PE 1 - Idioms & Phrases

to misbehave

to great obstructions

to keep secrets

to reveal secret information

to hide oneself

to oppose

to evade disgrace

to protect

To mock someone

To hurt someone

To console someone

To recuperate from a loss

experiencing cloudy weather 

enjoying favourable lunch

under suspicion 

under observation

to fail to arouse interest

to have a selfish reason for doing something

to have no result

to work for both sides

to talk aloud

complete and safe

to work hard

to act unreliably

to find one's roots

to return to place of rest

back to original position

to emphasise

to gain prominence

to praise oneself

to confess without reserve

to destroy before it blooms

to become hungry

to be in good mood

to preserve one's energy

to be aloof from

to trap wanted criminal with great difficulty

to catch a dangerous person

to meet with disaster

to deal with a person who is more than one's match

An unlucky person

A lucky person

An ugly person

An unworthy person in a family or group

An imaginary utopian place or situation

A place that is worse than hell

A place that you know that you will never be able to visit

A popular place about which you have heard such stories that you would not like to go there.

To be scared of small dangers 

Passing through a thick forest 

Support under all circumstances 

To be hard hearted in times of loss 

to cheat someone

to make blind

to harm someone

to mislead

to be impatient

to get into trouble

to suffer financially

to be in a confused state

very rich

borrowing money

wasting money

spending more than his income

with all their might

without any other weapon

resorting to violence

very cowardly

to listen eagerly

to give false alarm

to turn pale

to keep off starvation

to have a good height

to be honest in any business deal

they have no debts

to try to be beautiful

to be happy, cheerful and healthy

to reduce importance of one's senior

to support the role and view of another person

to do back seat driving

to refer to

to take for granted

to raise objections

to be discussed

to see signs of plague epidemic

to get bad smell of a dead rat

to suspect four dealings

to be in a bad mood

to do the right thing

to destroy one's reputation

to announce one's fixed views

to teach someone a lesson

to depart

to interfere

to try hard

to prepare

to gossip

to have doubt

to feel sorry

to be angry

To be inconsistent

Changing weather

To be definite

To be rich and poor frequently

to love someone

to agree

to be angry

to take revenge

To inspire someone

To pacify a situation

To worsen a situation

To waste the available resources

New rules which are bound to fail 

A junior 

A new social trend

 A newcomer

sympathies with 

hate intensely

be indifferent to 

regard with contempt