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Within reach

At hand
To take after
Hard up
Miss out on
Flip over
Drop by
Stop by
Whats your stand on?
What is your stance on?
Head in the clouds
Bunched up
Make up
Smudged out
Move over
Its very becoming
No dice

To avail yourself of

To hail a cab
Hold back
To tally up
Put foot in it
Pull the wool over smbds eyes
Run rugged
Do an about face
Miss out (on)
Foot fall asleep
Held up [delayed]
Underway
Shrug of
Get on with something
Weed sth/sb out
Back to back
Tell sb of
Caught up
Lurk around
Make out
Get in on sth
Get on [have a good
relationship]
Get on [manage]

Get on [continue]
Get on [getting old]
Get on [getting late]
Make sth up
Boil down to

Put out : 1. to make a light stop

shining by pressing a switch 2. To


cause trouble or extra work for
someone 3. Move forward 4. Injure
5. Make available 6. Work 7.
(especially of a woman) to agree to
have sex

Get of/alight from (formal)


Make do
Made to do sth
Make a splash
Be better for it (because of it)
Give rise to
Drop of
Rest assured
Chip of of the old block
All over the place
Of the mark
Before long
Soldier on
Locl, stock, and barrel
Grow closer
Laid-back
Take me over
Don't start me off
Hold yourself together
Bust my back
Give rise
At a profit
At a loose end
On the off-chance
With a view
On a diet

In the habit of v+ing

wreak havoc
thin out
haul sb up
prop sth up
bask in sth
in a fit of [anger, love,
pique]
puzzle out
tapped out
[exhausted]
board up
watertight

At a disadvantage
In the long run

See Eye to eye


Call it a day
No room to swing a cat
Turn a blind eye
Out of for blood
Under the weather
As easy as pie
On tiptoe
Beat about the bush
Be at a loose end
Pick out
True to life
In the long run
In the throes of
On a daily basis
Its not gonna fly
In tatters
We are on the same page
Pull it of
Pet hate
Be anybodys guess
Rub me the wrong way
too smart for your own good
Parcel out

account for sth (explain sth)

pull the plug


brusquely
cart off
pack up (break down)
brood over
rub off on someone
hedge your bets

what could have possesed you


to
buckle up
belligerent
haughty/ disdainful
dont sass me
through thick and thin

give the onceover


time after time
get across
ditto
lookout
fraught with
forthcoming
to follow suit
to have beef
burst into
laughter
audacity
tutelage
fall ill
safe and sound
swivel
halt

purchase at a
discount
slither
doorjamb
upbeat
bonehead
effigy
garnish
stirring
advertisement
for sth
amicable
chickened out
obtuse
apprehension
turn in
kindling

in the wake of
sappy
steamroller
[leslie knope]
fill someones
shoes
heart wrenching
wind up
take sbs mind
off sth

steely
get on with
paint with a broad brush
drink up
embark on
insinuating
perilous
went up to
the last but one
care for
plead for
watch over
come around [change you mind]
a second helping
ask out
to be onto sth
to be up to smth / be up to no
good
hold in awe
blow of some steam
dorky
contentious
giveaway
predicament
coercion
profound
vigilante
crackpot
keep in suspense
pristine
to come through (for/with)
come to (regain consciousness/
wake up)
to come upon
get back at
to get behin (in)
get in on
to get into it
to get of
to get on in years
to get on
get on with [continue with sth]
keep on (with)

keep to oneself (remain


withdrawn and alone)
keep up with
kick of [start sth]
knockof [imitation]
take in [make smaller, give
shelter, to fool smb]
take up with [to have an afair]
to take up on [agree with a
proposal]
to talk back to
to talk into
look it up
in my downtime
go through a bas/rough patch
person of substance
under the weather
a hoarder
to work up the nerve
before my very eyes
beneath his notice

beneath contempt

broad minded
Get under ones skin
To get on ones nerves
Fob off
Prop up
File away

Confide in
Congratulate on
To keep to it
Cost of sth
Take course in
Covered with / in
Crash into
Crazy about
Criticize for -ing
Crowded with
Cured of
In danger of
Travesty
Sleazy
Better of

Defeat the purpose


Gallivant
Marvel
Apathetic
Tip of
Tacitly
Stirring
"It depends a lot/very
much/more/a
little/somewhat/to an
extent/wholly/not at all/etc on
the way you look at it."
"It very
much/more/hardly/etc depends
on the way you look at it."
Go off
Start off
Judicious [wise]
Succeeded by
Look in sbs eye
Be into sb
Gin someone up
Take a hike
Have one on me
Indeed
Sore loser
Go out on a limb in...
Walk it off
Cool sb down
Beat oneself up
Lopsided
Have grown to
First-hand
In own right
Fall on
Hang up on sb
We can watch the shadows get
longer
Wordy
Carry on
Hit the hay
Wrap up
Commencement

Left for university


Come right
Grow to/ come to

Blow it of
Within earshot
Prudent
Nitty-gritty
Flip of (finger)
Put through a phone call
Put sb through sth
Compile
Fishy
Chubby, plump
Posted on the progress
Informed of the progress
Outgrown sth
A great/good deal of
[uncountable noun]
Company deals in sth
In detail
Difficulty in
Could do with
Dream of
Would never dream of
Get dressed/ dress
Dressed up
Owing to
Splinter
Without further ado
Much obliged
Lead on
Get across
Wobble
Set about the task
Put sb first
Laugh at
Make fun from
Block capitals
Query
Carry out
Peter out
Bring up
Fully fledged
Abide by
Little chance [no chance]
Small chance [certain
probability]
Faded

