1) boil down to / gnaw away at / tie up with 2) lay down the law / take the law into your own hands / throw the book at sb 3) linger / deprive / extenuating cirscumstances / bail 4) outreach / inception / eligible for / laden with 5) come up in the world / do sb the world of good / have the world at your feet / make a world of difference 6) would rather he... / wish / third conditional / but for 7) on the brink of / highly sought after / up and running / in its infancy 8) set in stone / on the cards / change one's tune 9) resounding / irreversible / prevailing / rewarding 10) as thick as thieves / a nodding acquaintance / a man after my own heart 11) the gift of the gab / at a loss for words / hold one's tongue 12) not mince one's words / spill the beans / small talk 13) cool as a cucumber / solid as a rock / dull as ditchwater 14) scowl / squirm / flinch / smirk / pout  15) morose / effusive / shrewd / brusque / industrious 16) grimace / snort / wince / twitch 17) a tall order / baffled / liable / singled out 18) a name to conjure with / have in store / blot out / have a fit 19) cling to / lay hands on / at the prospect of / be filled with dread 20) count against / come into force / do the trick 21) Inversion: so / little / not until / hardly / seldom 22) keep sb in the dark / click into place / take it as read 23) to dawn on / draw the line / leave sth to chance

CPE Second Term Test REVISION - On Screen

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