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Explore problems and solutions with eight useful expressions, including sort out, break down, give up. Read the meanings and examples, then use the language in eight B1 discussion questions.
Explore negotiation and influence with eight useful expressions, including sound someone out, win someone over, hold out for. Read the meanings and examples, then use the language in eight C1 discussion questions.
Explore evidence and belief with eight useful expressions, including take something at face value, read between the lines, add up. Read the meanings and examples, then use the language in eight C1 discussion questions.
Explore change and resilience with eight useful expressions, including come to terms with, ride out, bounce back. Read the meanings and examples, then use the language in eight C1 discussion questions.
Explore reputation and relationships with eight useful expressions, including live up to, rub someone up the wrong way, give someone the benefit of the doubt. Read the meanings and examples, then use the language in eight C1 discussion questions.
Explore work and resources with eight useful expressions, including take stock of, scale back, phase out. Read the meanings and examples, then use the language in eight C1 discussion questions.
Explore rhetoric and evasion with eight useful expressions, including hedge your bets, split hairs, gloss over. Read the meanings and examples, then use the language in eight C2 discussion questions.
Explore strategy and leverage with eight useful expressions, including play your cards close to your chest, steal a march on, throw down the gauntlet. Read the meanings and examples, then use the language in eight C2 discussion questions.
Explore constraints and consequences with eight useful expressions, including a double-edged sword, a poisoned chalice, a law of diminishing returns. Read the meanings and examples, then use the language in eight C2 discussion questions.
Explore alliances and conflict with eight useful expressions, including close ranks, break ranks, paper over the cracks. Read the meanings and examples, then use the language in eight C2 discussion questions.
Explore uncertainty and judgement with eight useful expressions, including suspend judgement, on a knife edge, in the balance. Read the meanings and examples, then use the language in eight C2 discussion questions.
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