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To gradually become less friendly (D)

Drift apart

_____ light. (So bright that you cannot see after looking at it)

Dazzling

Dawn __ someone: to suddenly realise the reality of something,

On

To shout at the __ of sb's voice

top

to add ___ to injury: Said when you feel that someone has made a bad situation worse by doing something else to upset you

insult

To stay awake late at night to work or study.

Burn the midnight oil

Rubbed ___: To acquire someone's quality

off

Say something ___ the top of your head: From knowledge you have in your memory

off

____ and whistles: special features that are added to a product or system to attract more buyers.

Bells

Be a load __ your mind: An ocassion when a problem that's been worrying you stops or is dealt with

off

To try not to be noticed

Lie low

The resposibility or duty to do something : The __ is on someone to

onus

To like or enjoy something (R)

Relish

(Something's/ Someone's) Clapped ___ : old machine that are old and no longer works well/ someone very tired or unhealthy

out

Well, I _____ the farmer _____ giving me these. Rad,huh? (To make someone believe something something false, usually so that that person will give you their money or possesions)

conned into

To stop the end of someting, such as a cigar, from burning by pressing it against something (S)

Stub out something

Scrape ____ (Prep: To succeed in something but with a lot of difficult)

Through

The teacher's _____ down on whoever that tries to defy him. (to start dealing with bad or illegal behaviour in a more severe way)

cracking

To become less angry or excited about something (Cool off)

Simmer down

Very clean and neat. Spotless. ___ n' ___

Spick and span

To discover what something or someone is really like (S)

Suss somebody out

Stuck in a __: too fixed in one particular type job, activity, method, etc., and needing to change

rut

Fall suddenly. I ___ on the couch

Slumped

To encourage or cause people to have strong feelings about something (W)

Whip sth/sb up

Synonym of Drenched (Really wet)

Soaked

New or almost new, and in very good condition (P)

Pristine

Laughing ___: someone or something that seems stupid or silly, especially by trying to be serious or important and no succeeding

stock

To pay an amount of money for something, especially unwillingly

Stump up something

Unpleasant and annoying sound

Grating

Be at your wits' __: so worried, confused, or annoyed that you don't know that to do next.

end

Wallow __ something (Indulge)

in

___ through: Search something quickly (Tool-related word)

Rake

(Of a person) Friendly and easy to talk to (Approach)

Approachable

An intentional act, especially a very bad or very good one. (D)

Deed

Unable to produce plants or fruit (of a landscape,too)

Barren

Played ___ with (Confusion, lack of order, causing damage or trouble)

havoc

___ order. (something that is very difficult to do)

Tall

When facts become knwon publicly (C)

Come to light

To manage to use something in a way that brings good result

Tap into (something)

The dry outer covering of some seeds. (H)

Husk

Out of someone's (D)

depth

Used to emphasise how very great, important or powerful a quality or feeling is. (S)

Sheer

Remove or end something: ____ something to rest

Lay

to listen very carefully to someone’s speech (H)

Hang on

without a particular person knowing

unbeknown to someone

angry or upset: up in ___

arms

I can't sleep hearing the _____ of the street. (loud noise, especially made by people's voices)

clamour

Employment providing money or something else that's useful

Gainful employment

Lie ___ : to try not to be noticed

low

Extremely unpleasant and schocking, and usually dealing with ddeath or injury) (-some)

gruesome

To have success or failure (C)

Chalk up

Synonym of cunning (S)

Sly

to spoil something (B)

Blight

To __ the ball rolling: make something begin or happen

Get

A person who talks a lot (Box)

Chatterbox

Ramp something ___ : increase

up

Behaving strangely, or very silly (B)

Barmy

Indulge __ something ( To allow yourself or anyone to have something enjoyable, especially more than is good for you)

In

wind someone ___ : annoy/upset someone.

up

Let ___ (used after a negative statement to emphasize how unlikely a situation is because something much more likely has never happened)

alone

Empty, simple or obvious; specially without decoration or anything that is not necessary. _____ fact, ____ room

Stark

In my country, it is ______ to do this. (CUSTOM)

Customary

Do you really bank ___ that guy?

on

The siuation in which an employer officially makes someone leave their job (Dismiss)

Dismissal

To make something necessary, or to involve something (E)

Entail

Stand ___ the threshold of something.(At the start of something new and important)

On

The activity especially in politics, of trying to get what you want by saying that if you do not get it, you will do something dangerous

