18/04 Flashcards by Jaqueline Gava | Brainscape

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Ordeals

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Unpleasant experience

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Yell

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Shout/screen

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Close shave

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A narrow escape

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Mishap

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An unlucky accident or mistake

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Quinine

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A drug used to treat Malaria

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Catch

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A hidden problem that makes sth hard

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Battered

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Damaged

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Solicitor

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Lawyer

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Compound

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Complex

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Exotic

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Unknown

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Shiver

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Shake

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Utterly

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Completely

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Look a gift horse in the mouth

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Refuse or criticize sth that is given to you

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Red-handed

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While doing sth wrong/illegal

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Out of the question

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Impossible/not allowed

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Pluck up courage

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Make yourself do sth even though you’re afraid

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Get your wires crossed

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Become confused about sth

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Keep sth under wraps

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Being kept secret

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Cat’s out of the bag

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Tell a secret by mistake

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All Greek to me

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Can’t understand

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Scaremongering

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Spreading deliberately to scare people

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Ruffle a few feathers

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Annoy/upset sb

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Put though the wringer

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Make sb suffer hardships

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Curry favor with sb

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Please sb by praising them

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Give sb the low down

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The facts about sb/sth

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Put two and two together

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Make sense of a situation

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Have your heart set on sth

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Be determinated

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Drive/strike a hard situation bargain

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Argue aggressively

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Tug at the heartstrings

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Make sb feel sad

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Be at stake

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That can be won or lost

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On an even keel

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Working/happing in a calm way

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Stick your neck out

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Do/say sth when you may be wrong

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Be on the fence

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Undecided;not determined

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Off the cuff

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Without previous thought or preparation

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Clever

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