Phrases and Expressions

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Stroke of serendipity
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Unexpected lucky event that happened to you
AWOL
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Absent Without Official Leave
OOTD
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Outfit Of The Day
Sugar spice and everything nice
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Sugar spice and everything nice Anglais
If you describe someone, especially a woman or a girl, as being sugar and spice, you mean that that person is behaving in a kind and friendly way
At/In One fell swoop
I got all my Christmas shopping done in one fell swoop.
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If you do something at/in one fell swoop, you do it all at the same time
(Let’s) Play it by ear
We can't make a decision yet. Let's just play it by ear.
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to decide how to deal with a situation as it develops, rather than acting according to plans made earlier
(Let me) Get back to you on that
I'll get back to you later with those figures.
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to talk to someone again, usually on the phone, in order to give them some information or because you were not able to speak to them before
Mannerizm
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Something that the person does with their face, hands or voice that they may not realize they do it
Virtue
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the good moral quality in a person
Tout
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to praise sb to make people think that they are important OR to try to persuade sb to buy sth
Aeon
I’ve been waiting eons for you to come
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​ a period of time that is so long that it cannot be measured
A stitch in time saves nine
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said to mean that it is better to act or deal with problems immediately, because if you wait and deal with them later, things will get worse and the problems will take longer to deal with
to cast a pall over sth
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to create a bad feeling or mood; to spoil the atmosphere

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