Some common idiomatic expressions: He let the cat out of the bag (accidentally told a secret)
The expression is found in John Lateys 1878 English translation: Ah! Monsieur Jackal, you were right when you said, Seek the woman
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“Hi Tom,
Unlike those lists, the phrases and expressions in this tool, and those in the equivalent list in other languages, are based on the ‘reference level descriptions’ used in language teaching
Aliens could land outside her café, and she wouldn’t look surprised
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
The collection includes idioms, slang terms, phrasal verbs, proverbs, clichés, regionalisms, colloquialisms, expressions, sayings, abbreviations, and more
Although you may not need to use Latin phrases yourself, its useful to recognise them when you come
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