Idiomatic Expressions 15

Vocabulary and collocation flashcards focused on common English verbs and their idiomatic uses, phrases, and expressions based on lecture notes.

get a move on

hurry / start moving

follow sb's every move

watch someone very closely

make a move

take action / start doing

on the move

Moving / busy / action

point at/to/towards sth

show direction with finger

get to the point

speak directly, no extra talk

make a point of doing sth

do sth deliberately

make your point

explain your idea clearly

miss the point

not understand the main idea

at some point

sometime

beside the point

not relevant

up to a point

partly / but not completely

a sore point

sensitive topic

raise your hand

lift your hand

raise sth with sb

discuss a topic

raise a child/family

bring up

raise sb's hopes / expectations

make someone expect more

raise a smile

smile

raise your voice

speak louder

raise an army

create/collect an army

run a business/campaign / etc

manage

run riot

out of control

run on petrol/electricity / etc

use power

run sb a bath

prepare a bath

run through sth

check/review quickly

run the risk of doing

risk sth

run into problems

meet problems

rush to conclusions

decide too fast

in a rush (to do sth)

too quickly

mad rush

hurry to do / sudden crowd hurry

rush hour

busy traffic time

the Christmas/etc rush

busy shopping time

steady yourself

calm or balance yourself

steady your nerves

calm down

hold sth steady

keep still

steady relationship

stable

steady growth

slow but continuous increase

steady look

firm/constant look

steady pace

secure/stable

keep track of

monitor/remember st

lose track of time/etc

forget time

on the wrong track

wrong direction

on track (to do)

progressing correctly

turn to do sth

start doing

turn a gun/etc on sb

point a weapon at

turn to sb

ask for help

turn cold/nasty/etc

suddenly become

turn 40/etc

reach an age

by the way

extra information

get in sb's way

block someone

know the way

know direction

lose your way

get lost

get sth out of the way

finish/remove

make way for

create space

in the way

blocking / obstacle

on the way

coming / going

in this way

using this method

a way of doing

method

bet (sth) on

risk money believing sth will happen

make a bet (with sb)

agree to gamble with someone

a safe bet

sth very likely to succeed

know/say for certain

be $100\%$ sure

certain to do

sure to happen

make certain

make sure

certain of/about

sure about

a certain (amount of sth)

some (unspecified quantity)

take a chance (on)

risk sth

leave to chance

not plan

by chance

accidentally

by any chance

maybe / possibly

the/sb's chances of (doing)

probability

the chance to do

opportunity

second chance

another opportunity

last chance

final

pure / sheer chance

only luck

there's every/no chance that

very likely / impossible

by dint of

because of effort

waste disposal

removing rubbish

at sb's disposal

available for someone

at the disposal of

controlled/used by

find yourself (doing)

realize unexpectedly

find sb doing

see someone doing

find sth difficult/interesting/etc

think sth is

find your way

reach a place / succeed