Brinkmanship

Exhausted

Knackered/Shattered

My father used to ____ vodka from a bottle every night. (Drink,swallowing large amounts in a series of single actions)

swig

Something makes your mouth water: ___ over something

Drool

Fork __:to pay an amount of money unwillingly

out

Fall into ____ : te state of being broken or old and needing to be repaired.

disrepair

To be almos a certain thing or quality: To ___ on something

border

Uncontrolled and excited behaviour or emotion that is sometimes violent. (F)

Frenzy

To force a lot of things into a small place (C)

Cram into something

A person who's old-fashioned ideas

fuddy-duddy

To discover someone's opinons or intentions..(S)

Sound someone out

Clichéd/ Said or used so often that it has become boring and has no meaning

Hackneyed

Impossible to doubt or argue with (UN)

Unassailable

(H) : Until now

Hitherto

Duck ___ of something: To avoid doing something

out

To have a lot of work to deal with: Have something on your ___

plate

Person's way of thinking and their opinions. (Set)

Mindset

On the ___ of it: used when you are describing how a situation seems on the surface

face

Everyone _______ on the ______ . (Join others in doing or supporting something fashionable or likely to be succesful)

Jumped/ bandwagon

A _____ and ready city. (Unsophisticated/ unrefined)

Rough

Vouch ___ : to be able from your knowledge or experience to say that something is true.

for

Strong complaint (G)

Gripe

Thaw __ (To get warm, after being cold)

out

When something is obvios or clear from the facts (reason)

Stand to reason

All of the sudden, I ____ up : 'May I come in?' (to suddenly start to speak or make a noise)

piped

She's been ___ to my the queen of England. (Like)

Likened

Wallow __ something (Prep: to allow yourself to enjoy something completely)

in

To have or get ____ ____ : to suddenly become frightened to do something you planned to do, especially something importat.

Cold feet

A person or thing having the same name

Namesake

Something difficult or unpleasant you have to deal with or worry about. (B)

Burden

Try someone's ____ (P)

patience

Inmediately like someone (H)

Hit it off

call ___ (preposition)

forth

___ in : Receive or earn money (tool-related word)

Rake

Brood __ (Prep: To think for a long time about things that make you sad, worry or angry.

On

be-all and ___-all

end

__ a spell (C)

Cast

Add unnecessary words or information to make it larger or to hide the fact that you're not saying anything very important

Pad something out

She was ____ ___ _____ her biological father. It's a shame he's deceased. (about to meet(hadn't))

yet to meet

Keep your ___ about you: To be ready to think quickly in a situation and react to things that you're not expecting.

wits

Negative form of satisfactory

unsatisfactory

To stop yourself thinking about something unpleasant

Blot out (something)

Stem ___ :to start or develop as the result of something

from

to move or spread slowly out of a hole or through something (S)

Seep (into)

to have the ___ of something: a skill or an ability to do something easily and well

knack

To be up-to-dated (abreast)

To keep abreast of something

Rummage ___

in/through

To bend or hand down heavily. Feelings of happiness ____

drooped

Extend ___ (Preposition)

Out

To be a great achievement: No ____ ___

mean feat

Brood __ (To think for a long time about things that make you sad,worried or angry)

over/on

in ___ of something (because of, or considering something)

view

A mixture, or group of different things or people (French origin)

Mélange

To be very kind or friendly to someone or to try to please someone, so that that person will do what you want them to do

Butter someone up

To make someone sad

Sadden

To drop down to a lower level in the middle

sag

To grow, develop or be successful

Thriving

(Heart) Causing you to lose confidence or hope.

disheartening

______ heel: weakest point

Achilles

A__ : used to express sadness or feeling sorry about something.

Alas

Rack and ___ : a state of decay

ruin

To show pain or embarrasmet suddenly and for a short time in the face (Starts with w)

Wince

The central or major part of something where there's most acitvity (H)

Hub

To spend time doing small things that are not important or necessary (F)

Fiddle around

have/take ___ ___ ____: to have the most important position in a group of things

pride of place

___ your brains: To think very hard.

Rack

I don't need your _____ gifts. (large in quantity and expensive or impressive)

Lavish

I love surrealist artists, _____ Dalí, Magritte...etc etc. (Used when you want to give more detail or be more exact about something you have just said.)

namely

To confuse someone so much taht they do not know that to do. (F)

Flummox

Of a person (Discipline)

Disciplinarian

This is akin ____ where I had my last birthday party. We had such a good time.

to

To ___ a question/threat. ___ for the photographer.

pose

To ___ above: to not allow something bad to affect your behaviour or upset you.

rise

That film is not enough exciting for my ___ (LIKE)

Liking

Have a ___ of doing something: a tendency to do something

Knack

___ something out of someone: To force or persuade to give or tell you something

Wring

Very bad and shocking (H)

Henious

a person employed to take care of a large building, such as a school, and who deals with the cleaning, repairs, etc.

