Idiomatic Expressions

Question 1

About to

Answer 1

Almost ready to

Question 2

Add up

Answer 2

Make sense; be logical

Question 3

All at once

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Suddenly; without warning

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As a rule

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Generally; customarily

Question 5

At ease

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Not nervous; calm

Question 6

At the drop of a hat

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Quickly; without any preparation time

Question 7

Back out (of)

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Withdraw (an offer)

Question 8

Bank on

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Depend on; count on

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Be my guest

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Do what you want; feel free; help yourself

Question 10

Be rusty

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Need practice or review

Question 11

Beats me

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I don’t know; I have no idea ( often used in response to a question)

Question 12

Better of

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An improved condition

Question 13

Bite off more than one can chew

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Take on more responsibility than one can handle

Question 14

Bound to

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Certain to; sure to

Question 15

Break down

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Stop functioning (a machine, for example)

Question 16

Break in (on someone)

Answer 16

Interrupt

Question 17

Break the ice

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Break through social barriers (as at a party)

Question 18

Break the news (to someone)

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Inform; give bad news

Question 19

Break up

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End ( a meeting for example)

Question 20

A breeze

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Something very simple and easy to do

Question 21

Bring about

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Cause to happen

Question 22

Brush up on

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Review; study; practice

Question 23

Bump into

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Meet unexpectedly; run into

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By and large

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Mostly; generally; on the whole

Question 25

By heart

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By memory; learned word for word

Question 26

By no means

Answer 26

In no way

Question 27

Call it a day

Answer 27

Stop working for the day; go home

Question 28

Call off

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Cancel

Question 29

Call on

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Visit

Question 30

Calm down

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Relax

Question 31

Care for

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Take care of; like; feel affection for

Question 32

Catch on

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Become popular

Question 33

Catch on (to)

Answer 33

Understand, learn

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Catch up (with)

Answer 34

Go as fast as; catch

Question 35

Check in (or into)

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Register (at a hotel)

Question 36

Check out (of)

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Leave (a hotel); take material (from a library)

Question 37

Cheer up

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Become cheerful; be happy

Question 38

Chip in (on/for)

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Contribute

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Clear up

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Clarify; make understandable; become nice and sunny ( used to talk about the weather)

Question 40

Come across

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Find; meet encounter

Question 41

Come around

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Begin to change one's opinion; begin to agree with

Question 42

Come down with

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Become sick with ( an illness)

Question 43

Come up with

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Think of ( an idea)

Question 44

Cost an arm and a leg

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Be very expensive

Question 45

Count on

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Depend on; rely on

Question 46

Count out

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Eliminate; no longer consider as a factor

Question 47

Cut off

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Stop; discontinue ( a service)

Question 48

Cut out for

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Have an aptitude for; qualified for

Question 49

Day in and day out

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Constantly, for a long time

Question 50

Die down

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Become less severe; quiet down

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Do over

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Do again; repeat

Question 52

Do without

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Not have

Question 53

Down the drain

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Wasted, done for no reason (work)

Question 54

Dream up

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Invent, think of; come up with

Question 55

Drop in (on)

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Visit informally

Question 56

Drop (someone) a line

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Send someone a letter

Question 57

Drop off

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Leave something (a package), take (someone) home; let someone out of a car

Question 58

Drop out (of)

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Stop attending (classes)

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Dwell on

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Focus on; think about too much

Question 60

Easy as pie

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Very simple

Question 61

Eyes bigger than one's stomach

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Pole who take more food than they can eat

Question 62

Fall behind

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Not move as quickly as; lag behind

Question 63

Fall through

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Fall to happen

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A far cry from

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Not similar to; not as good as

Question 65

Fed up (with)

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Not able to tolerate; disgusted with; annoyed by

Question 66

Feel free

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Do something if one wants

Question 67

Feel like

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Be inclined to

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Feel like a million dollars

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Feel very good

Question 69

Few and far between

Answer 69

Uncommon and infrequent

Question 70

Figure out

Answer 70

Understand; solve