We hit it off straightaway.

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Idioms, Collocations

	First impressions
1.	We hit it off straightaway.
2.	We got off on the wrong foot.
3.	I took an instant dislike to her.
4.	I took to him straightaway.
5.	She made quite an impression on me.
6.	We just clicked.
7.	We got on like a house on fire.
8.	He’s just not my type of person.
9.	We’re not on the same wavelength.
10.	I warmed to him straightaway.
11.	There was something a bit funny about her.
12.	I couldn’t quite figure him out.
	Idioms and collocations Innovations WB Unit 2 p.5-6
13.	to breathe down sb’s neck
14.	to talk behind sb’s back
15.	to keep a straight face
16.	to bite sb’s head off
17.	to get things off one’s chest
18.	to vent one’s frustrations
19.	to eye sb up and down
20.	It was just the last straw.
	Work idioms, Collocations Innovations CB p.14-15 + Listening Tapescript p. 146
21.	to have a lot on one’s plate
22.	a real slave-driver
23.	I’m still finding my feet.
24.	to throw sb in at the deep end
25.	I’m totally out of my depth.
26.	She’s not pulling her weight.
27.	I don’t want to rock the boat.
28.	She is supposed to be showing me the ropes.
29.	She doesn’t mince her words.
30.	to climb the career ladder
31.	She’s stuck in her own way of doing things.
32.	to be the office dogsbody
33.	to sweat blood trying to do smth
34.	to catch sb on the wrong day
35.	to let off a bit of steam
	Every office has one… Activity
36.	bully
37.	weirdo
38.	doormat
39.	man-eater
40.	loose cannon
41.	casanova
42.	clock-watcher
43.	drama queen
44.	hypochondriac
45.	comedian
46.	back-stabber
47.	gossip
48.	nervous wreck
49.	egomaniac
50.	computer whizz kid
	Idioms and collocations Unit 3 CB and WB
51.	to lazy around
52.	to hit the town
53.	to stay off the beaten track
54.	to live/come up to one’s expectations
55.	to enter into peace talks
56.	to bow to public pressure

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