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05 - Listening and vocabulary·Cutting Edge Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book

Question

Listen again and complete the idioms in bold below. Can you guess their meaning?

Answer

  1. fall hopelessly in love with - fall deeply in love with
  2. keep an eye out for - watch out for
  3. economical with the truth - not telling the full truth
  4. take with a pinch of salt - not treat as entirely true
  5. little white lies - small lies that are not seriously dishonest
  6. stretch the truth - say things that are definitely wrong and unlikely

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