Phrases

Question 1

a peggiorare le cose

Answer 1

to make matters worse

Question 2

a natural feeling that makes people know what is right and wrong

Answer 2

a moral compass

Question 3

food, money or clothes that are given to a person who is poor

Answer 3

a handout

Question 4

To do something in a manner that does not conform to the standard

Answer 4

to march/walk to the beat of one’s own drum

Question 5

To be down to earth

Answer 5

To be very sensible and practical

Question 6

To be a cold fish

Answer 6

Unfriendly, without strong emotions

Question 7

To be a pain in a neck

Answer 7

Annoying

Question 8

To be an easy/soft touch

Answer 8

A person you can easily persuade to do sth, to give you money

Question 9

Used to add something to what you have just said, especially something that makes it less strong

Answer 9

Mind you

Question 10

Syn of nevertheless

Answer 10

Nonetheless

Question 11

All/just the same

Answer 11

Despite this

Question 12

to read (from) cover to cover

Answer 12

read all the way through from the beginning to the end:

Question 13

according to what other people say

Answer 13

by/from all accounts

Question 14

to discover what you need to know through experience or by making mistakes

Answer 14

to learn the hard way

Question 15

to kick the bucket

Answer 15

to die

Question 16

to keep your nose to the grindstone

Answer 16

to work hard for a long period of time without stopping

Question 17

from zero

Answer 17

from scratch/nought

Question 18

to eat something by taking a lot of small bites

Answer 18

to nibble

Question 19

in the middle of the night

Answer 19

in the dead of night

Question 20

to try to make somebody believe something that is not true, usually as a joke

Answer 20

have somebody on

Question 21

have had enough of sth/sb

Answer 21

I’ve had it with him