Caretaker

To ignore particular facts in a situation in order to understand what's really important

Strip something out

___ knife; also, of a person: saying what you think without trying to be polite or considering other people's feelings.

blunt

___ for (with regard to)

As

To relax and spend time doing very little (synonym of idle away)

Veg out

Arising ____ (Preposition)

From

Noun of notorious

Notoriety

__ habit (Customary or practice)

By

Botched __: to spoil something by doing badly

up

The ___ and short of it: Said when you want to explain the general situation without giving details.

long

Thaw __ (Prep: to get warmer, after being cold)

out

Those were my ______ days. (H)

Halcyon

Behind the ___ ball: In a difficult situation or in a worse situations than other people (Put yourself behind....)

eight

Pepper ___ : Include a lot of that particular thing (writings or speech)

with

_______ attention: full attention

undivided

On the ___ of the moment

spur

To cause someone to be completely unable to understand or explain something

Baffle (by something)

Forge ___ with something: to suddenly make a lot of progress

ahead

Reek __ something (To be caused by or connected to that quality)

of

To have an effect on something, often by limiting it in some way

Impinge on/upon

To attempt to obtain power or get into a more advantegous position than other people by using any methods you can. (J)

Jockey for

_____ well vb (Used to say that something is likely to happen or is likely to be true)

could/may/might

If a crime's comitted __ ____ ______, it happens during the day, when it could have been seen and prevented

in broad daylight

Come ____ _ ______ of (doing) something: Almost do it or it almost happens to you

within a whisker

To __ it (all) off: If you're describing bad things that happened

top

In the correct way/ as expected/ correct time

Duly

It make no ___ to me:

Difference/odds

In order to prevent any possibility that something will happen. (L)

Lest

Of a person or place: Unsophisticated. ____ and ready.

Rough

Without a ___ of doubt

shadow

_____ up. (to become mentally ill)

Crack

in small amounts, a few at a time (d & d)

in dribs and drabs

Synonym: At stake: In j____

Jeopardy

play ___ something: not to give importance to something which really is.

down

a large, angry crowd, especially one that could become violent

mob

negative form of conditional

unconditional

(Person) A person who strongly supports a particular person, principle, or set of ideas

Adherent

to live or to be in an ___ tower (not know about about or want to avoid the ordinary unpleasant things that happen in people's lives)

ivory

A flash in the __ (Something that happened only once or for a short time and was not repeated)

pan

Extremely attractive (light related)

Dazzling

Person (Devotion)

Devotee

Due to the _____ of the production of books many people standed against the goverment. (Cease)

cessation

(Very much) no ___

end

negative form of natural

unnatural

Be __ your head: To be crazy

off

Take it as a ___ : To believe that something is absolutely true without any hesitation.

Gospel

Making you feel slightly frightened or worried about your ability to achieve something. (D)

Daunting

So intense is a subject you can't stop trying to find about

Rabbit hole

They coaxed me _____ doing that, I promise. You know, peer pressure and all that stuff....

into

Modern and stylish (S)

Snappy

a competition in which two or more competitors finish at exactly the same time or with exactly the same result

( in a ) dead heat

I was ______ so that's why I felt so awkward,really. I indeed knew what the answer was. (Difficult to express yourself, as you're nervous)

Tongue-tied

Ease the burden __ somebody (Prep)

On

A subject, idea, or joke that has been discussed or repeated so often that it is not funny anymore

Old chesnut

(GUARD) In a way that is careful not to give too much information or show how you really feel

Guardedly

To be ____ up (Annoyed)

Wound

Sadden ____ (Prep: To put someone in an unpleasant situation in which they deal with something difficult)

with

Pretend that nothing happened

Turn a blind eye

(Heart) Enthusiastic , energetic, loudly expressed

Hearty

To move around energetically in a small place. ____ with

seething

To warn or tell people about something that's important (F)

Flag something up

To move or fall suddenly and often a long way formed, down, a into something.

Plunge

Extremely interesting (Ships-related word)

Riveting (Gripping)

To lull somebody into _ ____ ____ __ _______

a false sense of security