MICA Special Word Association
Clues
Answer
Party,boy,sphere
Ball-Have a ball--party, Ball boy--lawn
tennis, Ball is spherical.
Goods,flea,down
Market- like used goods market, flea
market and down market
Rate,bottom,location
Base-Base Rate--banking, Base-Bottom, Shift Base from one place to
another--Location
Lies,card,punch
Pack- a pack of lies, a pack of cards,
to pack a punch(to hit someone hard)
Sunrise,light,goddess
Aurora-Sunrise is a syn. Of aurora,
Aurora lights is a natural light display
in the sky particularly in the high
latitude regions, caused by the
collision of energetic charged
particles with atoms in the high
altitude atmosphere, Aurora , from
the Latin word aurora, "sunrise" or
the Roman goddess of dawn
Country,conference,website Host- host country (Nation in which
individuals or organizations from
other countries or states are visiting
due to government invitation or
meeting.), host a conference, a host
website.
Top,confusion,head
Spin-Spin like a Top, All in a spin-Confusion, Head spin.
Spear,condition,mint
Mint- spearmint, in a mint condition
(in perfect condition),mint is where
coins are made.
Discord,eye,order
Apple-Apple of discord - cause of
quarrel
Apple of my eye - beloved
Apple pie order - perfect order - all
idioms
Invest,kind,fish
Angel- AngelInvestment---Initial
investment in a project, U have been
an angel to me---U hav been Kind,
AngelFish a type of fish.
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Disc,bell,ears
Bunk,land,trench
Five,hog,drink
Replica,face,mirror
Slash,steam,oil
Eat,hand,old
Use,knock,water
Hand,ear,money
Water,show,music
Solve,laugh,voice
Metal,bicycle,music
Adhesive,bread,biscuit
Tough,shell,ground
Step,tempo,march
Trade,contract,card
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Ring-disc,ring both circular. ring a
bell, ring in someone's ears
Ditch-Ditch class--bunk, Ditch a
plane--emergency landing, Ditch is
trench
High- high five, high on the hog-luxury, getting high after drinking.
Image- replica of an image, synonym
of face is image as an aspect of
something, mirror image
Burn-slash and burn(doing something
in a crude way), steam burn,burn the
midnight oil.
Hat-Hat in hand--modest, i'll eat my
hat--surprised, old hat--old fashioned
Tap-Tap energy--use, Tap on the
shoulder--knock, Tap water
Lend- lend a helping hand, lend an
ear, lend money
Pump-water pump, pump shoe,
pump up the music
Crack- to solve is to crack a problem
,Crack someone up- make someone
laugh, crack a joke—laugh, cracked
voice
Pedal-pedal to metal--full speed,
pedal in music--a bass note
Wafer-A small adhesive disk of paste;
used to seal letters.
, A small thin crisp cake or cookie.
, Thin disk of unleavened bread used
in a religious service (especially in the
celebration of the Eucharist).
Nut-Tough nut to crack, Nutshell,
Groundnut
Pace-Take small paces--small steps,
Pace of work---tempo, keep Pace
with—match
Deal-Deal in drugs--Trade, Deal is
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Measure,rain,estimate
secret,play,place
Food,hold,work
Fall,dance,journey
Disappear,exhaust,pipe
Light,signal,metal
Spot,score,number
Sudden,precise,brain
Crisp,instruct,time
Time,state,significance
Filling,thrust,material
Symbol,race,country
Ban,pressure,metal
Mail,American,Lane
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fixed--contract, poker--card—deal
Gauge-measure syn. Of gauge,rain
gauge, to gauge something-to
estimate
Scene-Behind the scene--secret, A
play has many scenes, Scene of
Crime—Place
Serve-Serve food, Hold a Serve-Tennis, Serve for a company—work
Trip-Trip over something--fall, trip up
the dance step--Dance, Trip--a
journey
Drain-Brain--drain or draining
wealth---disappear, Exhaust or drain
a resource, Drain Pipe
Beam-Beam of light, Laser
beam/Radio beam--signal, Metal
beam
Point-Turn left at the point--spot,
Points--score, Decimal point—
number
Sharp-Sharp turn--sudden turn,
Sharp at 8--precise, Sharp brain
Brief-Brief--Crisp, Brief someone--tell
him the details/instruct, Brief period
of time/Brief History of Time
Matter-matter of time, state of
matter, Did it matter to them—
Significance
Stuff-Stuff in something--fill--stuffed
vegetable, Stuff something in a bag-put thrust, what is this Stuff made
of—material
Flag-Symbol-Flag, to Flag off a race,
Country Flag.
Bar-ban-To Bar something, Pressure
has Bar as its unit, Metal Bar.
Express-Express Mail, American
Express, Express Lane
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Offer,young,quotation
Transparent,nine,internet
Lion,ego,peacock
Bother,offer,less
Crime,marriage,devote
Watch,slap,band
Curious,fur,bag
Pan,mob,light
Mark,charge,reserve
Peak,blow,Somalia
Bush,retreat,lose
Work,mind,reference
Course,helmet,market
Card,cake,success
Trade,pot,car
Water,run,blow
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Tender-Tender your resignation-offer resignation,tender age--young,
Tender is in itself a quotatio
Cloud-Cloudy--unclear/ Transparent
clear, Internet Cloud servers, Cloud
Nine--feel High
Pride --group of lions, ego-- Pride
synonyms, Group of peacocks—pride
Spot-Spot of bother, Spot offer, spot
less
Commit-Commit a crime, Committed
in marriage, Commit to something-be devoted to it
Wrist-Wrist-watch, Slap on the wrist-moderate punishment, wrist band
Cat-curiosity killed the cat, Cat--fur,
Let the Cat out of the bag
Flash- pan--Something that shows
potential in the beginning but fails to
deliver, flash mob, flash light
Book-Book mark, Book for a crime-charge, Book a seat—reserve
Horn-Horn--top most point=peak,
Blow a horn, Somalia--Horn of Africa
Beat-Beat about the bush,Beat
Retreat--leave in haste, Beat
someone in an event
Frame-frame work, Frame of mind,
Frame of Reference--Its a relative
term, comparing something with
other
Crash-Crash course, Crash helmet,
Market Crash
Pan- pan card, pan cake, Pan out—
succeed
Jack-jack of all trades, Jack pot, A
lever to lift a car—jack
Dry- Drywater(a m emulsion of air
and water surrounded by silica), dry
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Belt,out,divide
Spread,fire,book
Out,poke,iron
Bag, hire, sleep
Play,king,yard
Space,green,rest
String,bird,fly
Token,blue,shoulder
Aspect,side,book
Reduce,expel,cancel
Carry,stand,yield
Filled,rush,control
Remain,view,head
Stop,gold,deal
Blow,paper,fruit
Case,record,iron
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run--rehearsal, dry something by
Blowing--or a hair drier
Zone-A specific belt/location--Zone,
Zone out--sort of daydream, Divide
into Zones
Cover-spread = cover , cover fire is
military jargon and book cover
Pig-Pig out---Eat hastily,Pig in a poke-offered in such a way in order to
obscure d real nature, pig iron
Sack-Sack--bag,Sack someone--Fire
him, Hit the sack---sleep
Court- a playing court for sports,
king’s court,courtyard
Room-Make Room= Make Space,
Green Room, Restroom
Kite- kite attached to a string, kite a
type of bird, a kite flies
Chip-Chip on the shoulder, Blue Chip
Company, Chip/Token
Face-a different face of anything--diff
aspect,Face of a cube/building,
Facebook
Drop-Drop your voice--reduce, Drop
from team, Drop charges
Bear-bear the responsibility--carry, I
can't stand him--bear, tree bears
fruits—yields
Charge-Charge is a synonym for fill,
to charge = to rush, in charge = in
control
Stand-The decision stands--remains,
What is your stand--view, head stand
Strike-Stop work--Strike,strike gold-discover something, strike a deal
Punch-paper punch is punch
machine...blow= punch...fruit punch
drink
File-file a case,file of records,iron
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Field,flow,chain
Force,campaign,zeal
Coffin,bite,iron
Tackle,care,door
Gun,slot,time
Pair,common,equal
Air,schedule,lip
Confine,train,reaction
Parliament,wise,night
Create,bit,gold
Yearn,forest,apple
Bone,blue,shirt
Group,computer,organize
Seek,find,skin
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file(tool)
Stream-field of subject(stream),
Chain of things is something in
continuation----Stream of things is d
same
Drive- a driving force, campaign and
zeal syn. Of drive
Nail- Another/final nail in the coffin,
bite one’s nails, iron
nails(composition)
Handle-tackle means handle, handle
with care, and door handle
Machine-machine gun, slot machine
and time machine
Match-match-pair, matchingcommon, match someone-try and be
equal
Tight- air tight, a tight schedule,