Germane
A Golden opportunity
Golden wedding anniversary
A Golden rule
Head for/ towards
All over building
Footnote
Turn on
Half as much
Go over
Write up
Shaky
Pull it of
Bring sth about
Jumble
Chewy
Pastime
Compare with (when we talk
bout diferences and
similarities)
Compare to (when we want to
show what something is like)
Edifice
Taken with someone or
something
Meet deadlines
Suckle
Take back at
That came out wrong
Raggedy
Leave for
Lower case letters
Jealous of
Join in [an activite]
Junior to [smbl]
Keen on
At last= after a long delay
Less- uncountable nouns
Fewer- countable nouns
Lest = in case
Speak up
Get the hose
Contrived
Have sth at hand
Would you mind [ing sthing]

Cant take eyes of


Dressing gown [robe]
A blanket
a duvet
to get grips
to come to grips with
put sb up
a world of diference
look up
stint
fair-haired
frivolous
if need be [if necessary]
lumber room
come across
come along
partial to
take pity on
cought up in
involved wth
hideous
benevolent
carry on
cobbly
in a flesh
tooth extracted
crush sth
beat around the bush
as cold as ice
pick up a habit
arrive at
take it out on sb
in the making
boisterous
give the edge
mushy
bestow
amount of [uncountable]
number of [countable]
seize the opportunity
stand on ceremony
take precedence over
take ofense
past hope

caught up in [deeply involved


with sth]
washed out
single out
important to me [my personal
feelings]
important for me [what society
expects and/or my own feelingsimposition from outside]
in dange of ing
pleasure in ing
come as a surprise
a need for
in need of
if it wasnt for me
slip of a tongue
greasy food
overalls
an overall
two parts to
shouting up
dregs
pliers
qualms
shears
slacks
tights
tweezers
whereabouts
underpants
the police [plural noun]
point object at someone
point to
there was little point to
care about [something is
important]
care for [look after or like]
little is used with words which
have an uncountable meaning
a great/ good deal of
[uncountable noun]
little chance/ a little chance
[unlikely but probable]
utensil
hitherto
exacting

refreshments
wail
forestall
ream
ensuing
thrash sth out
arouse
objection to
unwittingly
contingency
obliterate
assent
geared [created for specific
purpose]
reconcile
pertinent
tiles
take on board sth
draw to a close
cursory
go through the motions
wide of the mark
be out on a limb
grow closer
grow apart
iron-clad rules
clad in
walk the talk
quite numerous
recommend doing sth
sultry
bear a resemblance to
tell someone the truth
scorn
smile at
a dustbin
seek
slum
draft [uk draught]
go a long way
go not very far
invigilator
impose on
by and large
cumbersome

ponder
hailstone
a long shot
pandemonium
I would sooner [do sth]
Stretcher
Take is used with an adverb or
preposition [out, of, etc]
Fussy
Its time
Its high time
Its about time
Resign oneself to something
Bring sth out

Paraphern
alia
I dont
suppose
Pull
someone
down
Plunge
Lump
Savvy
Intelligibility
Proverbial
Compelling
Fudge

versatile
Blend in
By contrast
Follow a course
Ive been meaning
Scoop up
It means the world to me
By definition
Confer
Reconcile
Reconcile yourself to sth
Affiliation
Impervious
Get sb there
Readily=willingly
Instill=ingrain=impress
Complacent
Enervated
Available to a person
Available for a purpose
Long-winged
Veritable
Jump at the opportunity
Repast
Boil down to
Surge
Vigilant [open-eyed]
Rev up
Insurgent
Divisive
Austerity
On the edge
few and far between
jitters
douse
splash
strave of
scorn
akin
encroach on
virtually= almost
heave
pick out
carry-over

feisty
thick= stupid
syncopated
balk
gloss
surmise
suffice
build in
deem
fiddling
merit= deserve
agitated
waft
gruesome
thumping
latch
thaw
Scare of
Tray
Round robin
Adhere to
Toss-up
Clue- evidence
Cue- signal
Call a halt
Rascal [mischevious, positive
con]
Round of
Assent
Sieve
Opt
Tedious
Adamant
Debilitation
Pliers
Vigorously
In closing..
Dry run
Meticulous
Recharge your batteries
Notation
Commendable
Walkout
A put-on
Prescient

Bedeck
Storeroom
Feasible
Adept
Surfeit
Surplus
Pronged
Concoct
Cordiality
Of paramount importance
Stifling
Inculcating
Hove
Accost
Mitigation
Yell out
A mug
Corroborate
Ghoul
Think up
Guidance in
Tripped up
Ulterior
Ghastly [informal]
Gherkin
Menial
Dilution
Dazzling
Coy
Ringlet
Usher
Crop up
Scarcity
Table
Cater for
Clutch
In earnest
Amicable

Long in a tooth
In ones element
Crop up
Flurry
Anecdotal
To go overboard
Grow weary
Touch of
Be endowed with smth
Better shot than am
Pair of
Exhilarate
Second to none
Famished
Fancy ones chances
To get ones just deserts
Slim chances
Clam up
Of the top of my head
Put you on the spot
Exact revenge
Adage
Fit as a fiddle
Beck and call
Nip sth in the bud
Wreck havoc
Set ones foot
Bated breath
Scot free
Pique ones interest
Scapegoat
Another think coming
Self deprecating
Fall by the wayside
Eggcorn
Latch on to sth
Rack your brains
Dry spell

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