C1 English Idioms Flashcards

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We were kicking our heels waiting for some customers

A

Killing time

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2
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I decided to hit the sack and have an early night.

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Go to bed
Hay

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3
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He caught them in the sack together

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4
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By the time I got home the cake was burnt to cinder/crisp

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Completely burnt

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5
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I was raked over the coals by my boss for being late.

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Reproached
Critiqued

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6
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They dumped his belongings unceremoniously on the floor

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بفظاظة
Prudently
Ruthlessly

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7
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A psychotic socialite attempts to force an amateur tennis star to comply with his theory that two complete strangers can get away with reciprocal murders.
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يحاول شخص اجتماعي ذهاني إجبار نجم تنس للهواة على الامتثال لنظريته القائلة بأن اثنين من الغرباء الكاملين يمكن أن يفلتا من جرائم القتل المتبادل

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8
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Just like babies in their mothers’ arms, your little one gets lulled to sleep by rocking.
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مثلما ينام الأطفال بين ذراعي أمهاتهم، يركن صغيركِ إلى النوم عن طريق الاهتزاز

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9
Q

Don’t be so horrid to your brother and an agitator

A

بشغ
مشاغب

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10
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She felt limp and exhausted 😩

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Weak

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11
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The international community has unanimously denounced the judicial harassment and the parody of justice that marred the trials.

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وقد أجمع المجتمع الدولي على إدانة المضايقات القضائيّة والسخرية من العدالة التي شابت المحاكمات.

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12
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She is a marred-looking child.

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Bad tempered

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13
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Many people are discomfited, or even outraged, by philosophical questions…

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كثير من الناس يشعرون بالضيق، أو حتى الغضب، من الأسئلة الفلسفية.

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14
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To laugh at the discomfiture of others, denotes that you will wilfully injure your friends to gratify your own selfish desires.

I can only convey/express the dismay of my Government over what transpired..

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لتضحك على اضطرابها الآخرين، ويدل على أنك سوف تجرح عمدا أصدقائك لإرضاء رغبات أنانية الخاصة بك.

ولا يسعني سوى الإعراب عن استياء حكومتي إزاء ما حصل

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15
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If of victory you dream, there will be brisk activity along business lines, and domesticity will be harmonious.
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إذا حلمت بالنصر فسوف يكون هناك نشاط سريع على طول مخططات العمل وسوف تكون الحياة العائلية منسجمة

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16
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She lived in some village from the cradle to the grave.

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All of her life

17
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Such cooperation will enhance the capacity of the Court to bring to justice the perpetrators of heinous crimes that prick the conscience of humanity.
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وسيعزز هذا التعاون قدرة المحكمة على محاكمة مرتكبي الجرائم البشعة التي تؤذي ضمير الإنسانية

18
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In a foretaste, rights group Amnesty International posted a harrowing picture of refugees cowering behind barbed wire outside the EU summit center with the slogan Don’t trade refugees.
وفي دلالة منذرة نشرت منظمة العفو الدولية صورة مروعة للاجئين يرتعدون وراء أسلاك شائكة خارج مركز انعقاد قمة الاتحاد الأوروبي ويحملون شعارا يقول لا تتاجروا باللاجئين.

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