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16 Cards in this Set
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Bear/keep in mind |
Bear in mind that some places are more dangerous than others for women travelling alone |
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Cross (sb) mind |
It crossed my mind that she might be lying about her age |
Going to college never crossed her mind as she knew how expensive it is. |
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Food for thought |
He knows so much that listening to him always gives me food for thought. |
Make someone Thinks hard |
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A gut feeling/reaction/instinct |
Jack had a gut feeling that sarah was lying. |
That happens fast without reasons |
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Lose the plot |
She started losing the plot |
To become confused and no longer know how to deal with a situation. |
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Miles away |
You didn't hear a word i said, did u? U were miles away. |
To be completely unaware of what's happening around u caz u r thinking deeply about something else. |
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A mind like a sieve |
He lost his keys again. He's got a mind like a sieve |
Having bad memory and often forget things. |
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Off the top of (sb) head. |
Off the top of my head, i'd say about 50k $. |
Not thought of it previously and it might be not correct. |
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Off ur head (british) |
U must be off ur head to continue living in this very expensive city after losing ur job. |
Foolish and very strang = out of ur mind |
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On the tip of one's tongue |
It was on the tip of my tongue to tell her that i saw him with another girl, but i said nothing |
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On the tip of one's tongue. |
What was his name? Oh! It's on the tip of my tongue. Y can't i remember it? |
You know sth and u can almost remember it but u just don't |
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Out of (sb) mind |
U spent 5 hundred dollars on a jacket are u out of ur mind |
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(Going) out of sb mind "with" |
She's out of her mind with worry, she hasn't seen her husband in days. |
To feel sth strongly |
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Rack one's brain ( widely used) |
They asked me for fresh ideas, so i racked my brain for the whole day |
To think hard about sth |
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Rack one's brain |
Bob racked his brain trying to remember where he had put his key |
Trying to remember sth |
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Ring a bell |
The name rings a bell but i can't remember where i have heard it. |
It's familiar to u and u know u heard it before but u don't remember it fully |
