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i know the feeling
phrase
B2
A sympathetic way of saying you have been there.
i see what you mean
phrase
B1
Showing that you now follow the argument.
i should get going
phrase
B1
A soft announcement that you are leaving.
i take your point
phrase
C1
Accepting an argument even while disagreeing.
i'd better be off
phrase
B2
A gentle way of saying you must leave.
ice cold
phrase
A2
Chilled almost to freezing.
ice cream
/ˌaɪsˈkɹiːm/
phrase
A1
A sweet frozen food made from cream or milk.
if i may
phrase
C1
A courteous way of asking permission to speak.
if you ask me
phrase
B2
Introducing an opinion nobody actually asked for.
if you insist
phrase
B2
A soft agreement given after being pressed.
in a circle
phrase
A2
Arranged around in a ring.
in a minute
phrase
A2
Very soon, but not right now.
in a nutshell
phrase
B2
Summed up in the fewest possible words.
in a row
phrase
A2
Arranged in one straight line.
in advance
phrase
B1
Before the event or time concerned.
in donkey's years
phrase
C1
In a very long time indeed.
in front of
phrase
A1
2 meanings
Positioned ahead of or facing something.
in hindsight
phrase
C1
Looking back with the knowledge you have now.
in hot water
phrase
B2
In serious trouble.
in principle
phrase
B2
True in theory, whatever happens in practice.
in somebody's good books
phrase
B2
In favour with somebody at the moment.
in the black
phrase
C1
Having money left over rather than owing.
in the dark
/ɪn ðə dɑːk/
phrase
B2
Kept without the information you need.
in the end
phrase
B1
Finally, after everything that has happened.
in the meantime
phrase
B2
During the period until something else happens.
in the middle of nowhere
phrase
B1
Far from any town or anything at all.
in the nick of time
phrase
B2
At the very last possible moment.
in the red
phrase
C1
Owing money; overdrawn.
in the same boat
phrase
B2
Facing the very same difficult situation as the others.
in the sticks
phrase
C1
Out in the remote countryside, far from the city.
in transit
phrase
B2
On the way, and not yet delivered.
in your dreams
phrase
B2
A mocking way of dismissing somebody's hope.
inside out
/ˌɪnsaɪdˈaʊt/
phrase
B1
With the inner surface turned to the outside.
iron out
phrase
C1
To smooth away the last small problems.
issue forth
phrase
C2
To stream or pour outward from an opening, said in a formal, old-fashioned way.
it's not rocket science
phrase
B2
Said of something that is really not hard to understand.