| Draggable item | arrow_right_alt | Corresponding Item |
|---|---|---|
Get cracking | arrow_right_alt | To think that someone has done something wrong or illegal, but without proof yet |
That is overstating it | arrow_right_alt | To join pieces of fabric together using a needle and thread |
Last resort | arrow_right_alt | Something is more complicated or important than it seems at first |
Tick someone off | arrow_right_alt | To try anything, even unlikely options, to solve a problem or avoid failure |
Take a shortcut | arrow_right_alt | An opportunity that has already been missed and cannot be taken anymore |
Stick with something | arrow_right_alt | To annoy or make someone angry |
For no good reason | arrow_right_alt | To think that something or someone is less important, capable, or difficult than they really are |
It’s not uncommon | arrow_right_alt | To strongly dislike or hate something or someone |
Blend in | arrow_right_alt | Doing something in a secret or dishonest way to avoid being noticed |
Sew | arrow_right_alt | To use a quicker or easier way to do something or get somewhere |
Despise | arrow_right_alt | Without a clear or fair explanation |
be fresh out | arrow_right_alt | To look or act like the people or things around you so you’re not noticed |
Have a lot on one’s plate | arrow_right_alt | To start doing something quickly or immediately |
There’s more to it | arrow_right_alt | To continue doing something even if it’s hard or takes time |
Underestimate | arrow_right_alt | To not have any more of something; to be completely out of it |
That ship has sailed | arrow_right_alt | To have a lot of responsibilities or things to do |
Sneaky | arrow_right_alt | The final option or solution when all others have failed |
Suspect someone of something | arrow_right_alt | It happens sometimes; it’s not rare |
Grasp at straws | arrow_right_alt | To describe something as bigger, better, or worse than it really is |
1. She wore a simple dress to
2. He said the movie was the best ever, but I think that is
3. They were grasping
4. It’s
5. My grandmother taught me how to
6. He acts happy, but there’s
7. She
8. We’re
9. I have a lot
10. He started yelling for
11. He took a
12. I wanted to apply for the job, but that
13. We need to
14. If I can’t find a job here, moving abroad will be my
15. Don’t
16. The police suspect the man
17. The
18. It really
19. Learning a new language is hard, but I’ll
Use as many of the given words and phrases as possible, but include at least 7 of them:
despise
suspect someone of something
underestimate
stick with something
last resort
be fresh out
tick someone off
get cracking
sneaky
sew
That ship has sailed
it's not uncommon
take a shortcut
blend in
there's more to it
have a lot on one's plate
that is overstating it
for no good reason
grasp at straws
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1. And Rex feels that when
2. - She's very
- Oh. So she would be in the room with us while we make love?
3. Just one. How much longer is your mid-life crisis going to last? Because
4. Everyone's down for a nap. We've got no more than an hour.
5. - That would have never happened in Boy Scouts. When I worked mostly with men,
- And
6. - Maybe we should just cool it for a while.
- Oh, no, John, please don't say that. I have everything under control. Now
7. As I'm sure you've all heard, Celia Bond broke her wrist playing tennis. Which means we are now in desperate need of someone to do the costumes.
8. - Let our kids experience this classic
- Thank you, Lynette, for that impassioned speech. But
9. Well, that's what's so great about being in the democracy.
10. - What a coincidence. So am I. Seems a shame for us to eat by ourselves. Shall
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1. Just all these
2. - I don't want to
- I'm repairing a
- Why don't you just buy a new one?
- Because I think it's better to
3. You
4. Well, if that's the case, then take me right here, right now. The house is
5. That night, while most of Wisteria Lane dreamt the night away, Lynette was in the middle
of her own personal
Lynette had stayed up 18 hours straight,
6. Actually, Carlos, the more I watch her, the more I think she's probably not
7. - You told her about my
- Don't be mad, mama. I just didn't want you
8. - OK, give me a break here. I'm just grasping at
- I'm sorry. It's just I'm worried about Zach. It's really
9. Juanita was now more
10. This is a bit awkward. There has been an
11. Isn't it better to settle this once and for all rather than
12. And just so you know, next spring, when we do "Bambi," his mother's gonna take a
13. The search for power begins when we're quite young. As children, we're taught that the power of good triumphs over the power of
1. Husbands with wives, parents cross with children. But the often involve women and their mothers-in-law. The war for control of Carlos began the night he proposed, and Gabrielle had been to Juanita ever since. From the agreement which she signed... to the selection of wedding music she ... to the color of the house paint she hadn't wanted, Gabrielle had suffered one after another. And now that Juanita suspected her daughter-in-law of having an , it had become , in this war... no would be taken.
2. - Carlos, you always say you're not away enough for retirement.
- You know, baby, it would be a good idea if we on expenses.
3. Well, since I'm gonna have to be doing the cooking and the cleaning and all the shopping like the other wives, I'm gonna be at night, just like all the other wives. Till I build up my , of course. And that might take a couple of years.
4. Sadly for Juanita, she had ignored the first rule of war... Never your enemy.
5. Of the many rituals, none is quite so as the neighborhood yard sale. Shoppers come to the discarded belongings of someone they don't know, in hopes of finding they don't really need, each so to save a few pennies they often miss .
6. Got to say I was a little surprised to see Mary Alice's for sale. She got it for doing for the Chamber of Commerce.
7. - So, how did you get the ?
- The usual way. Asking too many questions.
8. Don't worry about it. I'm not letting her out .
9. I'm not surprised he's playing it . Paul knows we're .
10. He did your house. I mean the kid's obviously troubled in some way.
11. - Mr. Young, I can't just medicate him .
- Forget the Freud and the drugs.
12. I would like to the next part of our meeting to our parent coordinator, the amazing Maisy Gibbons.
13. Tilda and Frances and I went to the yesterday, and we were a little troubled by the ending. Killing the wolf. It sends the wrong message to our kids. We believe that animals should only be euthanized as a .
14. In our version, the wolf is aggressive because he has a in his , and the woodsman will take out the thorn and send Mr. Wolf on his way.
15. So, you are aware that the wolf is a bad guy? He eats Little Red's grandma. If you let him go, he's gonna other old ladies.
16. Well, with , let's leave the creative suggestions to the mothers who have .
17. I don't worry about John. Both he and Danielle are in the .
18. Susan was by Paul's answers. She was convinced he was hiding Zach and hiding the truth.
19. - Do you remember those two eggs I let you borrow last Christmas? I need those back.
- Gosh, honey, I'm .
20. I'm not sure. Do you know how to ?