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Idioms with learn, bring and work from Keynote Upper intermediate

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To bring something to the table means:

to make a person feel bad

to do something that's difficult

to raise a point or topic

to contribute something useful

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To bring something to mind means:

to make something happen

to be reminded of something

to contribute something useful

to raise a point or a topic

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To bring yourself to do something means:

to be reminded of something

to contribute something useful

to make something happen

to do something that's difficult

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To bring someone down means:

to make someone feel bad

to make something happen

to raise a point or a topic

to do something that's difficult

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To bring something up means:

to make something happen

to raise a point or a topic

to be reminded of something

to contribute something useful

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To bring something about means:

to be reminded of something

to make something happen

to do something difficult

to make a person feel bad

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At the moment we're developing some new ideas for next year's collection. Replace "developing" with:

working on

working through

working against

working out

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Two managers don't get along, but they're dealing with their differences. Instead of "dealing with" you can use:

working on

working through

working off

working against

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My workmates are calculating how much it's going to cost. Instead of "calculating", you can use:

working on

working out

working against

working through

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Time is causing problems, but we'll get this project finished on time if we hurry. Instead of "causing problems" you can use:

working on

working against us

working through

working off

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My best friend has a second job because he's still paying back his student loans. Instead of "paying back", you can use:

working against

working off

working through

working on

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trying to do something and making lots of mistakes

learn the hard way

learn by heart

learn my lesson

learn from

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learn not to repeat certain behaviour because a previous experience was unpleasant

learn to

learn my lesson

learn the hard way

learn by heart

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learn how to do something

learn from

learn the hard way

learn to

learn by heart

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remember all the words of something without looking at a text; memorize

learn to

learn my lesson

learn the hard way

learn by heart

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use an incident or experience to understand what was wrong about it

learn to

learn my lesson

learn from

learn the hard way

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