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Idea

1. thought; picture in the mind

This book gives you a good ___ of life in ancient Greece.

2. plan; scheme; design; purpose

That man is full of new ___

3. opinion

You should not force your ___ on other people.

4. conception

What ___ can a man who is blind from birth have of colour?

You can have no ___ (of) how anxious we have been.

Nasty

1. dirty; disgusting; unpleasant

medicine with a ___ smell and a nastier taste

2. dangerous; threatening

There was a ___ look in his eye.

Mumble

say smth, speak one's words indistinctly

The old man was ___ away to himself

Apology

statement of regret (for doing wrong, being impolite, hurting smb's feelings)

offer (make, accept) an ___;

make an ___ to smb for smth

Puzzle (n)

1. question or problem difficult to understand or answer

His unexpected disappearance was a ___ to everybody.

2. problem or toy designed to test person's knowledge, skill, patience or temper

a crossword ___.

Puzzle (v)

cause (smb) to be perplexed; make hard thought necessary

This letter ___ me.

He ___ his brains to find the answer.

Puzzle over smth

think deeply about smth

To ___ over a problem

Puzzle smth out

(try to) find the answer or solution by hard thought

List

number of names (of persons, items, things, etc.) written or printed

A shopping ___;

put smb's name on (take his name off) the ___

Get

(colloquial) understand

I don't ___ you (don't ___ your meaning).

Keep (v)

1. possess; own and look after

___ a shop (an inn);

2. be faithful to

___ a promise (a treaty);

3. not let people know, conceal

Can you ___ a secret?

She can ___ nothing from her friends (= has no secrets from them).

4. continue to be, remain in a special condition or relation

Please ___ quiet/silent.

keep (smb) doing smth

continue doing smth or cause smth to be continued

He ___ smiling.

I'm sorry I ___ you waiting.

keep smth in mind

remember, not to forget

You should ___ in mind that he is not as strong as he used to be.

keep one's temper

not to get angry, excited or nervous

Try to ___ your temper when you speak to him.

keep an eye on smb or smth

watch smb, guard

___ an eye on the milk, otherwise it will boil over

keep one's head

remain calm during some emergency

She ___ her head and called immediately the fire department.

To keep house

to do the usual work of running a home, cooking, cleaning, etc.

Mother ___ house but we all help her, of course.

keep early (good, regular, late, etc.) hours

be habitually early (or late) in getting up, returning home at night or in going to bed

Schoolchildren should ___ early (good) hours.

talk smb into/out of (doing) smth

persuade smb by talking to do/not to do smth

See if you can ___ Father into lending us the car tomorrow.

talk art (business, politics, sports, shop, etc.)

discuss art (business, politics, sports, professional questions/work, etc.)

Stop ___ shop at home.

Touch (n)

communication

in (out of) touch (with)

in (not in) regular communication (with); having (not having) information about

keep in touch with old friends

be out of touch with the political situation.

lose touch

be out of touch (with)

If we correspond regularly we shan't lose touch.

detail (n)

small, particular fact or item

Please give me all the ___

Every ___ of her dress was perfect

in detail

providing all the small points of fact

to explain smth in ___

to go (enter) into details

to discuss or describe everything about something, including all the facts and small parts, rather than just giving a brief summary

I will try to tell the story without going into too much ___

Take up

1. proceed to deal with (a matter); give one's attention to

I shall ___ the matter __ with the Ministry (= speak or write to them (to inquire, protest, etc.)).

2. pursue further; begin afresh (smth left off, smth begun by smb else)

Harry ___ __ the tale at the point where John had left off.

3. interest oneself in; engage in smth (as a hobby, business, etc.)

___ __ photography (market gardening).

Stammer

speak haltingly with a tendency to repeat rapidly the same sound or syllable (as in "G-g-g-ive me that b-b-book")