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Idioms with basic common verbs

1. Break
- Break a leg = good luck => finger
…..
- Break the ice >< start to become
shy
- Break a record >< set a record
- Break the law = illegal
- Break one’s promise
- Break one’s mind to smb = truyền
đạt ý của mình cho ai đó = convey
ideas
- Break the news to smb = inform
- Break smb’s will = wet blanket ...
- Break from someone’s bonds (tie)
- Break into tears / laughter
- Break the neck of = khắc phục khó
khăn
2.bring
- bring tears to smb’s eyes = take
the mickey out of = tease
- bring round to = make smb
change ideas
- bring smth to light = Smth (S)
come to light = reveal
- bring smth to an end = stop = S
put an end to smth = S ( smth )
come to an end
- bring down the house
- bring home to = make sense =
understand = make out = take in
- bring to bear on smth = use smth
- bring pressure to bear on smb
3. come
- come to an end
- come to light
- come out of the shell = break
- come into force = take effect = put
into force
- come to conclusion
- come to ahead = continue
- be as clever / stupid as they come
- come under attack =
criticize
- come into power = govern
- a fear comes over me
- come to one’s senses = make smb
awake conscious
- come across the mind = come up
with
- come no as a surprise
4.fall (n,V)
- fall back on
- fall out/ through
- fall on deaf ears = turn a blind eye
to = ignore
- fall into a habit
- fall on ( in ? ) sword = kill
oneshelf = suicide
- fall short of = failure =
unsuccessful / shortcoming =
weakness
5. get
- get/ have butterflies in one’s
stomach = nervous
- get cold feet = wet blanket
- get into hot water
- get smb on nerves = angry
- get the green light = suggest =
hint
- get wind of smth = know a piece
of information

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