Part 2 Flashcards

(100 cards)

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Above board

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Honest and straightforward

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Adam’s ale

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Pure water

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3
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Add insult to injury

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To harm as well as humiliate

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4
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After one’s own heart

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Similar to you

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5
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An eye wash

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A pretence दिखवा

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6
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A hair breath escape

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Very narrow escape

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A lost ball in the weeds

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Completely lost or confused

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8
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An old flame

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Long time love

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An old head on young shoulder

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To become more matured than one’s own age

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10
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As fit as a fiddle

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Strong and healthy

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Assume airs

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To pretend superiority

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At large

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Absconding, कानून की गिरफ्त से दूर

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13
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Under the nose of

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Right in front of someone

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Under the thumb of

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Under the power or influence of

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Up and doing

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Active in work

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16
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Up one’s sleeves

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An item kept hidden and used whenever required

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17
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Uphill task

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Difficult task

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18
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Upon one’s sweet will

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On self desire or wish

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19
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Utopian scheme

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A visionary scheme through impractical

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20
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Weather the storm

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Survive by coming out of difficulties

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21
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Wet blanket

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One who spoils the enjoyment

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22
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Wheels within wheels

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A series of intricately connected events, जटिल कार्य का और जटिल होना

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23
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White elephant

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Expensive but of no use

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24
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White lie

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A Minor lie

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Will o' the wisp
Unreal , Elusive
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Windfall
Sudden gain received unexpectedly
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With a grain of salt
To accept with misgiving, स्वीकार करना लेकिन शंका के साथ
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With one accord
Unanimously
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Wolf in sheep's clothing
मित्रता जताने वाला खतरनाक आदमी
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Word for word
In exactly the same word
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Word of mouth
Informal oral communication
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Yeoman's service
Excellent work
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At loggerheads
शत्रुता की अवस्था
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At naught
To disregard or treat as of no importance असम्मान करना
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At odds
In disagreement
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At sea
To be confused
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Backstairs influence
Improper and private influence
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Bad egg
A worthless person
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Bandy words
To argue
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Bank upon
Depend on
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Bated breath
Holding your breath, In anxiety
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Be in the bad books of or bad odour of
Out of favour
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Be in the good books of or be in the good odour of
To be in kind favour or good favour
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Be in the driving seat
To take the whole responsibility
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Bear the palm
To be victorious
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Beat the air
To make useless efforts
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Be in one's bonnet
Go on talking about something which other people think is not important
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Behind the scenes
Secretly
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Below the belt
To strike unfairly
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Beside oneself
To feel extremely nervous or worried
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Beside the mark
Irrelevant
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Between scylla and charybdis
Between two great dangers
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Bid defiance
To defy or refuse
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Bite the dust
To be defeated
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Blaze the trail
To be pioneer and make path for others
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Blessing in disguise
something that seems bad or unlucky at first, but results in something good happening later:
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Blow one's own trumpet
To praise one's own self
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Blue stocking
An educated intellectual lady
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Book worm
किताबी कीड़ा
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Break the ice
To break silence by speaking first
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Bringing down the house
Receive great applause
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Bring home
To explain
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Bring to light
To disclose
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Brow beat
To disclose डराना
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Burn one's boats
Point of no return
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By and by
Gradually धीरे धीरे
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By and large
On the whole संपूर्ण रूप से देखने पर
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By dint of
By means of के वल पर
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By fair and foul means
By any way right or wrong सही या ग़लत किसी भी प्रकार से
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By the rule of thumb
According to practical experience
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Call a spade a spade
To be Frank
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Call names
To abuse
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Capital punishment
Death panalty
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Carrot and stick policy
Reward and punishment policy
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Carry matters with a high hand
To deal with a person strictly
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Cast a slur
To bring disgrace, damage
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Cave in
Yield झुक जाना
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Chapter and verse
In full detail
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Cheek by jowl
Close together
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Child's play
A very easy task
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Clinch the issue
To clear the controversy
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Clip one's wings
To weaken the power
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Cloven hoof
Symbol of disgrace or evil intention
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Cock a snook
To show impudent contempt असम्मान प्रकट करना
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Cock sure
Very sure and certain
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Cold reception
Not a wealthy welcome
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Come across
Meet by chance
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Come home to
To understand
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Come in handy
To be useful
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Come to pass
A difficult situation
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Come true
To prove true
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Cool one's heels
To be kept waiting
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Corporal punishment
Bodily punishment
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Count chicken before they are hatchet
To anticipate profit before hand
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Cross one's mind
अचानक दिमाग में आना
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Curry favour
To win favour by flattery
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Curtain lecture
A private scolding by wife to her husband
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Cut both ends
To argue in support of both sides of the issue
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Cut the gordian knot
To solve a difficult problem
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Cut throat
Tough कठिन