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Idioms and phrases

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  • a bear with a sore head
    a poor memory
    irritated/bad mood
    a difficult fact to accept
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  • a bitter pill to swallow
    a wild guess/ a risk
    a difficult fact to accept
    weakest point of sb's character
    a lot of fuss about sth that is not important
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  • a different kettle of fish
    a totally different situation from the one just mentioned
    sb who feels uncomfortable
    annoying person/thing
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  • a fish out of water
    irritated/bad mood
    sb who feels uncomfortable
    a difficult fact to accept
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  • a long shot
    annoying person/thing
    a lot of fuss about sth that is not important
    a wild guess/ a risk
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  • a memory like a sieve
    bad memory
    good memory
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  • a pain in the neck
    Sara
    Mireia and Laura
    Pat
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  • a red rag to a bull
    annoying person/thing
    sb who feels uncomfortable
    action, comment, etc. liable to provoke sb
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  • a storm in a teacup
    weakest point of sb's character
    annoying person/thing
    a lot of fuss about sth that is not important
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  • Achilles heel
    annoying person/thing
    a difficult fact to accept
    weakest point of sb's character
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  • agree to disagree
    stop arguing because there is no chance of agreement
    agree
    admit Pat is right
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  • as a last resort
    when all else has failed
    have a false idea about sth
    yet, however
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  • bark up the wrong tree
    when all else has failed
    have a false idea about sth
    false belief
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  • be all fingers and thumbs
    clumsy
    stupid
    agile
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  • be in a quandary
    be easily deceived/ naive
    be confused; undecided
    to be extremely angry
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  • be in the dark about sth
    really want sth
    out of favour
    be unaware of sth
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