to have a home and security

to have a roof over one’s head

to have secrets or hidden problems

to have skeletons in the cupboard

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engels examen

Question	Answer
to help or support another country in a war	an ally
a fight between armed forces	a battle
a person killed or injured in a war or accident	a casualty
an agreement to stop fighting	a ceasefire
someone you fight against in a war	an enemy
to enter a country with force	to invade
to discuss in order to reach an agreement	to negotiate
land between two enemy trenches where no one controls	no-man's-land
an agreement to end a war	a peace treaty
an explosive projectile	a shell
a long deep ditch used in war	a trench
to move back from a battle	to withdraw

to suddenly start doing something	to burst out
to finally be in a particular place or situation	to end up
to escape punishment for something	to get away with
to stop trying	to give up
to agree to do something you don’t want to do	to give in to
to give something to someone in authority	to hand in
to take care of someone or something	to look after
to die	to pass away
to resemble a relative in appearance or behaviour	to take after
to suddenly go away	to take off
to reject or refuse	to turn down

a profession	a trade
a burden	a burden
to release or stop holding	to let go of
a speciality	a speciality
the outside appearance	external
the inside, inner part	internal
to keep or continue holding	to hold on to
a push to motivate someone	a kick in the butt

to go together very well	to go hand in hand
to give up (in boxing or metaphorically)	to throw in the towel
to have a home and security	to have a roof over one’s head
to match or be very compatible	to get on like a house on fire
to extremely annoy someone	to drive someone up the wall
to waste money	to throw money down the drain
to die	to kick the bucket
to have secrets or hidden problems	to have skeletons in the cupboard
to show someone the exit / tell them to leave	to show someone the door

to ignore a problem and pretend it is not there	to sweep it under the carpet
to have unrealistic dreams	to build castles in the air

small, not wide	narrow
a small street between buildings	an alley
a method or way of dealing with something	an approach
very crowded, full of people	dense crowds
before	prior to
more than half	a majority
profit	a gain
to organise or carry out	to conduct
too expensive	unaffordable
a comparison without using "like" or "as", saying one thing is another thing	Metaphor
a reference to a well-known person, event, text, myth or artwork	Allusion
a comparison using "like" or "as"	Simile
placing two opposite ideas or images side by side to highlight contrast	Juxtaposition
giving human qualities to objects, animals or abstract ideas	Personification
a word that imitates the sound it describes	Onomatopoeia
repeating a full line or phrase throughout a poem	Refrain
an intentional exaggeration not meant to be taken literally	Hyperbole
the repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words	Assonance
the repetition of the same beginning consonant sound	Alliteration
saying the opposite of what you actually mean to create effect	Irony
repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of lines	Anaphora

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