Vocabulary
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Be well organized
“I need to GET MY DUCKS IN A ROW”
Begin taking part in a new activity
“You've decided to GET YOUR FEET WET and enrolled”
Do hard or unpleasant work
“You need to GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY”
Understand something difficult
“I can't GET MY HEAD AROUND this”
Get what you need; have sexual intercourse
“He's GETTING HIS OATS regularly now”
A place with no people
“The city became A GHOST TOWN”
The ability to speak easily and confidently so people like and trust what you say
“The candidate's GIFT OF THE GAB helped her”
Try to improve something that's already good
“Don't GILD THE LILY”
Describes an investment or asset that is considered to be of the highest quality and very secure
“The company's GILT-EDGED bonds are highly sought after”
Help someone
“Can you GIVE me A HAND with these boxes?”
Negotiations, the process of compromise
“A relationship requires GIVE AND TAKE”
Stop talking about something
“GIVE IT A REST already”
Try or attempt to do something
“Why not GIVE IT A SHOT?”
Try something new
“The ski instructor told Sally to GIVE IT A WHIRL”
Tell someone the truth directly and honestly
“I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU STRAIGHT - it's not going to work”
Try your hardest
“You need to GIVE IT YOUR ALL”
Stop annoying me; give me a chance; you're not being reasonable
“Oh, GIVE ME A BREAK!”
Criticize or annoy someone
“Don't GIVE HIM A HARD TIME”
Tell someone angrily that you disapprove of what they have done
“I'm going to GIVE him A PIECE OF MY MIND”
Deliberately ignore someone or be unfriendly to them
“She GAVE him THE COLD SHOULDER after their argument”
Escape from someone
“I GAVE THEM THE SLIP”
Believe someone's statement without proof; trust them despite uncertainty
“I'll GIVE him THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT”
Give permission for someone to do something or for something to happen
“They GAVE THE GREEN LIGHT to the project”
Stop working; die
“The old car FINALLY GAVE UP THE GHOST”
