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1. A
Cheat out of: deceive
2. C
Cut in: interrupt
3. A
Drop off: decrease in number, amount, quality.
4. C
Cut off from: to cause (someone or something) to be separate or alone from
(someone or something)
5. D.
Eat into: use or take away a large part of something valuable, such
as money or time
6. A
Fit out: provide someone or something with all of the things that will be needed
7. B
Draw sth out: cause sth to last longer
8. C
Check upon: to try to discover what someone is doing in order to be certain that
that person is doing what they should be doing
9. C
Fall through: fail to happen
10. B
Cut off: remove a part
11. C
Strike gold: do something that makes you very successful or rich, especially in a
way that is unexpected
12. C
Stew (in your own juice): think about or suffer the results of your own actions,
without anyone giving you any help
13. A
by nature, profession, trade, etc: used when describing someone's character, job,
etc.:
14. c
in arrears: owing money that should have been paid already
15. b
in season: If fruit and vegetables are in season, they are being produced in
the area and are available and ready to eat
16. B
Implication for (collocation)
17. D
Get off the ground: begin
18. C
Make a go of sth: try to make something succeed, usually by working hard
19. B
For good: permanently
20. D
Mock cream (collocation)
21. C
Slink: walk away from somewhere quietly so that you are not noticed
22. B
23. C
24. B
Look upon: consider sb/sth as ….
25. C
Fall back: retreat
26. B
Join up: become a member of one of the armed forces
27. C
Fall on: attack
28. A
Fall off: If the amount, rate, or quality of something falls off,
it becomes smaller or lower
29. B
Fall in with: agree
30. A
Fall down on: depend on
31. A
Flog a dead horse: waste effort on something when there is
no chance of succeeding
32. A
A dark horse:
a person who keeps their interests and ideas secret, especially someone who has
a surprising ability or skill
33. D
Get the hang of sth: learn how to do something, especially if it is
not obvious or simple
34. B
Deaf to (collo)
35. A
Hear from sb: If you hear from someone, you get a letter, email, or phone call from
that person, or that person tells you something
36. B
Operate on sb (collo): have surgery
37. D
Haggle with sb over sth: make a bargain
38. C
Strand on: leave somebody in a place from which they have no way of leaving
39. C
On a sale: sold in reduced price
40. A
In name: officially recognized but not existing in reality
41. C
Break the ice: say or do something that makes people feel more relaxed, especially
at the beginning of a meeting, party
42. A
Be for the high jump: to be going to be punished for something you have
done wrong
43. B
Impatient with sb/sth (collo)
Impatient to do sth
44. C
Have a go at: give sth a try
45. A
Give sb your word: promise
46. C
At intervals (collo)
47. C
Injurious to: harmful to
48. D
Take exception to sth/sb: hate sth/sb
49. B
Gild the lily: improve or decorate something that is
already perfect and therefore spoil it
50. A
Grind to a halt: stop working/functioning/end
51. C
As good as: practically, nearly
52. C
Forged money (collo)
53. D
Draw up (car): stop
54. B
Draw in: If days, evenings, or nights draw in,
it becomes darker earlier because autumn or winter is coming
55. A
Head off: to start a journey or leave a place
56. c
cut off: stop providing something such as electricity, supplies
57. b
fly at: attack another person or animal suddenly
58. c
comes in handy: be useful
59. d
take sth to your heart: take criticism or advice to heart, you think about
it seriously, often because it upsets you
60. c
get out of hand: lose control
61. b
straight from the horse’s mouth: If you hear something (straight) from the
horse's mouth, you hear it from the person who has direct personal knowledge of
it
62. b
anything but: mean the opposite of the stated quality
63. a
be sought after: to be explored/found/discovered
64. c
sniff out: search for and discover something
65. d
Off color: slightly ill
66. B
In transit: goods or people that are in transit are being transported from
one place to another
67. A
Propagate: produce a new plant using a parent plant
68. C
69. B
Scamper: When small children and animals scamper,
they run with small quick steps
70. A