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part 5

Expressions and Idioms part 5

· Please yourself · Come to the point · One man's meat is another man's poison · He hurried post-haste to the hospital · Not worth the powder · Practice makes perfect · Sing the praises of · Pretty good · Put / Set a price on one's head · Take pride in · In all probability / likelihood · In progress · To no purpose · To little purpose · Put the cart before the horse · Put on airs · Put one's foot down · Put up at · Fancy free · Fancy price · Face the music · Keep a straight face · Lose face · Pull a long face · By fair means or foul · By all means · Fair game · All's fair in love and war · Bad faith · In all good faith · Shake one's faith · Fall flat · Fall to one's lot · In the family way

Expressions and Idioms part 4

· He really knows all the answers · Anything but · He upset my apple cart · Twist one's arm · His star is in the ascendant · Reduce to ashes · Ask for it / Ask for trouble · Of little / No avail · Explore every avenue · To grease / oil one's palm · For the life of me · A nosey parker · For my part · Take in good part · Pass away / over · To pass judgment · Things have come to a pretty pass · The road to hell is paved with good intentions · To pay / give lip-service · Hold one's pease · Knock off his pedestal perch · A peg on which to hang · A square peg in a round hole · A penny for you thoughts · At no period · To pick clean · Pie in the sky · Say one's piece · Where the shoe pinches · In the pink · In high places · Fair play · Play false

part 3

Expressions and Idioms part ३

· Certainly not ! · Of course not! · Quite so ! · I think so · Are you sure! · Fine! · That's fine · I see · Fantastic / Wonderful / Lovely · I tell you what – I make this suggestion · To take advantage of · Just the thing · Indeed / Really · I should say so · What do you say? · All right · I don't mind at all · Oh ! That's very bad · Awful ! / Terrible · How awful · Bless me · What a pity ! · How sad ! · Poor fellow · Oh ! easy, easy · Wait and say · In all · Allow for · Let alone · It's comes / amounts to this · Come to think of it · Come to oneself · You have on alternative · He took her remark amiss

part 2

Expressions and Idioms

part 2

I've missed you
I was held up
It's a pity / What a pity / shame
You're pulling my leg = Don't tell me things that aren't true
So what
I have an account to settle with you
What's the big idea = What folly have you in mind
What do you thing you are doing
That isn't so
You wouldn't dream of
come off it = stop talking nonsense = Be serious
I mind = I care, it's important to me
It's up to you
I'm in a bit of a hurry
It's nothing to do with us
Never mind / It doesn't matter
Permit me, please / Allow me please
Forget it !
Take it easy
Go a head
Stop it !
Look !
Listen !
Have a drink
Help !
I beg you / have heart
Take care / Look out
Sure / certainly
Of course
Hang on

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Expressions and Idioms

part1

It's a small world

By the way

I'm dying for

Get a move on = hurry up

How ghastly = how horrible

Well, I never!

Really

How astonishing/amazing/surprising

What a weird house!

What a relief

It's a mercy you

I'm afraid

I'm just worried

I'd love to

I wonder if

Do you mind/would you mind?

Guess what

I suppose so

As you like

I bet

I am/was so fed up

Serve them right

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