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Bill is always __ __ __ the environment, but he never recycles and drives a diesel engine car. What a hypocrite!
droning on about
I didn't want to visit China on holiday but my wife spoke me into it.
talk into
BECOME STRICT ABOUT SOMETHING
crack down on
Unfortunately, the deal ___ ___ at the last minute when a higher bid came in.
fell through
Was it Eliot’s toilet I saw?’ Is an example of a palindrome – what is a palindrome?
a sentence that reads the same backwards
John’s in between jobs at the moment. Thankfully, he has plenty of savings to __ __.
dip into
After the accident I had to knife out a thousand euro in repairs.
fork out
BECOME LESS INTENSE
die down
That meeting really seemed to ___ ___. I couldn’t wait for it to finish.
drag on
What connects Thor, Wolverine, the Hulk, and the Joker?
All characters played by Australian actors
It wasn’t until the money was in his account, that it __ __ that John had won the lottery.
sank in
When Bill's wife said she wanted to leave him, it took a while for the news to float in.
Sink in
LAST LONGER THAN NECESSARY
drag on
There’s nothing I like more than to ___ ___ a few hours in peace and quiet.
while away
What do guilders, schillings, lats, litas, kunas, and kroons have in common?
former currencies, replaced by the euro
I was nervous about speaking in front of so many people, but I think it was a great success. I __ it __.
pulled off
We decided to sprinkle out for our wedding anniversary, and we're going on a Caribbean cruise.
Splash out
PASS THE TIME (IN A CASUAL WAY)
While away
Success almost always ___ ___ ___ hard work.
boils down to
Dr Pant Mould is an anagram of whose name?
Donald Trump
Bill and Cristina are having some marital problems at the moment, but I think it will __ __. They’ll be fine.
blow over
John is very outspoken. He never timids away from confrontation.
shy away from
COPE IN A MORE OR LESS SATISFACTORY WAY
Muddle through
Southern Europe continues to ___ ___ Germany and France in terms of pay and working conditions.
lag behind
What are these countries now known as: Persia, Holland, Burma, Siam, Spanish East Indies?
Iran, the Netherlands, Myanmar, Thailand, the Philippines