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be annoyed by sb/ sth
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be sick and tired of sb/sth
not keep one's promise
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break one's word
get the wrong idea
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bark up the wrong tree
talk indirectly about sth
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beat about the bush
tell sb bad news
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break the news
a clever person
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a bright spark
a person who gossips too much
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a big mouth
a lot of fuss about nothing
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a storm in a teacup
a very short distance
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a hair's breadth
an important or powerful person in a group or organisationa
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a big fish
immediately
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at the drop of a hat
from the beginning
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from scratch
receiving a lot of attention
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in the limelight
in financial difficulty
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in a tight squeeze
unemployed and receiving money from state
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on the dole
an unlucky event that turns out to be good or lucky
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a blessing in disquise
a random(losowy) quess
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a shot in the dark
a short distance
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a stone's throw
rough calculation(w przybliżeniu) or rule based on experience
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a rule of thumb
a period of difficulty
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a bad patch
annoy sb
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annoy sb to get on sb's nerves
work quickly
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get cracking
make sb feel scared
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give sb the creeps
give sb an advantage over sb else
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give sb the edge
receive some information about sth
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get wind of sth
a very ambitious person
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a high flyer
a person who spoils(zepsuc) peopel's fun
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a wet blanket
a person who is only your friend when u have no problem
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a fair-weather friend
a person who can persuade u to do sth
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a smooth operator
an annoying person or thing
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a pain in the neck
a person who is always moving from place to place
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a rolling stone
a person who can do many different kinds of jobs
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a jack of all trades
a person who rarely believes what you tell him
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a doubting Thomas
a very energetic person
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a live wire
sb/sth that is very annoying
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a pain in the neck
an easy task
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a piece of cake
an embarrassing secret
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a skeleton in the cupboard
an unintentional verbal mistake
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a slip of the tongue
a quicker, more direct route
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a short cut
a very severe headache
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a splitting headache
very quite
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quite as a mouse
very hard of hearing
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deaf as post
very bad eyesight
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blind as a bat
very healthy
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fit as a fiddle
very heavy
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heavy as lead
very well-behaved
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good as gold
sb who likes to stay up late at night
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a night owl
an achievement one is pround of (powod do dumy)
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a feather in one's cap
sb/sth difficult to deal with
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a tough/hard nut to crack
an insignificant amount
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a drop in the ocean
sth leading nowhere
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a dead end
an enthusiastic round of applause
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a big hand
a conceited (zaufany) person
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a big head
upsetting fact difficult to accept
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a bitter pill
sth that at first seems bad, but later turns out to be beneficial
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a blessing in disquise
a situation where sth unpleasant or dangerous nearly happened
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a close shave
retract
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go back
stern
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very serious
scow at
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change expresion into angry
jeer
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unkind comment
simpering
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trying to be friendly, appear silly
menacingly
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scary
verbose
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sophisticated language
long winded
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using more words than necessary
mince my words
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przebierac w slowach
man of few words
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quiet person
gruff
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low and harsh (voice)
wilt
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lose strength (looking wilted from her solo shift)
excruciating
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extremely paintful

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