tight-lipped
Chain- to restrict or confine with a
chain,chain reaction, pull chain in a
train
Owl- a group of owl = parliament,
wise as an owl, a night owl (a person
who tends to stay up until late at
night)
Coin- to coin is to create, bitcoin
(digital currency), gold coin(coin
made of gold)
Pine- pine syn. Of yearn(to miss or
long for), Pine forest(A forest of pine
trees), pineapple
Collar- collar bone, blue
collar(working class person), collar of
a shirt
System-river system-group,
Computer-system, Organize-maintain
a system/systematic
Hide-hide and seek, find something
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Tube,dream,smoke
Follow,race,rail
Long,guard,shelf
Flour,wind currency
Air,bite,story
Wave,shoulder,blood
Engine,stop,food
Sin,eye,pie
Work,take,tough
Start,size,epilepsy
Fever,press,mustard
Kill,plant,mail
Thames,alarm,light
Hold,burn,light
Horse,hand,big
Look,knife,go
Stem,boot,case
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hidden, hide(A hide is an animal skin
treated for human use)
Pipe-pipe syn. For tube, pipe
dream(A fantastic notion or vain
hope.), a smoking pipe
Track-follow in someone's tracks, a
race track, a railway track
Life- life long, life guard, shelf life
Mill-flour mill,wind-mill and Mill is
one Thousandth of a dollar
Love- love is in the air, love
bite(hickey), love story
Cold- cold wave,cold shoulder,cold
blooded
Stall-stall means to stop.A stall of an
engine refers to a sudden stopping of
the engine. A food stall
Apple-apple the original sin,apple of
my eye,an apple pie
Task- task is a piece of work, Take
something to task,tough task
Fit-By fits and starts—irregular,a fit
size, fit syn. Of seizure/epilepsy
Yellow- yellow fever,yellow
press(Journalism that exploits,
distorts, or exaggerates),mustard is a
dark yellow color
Shoot- shoot to kill, Shoots are new
plant growth,shoot a mail
Fire-To set the Thames on fire-impossible task,fire alarm, light a fire
Candle-To be fit to hold a candle,
candle--burns, light –candle
Mouth-look a gift horse in the
mouth--criticize a gift, hand to
mouth, big mouth
Kill-if looks could kill,kil with a
knife,go for the kill
Trunk-Stem of a tree--trunk, Boot
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Ear,beat,stick
Battle,bench,runner
Guy,snow,asleep
Over,promise,blue
Foot,check,money
Cutter,danger,trees
Bird,steps,air
Age,diamond,drug
Instrument,width,rock
Horse,weed,food
Ice,dance,leg
Touch,white,brain
Mountain,fail,difficult
Draft,rely,border,world
Pass,bucket,grave
Time,eye,follow,tower
Ignite, Theory, Fix, Octet
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space of car--trunk, Box, Case—trunk
Drum-ear drum,drum beats,drum
sticks
Front-battle front,front bench, Front
runner
Fall Guy--scape goat, snow fall, fall
asleep
Moon-over the moon, promise the
moon, Blue moon
Bill-Foot the Bill, Check Please= Bill
Please, paper money is called bill
Wood-Wood Cutter, Knock on Wood,
Trees give Wood
Flight-birds fly, flight of stairs, the
action or process of flying through
the air.
Stone-stone age,diamond is a
precious stone, When u get drugged
it is called getting stoned
Band-instruments in a band,
bandwidth, a rock band
Sea-seahorse,sea weed,sea food
Break-Ice Breaker, Break dance,
Break a leg--Good luck
Feather-Feather touch, show White
feather---show Cowardice, Feather
brain---foolish person
Pass-mountain pass, fail opp. of pass,
To come to a pass---difficult situation
Bank- bank draft, bank syn. Of rely,
Border of a river is called Bank,world
bank
Death-Pass away means die, To kick a
bucket---means to die,grave-used as
an allusive term for death
Watch- wear watch to keep time, a
watch tower,keep close watch on
means to follow someone
Set-Set fire-Ignite, Set theory, set
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synonym of fix, set of 8 is an octet
Eye ,Shape,Corn,Funnel
Cone-eye-cones/rods,cone
shape,corn cone,funnel-cone shaped
Basket,detergent,dirty
Laundry- laundry basket, laundry
detergent(washing powder),dirty
laundry(personal matters that could
be embarrassing if made public)
Abstract,Integrity,Policy
Honesty is abstrct,Honesty &
,Deceit
integrity,honesty best policy,honesty-deceit..opp
Treasure,barrier,easter
Island-treasure island, a coastal
landform and a type of barrier
system, are relatively narrow strips of
sand that are parallel to the mainland
coast,easter island
Crier,down,ghost
Town-downtown, town crier , town
of ghosts
Leader,western,labour
Union-leader of an union,western
union,labour union
Public,second,poll
Opinion-public opinion,second
opinion,opinion poll
Fire,wrestling,chair
Arm- firearm(a gun),arm
wrestling,arm chair
pin, bag, plane, round
Paper- paper pin(paper clip),paper
bag, paper plane,paper round(the
route taken when delivering
newspapers every day)
Ascend,measure,large,wage Scale-ascend is to climb(scale),scale
is used to measure sth,large-scale,
Minimum wage is also called Scale.. if
someone works for minimum wage,
he works for a scale
Face,kind,writer,cast
Type-Type face(family of fonts), Type
-- kind , type writer , type cast
Surge,heat,ride,curve
Wave-to rise and move in waves or
billow(surge),heat wave, Ride the
wave -- to make use of a popular
opinion,wave is in the form of a curve
Short,tooth,revenge,kind
Sweet-short and sweet,have a sweet
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Feel,strike,hammer,stretch
QUESTION
Key - Free - Hair – Safe
(A) Secret
(B) Pin
(C) Air
(D) Lock
(E) Open
Mis - Air - well
Broadway - Alley - Dance
Out - Wood - Head
tooth,sweet revenge(aterm which
generally states that taking revenge
gives satisfaction),syn. Of kind
Home-feel at home,strike
home(reach an intended
target),hammer home - to try
extremely hard to make someone
understand or realize something,
Home stretch -- last part of any
difficult activity
ANSWER
Lock
Fare
Street
Wind
Thick - Red - Water
Skin /
Head
Pick - Blue - Saw
Life - Speed - Bare
Tooth
Boat
Dead - Up - Off - thrash
Bed - Net - spider
Carrier - Velocity - Race
Barrel - Root - Belly
Rock – Times - Steel
Film - Air - Out
Out - Hour – Frame
Beat
Woman - Man - Gavel
Web
Drift
Beer
Hard
Strip
Time /
Work
Affair
Bat /
Stick
Kind
Box – Lamp - Speed
Work - Chatter - Horse
Post
Box
Love – Current - External
Cricket – Man – Eye
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Alley is a kind of street
Outwind is to unloose; Woodwind is
related to flute; head wind is wind
blowing against the course of an
aircraft/ship.
Thick skin / redskin waterskin /"head"
as in 'thick-head' for a lazy person
“water-head” for the body of water
and “red-head”
Toothpick – Bluetooth - Saw tooth
Life boat – Speed boat - bareboat
(kind of vessel that doesn't require a
crew on it..like a yatch)
Beat to death – Beat up – Off beat Thrash = beat
Carrier Drift -Drift Velocity - Drift race
Gavelkind - a system in which after
father dies his land is distributed
among all the sons equally without
any issue.
Postbox – Lamp post – Speed post
Workbox - A portable box used for
storing or holding tools and materials
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for activities such as sewing
Horsebox - used for transporting
horses
Head - Band - With
Pipe - Day – Nightmare
Stand
Dream
Slight - Devil – Day
Care
False - Music - Clock
Face
Black - Fool – Strike
Gold
Magic - Screen - Nerve
Touch
Box – Ward – Black
Hand – Scarce – Cake
Blow – Ignite - A Balance - Three
Out
Short
Strike
Bag - Card - Do - Cheap
Trick
Laundry - Look - Cop - Quick
Dirty
Art - Blood - Quick – Game
Skin - Ankle - Down - Dig
Fee-Salute-Unbalance-Cue
Draw
Deep
Tip
News – Flatten - Emphasize – Pursue
Cut - Turn - Stone - Street
Press
Corner
Rock - Nut - Pressed - Die
Hard
Bad - Beginner - Rotten - Out
Food - Away - Dog – Words
Luck
Eat
Pipe dream - the fantasies that one
gets after smoking weed or
something
Devil may care - idiom meaning
careless attitude
Face the Music - (idiom) it means
face the punishment
fool's gold - means something that
looks and seems like gold but isn't
To touch a nerve (idiom) - to cause
an emotional reaction
To strike or to deal a blow means the
same thing in a physical assault, you
have to strike the stones to ignite fire,
strike a balance is a phrase, Three
strikes are for baseball
Bag of tricks - A set of acquired
techniques or skills that one uses to
win, perform, or influence the
outcome of a situation.
