t want to catch a cold
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take it or leave it

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accept it the way it is or forget about it

  • The beach is very crowdy. Take it or leave it.
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take sides

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choose one opinion in an argument

  • Parents usually don’t take sides when the children are arguing
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take someone under your wings

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take care of someone, help someone who is new at something

  • my mentor took me user his wings
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take up someone’s time

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to use too much of another person’s time

  • He talks all day and takes up my time
38
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hit-and-run

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an accident in which the driver leaves before identifying him/herself

  • The police are looking for a hit-and-run driver.
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in a slip second

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instantly

-> I will finish my homework in a split second, they are very easy.

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in any case OR in any event

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no matter what

  • I don’t feel like going, but I will join you in any case.
41
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in the doghouse

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in trouble (sleeping outside with the dogs)

  • If you forget your mother’s birthday, you will be in the doghouse
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in the same boat

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to be in the same situatio

  • We’re all learning english, we’re all in the same boat
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Keep up with someone or something

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go at the same speed (or pace)

  • Slow down! I can’t keep up with you.
44
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knock on wood

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something we say (and do) to prevent bad luck

  • We hadn’t got any accidents. knock on wood!
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let things slide

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to not do things you should do

  • I have to clean my house. I let things slide
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sit back, kick back

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totally relaxed

47
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set out from sth./somewhere

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leave for a trip, temporarily

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shell out

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pay for sth., spend money

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jam

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smash

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to jerk

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to pull quickly

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a clean sweep

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a total reorganization

  • The company is bringing new management to make a clean sweep
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make a killing

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make a lot of money on something

  • If you’re winning in Lotto, you will
    make a killing
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can’t make it

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won’t be able to attend

  • I can’t make it to the party
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don’t make waves

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don’t cause troubles

  • If you’re new at the school, you better don’t make waves
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mope around

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to act sad, depressed

  • i know, that you’re sad about the breakoff, but don’t mope around
56
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next to nothing

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hardly anything, almost nothing

  • this shirt costs next to nothing
57
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a nine-to-five job

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a job with normal working hours

  • if you’re working in an office, you are having usually a nine-to-five job
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to nod off OR to doze off

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fall asleep or nap

  • my grandma usually nods off when she watches TV
59
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sweep

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to clean with a broom

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laid back

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casual, relaxed

  • This lifestyle is laid-back
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laid up

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sick, being fixed

  • I will be laid up for a few days
62
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last, but not least

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last to be mentioned, but not the least important

  • Last but not least, I want to thank you.
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lay into someone

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to attack

  • the boss laid into me for bei g late every day
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learn from the bottom up

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from the most basic steps

  • I will learn spanish from the most basic steps
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leave someone in the dark OR leave someone out in the cold

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to exclude someone from information

  • She left us in the dark
66
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let sleeping dogs lie

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don’t look for trouble or ignore problems

  • many people
    prefer ti let sleeping dogs lie to avoid problems
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let someone off the hook

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to release someone from responsibility

  • The boss let me off the hook, i don’t have to work this week
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give your all for sth.

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use all your talent, energy, time for something

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to help out

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divide the work

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honk

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hupen

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hunt for

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search for

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jump the gun

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do sth. too soon

  • At the running event he jumped the gun.
73
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hold one’s horses

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slow down or stop for a minute

  • hold your horses and enjoy this view
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get burned

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lose money, get emotionally hurt

  • they’re going to Las Vegas. They might get burned
75
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Do an end run

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go around someone to accomplish something

  • If your mother says “no” you will do an end run and ask your father
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Have one’s cake and eat it, too

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get everything you wish for

  • You can’t travel your whole life. you can’t have your cake and and eat it too.
77
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Blow it

A

Make a big mistake

  • of you blow it at work too often, you will lose your job
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Be back to square one

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to have a start over again

  • i missed this exam. but next semester i will be back to square one
79
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Off base

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incorrect or inappropriate

  • Your remarks were rude and off base!
80
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Pass the buck

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give or hand off a problem to someone else

  • I’m going to pass the buch. This is not up to me
81
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condemnation

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very negative statements

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swift

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quickly, fast

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Moreover

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also, additionally (very formal

-> writing!)

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E/R

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Emergency

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upholding

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agreeing with sth.

86
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fueled by

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increased by, motivated by, energizes by

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