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question		réponse
Against All Odds commencer à apprendre		despite difficulties
get the sack commencer à apprendre		be dismissed from one's job
in the offing commencer à apprendre		likely to happen
status symbol commencer à apprendre		possession through to show sb's high school rank etc
once and for all commencer à apprendre		for the last time
white elephant commencer à apprendre		useless /unwanted possession but expensive
short and sweet commencer à apprendre		brief but Pleasant
out in the open commencer à apprendre		(of Secrets) revealed
golden opportunity commencer à apprendre		the best chance to gain something
out and out commencer à apprendre		complete total
in the public commencer à apprendre		in the presence of other people
get the wrong end of the stick commencer à apprendre		misunderstand completely what has been said
throw a party commencer à apprendre		have a party
take things to pieces commencer à apprendre		dismantle things
grease somebody's Palm commencer à apprendre		bribe somebody
part and parcel of commencer à apprendre		basic part of
off the point commencer à apprendre		irrelevant
past one's Prime commencer à apprendre		growing old /not at your best
be out of practice commencer à apprendre		lacking practice
pop the question commencer à apprendre		make proposal of marriage
a bitter pill to swallow commencer à apprendre		difficult fact to accept
fall into place commencer à apprendre		become clear
by and large commencer à apprendre		generally
Larger than Life commencer à apprendre		exaggerated
on its last legs commencer à apprendre		in a week or poor condition
lay it on thick commencer à apprendre		exaggerate
lay somebody low commencer à apprendre		make somebody ill or weak
improve by/in leaps and bounds commencer à apprendre		improve very rapidly
do something at length commencer à apprendre		take a long time to do
follow /obey to the letter commencer à apprendre		follow exactly without question
on the level commencer à apprendre		sincere /truthful
put something on the line commencer à apprendre		risk, endanger
be lost on somebody commencer à apprendre		have no effect on somebody
not for love no money commencer à apprendre		by no means/for no reason
like it or lump it commencer à apprendre		whether you like it or not
leave somebody in the lurch commencer à apprendre		abandon/ let somebody down
us plain as the nose on your face commencer à apprendre		something is very obvious
as keen as mustard commencer à apprendre		enthusiastic
as fit as a fiddle commencer à apprendre		be very healthy
as good as gold commencer à apprendre		very well behaved
as miserable as sin commencer à apprendre		very guilty, miserable
as dull as ditchwater commencer à apprendre		very boring
as pleased as punch commencer à apprendre		feeling great delight
hit the roof commencer à apprendre		get very angry
work to rule commencer à apprendre		at hair strictly to the regulations as a form of protest
rock your brains commencer à apprendre		think very hard about something
in a rut commencer à apprendre		be stuck in a monotonous routine
in the long run commencer à apprendre		after long period of time
it stands to reason commencer à apprendre		it's logical
as a last resort commencer à apprendre		when all else has failed
puts down roots commencer à apprendre		settle down
know the ropes commencer à apprendre		know all the details of sth
keep something quiet commencer à apprendre		keep sth secret
At Close Quarters commencer à apprendre		from a short distance
cut somebody to the quick commencer à apprendre		deeply hurt somebody's feelings
on the quiet commencer à apprendre		secretly
call it quits commencer à apprendre		give up
open to debate commencer à apprendre		undecided
something begs the question commencer à apprendre		makes people want to ask a particular question
be in a quandary commencer à apprendre		be confused
an unknown quantity commencer à apprendre		person or thing that one has no experience of

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