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Mum’s the word
Don’t tell anyone
Not a word
Don’t speak about it
Not another word
Don’t speak about it anymore
One’s last word
One’s final statement, warning, offer, advice
Put in a good word for someone
Speak in a complimentary way in order to help support, defend someone
Take someone at his word
Act on the belief that someone will do what he says
Take someone’s word for it
Believe someone when there is no proof that what he says is true
That’s not the word for it
An exclamation that something is understated
The last word ( in something )
The most up to-date, the best kind, the latest style or fashion
Word for word
Exactly, literally, using all the words
Word perfect
Knowing perfectly a text one has learnt
Actions speak louder than the words
(Saying) what one does is more important than what one says
Have words ( with someone )
Have a quarrel or disagreement
Mark my words
Listen to me, note what I say ( used a warning )
Mince ( one’s ) words
Not speak freely and directly
Not in so many words
Not exactly expressed or stated, only hinted at
Words fail me
An expression of shock, surprise or anger
Carry the world on one’s shoulders
Carry a lot of responsibility
Come down in the world
Lose one’s social or financial position
Do someone a world of good
Be very good to someone
Get on in the world
Be successful in one’s job, improve one’s financial position
Go up in the world
Rise to a higher social or financial position
( its’s a ) small world
Expression of surprise when one meets an acquaintance somewhere unexpectedly
A man/woman of the world
Experienced, with a cosmopolitan
