Advanced Listen & Speak

I met his sister and we ... it off right from the start.

• hit

• kick

• beat

to look carefully at the person or think about the situation, so that you can decide how to act

• to size up somebody

• to project an image on somebody

• to have a bearing on somebody

an idea or opinion that is formed before you have enough information or experience, assumption = a p...

exactly right

• dead-on

• alive-on

• see-on

something that is important enough to you to prevent you from agreeing to something, buying something, etc.

• a dealbreaker

• a contractbreaker

• a promisebreaker

to like sweet foods very much = to have a sweet ...

to add extra information to make something more interesting

• to embellish the details

• to bellish the details

• to embody the details

to persuade people to think differently

• to sway public opinion

• to go away public opinion

• to boost someone's own self-esteem

The company moved quickly to ... rumours that it is losing money.

• quash

• squash

• wash

to lie, especially about something that is not very important - used especially by children