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Java Games: Flashcards, matching, concentration, and word search. |
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IDIOMS CHAPTER 20
INTERMEDIATE
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| to hold still | not to move |
| to break the news | to deliver new, usually upsetting, information |
| to be the matter | to be unsatisfactory, to be improper, to be wrong |
| to bring up | to rear, tio raise from childhood; to mention, to raise an issue; to introduce a topic |
| to get lost | to become lost; to go away in order not to bother |
| to hold up | to delay, to make late; to remain high in quality; to rob |
| to run away | to leave without permission; to escape |
| to rule out | to refuse to consider, to eliminate |
| by far | by a great margin, clearly |
| to see off | to say good-bye upon departure by train, airplane, bus, etc. |
| to see out | to accompany a person out of a house, building, etc. |
| no wonder | it's no surprise that, not surprisingly |
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