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Detective Series 2 Episodes 9 and 10 vocabulary

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  • have a bone to pick
    to have an issue or concern to discuss with someone
  • catch red-handed
    to catch a person doing something wrong. Find guilty.
  • inside job
    an action completed by someone within a group
  • first-name basis
    feeling that you can call each other by first names
  • by leaps and bounds
    by a great degree (a lot)
  • get your/my walking papers
    to get fired
  • not ring true
    to not sound believable
  • take the blame
    to take responsibility or punishment for wrongdoing.
  • track down
    to find something
  • in a rush
    in a hurry
  • mark my words
    to pay close attention. or "Trust me."
  • think outside the box
    to look at something differently; to be creative
  • be getting somewhere
    to be progressing
  • a first
    something that hasn't happened before
  • get wind of
    to suddenly find out some information
  • play it safe
    to remain cautious
  • tear away
    to force someone to leave a situation or person
  • has a nice ring to it
    to sound pleasant or nice
  • mean to
    to not have fulfilled a plan / to want to
  • go by the book
    to closely follow the rules
  • see eye to eye
    to have similar thoughts or beliefs about something
  • come to mind
    to think of
  • make waves
    to cause trouble when things are stable
  • rock the boat
    to create change that might upset people
  • come of something
    to result in a change
  • cover your/my tracks
    to hide one's activities or movements
  • bark up the wrong tree
    to follow the wrong clues
  • hidden agenda
    a secret reason for doing something
  • get along
    to have a friendly relationship with someone
  • fall through the cracks
    to be forgotten
  • in private
    alone
  • do whatever it takes
    to be willing to do anything to reach a goal
  • make me look bad
    to have a negative effect on my reputation
  • mix and mingle
    to interact socially with many people
  • keep my eye's peeled
    to watch closely for something specific
  • put in a good word
    to provide positive feedback
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