review part 1

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100

Emphatic form of first 

First and foremost 

200

Not taking all the facts

Contradiction in terms 

300

Let something new start 

Opens the door to 

400

Present 2 contrasting ways of looking at the same problem 

On the one hand, on the other hand 

500

used to draw to a conclusion after evaluating several different facts or opinions 

On balance, by and large, on the main 

42

100

Start behaving better 

Turn over a new leaf 

200

Causing bad luck for yourself by talking or acting too confidently about something 

Tempting fate 

300

Give an opinion that others might not like or agree on 

Stick my neck out 

400

Try to do more than you are able to 

Bite off more than you can chew 

500

Face a problem when it happens not now 

Cross that bridge when we get there 

43

100

For a very brief moment 

For a split second 

200

Said when you are going to say something confidential 

Between you and me 

300

When you first look at it 

Easy at first glance 

400

In addition 

For good measure 

500

Unexpected turn of events 

A real bolt from the blue 

44

100

I thought so 

I thought as much 

200

Stop doing boring things and start doing exciting things 

Get a life 

300

It’s better to do something immediately rather than wait 

There’s no time like the present 

400

It will end badly 

It will end in tears 

500

I do not trust them at all 

I wouldn’t trust them as far as I could throw them 

45

100

Something you say when you decide to do something bad because other people are getting an advantage from doing it and you cannot stop them 

If you can’t beat them, join them 

200

I disagree 

I beg to differ 

300

undecided 

Torn 

400

Disagreement 

Note of discord 

500

Saying the same things in public 

Singing from the same hymn sheet