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stick of furniture

piece of furniture

get a lot of stick (from critics)

be heavily criticized

let sth throw one

confuse, shock sb

in poor taste

showing a lack of sensitivity

person of taste

sb with refined judgement in terms of art, fashion,...

promise the moon

to make promises that will be impossible to keep

fall on sth

descend on/rain down on

fall behind with

fail to (pay) on time

put sb out

to cause inconvenience

put sb out of action

prevent from participating

put sth across

convey, prevent

have sb's best interests at heart

mindful of what is best for sb

a dear old thing

a lovable person

pour out of a place

come out of a place quickly and continuously

lead sb astray

to mislead sb

plunge into chaos

puti into extremely difficult situation

slump in trade

big decrease in trade

submerge oneself in

do sth intensively

faint signal

signal one can just hear

the fighting subsided

fighting lessened

drop a bombshell

suddenly tell big or surprising news

slump over

a kiln forming technique using steel cups

profits slump

profits suddenly drops

sink without trace

sink/disappear leaving nothing behind to show

sink money into business

invest in a business

sink or swim

Fail or succeed, no matter what

take the plunge

to take a risk

plunge into the sea

to move or make sb/sth move suddenly

plunge into darkness

become dark suddenly

faint-hearted

lacking courage

dive head first

jump into water with the head first

take a dive

drop suddenly

noise subsides

noise dies away

at full stretch

using all one's energy to do sth

swell with pride

be unable to contain pride

swell the ranks

to increase in number

bulging at the seams

clothing/container being stretched by too large contents

blow up out of all proportion

give more attention a a problem than necessary

blow up a photograph

enlarge a photograph

inflated ego

conceited image of oneself

inflated sense of sth

unjustified belief one is ...sth

receding hair/footsteps

my spirits plummeted

become suddenly depressed

overriding passion

very strong feeling

mould sb's personality

make you what you are

undertake lightly

agree to do sth in a non-serious manner

bolster authority

put authority in stronger position

dawn of time

beginning of time

bear on guard against

be on the lookout for/prepared for sth unpleasant