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42 Cards in this Set
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Come down heavily on |
The police intend to come down heavily on anyone causing trouble |
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Free up sometime |
I will try to free up some time |
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Soak up the atmosphere |
I could soak up the atmosphere in the coffee |
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To keep your Spirite B&B morale straight up |
To keep your moral strength up you should go out |
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Keep up appearances |
Many people keep up appearances |
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Work up an appetite B&B a thirst |
To make yourself hungry or thirst especially by draining exercise BNB It certainly help to work up an appetite |
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Live up to my expectation |
It didn't live up to my expectations either |
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Burst into laugher B&B tear |
She burst into laughter BNB tears |
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Jot down |
Can I jot down your email number |
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See off an Intruder D&B opponent |
Defeat someone or stop them from competing |
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Adhere to one's belief |
It is difficult to adhere to ones principles when |
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Make a living |
The pay wasn't brilliant but I could make a living |
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Lose his livelihood |
He lose his livelihood if |
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Go freelance |
I decided to go freelance |
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Lay off staff |
Company began to go through a difficult period and had to lay off staff |
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Substantial volume of work |
I had a substantial volume of work |
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earn a good living |
I was able to earn a good living |
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carve a niche |
I managed to carve a niche for myself |
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take something up |
to start a new job or have a new responsibilityPeter will take up the management of the finance department.take up a post/a position/duties etcThe headteacher takes up her duties in August. |
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Tempting offer |
I got very tempting offer |
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Decline in demand |
Despite a slight decline in demand for key products |
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Fierce competition |
It's caused by increasingly Fierce competition in the sector |
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Meeting their target |
They are one way to meet the target |
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Go into production |
Their new model will go into production in the spring |
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Boost their sale |
This is expected to boost their sale and profit even more |
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Boom-time ...booming |
In Bloom time Airlines do well B&B ...... in a booming economy |
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Hike in price |
These hikes in price will seriously affect the bottom line |
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Set myself clear objective |
I have set myself clear objective |
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To balance the book |
I'm able to balance the books |
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Boost morale B&B bring smile |
This can boost morale |
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Face were glowing with excitement DND health |
The children's face were glowing with excitement |
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Improve mood B&B General well-being |
It can improve everyone mood |
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Deeply D&B slightly offensive |
her comment were deeply offencive |
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Spotlessly clean |
her flat is always spotlessly clean |
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Blatantly obvious |
It is blatantly obvious that she's only interested in Ali |
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Downright rude BND downright disgusting or lazy or lie or nasty |
It is downright rude to tell Ali that is older |
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Wildly exaggerated |
What you will do when she finds out he's widely exaggerated how rich is |
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Widely inaccurate |
Most of information is widely inaccurate |
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Mildly surprised B&B slightly different |
He was mildly surprised |
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Mildly amazing B&B irritating B&B offencive |
It was mildly irritating |
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throughly ashamed |
He feels throughly ashamed |
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physical/psychological/material etc well-being |
the physical and emotional well-being of the children |