Common Phrases and Expressions

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to accept money or gifts in exchange for influence or favors

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to take bribe

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to receive a proposal for employment

Back

to get offered a job

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to be in the process of giving birth

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be in labour

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to borrow money from a bank to buy a home

Back

take out a mortgage

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to help in the dissemination of information or ideas

Back

contribute to spread

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to undergo training to become a counselor

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to retrain as a counsellor

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to stop working for the day

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to call it a day

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to invite someone to go on a date

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ask her out on a date

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to skim or glance through something quickly

Back

have a quick flick through

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to end a relationship

Back

to split up