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Synonym for LANDING
TOUCHDOWN
IDIOM meaning: find or determine the focal, central, or most important element of a topic, problem, or issue
GET AT THE HEART OF THE MATTER
Thank you all for attending this staff meeting. Before we get to the heart of the matter, I'd like to assure each of you that your jobs are secure.
And now we come to the heart of the matter. Who is going to pay for all this?
Verb meaning: to last or continue for a long time.
TO LINGER
Doubts still linger about his honesty.
Synonym for CHICKEN OUT - Idiom
TO GET COLD FEET
Leaving Ireland wasn't easy and I GOT COLD FEET about it a couple of times.
Phrasal verb meaning: to restore to consciousness
TO BRING AROUND
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
'til touchdown BRINGS me 'ROUND again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home.
Idiom - to be determined to do or obtain something
TO HAVE (GOT) ONE'S MIND SET ON STH
Nowadays Lorenzo has got his mind set on ....
NOUN: a particular smell, especially a pleasant one
SCENT
The sweet fresh scent of newly baked bread filled the house.
Idiom - As loudly as one can; with an extremely loud voice
AT THE TOP OF ONE'S LUNGS
The babies in the nursery all were crying at the top of their lungs.
IDIOM meaning: to have a strong feeling about something
FEEL IN SOMEONE'S BONES
She felt in her bones that nothing had changed.
ADJECTIVE / IDIOM meaning: superficial
SKIN-DEEP
The problem is that their commitment is only skin-deep.
PROVERB: "Beauty is only skin-deep". (used for saying that a person’s character is more important than their appearance)