Dirty cop – Corrupt cop; Quick and
Dirty (idiom ) - means work done in
fast but in careless way
Tipped Salute - saluting while
touching tip of your hat ; unbalance =
tip over
Press on it - emphasize on it
To cut corners is to take shortcuts,
Turn a corner (idiom) - it means to
change, streets have corners and
cornerstone is used as a foundation
while
building
things,
roads,
buildings, etc.
Rock Hard - Hard as rock , Nut - Hard
nut to crack - difficult to tackle , Hard
Pressed - Left with no choice , Die
hard - Habits which don’t go easily
Luck Out (idiom ) - Succeed by luck
Dog eat Dog (idiom ) - means people
will do anything to succeed
Smoking causes Cancer
Cancer – Fire – cooking - Screen
Scare - Trap - Bed - Sentence
Guilt - Ego - Round – Along
Smoke
Death
Trip
Children - Hell - Roof - Salary
Raise
Guilt trip - A usually prolonged feeling
of guilt or culpability; lay a guilt trip on
(idiom) - To make or try to make
(someone) feel guilty; ego trip something undertaken to boost or
draw attention to a person's own
image or appraisal of himself.
Raise hell - take strong and forceful
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action, as to object or express
discontent; "She raised hell when she
found out that she would not be hired
again"
Fist - Laundry - Metal - Laundry - Pump
Money - Hard - Cow - in
Iron
Cash
Debase - Bend – Steps
Stoop
Whistle - Clear - Ring - Church
Bell
Fat - Dirty - Sweat - Out
Pig
Glove - Hand - Short - Play
Royal - Bulge - War – Nerves
Hand
Battle
Man - Tailor - Money – Self
Made
Lose - Ground - On – Bus
Stand
Case - Cut - Hand - Middle class
Ball - Sword – Pusher
Upper
Pen
Run - Color - Police – Shield
Riot
Coast - Bell - Free – Air
Clear
Stars - Look - Apple - Naked
Lies - Punch - Bag - Back
Eye
Pack
Dust - TeaCup - Brain - Around
Storm
Flip - Split - Effect – Thorn
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Cash cow - A steady dependable
source of funds or income
Stoop - when you Debase yourself
Morally; Bend – Stoop; Stoop stepsA raised flat area with steps.
Clear as a bell ; Bells and Whistles
(idiom) - extra, fancy add-ons or
gadgets
Sweat like a pig - to sweat heavily;
Pig Out - to eat too much of
something
Hand in glove; Hand in hand.
Battle of nerves ( must have heard in
commentary ) - a situation in which
two competing groups of people try to
defeat each other by frightening and
threatening each other without taking
action.
Made of money (idiom) - have
unlimited money
Stand to lose something - to be likely
to lose something or have it taken
away
The pen is mightier than the sword
(idiom) – words and communication
are more powerful than wars and
fighting; Penpusher - a person who
writes a lot, esp a clerk involved with
boring paperwork.
To run riot - to act wantonly or without
restraint; a riot of color - extremely
colorful and bright; Riot police - the
section of the police force that is
trained to deal with people who cause
trouble in public place; riot shield - a
large oblong curved transparent
shield used by police controlling
crowds.
Clear the coast: get rid of obstacles,
as clear as a bell: crystal clear.
Pack of lies - a completely false story;
Pack a punch - To be capable of
throwing a strong punch; To have a
swift and powerful effect or to be
capable of having such an effect.
Storm in a teacup (idiom) - creating
big ruckus over nothing much
important
Flip sides - other aspect of a situation
Split sides - Laughing very hard;
Thorn in the side - one who is
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Wind - Split - Nature – Best
Opposite - Battle - Fair – Object
Second
Sex
Motion - Circle - Hell – Potter
Wheel
Religion - Leap - Act – Little
Faith
Shave - Call - Shut - Deal
Still – Night – Under - Alone
Leader - Suit - Heart – Crowd
Organ - Gold - Stone - Young
Mouth - Sink - Tear – Steal
Conviction - Second - Matter – Difference
Chocolates – Office – Beat - In
Reach - Limit - Pie - Cloud
Toes - Between - Down – Ladder
Aberration - Grace - Concentration - Expire
Close
Stand
Follow
Heart
Heart
Opinion
Box
Sky
Step
Lapse
Loose - Fodder - Gun - Church Bell
Cannon
Pretty - Big - Get – Photo
Paint - Out - Perfect – Whole
Picture
Picture
Giant - Night - Log – With
Young - Spit - Cold - Blue
Sleep
Blood
Feelings - Bag - Blend - Economy
Time - Know - Out – Around
Lose - Get - Grasp - Friction
Mixed
All
Grip
High - Back - Moral – Break
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troubling you
second wind - A new strength or
energy to continue something that is
an effort; second nature to someone easy and natural for someone
Opposite sex; Battle of the sexes; fair
sex; sex object.
Hell on wheels (idiom) – extremely
difficult.
Leap of faith - acceptance of an idea
or conclusion largely on faith;
Pie in the sky - Khyali Pulav or
Hawai mahal (an idea which looks
good but can’t be achieved) OR
future reward after death, considered
as a replacement for a reward not
received on earth
To step on someone's toes - to offend
or insult someone, as if causing
physical
pain;
step
between
(someone
or
something
and
someone or something else) - to
move between things or people; step
(something) down - to reduce the
intensity or amount of something by
one step or grade.
Aberration = deviation from normal
course or routine = Lapse; Lapse
from grace (idiom) - to fall out of
favor.
Cannon fodder is an informal,
derogatory term for military personnel
who are regarded or treated as
expendable in the face of enemy fire;
Loose Cannon - someone who is
unpredictable.
To paint a picture (of something) - to
describe a situation in a particular
way;
Blue blood - a person of aristocratic
or wealthy ancestry
Grip - the friction between a body and
the surface on which it moves (as
between an automobile tire and the
road)
To break ground (for something) - to
start digging the foundation for a
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Snake - Poison - Malice – Anti
Snake-Wheel-Fish-Paint
Wine - Belt - Sour – Vineyard
Venom
Oil /
water
Grape
Corridor - Exercise - Trip – Outage
Powers
Open - Wrestling - Length – Weapon
Anger - All - Fly – Bristle
Arm
Rage
Dead - take - warmth - Moment
Heat
Rat - Time - Course - Card
Race
Close - Phone - Spade -Shots
Call
Mere - Naked - Bones - Soul
Bare
Legs - Change - Front - Ocean
Sea
Eye - Out - Blue - Color
Smoke - Fighter - Alarm – Draw
Black
Fire
Get - Hot - Fly - Cope
Baptism - Breathe - Belly - Fuel
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building.
Venom is a synonym of malice
Snake oil - advice or solutions to
problems which are of no use.
belt the grape - to drink wine or liquor
heavily and become intoxicated.
Corridors of power - the highest level
of government where the most
important decisions are made; on a
power trip - exercising power and
authority, especially unduly; exercise
power over - someone or something
under one's control or influence;
power outage - equipment failure
resulting when the supply of power
fails.
Bristle with rage (idiom) - express
anger such that saying all the
negative things; all the rage (idiom) currently in fashion; Fly into a Rage to be very angry (suddenly).
in a dead heat - at exactly the same
time; take the heat - to receive or put
up with criticism (for something); Heat
- degree of warmth; heat of the
moment - without thinking because
you are angry or excited.
race card - like we say in India,
politician playing minority card (
bringing racism in where it does not
exist )
a close call - a situation where
something very unpleasant
or
dangerous nearly happened; call a
spade a spade - to call something by
its right name; to speak frankly about
something, even if it is unpleasant;
call (all) the shots - to decide on the
course of action; to be in charge.
mere and naked are meanings of
bare; bare bones - it means most
essential details; bare your soul /
heart - to tell someone your secret
thoughts and feelings;
Get your sea legs - to get used to a
new situation; sea change - a major
change or transformation.
draw (somebody's) fire – to attract
criticism.
Get a handle on something - to find a
way to understand a situation in order
to control it; fly off the handle - to lose
one's temper; too hot to handle - too
dangerous or difficult to deal with.
