A dark horse 5

a far cry from sth 121

A leap in the dark 5

a square peg in a round hole 132

abate 107

abrasive 59

abreast 60

abreast 61

absorbing 102

Adamant 15

Adept 19

afford sb sth 31

aficionado 97

ailment 126

akin 112

allure 28

Along … lines … 14

alter 24

alteration 24

amalgamate 40

amenable 44

anger 49 + 101

angst 57

apprehension 63

apprehensive 63 + 122

ardent 106

as dry as bone 96

assortment 26

at first hand 121

attest 87
Avert 6 + 124

avid 120

bandy sth about 110

banish 98

banner ad 78

barrage 31

Be riddled with sth 17

Be torn between A and B 15

Beckon 1

belligerent 61

Blank 12

blunder 105

bode well/ill for sb/sth 74

bogus 42

bone dry 96

boon 104 + 115

Bound 18

breather 113

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bulk 59

burn your bridges 28

call on/upon sb 49 + 107

call sb’s bluff 67

Calm 9

camaraderie 27

capital 53

cascade 53

cave in (to sth) 124

celebratory 81

censure 68

channel 58
clear-cut 40

clerical 126

Collude 12

come by swh 66

come into play 32

come to sth 57

command 44

communicable 108

complacent 108

composite 43

Condescending 19

confidence 88

conman 63

Conspicuous consumption 7

Consternation 21

contingency plan 129

contract 131

convene 89

copious 75

cornerstone 86

cost-conscious 36

Covet 7 + 46

Cripple 13

crush 52

dabble 68

decree 41

defuse 98

dejected 104

deliver 71

deluge 34

denigrate 51
denunciation 127

deport 51

desensitize 93

designate 93

designer 24

Diligently 20

dire 125

Disillusioned 1

dismal 128

disparate 116

dispel 115

distaste 64

dither 123

do yourself/sb proud 43

doable 46

dob sb in to sb 33

Doggedly 11

doom and gloom 55

double standard 72

doubly 116

Down the drain 16

dreary 35

dress the part 45

Drive sales 22

drop sb/sth off 122

Drudgery 10

dual 131

duck out of sth 130

eke out sth 129

entrant 22

entrust 103
entry-level 48

enviable 120

Envisage 11

Erratic 17 + 114

exasperate 102

Exodus 5

extraneous 38

extricate 79

exuberant 117

Facility 18

Fall short of sth 1

Fare 16

fastidious 82

fathom 39

fault 50

feel hard done by 54

feign 95

ferocious 77

fetch 35

Feverishly 10

fickle 58

fictitious 130

Fiddle 20

find your feet 55

flattering 62

flounder 38

for nothing 45

for starters 47

fuel 29

full-on 64

fully fledged 37
fundamental 94

get at sth 72

get the hang of sth 122

give credit where credit is due 76

Go about sth 3

go halves (with sb) 73

go into overdrive 113

Go out like a light 4

gratifying 50

Gravitate to swh 21

grey area 23

grill 84

Gruelling 11

grumble 33

Guru 17

gutless 124

habituated 108

hang on to sth 69

Harness 20

hatch 100

hate sb’s guts 119

Have it in you (to do sth) 18

Hazard 3

hear sb out 101

hedge 51

Hitherto 15

hoax 43

hold down a job 29

home in on sth 60

homebody 33

homemaker 75
humble 65

impetus 112

in place 80

in/out of wedlock 75

incentivize 36

incremental 97

indignation 62

induct 64

Inept 19

jeopardise 32 + 129

jettison 31

jurisdiction 23

Knot 10

knotty 94

largely 112

laudatory 128

Leave a lot to be desired 2 + 83

leave off 65

lend itself to sth 37

let rip 34

leverage 103

liaise 132

line 29

line sth up 67 + 74

look the part 45

low-end 48

lucrative 27

ludicrous 36

lump 89

luxuriate in sth 37

make 44 + 118
make money hand over fist 118

Mayhem 8

mechanise 111

median 29

Meet 11

mismatch 47

nebulous 110

nerve 119

no-no 30 + 88

Non-payment 2

(not) cut it 20

Off the record 6

on the safe side 23

one-size-fits-all 37

one-stop 106

Ordeal 2

out of practice 123

outbound 92

override 78

oversee 132

Palpable 17

pang 78

Part 21

pay your dues 125

perfunctory 70

perpetrate 85

perpetrator 85

persona 100

Plight 4

plug 38

poised 54 + 113
pop into swh 134

potent 52

Precariously 13

press 84

pretend 70

price-conscious 36

prime 109

Probe 4

provenance 82

pull out 88

Punch in sth 8

Punishable by/with sth 14

Put A down to B 3

put sb out 131

qualm 135

quandary 24

quarantine 91

raft 91

Ram sth down sb’s throat 22

ramification 79

rampant 35

ravenous 82

read up on sth 135

Reap 22 + 105

Reassuringly 10

rebuttal 104

recuperate 116

redirect 81

reign supreme 31

relieve 134

Repeat customer 21
Repugnant 20

residual 71

respite 99 + 107

Retaliate 9

retract 85

rework 114

Rivet 15

Run off with sth 3

run out on sb 123

Run short of sth 1 + 115

run-in 101

scant 87

scatter 39

scour 60

See the light 5

seethe 34

send for sb 66

Sensational 12

short of doing sth 30

sidestep 127

silence 51

sink or swim 62

sit tight 70

slash 49 + 73

slight 28 + 77

spawn 47

spin 30

Stage a strike/protest 4

stagnant 52

standing 25

staple 53
start out 55

stash 41

stem 100

stick around 25

stigma 25 + 106

stop short of (doing) sth 90

substantiate 80

succinct 61

suck sb into sth 92

swear off sth 57

switch off 133

syndrome 26

Taint 19 + 41

take heart 96

Take sb in 12

take shape 39

tally 39

tantamount 117

test positive/negative for sth 92

textbook 42

the cards/odds are stacked against you 84

The end of the line/road 13

Threaten 6

tie sb/yourself up in knots 41

tip sb off 59

tire of sb/sth 109

to excess 83

toast 68

tough luck 69

track record 27

trade-off 50
transcend 94

translate into sth 24

transpire 36

trip sb up 103

turbulent 56

uncalled for 25

undercut 48

Underline 16

unheard-of 99

unmet 109

Unruly 14

Up in arms 13

upshot 113

uptight 126

Vagaries 2

Vicarious 17

voracious 117

wasteful 111

wean sb off sth 40

Weary of (doing) sth 1

weather 65

weight 90

well-versed 45

wherewithal 74

whine 33

windfall 56

within your rights to do sth 46

Worm sth out of sb 8