Gaggle of ___
I’m trying to concentrate ___ my studies
I’m trying to concentrate on my studies.
To visit or to happen as an event
To come around
To make someone feel less confident or less determined to do something, usually by saying or doing something that they are not expecting
To take the wind out of somebody's sails
Bunch of ___
Bunch of bananas
You need to reserve the conference room ___ advance.
You need to reserve the conference room in advance.
To search in order to find a thing or information
To delve into
To have enough money to buy what you need to live
To make ends meet
___ of lawyers
Firm of lawyers
My husband and I got ___ a fight last night.
My husband and I got in a fight last night.
To escape or move away from something
To begin to produce flowers, sometimes used figuratively to indicate something is developing
To come into flower
Murder of ___
Murder of crows
She refused ___ principle to give toy guns to the children
She refused on principle to give toy guns to the children
To boil in a way that produces a lot of bubbles
To bubble away
To make it difficult for someone to achieve something they had planned to do
To put a spoke in somebody's wheel
Joint of ___
Joint of meat
Her writing at its best is considered to be ___ a par with Charles Dickens.
Her writing at its best is considered to be on a par with Charles Dickens.
To start dealing with bad or illegal behaviour in a more severe way
To not be able to say anything because someone else is talking all the time
To not get a word in edgeways