Baptism by fire - a tough situation to
deal with; breathe fire - playing at
something really well; fire in the belly
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Pick - Down - Key - Horns
Lock
Out - Abandon - Jump - Vessel
Ship
Topple - Salute - Toe - Iceberg
Rough - Loose - Brink – Double
Tip
Edge
Trick - Stock - Secret - Transaction
Trade
Travel - First - Bring - kindle
Charges - Against - Luck - Iron
Light
Press
Straddle - Sit - Hedge – Mend
Fence
Cane - Thin - Mud - Neck
Stick
Air - Loan - Idea - Boat
Dead - Throw - Pull - Burden
Tall - Short - Sequence - Law
Float
Weight
Order
Dead - Cord - Corners – Mow
Cut
Set - Stride - Snail – Change
Apartment - Elbow - Make – Improvement
Admiral - Guard - view - lift
Pull - Spark - Away - Cork
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vehicles or rather light a fire.
To pick a lock - to open a lock without
using a key; to be locked down – to
be in jail.
Ship out - Leave, especially for a
distant place; abandon ship - to leave
a sinking ship, to leave a failing
enterprise; To jump ship - to leave
any post or position; to quit or resign,
especially when there is difficulty with
the job.
To tip over - to topple over and fall.
A double-edged sword - something
that causes both advantages and
problems.
Tricks of the trade (idiom) - means
clever methods that help you to do a
job better or faster
To press charges (against someone)
- to make a formal charge of
wrongdoing against someone; to
press your luck - to attempt to gain
more from a good situation usually at
the risk of losing what you have
gained.
To straddle the fence - to support
both sides of an issue; to sit on the
fence - not to take sides in a dispute;
not to make a clear choice between
two possibilities; to mend (your)
fences - to try to become friendly
again with someone after an
argument.
Stick your neck out (idiom) - defend
someone, vouch for someone; mud
sticks (idiom) - something that you
say which means it is difficult to make
people change their bad opinion of
someone.
Float on air (idiom) - to be euphoric;
tall order - a formidable task or
requirement; in short order - very
quickly.
To cut someone dead - to ignore
someone totally; to cut the cord - to
stop needing someone else to look
after
you
and
start
acting
independently; to cut corners - to take
shortcuts; to save money or effort by
finding cheaper or easier ways to do
something.
Pace
Room
Rear
Plug
A spark plug - a person with a lot of
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the other people in a group; to pull
the plug - to put an end to someone's
activities or plans; to plug away (at
something)
to keep trying
something; to keep working at
something.
Death - Honey - Set - Fly
Clear - Tongue - End - Mind
Blood - Down - Over - Steam
Stem - Drift - Time - Gravity
Trap
Sharp
Flow /
Boil
Tide
Burst - Anger - Fan - Blaze
Flame
Test - Hot - Hold - River
Water
War - Mouth - Law - Sentence
Break - Play - Last - Twist
Word
Word
Line - Print - Penalty - Tune
Dry - Cast - Break - Period
Fine
Spell
Purpose - Time - Servant – Notice
Contain - Horse - Water - Ransom
Serve
Hold
Ivory - Strength - Control - Watch
Tower
Bag - Line - Down - Dream
Pipe
Sore - Miss - Strong – Aim
Point
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To stem the tide - to stop something
bad, which is happening a lot.
To fan the flames (of something) - to
make something more intense; to
make a situation worse.
To test the water/waters - to try to
discover what people think about an
idea before you do anything about it,
or to try to discover what a situation is
really like before you become very
involved in it.
To break one's word - not to do what
one said one would do; not to keep
one's promise; a play on words - a
type of joke using a word or phrase
that has two meanings; to twist
someone's words (around) - to
restate
someone's
words
inaccurately; to misrepresent what
someone has said.
Break a spell - to put an end to a
magic spell; Spell - is also a period of
time for eg. spell of bad weather.
To hold somebody to ransom - to
force someone to do something by
putting them in a situation where
something bad will happen to them if
they do not.
An ivory tower - if you are in an ivory
tower, you are in a place or situation
where you are separated from
ordinary life and its problems; tower
of strength - person who can always
be depended on to provide support
and encouragement, especially in
times of trouble.
To pipe down - to become quiet; to
cease making noise; to shut up; pipe
dream - a wish or an idea that is
impossible to achieve or carry out.
A sore point/spot - a subject which
someone would prefer not to talk
about because it makes them angry
or embarrassed; miss the point - to
fail to understand the important part
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Marriage - Book - Wide - Blatant
Open
Down - Jerk - Weak - Joint
Dry - Risk - Fever - Race
Down - Cylinder - Mouth - Gallop
Knee
Run
Run
Stiff - Through - Death - Drill
Bore
Nest - Death - Child - Lost
Make - Labor - Fall - Tough
Love
Love
Boat - Case - Time - Now
Build - Rest - Nut - Best
Case
Wage - Hell - Visit - Respect
Stand - Error - Balloon - Fire
Pay
Trial
Ghost - Lie - Elephant - Knight
Sea - Charge - Flat - Field
Daylight - Shoulders - Back - Wide
Descent - Dead - Ocean - Hint
Ready - Heads - Sleeves - Wander
Fire - Tough - Hair – Suspend
White
Level
Broad
Drop
Roll
Hang
Horse - True - Person – Chameleon
Fall - Put - Wipe - Atlas
colors
Map
Flood - Point - View – Flaunt
Late - Rush - After - Period
Leaf - hand - Leg - Tremble
Flash
Hours
Shake
Track - Straight - Player – Break
Marks - Card - Know – Music
Fan - Shoot - Land - Chilly
Record
Score
Breeze
Book - Honor - Speaker - House
Love - Alley - Luck - Sight
Guest
Blind
Black - Life - Hit – Sign
Stand - Cold - Land – Wet
Mark
Feet
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of something;
Blatant means
openly.
something
done
Run on all cylinders - working on full
capacity; Run mouth - very talkative.
To bore someone stiff - to be
exceedingly dull and uninteresting;
bore through someone - to seem to
penetrate the person being gazed or
stared at.
Tough love - an expression used
when someone treats another person
harshly or sternly with the intent to
help them in the long run
just in time just - now for me that was
the thing; Just off the boat - someone
very naïve.
To build a case (against someone) to put together the evidence needed
to make a legal or disciplinary case
against someone.
Hell to pay - serious problems
Trial balloon - a test of someone's or
the public's reaction.
To hang fire - to delay or wait; to be
delayed; hang tough (on something) to stick to one's position (on
something); hang by a hair - to hang
by something very thin, such as a
thread or a hair.
Fall off the map - stop existing; Put
on the map - Make something visible
on the national level or any level.
To shake like a leaf - to shake a lot
because you are nervous or
frightened.
To shoot the breeze - to chat casually
and without purpose.
blind alley - An alley or passage that
is closed at one end; A mistaken,
unproductive undertaking; blind luck complete luck; nothing but plain luck.
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Freeze - Recent - Jog - Lane
Bail - Gun - Queue - Leap
Memory
Jump
Milk - Over - Beans – Fall
Slim - Risk - Even – Take
Old - Drop - Protect - Stand
Spill
Chance
Guard
Matter - Horse - Run - Collision
Mind - Rain - Correct - Birth
Ruins - Wait - Down - Low
Course
Right
Lie
Foot - Hip - Works - Emit
Shoot
Blue-Moon-Blood-Cheese
Pay – One – Pain - Up
Ducks – Boat – House - Quarrel
Blue
Back
Row
Air - Load - Compose - Dose
Draft
Hand – Cover - Up - Paper - Bench
Duty - Character - Position - Hat
Fresh- Year - good - light
Back
Role
New
Diamond - time - Coarse - Unfair
Party - Fall - Fine - Border
Reduce - Move - Wear - Rush
Rough
Line
Tear
Mind - Hands - Ring – Money
Change
Doctor - Put - Wheels – Create
Live - Out - Take - Trunk
Vessel - Think - Built - Container
Back - Action - Life - Develop
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Stock
Tank
Spring
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To freeze someone or something in
one's memory - to preserve the
image of someone or something in
one's memory; to jog someone's
memory - to stimulate someone's
memory to recall something.
To jump bail and - to fail to appear in
court for trial and forfeit one's bail
bond; to jump the gun - to start
before the starting signal.
To drop/lower your guard - to stop
being careful to avoid danger or
difficulty; to stand guard – to keep
watch.
Right as rain - have a nice feeling.
To lie in ruins - to exist in a state of
ruin; lie in wait (for someone or
something) - to stay still and hidden,
waiting for someone or something.
shoot the works - to do everything; to
use everything; Shoot from the hip to be frank; shoot yourself in the foot
- to do or say something stupid which
causes problems for you.
To get one's ducks in a row - to get
one's affairs in order or organized;
Row - A boisterous disturbance or
quarrel; a brawl.
