idioms
A way of wishing someone good luck, especially before a performance
Break a leg
absent
present
Listen! The coach (explain) the strengths of our opponents because our team (play) against them before
Listen! The coach is explaining the strengths of our opponents because our team haven't played against them before
I didn’t feel like going to the dentist’s so I delayed (put ___) going there until I had a really bad toothache.
I didn’t feel like going to the dentist’s so I put off going there until I had a really bad toothache.
a place where criminals are kept to punish them for their crimes, or where people accused of crimes are kept while waiting for their trials
jail
Rarely
Once in a blue moon
admit
deny
In 1619, the first African slaves (arrive) in Virginia, USA, and by 1790, their numbers (reach) nearly 700,000.
In 1619, the first African slaves arrived in Virginia, USA, and by 1790, their numbers had reached nearly 700,000.
As we had a long way to go, we left (set ___ ) at five in the morning.
As we had a long way to go, we set off at five in the morning.
to charge someone with a fault, offense, or crime, or to blame them for wrongdoing
accuse
Get treated the way you've been treating others (negative)
Get a taste of your own medicine
enemy
ally
I expect you (become) bored with working at the Post Office by this time next year and (look) for a more interesting job
I expect you will have become bored with working at the Post Office by this time next year and will be looking for a more interesting job
When you make a promise you must fulfil (carry ___) it.
When you make a promise you must carry it out.
an area of ground in which dead bodies are buried
cemetery
Said when someone appears just as you’re talking about them
Speak of the devil
knowledge
ignorance
The prospector ran into town in excitement because, at last, he (find) some gold at the site which he (search) for months
The prospector ran into town in excitement because, at last, he had found some gold at the site which he had been searching for months
I am getting fat; I ought to start (take ___ ) tennis.
I am getting fat; I ought to take up tennis.
an area of very wet, soft land
swamp
Don’t be so critical
Cut [somebody] some slack
hope
despair
When they (anchor) in Sydney Harbour, they (sail) non-stop for three months
When they anchor in Sydney Harbour, they will have been sailing non-stop for three months
I had a wonderful idea to save money but it didn’t succeed (come ___)
I had a wonderful idea to save money but it didn’t come off
in some societies, an amount of money or property that a woman's parents give to the man she marries
dowry