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Written by Alla Sobirova
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Tuesday, 24 August 2010 18:53 |
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Flog a dead horse (informal): waste one’s time/efforts
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Blow hot and cold (informal): be undecided about something
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A hot potato (informal): a dangerous, highly controversial issue which is embarrassing to deal with.
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Hot under the collar: to be annoyed or irritated by something
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A skeleton in the cupboard : a past event which is kept a secret as it is
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embarrassing
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The tip of the iceberg : the beginning of a problem which is actually much bigger
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A damp squib: something which is expected to cause excitement but doesn’t do so
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A fair weather friend: one who doesn’t remain a friend in troubles or difficulties
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of a person
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Hobson’s choice: a situation without any choice at all where in a person is forced
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to take what is offered to him or nothing at all.
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A quixotic plan : a foolish or totally unrealistic plan
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Letter ‘O’ |
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Written by Alla Sobirova
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Tuesday, 24 August 2010 18:45 |
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High Frequency TOEFL Words
1. Obdurate (adj.) – Impassive to feelings of humanity or pity
2. Obliterate (v) – To cause to disappear
3. Obnoxious (adj.) – Detestable
4. Obsequious (adj.) – Showing a servile readiness to fall in with the wishes or will of another
5. Obsolescent (adj.) – Passing out of use, as a word
6. Obstinacy (n) – Stubborn adherence to opinion, arising from conceit or the desire to have one’s own way
7. Obstreperous (adj.) – Boisterous
8. Odious (adj.) – Hateful
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Letter ‘T’ |
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Written by Alla Sobirova
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Tuesday, 24 August 2010 18:41 |
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High Frequency TOEFL Words
1. Tacit (adj.) – Understood
2. Taciturn (adj.) – Disinclined to conversation
3. Tangent (adj.) – Touching
4. Tantalize (v) – To tease
5. Temerity (n) – Recklessness
6. Tenet (n) – Any opinion, principle, dogma, or doctrine that a person believes or maintains as true
7. Tenor (n) – A settled course or manner of progress
8. Termagant (adj.) – Violently abusive and quarrelsome
9. Terse (adj} – Pithy
10. Timorous {adj.) – Lacking courage
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Letter ‘N’ |
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Written by Alla Sobirova
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Tuesday, 24 August 2010 18:40 |
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High Frequency TOEFL Words
1. Nefarious (adj.) – Wicked to the extreme.
2. Nettle (v) – To excite sensations of uneasiness or displeasure in.
3. Niggardly (adj.) – Stingy, (no longer acceptable to use)
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Letter ‘W’ |
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Written by Alla Sobirova
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Tuesday, 24 August 2010 18:36 |
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High Frequency TOEFL Words
1. Wane (v) – To diminish in size and brilliancy
2. Wantonness (n) – Recklessness
3. Weal (n)-Well-being
4. Wee (adj.) – Very small
5. Whet (v) – To make more keen or eager
6. Winsome (adj.) – Attractive
7. Wrangle (v) – To maintain by noisy argument or dispute
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