Draft - Current of air; draft – load;
Draft - Measured portion; Dose; draft
– compose.
donning a hat - playing a role
see someone or something in a new
light - to understand someone or
something in a different way
Reduce to tear; move to tear; wear
and tear; Rush / great hurry – tear.
Ring in the changes - Make the
changes.
Spin Doctor - someone who gives a
twisted or deviously deceptive
version of an event; Spin the wheels waste time being neutral; spin –
create.
Trunk of a tree is also called “Stock”
Spring back - recoil back to a place;
spring into action - to suddenly begin
moving or doing something; spring to
life - to become suddenly alive or
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suddenly.
Leave - Desert - Withdraw - Ship
Button - Idea - Early - Shining
Abandon
Bright
Salt - While - Self - Wealth
Worth
All - Deaf - Music - Sense
Comical - Bone - Crutch - Money
Blow - Raw - package - Sell
Ears
Funny
Deal
Small - Petty - Scarce – Slight
Slip - Safety - Work - Worth
Little
Net
Agenda - Thin - Heap - Peak
Top
Light - Gradual - Lenient - Loose
Blow - Ground - Tracks - Wrap
Easy
Cover
Number - Rely - Weight - Body
Count
Sword - Drama - Game - Foul
Act - Displace - Active – Relocate
Jump - Begin - Head – Kick
Flip - Throw - Back - Chuck
Queen
Move
Start
Toss
Wild - Time - Biography - Story
Intense - Midst - Head – Dense
Seem - Search - care - Forward
Dance - Knock - Wire – Water
Rule - Account - Good - Reserve
Source - Gas - Driven - Healthy
Life
Thick
Look
Tap
Book
Well
Vanish - Sparrow - Air - Flee
Suffer - Turn - Patience - sleep
Empty - Null - Useless - Gap
Summon - Rebound - Mobilise - Gathering
Sway - Boat - Music – Solid
Allow - Exit - Impression – Peace
Out - War - Wolf - Shout
Law -Curve - Deflect - Subdue
Ground - Road - Man - Central
Halt - Test - Retard – Rebuke
Clean - God - Catch - Play
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spring
-
develop
Bright as a button - intelligent; quickminded.
Worth one’s salt - To be effective and
efficient; deserving of one's pay.
To deal something a death blow - to
take an action that causes something
to end or fail; raw deal - an instance
of unfair or bad treatment.
To slip through
caught or dealt
that should be
with you.
thin on the top few hair left;
the net - to not be
with by the system
catching or dealing
a man who has very
To cover your tracks - destroy all
evidence; blow someone's cover - to
reveal someone's true identity; to ruin
someone's scheme for concealment;
to cover a lot of ground - to deal with
much information and many facts.
Body count - number of casualties in
a war
Toss Back - throw back with a quick,
light motion
Tube well is also known as driven
well; she is a well of information - it
means source; gas well; Alive and
well – living and healthy.
Fly
Void
Rally
Rock
Leave
Cry
Bend
Middle
Check
Act
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To catch in the act - caught red
handed; clean up your act - to stop
doing things that other people do not
approve of and start to behave in a
more acceptable way.
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Bits – Fuse – Away - Stack
Blow
Bridge - Dead - Bread - Stream
Play - Game - Enough - Straight
Water
Fair
Teeth - Habit - Bucket - Recoil
Kick
Player – up – together - leader
Envy - Rub - Grass - Hulk
Team
Green
Color - Flag - See - Tape
Live - Under - Down - Cable
Obscure - Under - Head - Horizon
Red
Wire
Cloud
Region - Cover - Virgin - Come
Territory
Religion - Hybrid - Burden - Swords
Cross
Guard - Space - Tend – Step
Watch
Music - Healthy - Deep – Valid
Proceed - Extend - Hat – Come
Sound
Pass
Snow - Olympics - Season – Hibernate
Hole - Study - skin - Over
Winter
Pore
Family - Forest - Wood – Root
Strike - Attack - Nerve - Road
Trees
Hit
Rod - Loyal - Branch - Bind
Dim - Wither - Vanish – Out
Good - Cross - Function - Serve
Stick
Fade
Purpose
Price - Standard - face – Utility
Leave - Resign - Place – Cease
Spot - Water - Air - Fire
Value
Quit
Hot
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To blow somebody/something to bits
- to completely destroy someone or
something in an explosion; blow a
fuse - to burn out the fuse on an
electrical circuit and lose power; blow
someone or something away - [for
the wind] to carry someone or
something away; blow your stack/top
- to suddenly become very angry.
He caught a blow straight in the head
- he caught a blow fair in the head
Kick in the teeth - treating someone
badly; to kick the bucket - to die.
The rub of the green - if you have the
rub of the green, you have good luck,
especially in a sports competition.
See red - Get angry
If something clouds you mind - it has
made it obscure; under the cloud not trustworthy; Head in the cloud Day dream; A cloud on the horizon a problem or difficulty which you
expect to happen in the future.
To cover the territory - to deal with all
matters relating to a specific topic;
virgin territory - untouched or
unexplored area; to come with the
territory – to be expected under
circumstances like this.
A cross to bear - A burden or trial one
must put up with; to cross swords - to
become the adversary of someone.
To tend a flock - watch a flock; watch
this space - something that you say
which means that you think there will
soon be exciting changes in a
situation.
To pass the hat - to collect donations
of money from people; proceedpass; come to pass - to happen.
To pore over something - to look over
something carefully; to study hard.
To hit a nerve - to upset someone by
talking about a particular subject.
To stick to – to remain loyal to.
To put to good purpose – To put to
effective use; at cross purposes - with
different intentions.
To quit a place - to leave a place.
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Opinion - Double - Reflect – Mirror
Distorted - Appear - Hand – Power
Image
Loom
Situated - Down - Resist - Ground
Against - Worse - Divert - Profit
Stand
Turn
Attempt - Hand - Out – Give
Ready - Equip - Study – Ground
Try
Prepare
Dissolve - Ice - merge – mouth
Team - Demon - Good – Free
Eyes - Written - Thank - See
Melt
Spirit
Stars
State - Work - Skill – Fine
Surface - Con - Centre – Put
Fibre - Cord - Series – Pull
Pole - World - Grow - Different
Make - Fall - Out - First
Art
Front
String
Apart
Face
Up - ignition - vital – board
Stop - Slack - Bone – Deal
Key
Bone
Lenient - Merciful - Frugal - Free
Spare
Package - Hurry - Joy - Nerves
Bundle
Climb - Organize - Rise – Ascend
Study - Temper - Draw – Bright
Mount
Quick
Right - balance - effigy - up
Dust - Run - High – Desert
Hard - Pride - Bait - Mumble
Alarm - Death - Run - Red
Mistake - Let - Fall – Give
Hang
Dry
Scare
Slip
Be - Raise - Throw – Stake
Game
Surprise - Sudden - Culture – Collide
Move - Increase - improve - Notice
Ears - Circus - True - Hook
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Advance
Ring
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If something looms over - it means it
is a distorted image (loom – to
appear frightening).
Things take a turn for worse - matters
going bad.
Try hand at - try/attempt something.
To prepare the ground - if you
prepare the ground for an activity or a
situation, you do something that will
help it to happen.
To see stars - to seem to see flashing
lights after receiving a blow to the
head; to thank one's lucky stars - to
be thankful for one's luck; stars in
your eyes - someone who has stars
in their eyes is very excited and
hopeful about the future; written in
the stars - intended to be.
String of events - series of events
Face-first - You fall face-first; face out
- to endure.
To key up – to cause anxiety.
To cut to the bone - to cut down
severely (on something); cut a deal to arrange a deal; to negotiate an
agreement.
To be lenient with – to spare – to be
frugal; free time – spare time.
To bundle off – to leave in a hurry;
bundle of nerves –a very nervous
person.
A bright mind - a quick mind; quick on
the draw - able to react quickly to a
situation; quick temper – short
temper; a quick study - someone who
is able to learn things quickly.
Hang a right - take a right turn.
Red scare - fear of communism.
To let slip - to say something that you
did not intend to say because you
wanted to keep it secret
To raise your game - to make an
effort to improve the way that you
play a game; to throw a game - to
lose a game on purpose.
To ring in someone’s ears - to linger
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Empty - Complete - Block - Draw
Blank
Emphasis - Out - Force – Press
Down - Salt - Heaven - Land
Stress
Earth
Drill - Angles - Aware – Score
Know
Guitar – Team – Side - Sticks
Pick
Place - God - Better - Aware
Know
Decorate - Groom - Kill – Attire
Tent - Black - Fever - Erect
Dress
Pitch
Employee - Army - Help - Lip
Graze – Symbol – Loan - Cluster
Consent - Golden - Break – Suppress
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Bullet
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in one's consciousness; to ring true to sound or seem true or likely; ring
off the hook - to ring incessantly and
repeatedly.
