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Question 1

all along

Answer 1

from the very beginning:
Do you think he’s been cheating us all along?

Question 2

a bit of a something

a bit of something

a little + N

Answer 2

a bit of a something
especially British English used to show that the way you describe something is only true to a limited degree
The news came as a bit of a shock.

a bit of something
a slight but not serious amount or type of something:
Maria’s put on a bit of weight, hasn’t she?

a little
a small amount of something:
This sauce needs a little salt.

Question 3

Leave off:
-1/activity.
- 2/list

Answer 3

Leave off:
-discontinue an activity.:”he resumed the other story at the point where the previous author had left off”
- fail to include someone or something on a list.:”he had left him off the list of beneficiaries of his estate”

Question 4

scaffolding - noun [ U ]
stories noun [C]

Answer 4

-scaffolding - noun [ U ] - a raised structure that supports workers and materials during work on a building: The scaffolding rises 10 stories above the street.

-stories noun [C] (UK storey) a level of a building: a three-story house/ Their new house has four stories including the attic.

Question 5

abolish

Answer 5

abolish
verb [ T ]
to end an activity or custom officially:
I think bullfighting should be abolished.