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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ups and downs | |
| to see eye to eye | |
| to lose touch with someone | |
| to keep in touch with someone | |
| to hit it off with somebody | |
| to fall for someone (to fall in love with someone) | |
| to drift apart | |
| to be through thick and thin | |
| get in touch with somebody | |
| fair-weather friend | |
| enjoy each other's company | |
| to have friends in high places | |
| go back | |
| poverty-stricken | |
| crime-infested | |
| be prone to | |
| lay it on thick | |
| weigh on one`s conscience | |
| beat around the bush | |
| behind the scenes | |
| shady | |
| hustle and bustle | |
| to be engrossed in | |
| paperback / hardcover | |
| take after | |
| well-built | |
| hunch | |
| gullible | |
| have/get mixed feelings about something | |
| cut down (on something) | |
| balloon | |
| go over someone's head | |
| contrived | |
| detrimental/adverse/harmful | |
| convoluted | |
| come down to | |
| drop by | |
| traffic jam | |
| self-esteem | |
| top-down | |
| bottom-up | |
| chain of command | |
| food chain | |
| innate | |
| in retrospect / in hindsight | |
| chain store | |
| waistcoat | |
| field trip / excursion | |
| stunning | |
| cutting-edge | |
| state-of-the-art | |
| ingrain | |
| permeate | |
| make one's hair stand on end | |
| leverage | |
| leeway | |
| harness | |
| initiative | |
| impressionable | |
| cut in line | |
| swim ring / lifebuoy / lifebelt | |
| off the top of one's head | |
| ahead (or behind) of schedule | |
| economical | |
| not my strong suit | |
| kneel | |
| plausible | |
| materialistic | |
| meet one's expectations | |
| wind down | |
| have second thoughts (about something) | |
| tradeoff | |
| punctual | |
| overtime | |
| make (both) ends meet | |
| trendy | |
| fit in | |
| as for | |
| instill (something) in(to) | |
| wreak havoc | |
| have dibs on (something) | |
| slipper | |
| comply | |
| life partner | |
| flaunt | |
| out of the blue | |
| lighthearted | |
| run a red light | |
| pull up | |
| blow (someone) a raspberry | |
| have the guts | |
| diving board | |
| come to one's senses | |
| calm before the storm | |
| measure up | |
| dealbreaker | |
| head-on | |
| get (something) off one's chest | |
| set an example | |
| longtime | |
| run in the family | |
| bubble wrap | |
| observant | |
| far-off | |
| run in the family | |
| cast | |
| pull one's hair out | |
| take on | |
| lousy | |
| come by | |
| hands-on | |
| by heart | |
| put up with | |
| widespread | |
| step out of line | |
| look out for | |
| strike a balance (between something) | |
| ski mask / balaclava | |
| cheer up | |
| cost of living | |
| gondola lift / ski lift | |
| try one's luck at | |
| overlook | |
| get around to | |
| call off | |
| point out | |
| living proof | |
| take something personally | |
| carefree | |
| freak out | |
| life-changing | |
| underlying | |
| come across | |
| apprehensive | |
| resourceful | |
| settle for | |
| blunt | |
| outstanding | |
| stand out | |
| tricky | |
| be/get carried away | |
| hardwire | |
| nip (something) in the bud | |
| catch up with | |
| take up/down a notch | |
| in the blink of an eye | |
| fall back on | |
| play hardball | |
| second-hand | |
| passionate | |
| self-conscious | |
| take for granted | |
| eavesdrop | |
| reciprocate | |
| play out | |
| deplete | |
| role model | |
| send shives down/up someone's spine | |
| excavator | |
| bunting | |
| wind chimes | |
| hangnail | |
| tap into | |
| as a token | |
| get off on the wrong foot | |
| push around | |
| single-handedly | |
| landmark | |
| go-to | |
| standard of living | |
| on a scale of X to Y | |
| laminate | |
| tag along | |
| prolific | |
| capricious | |
| catch off guard | |
| a tale never loses in the telling | |
| beyond repair | |
| middle ground | |
| blow off steam | |
| pick-up line | |
| odds and evens | |
| mouthful | |
| pin on | |
| red rover | |
| jury rigging | |
| above (below) par | |
| cut out to be | |
| compel | |
| compelling | |
| baseball cap | |
| well-spoken | |
| the icing on the cake | |
| cartoonish | |
| more than meets the eye | |
| ding-dong ditch | |
| flipper | |
| unwavering | |
| the cherry on the cake/ on top | |
| groundbreaking | |
| rough up | |
| run one's mouth | |
| come to think of it | |
| catcall | |
| fall in with | |
| stingy | |
| fancy (oneself) as (something) | |
| cut corners | |
| armband | |
| chairlift | |
| stroke of luck | |
| disservice | |
| on the right track | |
| hors d'oeuvre | |
| glucose | |
| metastasis | |
| metastasize | |
| rookie card | |
| Parallel parking | |
| shivering | |
| street vendor | |
| green onions | |
| chives | |
| leek | |
| tweezers | |
| bond paper | |
| doctor's note/sick note | |
| License Plate Rationing / License plate–based driving restrictions / vehicle restrictions based on license plate numbers | |
| water beads | |
| Month's mind | |
| syllogism | |
| ping pong paddle | |
| round brush |