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Play ball

To agree to work with or help someone

Soldier on

To continue to do something though it is difficult; plough on

Deck out

To dress someone in special clothes, or decorate something in special occasions

Extemporaneous

Spoken or done without preparation

Blaze

A very bright show of color, lights or colors

It’s all water under the bridge

Used to say that something is in the past and it would be better to forget it.

Storm => Barnstorming

A barnstorming performance is the one that is very interesting.

Be cloaked in something

To be hidden in something

Cloak (n) => Cloack- and dagger

Activities that are mysterious, secret, sometimes in a way that people think it is unnecessary

Slander (n)

The action of making false spoken statement damaging one’s reputation

Recluse

A person who leads a solitary life

The scoop on

The latest information into somebody’s life

Fabled

Famous and often talked about, but rarelly seen

Z-list

Used to describe a group of people who are considered the least famous

Practice what you preach

To do exactly the same as you have told other people

Vigilance

Great care that is taken to notice any signs of danger or trouble

Ante up

To give money in an unwilling way

Exercised about

To be concerned or nervous about something

Spending spree

A brief period of doing something more than usual

Crusader

 ​A person who makes a long and determined effort to achieve something that they believe to be right or to stop something they believe to be wrong

Rarity

The state of being equal

Periphery => On the periphery of something

To be on the less important, central part of something

Bountiful

Large in quantity, abundant

Dug your heels/toes in

To refuse to do something or change your mind about something

Reptilian

Used to describe something unpleasant

Brown envelope journalism

The practice of receiving money from any particular party to write highly of them

Prop up

To help something that is having difficulties

Bump somebody off

To kill, murder somebody

Lame => Lame-duck

A person or organization that is not very successful and therefore needs help

Sign (n) => Insignia

The symbol, badge that shows somebody’s ranks or that they are a member of an organization

Keep things in perspective

To check something realistically

Imprimatur

Official approval of something, given by a member in authority

Sequestrate

To take control of somebody’s properties or assets until their debt has been paid

Hard lines

Bad luck

Seditious

Intending to provoke people to upturn their government

Money grabber

Someone who has money as their main interests and will do anything to get a lot of it

Meddle [in/with]

To involve yourselves in something that should not really involve you

Tart up

To decorate or improve the appearance of something, often in a way that other people do not think it is attractive

Monolithic

Used to describe a very large, single organization that are very slow to change

In the doldrums

In a difficult situation

Pushover

A person who is lazy to persuade

Economy => Econometrician

A person who uses statistics and mathematics to study, model and predict economic principles

Besmirch

To damage the opinion that people have of somebody/something

Pare something down

To reduce something to the level at which only what is necessary is needed

Due intelligence

The action that is considered reasonable for people to take in order to keep themselves or other properties safe

Shooting pains

sudden pains that move through the body

Schism => Schismogenesis

The creation of division

Doubt => Redoubtable

very strong, especially in character

Social => Socialite

Someone, especially those of a higher class, usually goes to a lot of parties.

Thoroughfare

A main road for public use or a passage through somewhere

Comings and goings

Movement or activity

Perversity

Deliberate determination to behave in a way that most people think is wrong

Pots and pans

Cookware and bakeware

Dopplelganger

A spirit that looks exactly like a living person

Verbose (a) => Verbiage (n)

The use of too many words, of more difficult words than needed, to express ideas

Slanging match

An argument in which both people use angry, uncontrolled language and insult each other

Take someone to task for

To critizie or speak angrily to someone

Take up the cudgels

To argue strongly in favor of or against something

Nose (n) => Rhinoplasty

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Crescendo

A slight increase in something/someone

Devil’s workshop

A fertile ground for idle, lazy people

[like] rats deserting/leaving a shinking ship

Used to describe a person who leave an organization that is having difficulty

Fall by the wayside

To fail to finish an activity

Oration

A formal speech made on a public occasion

Prowl

To move quietly and carefully around an area.

Faux pas

Action that causes somebody to feel ambarrassed because it is not socially correct

Venerate

To show a lot of help for somebody

Slur over

To discuss, treat or deal with a particular problem in a superficial way

Measure up

To be as good, successful as expected

Watch (v) => Binge-watch

To watch a series of episodes of TV show on more than one occasion, usually by means of DVDs or digital streaming.

Brain (n) => Feather-brained/Scatter-brained/ Rattle-brained

Very silly

God (n) => God-forshaken

[of a place] boring, depressing and ugly

Pull your punches

To express something less strongly than you are able to

The stuff of the dream:

The kind of dream that you are exactly hoping for.

Pan

To severely criticize somebody

Slag

To work hard and steadily at something, especially something that takes a long time.

Short-change

To treat somebody unfairly by not giving them the right treatment

Congruence

Harmony or agreement

Jerk (n) => Tear-jerky/Tear-kerker

A book, film or story that evokes sadness or empty.

Ignominious

Deserving or causing public disgrace

Rancid

Tasting or smelling unpleasant because of not being fresh.

Descent

An action of moving downward; dropping

Roll up one’s sleeves

To prepare for hard work

Run off

To leave someone or somewhere suddenly

Cream off

Make an excessive profits from transactions

Botch

To spoil something by doing it badly

Smother

To kill someone by covering their face that they cannot breathe.

Expletive

A curse or comment that is offensive

Bucolic

Relating to the pleasant aspect of the countryside

Go off the rails

To start to behave in a strange way

Hem and haw

To hesitate, be decisive

As naked as a jaybird

Completely naked

Gourmet food

Food of higher quality

Acrimony

Anger, argument and bad feeling

Indemnify

To promise to pay somebody an amount of money if they suffer any loss or damage

Vindictive

Show a strong and unreasonable desire to harm or upset somebody.

Gluttonous

Eating too much, typical of a person eating too much

Reverse => Reverential

Showing deep respect

Meet one’s match

To compete unsuccessfully with someone

Portable

Teleportation