Fast Track CAE 3

1/04/2022
Vocabulary: Expressions
a) Lose something in a sea of detail: to not make the main message clear
because you have focused on the detail instead.
b) Steer a middle course: achieve a good balance between two extremes.
c) A whirlwind tour: a very fast and efficient tour or explanation.
d) Duck a challenge: deliberately avoid doing something difficult.
e) The devil is in the detail: it may seem simple, but in fact the details are
complicated and likely to cause problems.
f) Waste too much ink in (doing) something: write more than is necessary or is
of interest about a subject.
g) Write something off: decide that something or someone is not important or valid
and so stop giving them your time or attention.

Phrasal Verbs with off and in

1. Set off
 Begin a journey
 Start or ignite something
2. Give in
 Quit, concede defeat
 Accept
3. Put off
 Delay something
 Repulsed by something
4. Take in
 Understand, comprehend
 Deceive
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a) Set in: when something unpleasant begins and seems likely to continue for an
extended period of time.
b) Give off: produce or release something into the air or environment
c) Take off: cut
d) Put in: to give, collect for a specific purpose.