Blanked off a road - means to block
access to that road; to draw a blank –
to fail to get a response; to fail to
remember something.
Down to earth , the salt of the earth the most worthy of people; a very
good or worthy person , Heaven on
earth - something extremely good; to
move heaven and earth - to do
everything you can to achieve
something.
Know the drill - It means to know the
usual stuff/routine of something; to
know all the angles - to know all the
tricks and artifices of dealing with
someone or something; to know the
score - to know the facts; to know the
facts about life and its difficulties.
To pick up sticks - to leave the place
where you have been living.
To know one’s place - to know the
behavior appropriate to one's position
or status in life; to know better - to be
wise enough, experienced enough, or
well trained enough not to have done
something wrong; better the devil you
know - something that you say to
mean it is better to deal with a person
or thing you know, even if you do not
like them, than to deal with a new
person or thing who could be even
worse.
Pitch Black; Pitch a tent - to erect a
tent; fever pitch - a sense of intense
excitement.
To give / pay lip service to - to say
that you agree with and support an
idea or plan but not do anything to
help it to succeed.
Bullet Loan - is a loan where a
payment of the entire principal of the
loan,[1] and sometimes the principal
and interest,[2] is due at the end of
the loan term. Likewise for bullet
bond. A bullet loan can be a
mortgage, bond, note or any other
type of credit; Bullet Cluster consists of two colliding clusters of
galaxies; graze - break the skin (of a
body part) by scraping.
Silence is golden; silence means
consent – proverb; break the silence to make a noise interrupting a period
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Explode - Burst - Volcano - Blow
Trail - Tiger - Wall - News
Erupt
Paper
Foot - Messenger - Straight – Film
Dead - Attention - Circle - Stage
Problem - Source - Base - Support
Ground - Grave - Make – Change
Empty - Brain - Down – Deplete
Dog - Bite - Sick - Trick
Shoot
Center
Root
Shift
Drain
Dog
Deceptive - Imprudent - Dawn - Start
False
Surpass - Diminish - Downfall - Sun
Eclipse
Out - Same - Under - Fire
Breath
Present - Strike - Pretend – Ask
Announce - Day - Night – Close
Beat - Under - Jump - Great
Pose
Call
Gun
Finger - Off - Elate – Soar
Year - Come - Travel – Gentle
Leave - Love - Bird – Together
Hard - Ahead - Kill – Travel
Lift
Light
Nest
Go / time
Appeal - Mind - Mouth – Ill
Raise - Top - One – Express
Widen - Period - prolong – Extend
Hostage - Luck - Success - Fate
Hot - Play - Heart - Large
Speak
Voice
Stretch
Fortune
Heavy
paper trail - a series of records that is
possible to examine to find out the
sequence of things that happen;
Paper tiger - a country or
organization that seems powerful but
is not.
Dog eat dog; to teach an old dog new
tricks – change longstanding habits
or ways, especially of an old person.
False dawn - something which seems
to show that a successful period is
beginning or that a situation is
improving when it is not; a false start
- a failed attempt to begin an activity
or event.
to eclipse someone - surpass
someone.
To speak under the breath - to
whisper.
To beat the gun - to manage to do
something before the ending signal
going hard on someone; go ahead,
going for the kill; travel - go
somewhere.
Hostage to fortune could be
harmed by things that happen in the
future.
Hot and heavy - referring to serious
passion or emotions; to play the
heavy - to act the part of a mean
person; to do the unpleasant tasks
that no one else wants to do.
long view - it means far sighted
thinking.
Pack of lies - series of lies; to lead
the pack - to be first or best of a
group.
Point - Picture - Flash – Long
View
Lie - Gang – Card - Lead
Pack
Point - Lift - Cross – Thumb
Shoot - Fire - Dirty – Magic
Finger
Work
Away - Space - Breath – Land
Waste
To shoot the works - to do everything;
to use everything; to bet all one's
money; firework; dirty work; work
your magic.
To waste something away - to use
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something up wastefully; to dissipate
something; waste of space –
something that is completely without
value; waste of breath - to waste
one's time talking; to talk in vain.
Build - Best - Pin - Desire
Granted - Heart - Root - Prisoner
Hope
Take
Twilight - Short - Disorder – Over
Sleep
Open - Eye - Shop – Down
Right - Under - Clip – Wait
Shut
Wing
Power - Act - Hang – Mental
Balance
Mark - Ray - Mean – Luck
Streak
Nurture - Maid - Cure – Wet
Nurse
Post - Column - Strength – Rule
Slice - Stone - Statue – Divide
Play - Brain - Poster - Love
Pillar
Carve
Child
Speak - Roar - Party – Rant
Treaty - White - Mind – Process
Rave
Peace
Run - Veer - Nudge – Memory
Jog
Soft - Polite - Gradual – Giant
Gentle
Coast - Honor - stand – Old
Slip - Boat - Fire - Trick
Guard
Miss
Whistle - Body - Steam – Kiss
Blow
Property - Contract - Life – Out
Leg - Hand - Fair - Down
Life - Live - Scale – By
Lease
Shake
Large
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To take root - to get established; to
take no prisoners - to be extremely
ruthless with the opposition.
Twilight sleep - An amnesic condition
characterized by insensibility to pain
without loss of consciousness,
induced by an injection of morphine
and scopolamine
To clip someone's wings - crush
his/her ambition or freedom; right
wing - political term; to take someone
under your wings- to mentor them;
wait in the wings - be ready or
prepared.
Balance of power – distribution of
power; balancing act.
Mean streak - a tendency for a
person to do things that are mean;
lucky streak / streak of luck - a series
of lucky wins in gambling or games.
To serve as wet nurse - To treat with
excessive care.
Carve up – divide.
Poster child means - someone being
a symbol of some ideology.
Peace process - any social process
undertaken by governments who
want their citizens to believe they are
trying to avoid armed hostilities.
To jog your memory – to cause
someone to remember something;
veer - To turn sharply – to jog.
Gentle giant - someone who is tall &
powerful but quiet in nature.
To miss a trick - lose opportunity; to
miss fire - Fail to achieve the
anticipated result; to miss the boat –
to be ignorant; to have made an
error; to be wrong.
Blow off steam / let off steam - to do
or say something that helps you get
rid of strong feelings or energy; a
body blow - something that causes
serious difficulty or disappointment.
Fair shake - fair chance.
By and large; larger than life; live
large; large scale
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Conduct - way - Flight – Walk
Polish – Sin – Pie – Eye
[A]salvation
[B]Apple
[C]Chart
[D]Potato
[E]Shoe
Carnation – Prime - Pierce
[A]Soul
[B]Pluck
[C]Dark
[D]Pink
[E]Red
Count – Clean – Brown
[A]chicken
[B]broom
[C]nose
Path
Apple
Pink
Carnation - a pink tint or pink flower;
Prime of health - in pink health; Pink to prick with a knife or such thing
meaning as Pierce.
Nose
Nose count- It is the count of
population; Keep your nose clean is
keep out of trouble; A brown nose is
someone who sticks up to you for a
favour.
Man of action - one who believes in
taking quick action without much
contemplation; spring into action - to
suddenly start something; piece of
action - involvement in a successful
thing; course of action - plan for
things to do.
Man - Spring - Piece – Course
Action
Part - Lion - way - Fair
Slow - Block - Suppress – Jam
Hall - Food - Intrude – Muddle
Share
Choke
Mess
Go - Die - Vary – Divert
Fly - Offend - Suffer – Anguish
Depart
Hurt
Bent - Good - Whip – Take
Shape
Condition - Food - Rank – Tall
Order
Drop - Direct - Roll – Die
Cast
Cat – Wheel – Vamp – Model
[A]villain
[B]Ramp
[C]cart
[D]house
[E] pot
Curve – sail – Bag – Resistance
[A]wind
[B]glory
[C]boat
[D]raid
[E]balloon
Pup – Flour – Cover – Pluck
[A]Dog
[B]cup
[C]bed
[D]cake
[E]sun
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especially by flattery; sin-apple is
regarded sinful (Adam and eve ref);
apple of my eye - someone, that one
cherishes above all.
Ramp
Wind
Cup
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Muddle - A disordered condition; a
mess or jumble
Go - Die - Vary – Divert
Not hurt a fly - not injure or upset
anyone or anything.
Whip into shape- to put something
into good condition, possibly with
considerable effort.
Order - A condition of regular or
proper arrangement.
The die is cast - when a decision has
been made.
