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English Slang Idioms (127)

1.His professor rejected his doctoral dissertation again It made his blood to think that the vast majority of his other professors lauded his superior academic

performance and now, for the first time in almost eight

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L+ boil

L: †urn colors

+ pump “ congeal

2.she knew that her fear of contracting a disease from eating fish bordered on the pathological She felt bad

whenever she went to someone's house for dinner and the dinner turned out to be fish She felt bad because she

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therefore, insult her hosts Just the thought of eating fish made her crawl

“ bugs \ flesh “ thoughts

ty mind

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electrocution victim She felt that something ominous would happen that night to someone she loved

hair

tu bed

(| clothes L: nail

4."| read an interview of the heinous serial killer who was caught last month and it was enough to make my

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deranged and with such malice shocks me," Ellie said to Beth ( constrict (| clench Lu bend (curl

5.Ken's group of friends ostracized him because he

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himself for the summer and try to befriend the group again in the fall

“ sparse “ spread

‘| scarce

“ gone

6.When the supplier expressed his concern that Mr Wilson was not coming to conduct business with him

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coming to meet with you Mr Saxs Is my man and | have delegated all of my authority to him for the duration of your business matters He will provide the same

excellent service that you have grown accustomed to receiving from me."

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Z."l understand your apprehension gentleman One does not like to put their livelinood in the hands of another — however briefly | can assure you that your interests will receive the utmost attention from Mr Smith and that this minor setback will be resolved in two days time Mr Smith said that everything will be handled appropriately and he is

a man of his , Mr Levi told the clients

tu sentences

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L: Word

L: commitimenis

6 '] think that we should grant him membership into our elite club He is refined, cultured and obviously a man Õllauuesszmr , Grant told the other members during thetr meeting

“: assets

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': means L2 cash

9."| think that Jim would be an excellent guest speaker By profession, he is a man of the but his financial

management of his parish is noteworthy His specialty is investment strategies and he has shown exceptional

prowess in this field," Marcus told the management club

“ priest

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L: Word

~ Dulpit

10 "Do | think it will work? | anticipate that our plan will

work However, no matter how calculated our steps are

and no matter how much we do contingency planning exercises, there is always a chance of something

unforeseeable cropping up to derail our objectives You have probably heard the saying "man proposes, God If itis meant to succeed, the plan will succeed If it is not meant to happen, it won't," the presenter said to the

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- initiates - examinates