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Question American English Answer American English
to crouch
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to be in position where the knees are bent and the upper body is brought forward and down
to curl up
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to move into position that your body makes rounder smaller shape
to duck
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to quickly lower yourself to avoid being hit by sth
to fidget
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to constantly move your hands or feet
to flinch
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to make sudden small movement bcs sth hurt you or made you jump
to frown
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to lower your eyebrows because you’re angry or annoyed
to kneel
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to bend your legs so that knees touch the ground
to nod
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to move your head up and down (in most countries to say yes)
to nudge
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to push sb with your elbow to attract their attention
to shiver
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to shake bcs you are cold
shudder
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your body shakes bcs you have seen sth unpleasant or tasted sth bad
to tremble
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to shake bcs you’re nervous or scared
bloodcurdling (scream)
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really frightening (scream)
eye-catching
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so attractive your eyes move to it unconsciously
first-hand
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experience sth personally
hair-raising
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really scary
head-on
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used to describe collision between two moving vehicles
light-hearted
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funny and not very serious
mouth-watering
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food that looks or smells so delicious it makes your mouth react
nail-biting
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very exciting, dramatic bcs you don’t know what will happen
narrow-minded
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not accepting and not open, disliking anything different
well-thumbed
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book or magazine that has been read so much pages are in bad condition
not to bat an eyelid
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not show any signs of surprise
to clear your throat
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to cough in order to speak more
to clench your fist
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to curl your fingers very tightly, usually bcs you’re angry
to cross your legs
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to put one leg on another while sitting
to flex your muscles
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to strike a pose and show muscles
to fold your arms
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to bring your arms together and link them
to grit your teeth
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to press your teeth tightly together bcs of anger or distress
to pluck your eyebrow
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to remove hair from your eyebrow
sb’s heart is pounding
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sb’s heart is beating really hard
to rumble
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to make sound by your stomach bcs you’re hungry
to shake your head
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to move your head from side to side usually to say no
to shrug your shoulders
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to move your shoulder up and down
to sprain your ankle
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to make injury to your ankle
to stub your toe
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to hit your toe
a pain in the neck
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idiom to be very annoying
at the foot of
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idiom to be at the bottom
to cost an arm and a leg
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idiom to be very expensive
to cry your eyes out
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idiom to cry very hard
to face a team
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to play against another team
to fall head over heels in love
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idiom to fall in love really hard
to foot a bill
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idiom to pay the bill that you thought other person will
to get cold feet
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idiom to suddenly feel you’re not brave enough
to get sth off your chest
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idiom to say sth that has been bothering you
to get up sbs nose
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idiom to annoy sb
to give sb a hand
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idiom to help sb
to be glad to see the back of sb
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idiom to be happy when sb leaves
to have sth on the brain
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idiom to be obsessed about sth
to have your eye on sth
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idiom to have seen sth that you want to buy

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