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call it a day
phrase
B2
To stop working for the day, or to end something for good.
call off
phrase
B2
To decide a planned event will not happen.
call out
phrase
B1
2 meanings
To shout in order to be heard.
can't complain
phrase
B2
A cheerful way of saying life is going well enough.
cancel out
phrase
B2
To have an opposite effect that leaves nothing gained.
carry out
/ˈkæ.ɹi aʊt/
phrase
B2
To actually do a plan, order, or experiment.
carry out research
phrase
B2
To do systematic study of a subject.
catch a glimpse
phrase
B2
To see something for only a moment.
catch on
/kæt͡ʃ ˈɒn/
phrase
B2
2 meanings
To come to understand something.
catch sight of
phrase
B2
To see something briefly and unexpectedly.
catch somebody's eye
phrase
B2
To attract somebody's notice.
centre around
phrase
B2
To have as its main subject.
child's play
/ˈt͡ʃaɪldz ˌpleɪ/
phrase
B2
So simple that anyone could manage it.
chip in
phrase
B2
To contribute money or a remark.
clear the air
phrase
B2
To talk openly and remove bad feeling.
click and collect
/klɪk ənd kəˈlɛkt/
phrase
B2
Ordering online and picking the goods up in person.
click your fingers
phrase
B2
To snap the fingers to make a sharp sound.
clock in
phrase
B2
To register your arrival at work.
cold feet
phrase
B2
Sudden fear just before a big step, like a wedding.
come about
phrase
B2
To happen — used when asking how something started.
come across
phrase
B2
2 meanings
To find something by chance.
come back
phrase
A2
2 meanings
To return to a place.
come between
phrase
B2
To damage the bond between two people.
come by
phrase
B2
2 meanings
To obtain or acquire something.
come clean
phrase
B2
To admit the truth at last.
come down with
phrase
B2
To start suffering from an illness.
come off it
phrase
B2
A blunt way of telling somebody not to be ridiculous.
come out with
phrase
B2
To say something surprising without warning.
come over
phrase
B1
2 meanings
To visit someone's home.
come rain or shine
phrase
B2
Whatever happens, without fail.
come to an agreement
phrase
B2
To settle on terms both sides accept.
come to think of it
phrase
B2
Said when a new thought strikes you mid-sentence.
come up with
phrase
B2
To produce an idea, plan or solution.
common ground
phrase
B2
The part of a disagreement both sides can accept.
concrete jungle
phrase
B2
A city of hard buildings with nothing green in it.
conduct a survey
phrase
B2
To carry out a study of what people think.
conveyor belt
phrase
B2
A moving loop that carries things along.
convince yourself
phrase
B2
To talk yourself into believing something.
cost an arm and a leg
phrase
B2
To be terribly expensive.
cost the earth
phrase
B2
To be outrageously expensive.
couch potato
/ˈkaʊtʃ pəˌteɪtəʊ/
phrase
B2
A person who lies on the sofa watching TV all day.
count on
/kaʊntʌn/
phrase
B2
To rely on someone or something with confidence.
crack down on
phrase
B2
To start dealing with something far more strictly.
creep up on
phrase
B2
To approach unnoticed, as age or a deadline does.
crop up
phrase
B2
To appear unexpectedly.
cross your mind
phrase
B2
For a thought to pass through briefly.
cry over spilled milk
phrase
B2
To waste sadness on a small mistake already made.
cut back
phrase
B2
To reduce the amount of something.
cut it out
phrase
B2
What you snap at someone to make them stop annoying you.
cut off
/ˌkʌt ˈɔf/ [ˌkɐɾ ˈɔf]
phrase
B2
To separate or disconnect — a phone line, power, or a village by snow.
cut your losses
phrase
B2
To stop before a bad situation gets worse.