Posts Tagged ‘Health and Wellbeing’
all fingers and thumbs
(be) all fingers and thumbs – to be clumsy and unable to do a simple job with your hands
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a few hiccups – a few problems
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a long face – look sad or upset
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at a loss – unsure how to explain/understand something
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waste – materials of no value that are thrown away
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to evoke – a better word to use than ‘get’ for IELTS writing
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tranquil – very quiet and peaceful
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day in, day out (also year in, year,out) – every day, something happens all the time in a boring way
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(medium) build – a way of describing someone’s weight
The suspect is dark-haired, of medium build
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medium height
medium height – a way of describing someone who is not tall or short
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