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Choose the best idiom or phrase to complete the sentence:
I want to settle the issue _____.
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- once and for all
In the sentence Oh my God! What a big chair., how is Oh my God! used?
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- interjectional phrase
In the sentence Fie! You can tell a lie., how is Fie! used?
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- interjection
What does the idiom or phrase took to heart mean?
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- was deeply affected
What does the idiom or phrase heart in the right place mean?
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- means well and is kindly or sympathetic
What does the phrase coming to the front mean?
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- attaining prominence
What does the idiom or phrase gall and wormwood mean?
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- hateful
What does the idiom or phrase thrown out of gear mean?
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- disturbed the working of
What does the phrase went home mean in idiomatic use?
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- deeply appealed to
What does the idiom or phrase coining money mean?
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- making money very rapidly
What does the phrase in character mean?
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- in keeping
What does the idiom or phrase in someone's good books mean?
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- in favor with someone
What does the idiom or phrase in his bad books mean?
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- out of favor with him
What does the idiom or phrase quite at sea mean?
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- perplexed and at a loss about what to do
What does the idiom or phrase stand in one's own light mean?
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- act against one's own interests and hinder one's own advancement
What does the idiom or phrase put one's foot in it mean?
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- to blunder or get into a scrape
What does the idiom or phrase foot the bill mean?
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- pay for it
What does the phrase changed hands mean?
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- became someone else's property
What does the phrase by long odds mean?
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- most decidedly
What does the idiom or phrase take to one's heels mean?
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- ran off