neck and neck

(neck and neck (with somebody 

if two competitors or groups are neck and neck in a competition or race, they are level with each other 

Opinion polls show the two main parties are running neck and neck 

read a book

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader  

If you can read this, thank a teacher

have a heart

have a  

used to tell someone not to be too strict or unkind - used humorously

be in good heart

be in good   

 

    to feel happy and confident======= 

The team are in good heart and ready for the season's matches

folding

 foldaway= folding   

 a folding bicycle, bed, chair etc has parts that you can bend or fold together to make it easier to carry or store

live coals

live coals 

 pieces of coal that are burning

turban

turban 

 a long piece of cloth that you wind tightly round your head, worn by men in parts of North Africa and Southern Asia and sometimes by women as a fashion

a book

 When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life 

bowling

bowling

 an indoor game in which you roll a large heavy ball along a wooden track in order to knock down a group of pins

fire extinguisher

fire extinguisher 

 a metal container with water or chemicals in it, used for stopping small fires

like a lamb to the slaughter

like a lamb to the slaughter 

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used when someone is going to do something dangerous, but they do not realize it or have no choice 

Police Collocations

Police Collocations

• search warrant
• crime scene
• riot police
• roadblock
• spike belt
• undercover police
• forensic investigation
• homicide detective
• without resistance
• composite sketch

slip one's mind

slip one's  mind =go (right/clean) out of somebody's mind 

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something goes out of your mind, you forget it, especially because you are very busy 

I'm sorry. So much has been happening, it went clean out of my mind
I 

t had completely slipped her mind that Dave still had a key to the house

eating her words

I knew when Sandra told the lie that she would be eating her words later 

eating her words ==admitting to her untrue claims

is out to lunch

 Everyone knows that our math teacher is out to lunch

 is out to lunch==behaves in a crazy manner

compost

 compost 

a mixture of decayed plants, leaves etc used to improve the quality of soil

black sheep

black sheep 

someone who is regarded by other members of their family or group as a failure or embarrassment 

Amy's always been the black sheep of the family 

tow

 tow  

to pull a vehicle or ship along behind another vehicle, using a rope or chain 

 Our car had been towed away 

The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention 

a ladder in my tights

a ladder in my tights  

a long thin hole in stockings or tights where some stitches have broken = run American English