Tài liệu CAMBRIGDE INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY OF IDIOMS CHƯƠNG 2 11 pptx

... someone look or feel much older • The breakup of his marriage put years on him. OPPOSITE take years off sb • Losing all that weight has taken years off her. yellow yellow journalism American writing ... lack of young blood. Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. 437 z's zero-sum a zero-sum game American a situation where two people compete and if...

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... schemes. the pick of sth the best of a group of things or people • Send inyour poems and wewillprint the pick of the bunch. have your pick of sth if you can have your pick of a group of things, you ... be a natural part of that place • I've been working in this office for so long I'm part of the furniture now.• (sometimes + of) He had become part of the furnitu...

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... Most of the music they play is pretty middle -of- the-road. Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. mask make a martyr of him from the point of view of the international ... all in the mind. be of like/one mind be of the same mind if two or more people are of like mind, they agree with each other about 25 4 something > (often + on) We&a...

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... the cockles of your heart. coffee a coffee table book a large, expensive book with a lot of pictures, that is often kept on a table for people to look at • A glossy coffee table bookof his art ... in the clutches of a religiousfanatic. C-note a C-note American, informal a piece of paper American money that is worth 100dollars. Joe took a wad of bills out of his pocket, peeled off...

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... native go off at a tangent go off at half-cock go off half-cocked: see go off at half-cock go off on a tangent go off the boil go off the deep end go off the rails go off your rocker: see be off your ... this watermark. FULLNESS be full of beans be full of bull be full of crap/ shit be full of holes be full of piss and vinegar be full of ihe joys of spring be full of yourself...

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... once the raison d'etre of the festival but it has now been replacedby comedyand cabaretshows. rake-off a rake-off informal a share of the profits of something, often taken in a way that is ... thefuture of the wholeproject. 2 a feeling of doubt about the ability or quality of something> The recentspate of government scandals has left a question mark over their ability...

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... man/woman of the world a world of difference (all) the world and his wife be at peace with the world be dead to the world be in a world of your own be in another world be on top of the world be out of ... you want to make something of it? for want of a better word How much do you want to bet? want to curl up and die WAR see also WARS a battle/war of nerves aturfwar a war of...

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... newspapers. grab a grab bag American & Australian a mixture of different types of things • (often + of) Airlines are offering a grab bag of discounts, air miles and car rentals toattract customers. grabs up ... because of the scarcity of opportunities at home. green-eyed the green-eyed monster humorous the feelingof beingjealous. Doyou think his criticisms of Jack are valid...

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... crown the best or most valuable thing in a group of things • (often + of) The island of Tresco,with its beautiful tropicalgardens, is thejewel in thecrown of the Scilly Isles. j iggery-pokery jiggery-pokery ... How much of the research done by academics in their ivory towers is ever read orpublished? ivy / the Ivy League American X, a group of old and very good colleges in 20 6 t...

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... sleight of hand he produced twopigeons out of his tophat. slice a slice of life if a film, a play, or a piece of writing shows a slice of life, it shows life as it really is • The drama, a slice of ... small hours the early hours of the morning. (often + of) I was up till the small hours of Wednesday morning finishing off that report. • She was born in the small hours of S...

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