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10 Cards in this Set
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Get up to (sth) |
INF do sth, especially sth you shouldn’t do. |
Young people get up to all sorts of things nowadays. |
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Give in (to sb) |
Stop fighting or arguing with sb and accept you can’t win. |
Parents probable give in to them too much, and let them get away with things. |
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Get away with sth |
Not be punished for sth you have done wrong. |
Parents probable give in to them too much, and let them get away with things. |
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More and more |
In increasing numbers or at an increasing rate. |
More and more young people still live off their parents in their late 20s and early 30s. |
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Live off sb |
Rely on sb else to provide you with food, money, etc. |
More and more young people still live off their parents in their late 20s and early 30s. |
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Stand on your own two feet |
Not need the help of other people; live or act independently. |
They should be standing on their own two feet at that age. |
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Get through to sb |
Make sb understand what you are trying to say. |
I sometimes find it difficult to get through to young people. |
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Be worlds apart |
Be completely different in attitudes, opinions, etc. |
We seems to be worlds apart. |
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Behind the times |
Old-fashioned in your ideas, methods, etc. |
Maybe I’m just behind the times. |
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Take offence (at sth) |
Feel upset or hurt (by sth) |
I never take offence when young people say old people are boring. |
