English CAE essential Idioms and Phrases
This set of flashcards includes essential idioms and phrases for your exams.
This set of flashcards includes essential idioms and phrases for your exams.
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| Langue | English |
| Catégorie | Anglais |
| Niveau | Autres |
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pocket of resistance
A small group of people you resist change or disagree with a proposal form a pocket of resistance.
keep someone posted
If someone asks you to keep them posted, they want to keep them informed about the situation.
fat cat
To refer to a rich and powerful person as a fat cat means that you disapprove of the way they use their money or power.
dead loss
Someone described as a dead loss is absolutely useless or a complete failure.
eager beaver
The term eager beaver refers to a person who is hardworking and enthusiastic, sometimes considered overzealous.
face like a wet week-end
If someone has a face like a wet week-end, they look sad and miserable.
few and far between
Items, places or events which are few and far between are rarely found or do not happen very often.
to brush up on
to review something in order to refresh one's memory.
up to date
modern, current, timely
to make clear
to clarify, to explain
to be well-off
to have enough money to enjoy a comfortable life, to be rich.
in the worst way
very much, greatly
to leave open
to delay making a decision on...
to miss the boat
to lose an opportunity, to fail in some undertaking
not on your life
absolutely not
to keep one's fingers crossed
to hope to have good results, to hope that nothing bad will happen.
to be over one's head
to be very busy, to have too much to do.
to be a far cry from
to be very different from
example:
I enjoyed visiting Seattle, but it was a far cry from the ideal vacation spot I expected.
by all means
certainly, definitely, naturally
to goof off
to waste time, to be idle
dry run
rehearsal, practice session (Hauptprobe durchführen)
to play by ear
to play music that one has heard but never read. To proceed without plan.
to fix up
to repair or put back in good condition or to arrange a date for an engagement for another person.
