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English idioms exercise 1.1 Flashcards

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john was the only one who brought the money at the end of the week

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John was the only wage earner

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they thought about how to earn money

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they thought about how to make their living

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they wanted someone to invest in the business

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They wanted someone to put money in the business

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they decided to spend less money

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they decided to tighten their belt

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a green grocers was a business with no perpective

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a green grocers was a falling market

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the business started to bring money

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the business started to run at a profit

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sue’s father didn’t join the business but he invested some money into it

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sue’s father became a sleeping partner

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they nearly completed the deal with joe’s brother

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they nearly closed the deal

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john’s brothers was known for dyshonest action

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john was known for his shop practices

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sue and Joe earned a lot of money

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sue and Joe made a lot of money

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they had no money and cannot pay the debt

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they went bankrupt

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they didn’t have enough money

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their finances were in a bad shape

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they couldn’t avoid a change of ownership of the company

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they couldn’t avoid a take over

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Meg did an office job

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Meg was a white color worker

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She worked after the usual hours for extra pay

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She worked overtime

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She went abroad for the purpose of doing business

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She went abroad on business

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She agreed to be available at any time

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She agreed to be on call

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Some people had to dismissed from employment

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Some people had to be fired

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Her colleagues decided to stop working as a protest

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Her colleagues decided to go on strike

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She didn’t want to be a strike breaker

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She didn’t want to be a black leg

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Everybody was dismissed from work

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Everybody got the sack

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Meg didn’t want to receive money from the government

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Meg didn’t want to go on the dole

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she didn’t like working at night

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she didn’t like being on a night shift

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she started doing something

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she got down to business

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she was determine to do something and started writing a CV
she rolled her sleeves up and started writing a cv
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Julie was reading the newspaper to make the time pass more quickly
Julie was reading the newspaper to kill the time
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she like to stay up late at night
she was a night bird
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she knew she was burst into tears very soon
she knew she was burst into tears at any moment
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July was wearing old fashion clothes
July was wearing out of date clothes
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she saw her parents occasionally
she saw her parents every now and then
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she seldom went out with Susan
she went out with Susan once in a blue moon
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she has to change her life without delay
it was high time to change something in her life
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she performed all her duties punctually
she performed all her duties on time
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she called her boss spontaneously
she called her boss on the spare of the moment
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she asked her boss to spare her some time
she asked her boss to have a minute for her
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M. Brown told her not to hurry
M. Brown told her to take her time
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the train to Paris was 25 minutes late
the train to Paris was 25 minutes behind time
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July bought the tickets at the latest possible time
July bought the tickets at the last moment
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the headmaster was boring and too long
the headmaster speech was long-winded
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the students knew he wouldn't talk reasonably
the students knew he wouldn't talk sens
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he often says silly things
he often talk rubbish
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the headmaster didn't consider the student's need
the headmaster didn't take the student's need into account
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he should have state at the main facts in a short and clear way
he should have put it in a nutshell
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everybody body started to talk about him secretively
everybody started to talk behind his back
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Miss Thomas wanted to talk to Paul quickly
Miss Thomas wanted to have a word with Paul
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Paul was honest about his opinion
Paul spoke his mind
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he didn't avoid saying what he was thinking about
he didn't beat about the bush
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the form teacher talk ro Paul angrily
the form teacher gave Paul a long talking to
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the teacher misunderstood Paul's intentions
the teacher got hold of the wrong end of the stick
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they didn't understand each other
they talk at cross purposes
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the teacher didn't consider Paul's explanations
the teacher didn't take his explanation into account
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people often assume things
people often take things for granted
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your remark is inappropriate
your remark is out of place
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people often start a quarrel
people often start to cross swords
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they try to persuade each other
they try to make each other change their minds
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everybody wants to say what they consider important
everybody wants to make their point
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people often assume things
people often take things for granted
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your remark is inapropriate
your remark is out of place
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people often start a quarrel
people often start to cross swords
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they try to persuade each other
they try to make each other change their mind
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everybody wants to say what they consider important
everybody wants to make their point
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all of them want to say something no one else would beat
all of them want to have the last word
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He doesn't understand me
he fails to see my point
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for one reason there is more interesting subject
for one thing there is more interesting subject
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this is something you should remember
this is something you should bear in mind
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everybody has the right to finish the discussion
everybody has a right to rip up the discussion
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you should stop talking now
you should hold your tong
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they must stop discussing this subject
they must drop the subject
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Sum it up politics is a tricky subject
all in all politics is a tricky subject
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John and Lucie were in a difficult situation
John and Lucy were in a fix
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They prefer to hide their problems
They prefer to sweep their problems under the carpet
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They didn’t want to discover the truth
They didn’t want to get to the bottom of things
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Lucie tried to calm down the situation
Lucy tried to put oil on trouble water
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Finally they understood their problem
Finally they got a grasp of their problem
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They were at a crisis
They were at a crossroads
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John thought about Lucie’s suggestion seriously
John took Lucie’s suggestion to heart
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Suddenly he understood what he couldn’t see before
Suddenly he saw daylight
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John found a perfect solution to his problem
John found a happy medium
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He was risking a lot
He was skating on thin eyes
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John said honestly what he thought
John laid is cards on the table
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He could say something that couldn’t be reversed
He could burn his bridges
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He started to believe that there was some hope
He saw the light at the end of the tunnel
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He manage to look serious
He manage to keep a straight face

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