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– I give you my promise
* _______ that I will be there at 10 a.m. to help you with the
presentation.
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– a phrase used to mean that it is too late to
ask for something now; you should have asked for it earlier
* The time to ask for a day off this week was last week when I was making up the
schedule.
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– a phrase used when someone expect one thing but gets
something else; to wonder about something that is mysterious or unclear and
then to find out what it is
* We thought that there was a dangerous animal trapped under the car, but it
_______ a cat.
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– to watch someone very closely, usually
making the person being watched uncomfortable
* Stop breathing down my neck! I’ll finish cooking dinner faster if you stop
bothering me.
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– to take the blame for something
* Even though all four of the kids were responsible for breaking the window,
Lionel took the heat.