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Get By - what is it?

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Boris Tatarenko

07-May-2013, 13:04
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Gatcha - what is it?

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Boris Tatarenko

15-May-2013, 20:54

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[Grammar] What are compared in this sentence?

Started by nhatruc30, 23-Jan-2012 01:44
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Gretchenplay

26-Jan-2012, 02:13
skip the trigger

Started by spongie, 04-Jan-2012 14:23
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BobSmith

20-Jan-2012, 15:09
to be tickled pink

Started by AlexAD, 13-Jan-2012 11:52
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BobSmith

20-Jan-2012, 14:47
flat = exactly?

Started by wwvusa, 23-Dec-2011 11:53

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JMurray

17-Jan-2012, 06:59
[Answered] As silent/quiet as the grave

Started by Not_Dead, 12-Jan-2012 15:26
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Tdol

13-Jan-2012, 04:48
WHITE FANG quote

Started by curtnorman, 11-Jan-2012 06:13
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mikelynn

12-Jan-2012, 21:49
---> White Fang, Jack London *** clarificaion ***

Started by curtnorman, 11-Jan-2012 17:19
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curtnorman

11-Jan-2012, 17:40
[Idiom] Is the phrase "How are you getting on" similar to "How are you"?

Started by nhatruc30, 01-Nov-2011 07:19
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konungursvia

09-Jan-2012, 22:55
English Idiom (Out of the box)

Started by khylida, 27-Dec-2011 07:26
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Psiconaut

09-Jan-2012, 22:14
out of the question

Started by lilac1999, 30-Dec-2011 03:46
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waflob

08-Jan-2012, 17:41
[Idiom] fan your ears

Started by wildcat56, 07-Jan-2012 18:48
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waflob

08-Jan-2012, 17:36
what does"Be the death of somebody" mean?

Started by bayan112, 05-Jan-2012 17:09
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bayan112

08-Jan-2012, 09:24
[Idiom] Impossible to communicate

Started by eFFcia, 30-Oct-2011 14:54

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TheEditor

04-Jan-2012, 13:28
"Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater"

Started by easybreakable, 30-Nov-2011 07:18
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BobK

03-Jan-2012, 17:47
Staring at/into the sun

Started by mafto, 02-Jan-2012 09:36
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Raymott

02-Jan-2012, 09:54
In a matter of months or years

Started by Mansfield, 29-Dec-2011 12:19
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catbert

30-Dec-2011, 04:10
slow

Started by catbert, 21-Dec-2011 20:58

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waflob

29-Dec-2011, 08:35
[Idiom] what does this idiom mean in this song....

Started by guliver, 28-Dec-2011 12:52
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catbert

28-Dec-2011, 23:41
'barking up the wrong tree' --an offending idiom or not?

Started by joham, 27-Dec-2011 01:59
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Tdol

28-Dec-2011, 15:46
[Idiom] to manipulate the odds

Started by annenas, 04-Oct-2011 10:15
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catbert

28-Dec-2011, 12:41
sacking the quarterback

Started by wwvusa, 23-Dec-2011 12:00
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JMurray

25-Dec-2011, 04:51
"personal spin"

Started by esllse, 21-Dec-2011 18:43
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catbert

21-Dec-2011, 19:57
for all the right reasons

Started by JOHN.K, 18-Dec-2011 22:20
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Tdol

19-Dec-2011, 09:04
[Idiom] weather words

Started by bemus, 08-Dec-2011 21:28

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bhaisahab

14-Dec-2011, 18:26
cut out of the same cloth

Started by rainous, 13-Dec-2011 02:53
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Raymott

13-Dec-2011, 03:27
[Idiom] in the same breath

Started by Ashiuhto, 11-Dec-2011 04:03
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BobK

11-Dec-2011, 17:28
[Vocabulary] What are the expressions which used to describe colours?

Started by juliaxoxo, 09-Dec-2011 22:26
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Tdol

10-Dec-2011, 15:21
[Vocabulary] Which idioms? (XX and XX)

Started by dawnngcm, 08-Dec-2011 14:48
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catbert

09-Dec-2011, 22:27
looking for an expression denoting extreme disappointment

Started by catbert, 05-Dec-2011 17:24
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catbert

06-Dec-2011, 16:29
Pile it on thick

Started by zohar, 26-Nov-2011 14:51
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BobK

05-Dec-2011, 12:05