Idioms Flashcards

(45 cards)

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Born with a silver spoon

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Run of the mill - very ordinary thing

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With bated breath. - to do something eagerly

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At loggerhead to have disagreements

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5
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See eye to eye

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To reach agreement

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6
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To get the pink slip

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To be fired from a job

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Dirt cheap

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Very cheap

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8
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Cutting egged technology

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Advance

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9
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Attribute

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Cause

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10
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Attain

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Get

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Await

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Waiting

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Commence

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To begin

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13
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Commodity

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Something that is valuable

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Consecutive

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Following one after another

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Constitute

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Account for

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Correlate or correlation

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Between or with

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Deprive

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No

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18
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Deterioration

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Worse

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Devise

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Elucidate

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Explain by somebody to make it clearer

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Exacerbate

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Make something bad even worse

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Excert

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Expenditure

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Facilitate

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To make something possible or easier

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Immense
Huge
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Imminent
Something gonna happen soon
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To incur
Experience something unpleasant because of our action
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Misconception
Not correct info
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Over the moon
Extremely pleased
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Once in the blue moon
Happen rarely
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A drop in the ocean
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32
Action speak louder than words
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33
Go the extra mile
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34
In the heat of the moment
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35
Keep an eye on
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Cut throat competition
Hard competition
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Sells like hot cakes
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38
Think out of the box
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39
Down to earth
Very polite
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To have to many iron in the fire
Very busy
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Chalk and cheese
Always opposite
42
Like two peas in the pod
In the same side
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Like a kid in a candy store
Very japoy
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Blessing in disguise
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Up in the air
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