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  • What is 'hyperbole'?
    exaggerrating
  • What do we call the price of a ticket to travel on public transport?
    fare
  • It's a shame but there's no use crying over spilt .............
    milk
  • What phrasal verb means to invent an excuse or story?
    make up
  • What do you call a person who performs (eg music) in the street to make some money?
    a busker
  • What is the past of 'wring'?
    wrung
  • Which expression with 'GET' means to do something you have been putting off doing?
    to get round to doing something
  • What phrasal verb means to reduce the quantity of (eg. sugar)
    to cut down on
  • What verb means to run away from a dangerous situation (eg. war) ?
    flee
  • What is the men's version of a 'purse'?
    wallet
  • What do we call money you pay to do a course or to join a club?
    fees
  • What is the opposite of 'deep' water?
    shallow
  • If someone is 'cantankerous' what are they like?
    bad tempered
  • Complete the idiom: Where there's a will, there's ...........
    a way
  • What does the adjective 'scorching' mean?
    extremely hot
  • Which expression means to take away attention from a person? to steal......
    to steal someone's limelight
  • What is the opposite of 'wide'?
    narrow
  • What is the past of 'bleed'?
    bled
  • What does the phrasal verb 'to wipe out' mean?
    totally eliminate eg a disease, a species etc
  • What is a synonym for 'midday'?
    noon
  • Give a synonym for 'unimportant'.
    trivial
  • What do you calll a person who works for the government? eg in the unemployment office
    a civil servant
  • What 'get' phrasal verb means to escape with out punishment?
    get away with
  • What is the opposite of 'optional'?
    compulsory, mandatory
  • What tool do you need too open a bottle of wine?
    a corkscrew