week 1
You live in a house, but your neighbours are literally attached to you on both sides — no gap, no gate, just wall-to-wall living.
terraced house
Kids get "excited" at a birthday party. But imagine the reaction of someone who just found out they got into their dream university on a full scholarship — pure excitement, "over the moon" but with a stronger British idiom for it.
thrilled to bits
You walk past a bakery and the smell alone makes you want to abandon your diet on the spot. What's the word for food THAT tempting?
mouth-watering
Not a proper neighbourhood — a cluster of small, cheaply built homes on the edge of a city, often lacking basic infrastructure, that grew informally rather than being planned.
a shanty town
You didn't search for it, you didn't ask for it — but somehow every video in your feed today is exactly what you were thinking about yesterday. It's not magic, it's math deciding what you see.
algorithm-driven content
A tour guide brags: "On this one street you'll hear Turkish, Korean, French, and Kazakh — welcome to the most _______ block in town!"
cosmopolitan
He's finished every sentence with "well, actually..." since Monday, corrects the teacher mid-lecture, and genuinely believes there's nothing left for him to learn. What do we call this person?
a know-it-all
It's 2 AM, stress levels are high, and somehow an entire pizza vanished without any real hunger involved — a specific, almost guilty phrasal verb for this kind of overeating.
to pig out (on)
After the concert was announced, thousands of fans suddenly arrived in the small town within days — hotels booked out, streets packed. What phrase describes this sudden human wave?
an influx of people
Forget the guidebook's top 10 list — she drove two hours down an unmarked dirt road just because a local mentioned a waterfall nobody photographs for Instagram.
off the beaten track
Grandma sighs after a long trip abroad: "The hotel was five stars, but honestly... you know what they say — there's ___ ___ ___ ___."
there's no place like home
He seems fine one minute, then completely unpredictable the next — says wild things in meetings, makes impulsive decisions no one saw coming. Coworkers have learned to just brace themselves around him.
a loose cannon
After a stressful week, she finally allows herself a slice of that overpriced artisan cake she'd been eyeing for days — no guilt, just pure enjoyment of something she rarely lets herself have. What verb phrase captures this act of treating yourself to something special?
to indulge in (sth)
Not just slow-moving traffic — the specific situation where you're stuck completely still for 20 minutes because of an accident up ahead, with no way around it.
to be held up in traffic
A fake screenshot claiming a celebrity died goes viral in an hour, shared by thousands who never checked if it was true. What's the phrase for what those thousands unintentionally did?
spread misinformation
The barista slides you a free croissant with a wink: "Don't worry about it today — it's ___ ___ ___."
on the house
She's the most talented singer in the choir, but never auditions for solos, never mentions it, and shrinks into the background every time. There's an idiom for someone who purposely скрывают their own талант.
to hide one's light under a bushel
In your essay's conclusion, you want to slip in one more idea that feels too important to leave out, using a phrase that signals "I really must add this."
I cannot help but mention
Instead of complaining about rush hour, Aigerim just leaves the house 40 minutes earlier every day, on purpose, specifically to dodge it. What's the verb phrase for this strategy?
to beat the traffic
He lost his job, his apartment flooded, and his flight got cancelled all in the same month — yet somehow he bounced back, rebuilt everything, and came out steadier than before. What's the word for that kind of inner strength?
resilience
Your cousin visited for the weekend, raided the fridge twice, finished the leftover plov, AND the secret chocolate stash. Congratulations — you've officially been eaten "___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___."
| out of house and home
After the argument, the sisters didn't speak for a year — but the moment one of them needed surgery, the other was at the hospital before anyone even called her. What old saying explains this?
blood is thicker than water
Complete the compliment a customer gives a genius new food app: "Honestly, this is ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___."
best thing since sliced bread
He's never driven a car in his life, yet somehow always has "advice" for how you should be braking, turning, and parking. What do we call this person?
backseat driver
Instead of staying in a hotel, she lived with a local family for a month, ate what they ate, learned their dialect, and stopped feeling like a tourist entirely. What phrase captures this?
immerse yourself in the local culture