Advanced English Conversations (2) - Robert Allans, Matt Edie, A. Mustafaoglu 2020
Set 1 - I’m going through the same rough patch
Set 2 - The fact that I was going bald pissed me off
Set 3 - Have you got a death wish or something?
Set 4 - I’m going to skin you alive!
Set 5 - Life-work balance is still like an impossible feat
Set 7 - I was ready to call it quits
Set 8 - I confide in to my friends a lot
Set 9 - We aren’t joined at the hip
Set 10 - that helps melt our blues away
Set 11 - I’m in no mood to cook
Set 12 - a tough winter is knocking at the door
Set 13 - The business is on shaky ground
Set 14 - A window of opportunity is coming our way
Set 15 - I just feel I can’t stick it out
Set 16 - That isn’t in my job description
Set 17 - You certainly don’t look your age
Set 18 - Start over with a clean slate
Set 19 - Let’s make the most of it
Set 20 - Draw him out of his slumber
Set 21 - Peace and quiet is hard to come by
Set 22 - I never felt an ounce of remorse
Set 23 - Trapped in the comparison game
Set 24 - The directors will have the last say
Set 25 - I got the message across
Set 26 - Why are you up in arms about anything I do?
Set 27 - Willing to make sacrifices
Set 28 - Communication is the name of the game
Set 29 - We can join forces and put together a team
Set 30 - the determination to step up in tough situations
Set 31 - a blurred distinction will undermine your paper
Set 32 - Things can easily slip your mind
Set 33 - we still have a long way to go
Set 34 - the added bonus of educating your staff
Set 35 - none could talk him out of this plan
Set 36 - The last thing I need is to be marked down
Set 38 - you would be okay with breaking even?
Set 39 - We just came out smelling like a rose
Set 40 - Who likes sucking up?
Set 41 - being self-sufficient is a perfect recipe for the poverty-stricken
Set 42 - grew up on the wrong side of the track
Set 43 - our life dramatically took a turn for the worse
Set 44 - Don’t make much of it
Set 45 - You don’t have to shower me with your wise remarks
Set 46 - I won’t trade you for the world
Set 47 - I’m damned if I do, damned if I don’t
Set 48 - firing on all cylinders
Set 49 - I always pack light for the beach
Set 50 - She looked so composed and surefooted
Set 51 - let go and wipe the slate clean
Set 52 - All my troubles and concerns faded away
Set 53 - Why are you sweating it out?
Set 54 - I managed to carve a niche for myself
Set 55 - It’s a quite daunting task to narrow the list down
Set 56 - He’s doing a job swap with his opposite number
Set 57 - It’s literally backbreaking!
Set 58 - It’s a foregone conclusion
Set 59 - Your attention occasionally wanders in class
Set 60 - It was a really nice gesture
Set 61 - Politicians are clearly cut from the same cloth
Set 62 - leisurewear about to hit the high street
Set 63 - They are making commuters’ lives a misery
Set 64 - who is left to carry on the legacy?
Set 65 - you’ll be up and about in a few days
Set 66 - drags the novel’s name through the mud
Set 67 - Some will be prepared to cut through the red tape for you
Set 68 - Renewable energy can make the difference
Set 69 - credibility can be established through word-of-mouth
Set 70 - I’m considering supplementing my income
Set 71 - you don’t have a care in the world
Set 73 - Take the sting out of our adversities
Set 74 - rewind the tape of your memory
Set 75 - in the grip of the fear of the unknown
Set 76 - I still haven’t found my calling
Set 77 - Qualifications are the game changer
Set 78 - criminals are constantly improvising new techniques
Set 79 - my heart leapt when I heard the announcement
Set 80 - let me frame the question differently
Set 81 - Yeah, that would be a good happy medium
Set 82 - known for thinking outside the box
Set 83 - I’m kind of at a loose end
Set 84 - Could you expand on that a little?
Set 85 - they can find a better way to air their grievances
Set 86 - It does pay dividends in the long run
Set 87 - people are so self-absorbed
Set 88 - Could you stop fiddling with your phone, please?
Set 89 - I’d love to set a new benchmark for craftsmen