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Complete Advanced Unit 11 FIXED PHRASES

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    FIXED PHRASES
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  • What does it mean to 'rough it'? Can you use it in a sentence?
    do something without any comforts
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  • What does 'spend a fortune' mean? Can you use it in a sentence?
    pay a lot for
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  • What does 'the whole point of' mean? Can you use it in a sentence?
    the main reason
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  • What does 'out in the open' mean? Can you use it in a sentence?
    in the fresh air
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  • What does 'without a trace' mean? Can you use it in a sentence?
    with no sign of
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  • What does 'to be kept waiting' mean? Can you use it in a sentence?
    be delayed by something or someone
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  • What does it mean to 'keep your cool'? Can you use it in a sentence?
    stay calm
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  • What does it mean to 'get sick and tired' of something? Can you use it in a sentence?
    become extremely uncomfortable with an ongoing situation
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  • Susanna 'paid a lot of money' for that Caribbean cruise. s______ a ______ ______
    spent a fortune on
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  • 'The only reason we chose' to go to South America was for Nathan to practise his Spanish. t______ ______ ______ of ______
    The whole point of choosing
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  • We had to 'put up with bad conditions' on our school camping trip – we slept on the floor and there was no running water. r______ ______
    rough it
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  • I work in an office, so when I get free time, I need to be 'in the fresh air.' o______ ______ ______ ______
    out in the open
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  • Jaime can’t 'stay calm' in a crisis, so I don’t think I’d like to go travelling with him. ______ ______ c______
    keep his cool
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  • My sister is a flight attendant and she says she 'gets fed up' with rude passengers. g______ ______ and ______ ______
    gets sick and tired of
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  • My favourite t-shirt has completely and utterly disappeared. d______ ______ a ______
    disappeared without a trace
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  • I hate it 'when people make me wait.' t______ ______ k ______ ______
    to be kept waiting
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