Castles in the air - daydreaming about success ()
Catch one's eye - attract attention
Catch one's breath - stop and rest
Catch someone off guard - catch someone unprepared
Catch someone red-handed - find smb. in the act of doing wrong ,
catch up - become not behind
Close call - a narrow escape, a bad thing that almost happened - ,
Come across - meet by chance
Come down with - become ill -
Come to one's senses - start acting reasonably, intelligently ,
Come true - become reality
Come up with suggest
Count on - depend on
Cut corners - to take a short-cut; to limit one's spending ;
Cut down on reduce
Cut out to be /cut out for it - have the ability to do something -
Do one's best - try very hard ,
Do one's bit - do what's needed
Do over - do again
Do someone good - be good for
Do something behind one's back - do (harmful) things secretivel y ()
Do without - live without
Down to earth practical
draw the line - fix a limit ()
Dress up - put on the best clothes
drop off - deliver somewhere ,
Drop out - quit (school)
Duty calls - must fulfill obligations
Easier said than done - ,
Eat one's words - take back words
Even so - nevertheless, but
Every now and then occasionally -
Every other - every second one
Fall behind - lag behind
Fall in love - begin to love
Fall out of love - stop loving
False alarm - untrue rumor
A far cry from something - very different, almost opposite (neg.) ,
feel it in one's bones - expect something bad to happen ,
Feel like doing something - want to do, be inclined to do smth. -
Feel up to - be able to do
Few and far between - rare, scarce
Find fault with criticize
Find out - learn or discover ,
Firsthand - directly from the source ,
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First things first - important things come before others
fly off the handle - get angry ()
Follow in someone's footsteps - do the same thing - ,
Foot in the door - a special opportunity for a job
Foot the bill - pay the bill
For good forever
for the time being - at this time
Frame of mind - mental state
From A to Z completely
From now on - now and in the future
Get a grip on oneself - take control of one's feelings
Get along with - have good relations ,
Get away with - not be caught after doing wrong
Get carried away - get too excited and enthusiastic about something -
Get cold feet - be afraid to do
get even with - have one's revenge -
Get in touch with contact -
Get lost - lose one's way
Get lost! - Lay off! !
Get mixed up - get confused
Get off one's back - leave alone -
