This section is called “DID YOU KNOW?” and it’s updated weekly, so you can learn new and interesting things!!!
This week:
PHRASAL VERBS:
*Bank on = Depend on: He may come tomorrow but don’t bank on it.
*Blow over = Stop and be forgotten: Their disagreement about where to spend their holidays soon stopped and blew over.
*Brush up = Improve: I must brush up on my Italian before I go to Rome.
IDIOMS / FIXED PHRASES:
By and large: On the whole; Generally speaking.
Full of beans: Very lively, with lots of energy.
A brainwave: A sudden clever idea.
Out of the blue: Suddenly and unexpectedly.
Cost a bomb: Be very expensive. (Also :cost an arm and a leg.)
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