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  • old wives' ________ (a piece of advice or a theory, often related to matters of health, that was believed in the past but is now known to be wrong)
    tale
    advice
    story
    recommendation
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  • as the ________ flies (describes a distance when measured in a straight line)
    raven
    crow
    bird
    eagle
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  • be ____` large (If someone dangerous is ____ large, they are not in prison.)
    by
    on
    at
    around
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  • be in the __________ (If you are in the ___________, you have done something to make people angry or annoyed with you.)
    snakepit
    bearhouse
    cathouse
    doghouse
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  • to the __________ (all the way through, or very badly: I was frozen/chilled to the ________ after waiting so long for the bus.))
    blood
    bone
    heart
    basic
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  • dog-____-dog (used to describe a situation in which people will do anything to be successful, even if what they do harms other people)
    murder
    eat
    fight
    kill
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  • don’t give up your ______ job (used for telling someone that you do not think they are very good at something)
    normal
    day
    light
    usual
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  • face the _______ (to accept criticism or punishment for something you have done)
    cell
    music
    gallows
    prison
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  • get nowhere _______ (to completely fail to achieve something)
    ordinarily
    quick
    slowly
    fast
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  • preach to the _______ (to try to persuade people who already agree with you)
    ministery
    church
    choir
    believers
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  • have many irons in the ______(to be involved with many activities or jobs at the same time or to make certain that there are always several possibilities available)
    shed
    fire
    attic
    toolbox
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  • the gift of ______ (the ability to speak easily and confidently in a way that makes people want to listen to you and believe you)
    speech
    talk
    gab
    chat
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  • hear (something) through/on the _________
    coast
    banana tree
    grapevine
    fog
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  • in ______ daylight (If a crime is committed in ______ daylight, it happens during the day, when it could have been seen and prevented)
    full
    open
    bright
    broad
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  • in the ________ (in real life, and not on TV, in a film, in a picture, etc.)
    flesh
    body
    skin
    bones
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  • in the ______ of time (at the last possible moment)
    mike
    simon
    steve
    nick
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