It could be you (again) 2

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if something that happens is _____, it is near enough to make you feel nervous or afraid
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too close for comfort
Brenda lives too close for comfort in his book.
said when giving your opinion
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in my book
Brenda lives too close for comfort in his book.
formal the female owner, or wife of the owner, of a castle or large country house in France
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chatelaine
the woman is now chatelaine of the manor
an _____ agreement, relationship etc is one in which people feel friendly towards each other and do not want to quarrel
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amicable
Relations between them are not amicable.
polite in a formal but not very friendly way
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civil
Relations between them are not amicable. Or even civil.
to use rude and offensive language
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swear
she was swearing so much it was difficult to get the gist of what she was saying
the main idea and meaning of what someone has said or written
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the gist
she was swearing so much it was difficult to get the gist of what she was saying
an order given by a court which tells someone not to do something;
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injunction
I am trying to take out an injunction against her
a woman who has been scorned in love by a man will try to get revenge on him in some way
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hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
scorned - wzgardzona. HATH - in the past, the third person singular form of the present tense of "have":
Hell hath no fury like a woman who has seen a fortune slip through her fingers.
an amount of money that you get unexpectedly; a piece of fruit that has fallen off a tree
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windfall
a year after his Lottery windfall
a threat saying that if someone does not do what you want by a particular time, you will do something to punish them
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ultimatum
She kept giving me ultimatums
the last problem in a series of problems that finally makes you give up, get angry etc
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the last straw
the final straw
'The final straw was Christmas 2003, when we went on holiday to Barbados and Brenda was so moody all the time.
often changing quickly from being in a good temper to being in a bad temper (temperamental) annoyed and unhappy
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moody
we went on holiday to Barbados and Brenda was so moody all the time.
a particular point in an activity or period of time
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juncture
It was at this juncture, with the threat of a life in Essex looming large before him, that Bridget got back in touch.
It was at this juncture that Bridget got back in touch.
to appear as a large unclear shape, especially in a threatening way; if a problem or difficulty _____-s, it is likely to happen very soon:
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loom
the threat of a life in Essex loomed large before him
to repair an old building or car, or to improve its appearance
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do up
her property needed doing up, including replacement windows.
someone who is not willing to believe that people have good, honest, or sincere reasons for doing something
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cynic
The cynic in some of us might say why didn't she just pick up Yellow Pages?
the part of a town where the shops, houses etc are next to the beach
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seafront
They met on the seafront,
spoken a young man who enjoys drinking alcohol and going out with his male friends, and who thinks he is sexually attractive
brit. English
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Jack the lad
'Mark had always been a bit of a Jack the lad,
a false reason given for an action, in order to hide the real reason
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pretext
Was phoning Mark about her windows a pretext to engineer a reconciliation?

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