Idioms
To be in the same boat
To be in the same difficult situation as someone else.
Complete with a correct infinitive form:
My new classmate refused ... (follow) me on Instagram.
My new classmate refused to follow me on Instagram.
An animal body organ which can be cooked and eaten
Kidney
Complete with the correct tense:
The noise ... (stop) and I can start concentrating on my work again.
The noise has stopped and I can start concentrating on my work again.
A person who is interviewed
Interviewee
Keep tabs on
To watch something or someone carefully
Complete with a correct infinitive form:
We need to explore new technologies in order ... (attract) new tech-savvy customers.
We need to explore new technologies in order to attract new tech-savvy customers.
Powerful spice used to give flavour especially to cakes and sauces
Nutmeg
Complete with the correct tense:
I ... (swim) all morning and I feel exhausted.
I have been swimming all morning and I feel exhausted.
Money earned
Income
Bend over backwards
To try very hard to do something
Complete with a correct infinitive form:
You don't happen ... (see) my mobile phone anywhere, do you?
You don't happen to have seen my mobile phone anywhere, do you?
Something that is personally annoying
Pet hate
Complete with the correct tense:
She ... (apply) for jobs, without success, since leaving university.
She has been applying for jobs, without success, since leaving university.
Having an effect that is opposite to the one intended or wanted
Counterproductive
Teeter on the edge
To be in a bad situation that is likely to happen soon.
Complete with a correct infinitive form:
You need to learn the entire multiplication table by heart ... (as/move) on to more challenging tasks.
You need to learn the entire multiplication table by heart so as to move on to more challenging tasks.
Used to describe a tablecloth
Starched
Complete with the verb form:
... (have) accepted the quest, the hero entered a new world.
Having accepted the quest, the entered a new world.
To cause something such as a plan or an opportunity to fail
Scupper
Straight from the horse's mouth
To hear something from the person who has direct personal knowledge of a situation
Complete with a correct infinitive form:
Considering the damages to the vehicle, we were fortunate (no/suffer) more serious injuries
Considering the damages to the vehicle, we were fortunate not to have suffered more serious injuries.
Type of red meat
Venison
Complete with the correct tense:
By the time we get home, they ... (play) football for 30 minutes.
By the time we get home, they will have been playing football for 30 minutes.
To remove someone from a job, usually because they have done something wrong
Sack