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IDIOMS

IDIOMS. American expressions. Health and exercises. Work out Put on weight Lay off Work off Be in shape Cool down Catch one’s breath Be on a diet Build up Warm up. Active lifestyle. Early bird Night owl Live it up Live in the fast lane Night on the town Bed down Hit the sack

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IDIOMS

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  1. IDIOMS American expressions

  2. Health and exercises • Work out • Put on weight • Lay off • Work off • Be in shape • Cool down • Catch one’s breath • Be on a diet • Build up • Warm up

  3. Active lifestyle • Early bird • Night owl • Live it up • Live in the fast lane • Night on the town • Bed down • Hit the sack • Make out • Throw a party • Party animal

  4. Clothing • Go with • Put on • Dress up • Get dressed • Take off/ strip off • Wear out • Grow out off • Try on • Bundle up

  5. On the JOB • Do for a living • Make a living • White collar • Put in • Clock in • Get off • Call it a day • Close up • Graveyard shift

  6. Budget and Cost • Be broke • Get by • Cut corners • Do without • Come to • Pick up the tab • For a song, be a steal • Cost and arm and a leg • Be a rip-0ff

  7. Illness and disease • Be under the weather… • Be run down… • Feel out of it… • Catch a cold, flu… • Go around… • Take a turn for the worse… • Get a checkup… • Be laid up… • Get over…

  8. The Weather • Cool down, cool off.. The report says that will cool off tonight • Heat up… the class heat up with 35 degrees • Rain cats and dogs… its raining cant and dogs right now, its terrible! • Run off… it rained that the water run off the hills and flooded the city • Cold spell, cold snap… on November we will have a cold spell • Roll in… the cloud rolled in suddenly and dropped two inches of rain • Die down… finally the rain die down • Clear up… it was cloudy, but now the sky is clear up • Dry up… some lakes dry up because of the sun.

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