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📚 Idioms and Phrases Practice
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Q1. I am heading out to the party. Do you want to ride shot gun ?
front seat in a car
“Ride shotgun” means to sit in the front passenger seat next to the driver.
Think of guarding the road like a shotgun-teller in old westerns—sit in front.
She asked to ride shotgun, so she could chat with the driver.
Q2. It is a great store, because it remains open twenty-four seven.
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Q3. When I saw him in the morning, he looked like a duck in the thunderstorm.
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Q4. She exhibited remarkable sang froid during the crisis.
C. composure
Sang froid means staying calm and cool, i.e., showing composure under pressure.
Think: "calm under stress" = composure.
Despite the chaos, she kept her sang froid and spoke slowly and clearly.
Q5. Believe me, I am all at sea.
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Q6. Believe me, I am all at sea.
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Q7. The company has been handedover to new masten, lock. stock and barrel.
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Q8. He threw cold water over the project that the secretary had prepared.
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Q9. He had to pay through the nose for his new computer.
through the nose: pay much more than a fair price.
Q10. In the new place he had to earn by the sweat of his brow.
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