B2 IDIOMS

They used to live in a big house with lots of servants, but they've come down in the world since then

• to become less wealthy, successful,

• to stop being used

• to keep calm and not get annoyed

My flatmate is driving me up the wall.

• to do sth faster because you haven't done it before

• to make someone irritated, angry, or crazy

• to keep calm and not get annoyed

I didn't travel much in my twenties but I'm certainly making up for lost time now.

• to do a lot of sth because you haven't had a chance to do it before

• to do exactly what an enemy, opponent, etc. wants

• to try to improve your performance, work etc.

Of course, it goes without saying that you'll be paid for the extra hours you work.

• to stop being used

• to be known without the need to mention

• to keep calm and not get annoyed

Our old TV had finally given up the ghost.

• stops working

• o do exactly what an enemy, opponent, etc.

• to stop being used

Traditional methods of communication have fallen out of use over the past decade due to the increasing popularity of online platforms.

• to stop being used

• to give somebody the information they need

• to be known without the need to mention

His lawyer put him in the picture about what had happened since his arrest.

• to become less wealthy, successful, etc

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  to give somebody the information they need

• to be known without the need to mention

We have to be careful not to play into their hands by reacting angrily to any deliberate provocation

• to make a foolish mistake or act in the way that someone wants you to act,

• o make someone irritated, angry, or crazy

• to keep calm and not get annoyed