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English Slang Idioms (108)
1.She lived a pleasant, privileged, carefree life up until now However, she recently lost her job and that, in turn, made her mortgage payment overdue The bank was threatening to take her house She remembered that her
Trang 2“ people
Lc houses C rain Lt stock
2.His predecessor ruled the organization with an He frequently used hierarchical, stringent authority to get the job done and that seemed appropriate at the time
Trang 3conditions and interests and to empower employees to get the job done
“ green thumb
“| iron fist
“ open mind “ kid gloves
Trang 4Lz jrons in the fire
“ command and control policies
t buried treasure
“ cap and trade policies
4.He knew that the courts traditionally favored awarding full custody of small children to the mother but he had to try He knew that he probably wouldn't win but he told
Trang 5+ OD©ra
Lz fa† L: jdol L2 firs†
Trang 6and child pornography? | mean, is Saul also among the
cay se mmx , or what?" Maddie said to Shelly
tL idols tu revered
“ prophets
L:; role models
Trang 7happened this week! | guess that the saying is true: When I† rains, I† '," Lilly said to her best friend Adam
\ hails
(2 snows
“ pours
L:; hurricanes
Trang 8communal view on child rearing Many believe that "It takes a whole to raise a child."
“ country
( street
“ village “ economy
8.He hated that she blamed their break-up solely on him A lot of the things he did was in reaction to the nasty
Trang 9she refused to acknowledge any of them It takes two to Hung Didn't she Know that?
“ tango “ conspire
“ collude ( conceive
9."Did you hear from the corporate office that we are going to be improving our technology and become more
Trang 10we will be downsizing and outsourcing a lot of jobs — maybe even our own to other countries."
“ angry fan
\ ill wind
““ insidious hair drier
“1 pompous mouth