Conditionals
Vocabulary
Idioms & Metaphors
Function
Metaphors
100

If only I didn’t tell my boss what I really think. I’m not surprised he sacked me.

hadn't told

100

My father told me to always trust my _____ when making important decisions.


instincts, gut

100

Although she’d initially gone along with her friend’s idea of doing a bungee jump, Jane began to have second _______ when they were standing on the bridge the following day.  

thoughts

100

If you want my honest/real opinion, we should decline both offers and instead, come up with our bailout strategy.

honest

100

Not very intelligent

A.vague

B.dim

C.curve

dim

200

We’ll have helped you if we’d known you were in trouble. Why didn’t you call us?

We'd have helped

200

I was told that after I’d learnt the _____, I’d really start enjoying the challenging of working in the company.


ropes

200

Initially, the detectives found the witness’s account of what had happened hard to ________ . It seemed so implausible.

swallow

200

To my knowledge/reality, no other individual was involved in the scandal, only the one person accused.

knowledge

200

What does "make a killing mean"?

A. killing time

B. competing against opponents

C. making a financial success

C. making a financial success

300

I wish you’d say that you’d be arriving early. I’m still at work!

you'd said

300

If you always take advantage of _______ that come your way, you’ll be surprised at what you can achieve in life.


opportunities

300

The business started to go ________ when it failed to react fast enough to changes occurring in the market.

downhill

300

As long/far as I’m concerned, the way in which the issue has been dealt with does comply with employment regulations.

As far

300

something to think about

---- --- -------

food for thought

400

Hadn't he gone to the university to study sports science, Joe would’ve joined the navy instead.

Had he not gone

400

Having never set up a company of my own before, I was on a very steep learning _____ for the first few years of trading.


curve

400

If you truly believe that Robin’s plan will sink the company, you can’t sit on the _______. You have to say something.

fence

400

Watch/Look at it this way, if we can buy more shares in the company, we’ll have a bigger stake in it and therefore more control.

Look

400

have a great future 

--  ---

go far

500

Now that he’s in his twenties, Leigh regrets to play truant at school when he was a teenager.

regrets playing

500

If you imagine yourself in someone else’s shoes, you may start to appreciate a whole new _____ on life.


perspective

500

Let’s not _______ about the bush. You have ruined the company’s reputation and we have lost faith in your integrity.

beat

500

From what I can gather/take, employees are feeling increasingly disgruntled at the lack of transparency within the company.

gather

500

What does "Regurgitate" mean?

repeat what you have heard without thinking about it

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