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to learn a new skill or language by practicing it rather than being taught (phrasal verb)
to pick up
to be accepted as a local (phrasal verb)
to pass for a local
to quickly improve a skill you haven't used for a long time (phrasal verb)
to brush up
to absorb or understand something (phrasal verb)
to take something in
to manage to do something using what you have (phrasal verb)
to get by
to answer somebody (more formal)
to respond to somebody
vocabulary (more formal)
lexis
ask somebody to (more formal)
request somebody to
it's too complicated and I can't understand it (idiom)
I can't get my head round this
to misunderstand something (idiom)
to get the wrong end of the stick
to talk to someone with different goals or purposes (idiom)
to talk at cross purposes
it's really hard for me to pronunce (idiom)
I can't get my tongue round it
I'm about to say this word I just need a few more seconds
It's on the tip of my tongue
she's a real _____ in the neck. She's very annoying.
pain
I'm afraid my boss and I don't understand each other/ one another/ themselves very well
each other, one another
When I was a teenager, I __________(have) much longer hair.
I used to have much longer hair
