Phrasal Verbs
Idioms
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Crime and Justice
Vocabulary
100

To stop trying to do something because it is too difficult.

Give up

100

To pass a test easily or with a exceptionally high score.

Pass with flying colours.

100

A car has four of these.

Wheels

100

A person who illegally enters buildings and steals things.

Burglar

100

A person who buys goods or a service.

Customer

200

To end a phone conversation.

Hang up

200

To be extremely expensive.

Cost an arm and a leg.

200

The fourth largest town in Aragon.

Calatayud

200

A person who sees a crime or accident.

Witness

200

Any medical operation that is intended to improve a person's appearance.

Cosmetic surgery

300

To be able to deal with a situation by having just enough of something, such as money.

Get by

300

A person who takes little or no exercise and watches a lot of TV.

A couch potato.

300

A famous filmmaker who was born in Calanda.

Buñuel

300

To decide that a case is not important and not worth considering.

Dismiss a case.

300

Very informal language that is usually spoken by particular groups of people.


Slang

400

To cheat someone by making them pay too much money for something.

Rip off

400

When a situation becomes chaotic or difficult to manage.

Get out of hand

400

The only country in the world that starts with the letter O.

Oman

400

The crime of intentionally starting a fire.

Arson

400

A product intended to be thrown away after use.

Disposable

500

To compensate.

Make up for

500

An idiom used to describe an event that happens infrequently.

Once in a blue moon

500

A bus with two levels.

Double-decker bus.

500

A rule which forces everyone to stay at home between particular times, usually at night.

Curfew

500

A public sale of goods or property where people make higher and higher bids. The one who offers the greatest amount of money will buy the item.

Auction