Catwalk on the ramp; wheelchair
ramp - inclined plane for wheel
chairs; Vamp and Ramp (Phonetics);
A model walks on the ramp.
Windbag - a person who talks a lot
but says little of any value; wind
resistance - type of drag (physics);
wind and curve are synonyms; wind
sail - a sail used in ships , sail near
the wind is an idiom
Rhymes with Pup, flour can be
measured using cup, cup cover is an
instrument used to cover a cup & cup
plucking is a name of an activity.
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Turn - Round - Wall – Work
Clock
Scar - Crack - Joint – Burst
Chance - Rain - Run – Gamble
Seam /
open
Risk
Tight - Full - Draw – Horse
Dead - Cold - Out – Off
Time - Long - Name – Come
Rein
Knock
Term
Mental - Money - Book – Swap
Note
Rob - Love - Luck – Faith
Vitamin - Sleep - Bitter – On
Right - Stand - Prison – Political
Blind
Pill
Correct
Business - Lean - Man – consequence
Mean
Hit - Out - Talk – Ghost
Town
Offence - Paltry - Streak – Denote
Mean
Product - Back - Story – Dead
Obscure - Secret - Evil – Horse
Cock – Mock - Pick
Dead - Knock - Forest – Coal
End
Dark
Tail
Wood
Make - Burst - Behind – Crime
Scene
Point - Back - Reflect – Instant
Time - Tire - Expense – Mercy
Story - Big - Cold – Search
Flash
Spare
Fish
Card - Hole - Out – Hold
Ace
To turn the clock back - to try to
return to the past; like clockwork With machinelike regularity and
precision; perfectly.
To burst at the seams - to be very full
and burst.
Risk of rain (idiom) - a chance of
precipitation.
To come to terms with - to start to
accept and deal with a difficult
situation.
Notebook; Currency notes constitute
money; You swap notes; Mental note
(when you remember something
important, you make a mental note of
it).
Stand Corrected; Politically correct;
Prison - Correction Home.
A man/woman of means -someone
who has a lot of money; lean and
mean - fit and ready for hard, efficient
work; Mean business - someone who
is direct and focused.
Hit the town; Out of town; talk of the
town; Ghost town - A deserted town
with few or no remaining inhabitants.
Mean no offence; Mean streak; Mean
directly means to denote; No mean
amount – Paltry.
Wood coal - a type of coal which is
made by partially burning wood.
Burst on to the scene - suddenly
becoming famous.
Fish for something - Search for
something; Fish story - very big lie.
Ace out - to have good luck; ace in
the hole - something important held in
reserve.
Down the street; street smart; Man of
the street - common man; easy street
- in a state of financial independence
and comfort.
Down - Man - Easy – Smart
Street
Death - Free - Charge – Bridge
Room - Wear - Erode – Hand
Touch - Fulfill - Play – Pace
Toll
Wash
Keep
Quiet - Spin - Corpse – Serious
Eat - Bullet - Dust – Tongue
Grave
Bite
To bite the dust – to die; to break; to
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do things with permanent effect; keep
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Nose - Way - Tip – Spend
Time - Luck - Genius – Ego
Answer - Back - Stand – Down
Meal - Big - Just – summon
Lead
Stroke
Pat
Ticket
Extend - Accord - Sky – Achieve
Law - Ordinary - Typical – Above
Reach
Average
Knots - Value - Crime – Birth
Pair - Link - Few - Marriage
Subdue - Press - Crowd – Proof
Rate
Couple
Crush
Connect - Lines - Cot – On
Pawn - Chop - Talk – List
Dot
Shop
Rose - Nail - Death – Sleep
Home - Close - Grant – First
Bed
Quarter
Domino - Take - Snowball – Result
Home - Speak - Street – Returns
Tolerate - Still - View – intact
Blow - Change - Full – Things
Over – Up – Suppose - Feet
tune - mess - charge – sleazy
shoes - endure - breath – straw
Hate - Snail - Bulk – Fan
Blade - Under - Stab – Twist
Effect
Address
Stand
Swing
Think
Fine
last
Mail
Knife
Flow - Rain - Swarm – Heart
Gain - Lose - Land – Below
Unusual - Number - Ends – Unmatched
Life - Air - Eggs – Pace
Pour
Ground
Odd
Walk
Band - Life - Line – Over
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fail; to give out; Bite your tongue - an
expression said to someone who has
just stated an unpleasant supposition
that unfortunately maybe true.
To lead by the Nose - to make
someone forcefully do something;
Lead the way; Lead a life of misery Spend a life of misery; the police has
got a tip – the police has got a lead.
Stroke - means a particular time of
the day; stroke of luck; stroke of
genius; stroke of ego – ego boost.
Pat answer - a quick, easy answer; a
simplified or evasive answer; stand
pat - to refuse to make any changes.
A meal ticket - something that you
use as a way of getting regular
amounts of money for the rest of your
life; just the ticket - to be just the
perfect thing; big ticket - very
expensive; ticket – legal summon.
The law of averages - the probability
that you will get one result about the
same number of times as another if
you do something often enough;
typically – on an average.
Rate of knots - very quick.
Crush a revolt - subdue revolt; a
great crowd – Crush; Crush - proof ;
just like bullet proof;
Chop shop - A place where stolen
cars are disassembled for parts that
are then sold; Talk shop - it means to
talk about your work.
Grant no Quarter - show no mercy; in
close quarters - in a small area
together with others.
To twist the knife - to do or say
something to make a situation worse.
Walk on eggs - same as walk on thin
ice - means to be very cautious.
Life of the party and party is over;
Band and party - both means a group
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Divine - Book - Person – Place
Bleed - Elephant - Knight – Snow
Holy
White
Sheet - Coat - Ban – Cover
Last - Ultimate - Curtain - Straw
Nuance - Screen - Reduce - Trace
Blanket
Final
Shade
Together - Birds - Crowd – Number
Lamb - Look - Knife – Go
[A]Vegetable
[B]Sea
[C]Kill
[C]Sheep
[D]Run
End - Exhaust - Bag – Pipes
Flock
Kill
tolerate - butterfly - ache – knots
Fag
Stomach
Fragrance - On feet – Revolt - Sore
Draft – Rely – Border - World
Give - Peace - History – Lay
Rose
Bank
Rest
Permit - Bank - Pardon – Court
[A]Grant
[B] Jail
[C] Prison
[D] Judge
[E] Leave
Last - Stock - Face – Fun
Grant
Laugh
Trace - Nose - Rat - Blood
Smell
Excellent - Offense - Letter – Money
Cover - Weep - Mind – Show
Capital
Read
Like - Rise - Walk – Tax
Progressive - Straight - Fast – Impudent
Sway - Fall - Film – In
Comic - Search - Down – Land
Cloth - Window - Eye – Man
[A]Merchant
[B]Blind
[C]Woman
[D]Surgeon
[E]Open
Transport - Pregnant - Propel – Weight
Chance - Bow - Fall – Accept
Hike
Forward
Reel
strip
Blind
Point - Favor - Compliment – Ticket
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Bleed someone white - to take all of
someone's money; to extort money
from someone.
Nuance - means subtle change same
as shades; Shade the price - Reduce
the price; shade of vinegar – traces of
vinegar.
Fag - Bag (Phonetics); Fag - an
exhausting job; Fag end - its the last
piece of cigarette which people throw;
Fag - to have a smoke as in Pipe
smoking.
Stomach is in knots - Feeling of being
Nervous; Stomach - To Tolerate or to
bear someone or something.
Give it a rest; Rest in peace; Rest is
History; Lay to rest.
Last laugh; Laughing stock; laugh in
face.
Smell -- an aura or trace; Smell Blood
- to be ready for fight.
Read it and weep - read the bad
news; read cover to cover; read mind.
Blinds are made of cloth; Blinds are
used for windows; Blind Eye; blind
man.
To take a fall/take a dive - to fake
being knocked out in a boxing match.
