C1.1 Unit 5 vocabulary and Grammar | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Idioms

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Idiom to say that someone’s past achievements are irrelevant and forgotten.

To be a footnote in history:

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To express that something is destroyed, or that someone passed away or To express that something is destroyed, or that someone passed away.

To be history

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Idiom to say that someone’s deeds are going to be remembered forever.

To make history

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Idiom to say that an achievement is new and more successful in comparison to what had already been achieved.

to rewrite history

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Idiom to say someone’s actions will be remembered as either good or bad once the event is known as history.

To be on the right / wrong side of history:

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Idiom to say that it is clear how the rest of the story goes.

The rest is history

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Idiom to say something in a summarized manner.

In a nutshell

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To be bested by someone or something.

to lose out

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To fail because of the circumstances beyond your control.

To fall through

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To give something (such as a habit) up.

to pack in

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To condemn something to a terrible fate.

To doom something to something

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To be lacking in progress in comparison to others.

To fall behind

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To take advantage of something such as an event or situation.

To capitalize on

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To emerge successful from a situation.

To come out

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To have a great outcome from an activity or situation.

To succeed in

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I was exhausted at the end of the exam. I ______ (write) for over two hours.

had been writing

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