Point of no return , return a favor ,
return a compliment , return ticket
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Slow - Pure - Make – Inevitable
souvenir - Sign - Gesture – Symbol
Fruit - Skin - Republic – Go
Pink - Tie - Missing - Cuff
Pay - Ship - Civil – Martial
Love - Story - Cheap – Dog
Sure
Token
Banana
Link
Court
Life
Plot - Storm - Trouble – Tea
Model - Guide - Combat – Test
Writer - Stumble - Mental – Out
Brew
Pilot
Block
Cottage - Register - Implant – Ski
Provoke - Brain - Pocket – Pace
Lodge
Pick
Gas - Steam - Time – Election
Bench - Up - Fresh – Passionate
Stone - Storm - Applaud – Descend
Feel - Nip - Press – Miser
Support - Apply - Produce – Mind
Front - Take - Duty – Box
Against - Take - Ring – Bright
Curry - Help - Support – Gift
Run
Warm
Hail
Pinch
Bear
Office
Side
Favour
Come - Good - Trouble – Brief
Grief
Drop - Get – Far
Pin - Air – Back
Series - Shoe - Cord – Pull
Fool - Earth - Heaven – Delight
Away
Drop
String
Paradise
Potential – Container – Report – Seal
[A]Latent
[B]promise
[C]Ship
[D]Ocean
[E]Can
Cash – Hard – Type – Person
[A]Soft
[B]Word
[C]Water
[D]Flow
[E]Kind
Young - Bird - Bit – Make
In – Pin – Lens – Shoot
[A] Eye
[B]Kin
[C]Gate
[D]Camera
[E]Out
Measure – Standard – Car – Enclosure
[A] Mile
[B]Front
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Token Gesture - to do the minimum
required.
life is cheap - it means people's lives
have little value so if they die it is not
important; it's a dog's life - something
that you say which means that life is
hard and unpleasant.
Writer's block; Stumbling
Mental block; Block out.
block;
To pick brain - to get information and
advice from someone
run out of gas , run out of steam, time
runs, run in an election
curry favour -to try to make someone
like you or support you by doing
things to please them
To come to grief - to experience
something unpleasant or damaging
A fool’s paradise - A state of delusive
contentment or false hope.
Can
Kind
Little
Camera
Yard
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[C]Oil
[D]Engine
[E]Yard
Sweep – Red – Rug – Floor
Assassination – Shady – Actor – Out
Piece - Heart – Bad – Foot
Mind – Leave – Miss - Lack
Rain—Bath – Party – Flow
Task – Throw – Pilot – Predict
Reasonable – Mild – Politics – Preside
Ignite - Theory – Fix – Octet
Jump - Beat - Miss – Omit
Magazine - Small - Out – Pattern
Frame - Bring - Open – Care
Wade – moon – line – intrude
Area - Variety - Rank – Close
Under - Storm - Survive – Balloon
Carpet
Character
Mouth
Absent
Shower
Project
Moderate
Set
Skip
Print
Mind
Walk
Range
Weather
Modern – Fast - Mail – Ahead
Poverty - Pay - War – Hate
Forward
Crime
Mind - Sight - Adjust – Straight
Bank - Group - Cold – Line
Open - Trade - Keep – Inward
Record - attain - Impression – Book
Great - Any - Arm – Duration
Time - Mile - Small – Precise
Register – Off – Matter – Player
Temperature - Cool - Tepid - Sun
Busy – knees – obsession
Set
Blood
Secret
Register/
mark
Length
Minute
Record
warm
Bee
knot - revolution – horn
front – fall – gate
leaf - out – go
bow - stitch – red
Blow – ignite – counter – balance
Brother – rainjacket – engine
Hand – scarce – cake
Moon – endearing – amber
Width – hair – rock
Friend – stale – chess
Wine – entrance – bus
Horse - food – breeze
Cricket - Hockey – Football
News - Love – Leave
Knee – subsidy – headgear
Hands – Switch – Grab
Smelling – 16 – tooth
Monitor – sun – filter
Pin – bag – plane – round
French
Water
Let
Cross
Strike
Hood
Short
Honey
Band
Mate
Port
Sea
Ball
Letter
Cap
On
Sweet
Screen
Paper
Ascend – Measure – Large – Wage
Speed – sky – boundary
Tease – scrap – cloth
Crash - get rid of – hole
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Walk in on someone- intrude
Weather Balloon - a balloon which
measures atmospheric information
Poverty is'nt a crime , crime doesn't
pay war crimes , hate crime.
Be the bee's knees - extremely good;
Have bee in your bonnet –
obsession.
USB – universal serial bus.
paper round - the route taken when
delivering newspapers every day
Scale
Limit
Rag
Ditch
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Color – promising – just
Office - Speed – Death
Court - test – room
Conduct – Noun – Correct
Chance - good wishes – divide
Fair
post
Trail
Proper
Break
Detective – Medium – Supply
Jump – mattress – water
Organization – train - on
Gather - Done - Cut – Corpse
Agency
Spring
Board
Dust
Law – Shine – Throw
Blue - High – Light
Barrier – Beat – Safe – Waves
Mark – Union – Trick – Money
Stand - Time - Engine – Green
Out
Sky
Sound
Trade
Stall
Touch - Lose - Sink – Origin
Trace
Long – Guard – Slice – Shelf
Reaction – Bind - Link - Key - appendage
(A) Action
(B) Glue
(C) Chain
(D) Trigger
(E) Catalyst
Draft - Rely - Border - World
(A) Army
(B) Bank
(C) News
(D) Treaty
(E) Force
Time Eye Follow Tower
(A) Watch
(B) Observation
(C) Sight
(D) Reader
(E) Clock
Feel – Strike – Hammer – Stretch
Life
Chain
Bank
To gather dust - [for something] to sit
unused for a long time; done and
dusted; Corpse of a dead man is also
called Dust.
Stall the time - to delay something;
green stall - where vegetables are
sold.
trace - A barely perceivable
indication; a touch; trace - sink
without trace - to be forgotten about
completely, after being popular for a
while; lose trace - to fail to maintain a
way
of
finding
someone
or
something.
Bank – draft , Bank on someone,
bank of river – border , world bank
Watch
Home
Arrange - Period - Take – Phase
Stage
Surge - Heat - Ride – Curve
Wave
Cushion, Photograph, Body, Pieces
(A) Shard
(B) Picture
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hammer home - to try extremely hard
to make someone understand or
realize something; Home stretch last part of any difficult activity.
Take stage; Arrange an invasion stage an invasion.
Ride the wave - to make use of a
popular opinion,, like politicians often
do.
Cushion reduce effect of a blow,,
Blown up photographs , body blow ,
blown in to pieces
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(C) Blow
(D) Part
(E) Frame
Short - Tooth - Revenge – Kind
Generation - Bridge - Fill – Pass
Cake - Share - Knife – Slit
Saving - Skin - Drop – Swim
Sweet
Gap
Slice
Dip
Leg – protect – wing – mar
Narrow – river – water – sea
Eyes – rock – hair – safe
Land - Water - Reduce – Thing
Strength - Right - Main – Possible
Arm
Creek
Lock
Fall
Might
stem-boot-nose-case
[A]leaf
[B]lid
[C]trunk
[D]tiger
[E]shoe
at once – occasionally – location – mark
Trunk
Hide – cover – conceal
Secret
Spot
Blush Left Anger Sea
(A) Love
(B) China
(C) Storm
(D) Rejection
(E) Red
Face – Kind – Writer – Cast
Might and Main ( idiom ) - with all the
effort
Trunk of the car – boot.
on the spot-at once, in spots occasionally, spot-location, spot –
mark.
Secrets are hidden; Under cover secret , Concealed – secret.
Red
Type
Crest, Goodbye, Hair, Emotion
(A) Gold
(B) Honor
(C) Color
(D) Wave
(E) Kiss
Careful is to cautious as boastful is to
A. arrogant
B. humble
C. joyful
D. suspicious
Yard is to inch as quart is to
A. gallon
B. ounce
C. milk
D. liquid
master _ _ _ _ set
Hint: The number of blanks is the indication of
the number of alphabets in the word associated
with these two words.
Mush _ _ _ _ Mate
Egg _ _ _ _ Start
French _ _ _ _ _ _ Seat
Land _ _ _ _ Down
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drop for eg prices dip; Skinny Dip Swim naked.
Typeface = font.
Wave
Arrogant
Gallon
Mind
Room
Head
Window
Mark
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Up _ _ _ _ Less
Bed _ _ _ _ Fall
Drag _ _ _ Work
Root
Rock
Net
Cloth _ _ _ _ _ Shoe
Horse
Break _ _ _ _ Back
Man _ _ _ _ Wink
News _ _ _ _ _ Clip
Brain _ _ _ _ _ Hood
Eye _ _ _ _ Beat
Fast
Hood
Paper
Child
Brow
Thumb _ _ _ _ Art
Fore _ _ _ _ Tale
Back _ _ _ _ Bag
Spot _ _ _ _ _ Weight
Blue _ _ _ _ _ Pick
Tape _ _ _ _ Wood
Finger _ _ _ _ _ Out
Car _ _ _ _ _ _ Hood
Nail
Tell
Hand
Light
Tooth
Worm
Print
Nation
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Dragnet - A net drawn through a river
or across ground to trap fish or game.
The instrument used to hang clothes
is called Cloth horse.
Hoodwink - Deceive or trick
Browbeat - Intimidate (someone),
typically into doing something, with
stern or abusive words.
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