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4 stir things up
cause a stir (cause great excitement or anger among everyone)
stir yourself (move yourself, get up, get moving)
stir-fry (vegetables, meat, etc. fried very quickly on a fierce heat)

1 take a back seat 5 a muddle
2 stir things up 6 up and take notice
3 light at the end of the tunnel 7 grasp of
4 the bottom of things 8 by the horns; under the carpet

1 go back to the beginning again
2 a compromise
3 in great suspense
4 are found together and in the same place and connected to one another
5 behave yourself / follow the rules

Possible questions:
1 Are you still quarrelling all the time with Mabel?
2 Has the new job been a success?
3 Should I ring Maurice? Or send him a little gift, perhaps?

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Suggested rewrites:
1 The hotel we were staying in was out of this world.
2 Joe is head and shoulders above the other kids when it comes to doing hard sums.
3 This restaurant knocks spots off all the other restaurants in town.
4 You're streets ahead of me in understanding all this new technology; I'm impressed.
1 to think you are the cat's whiskers 3 a dog's breakfast
2 to have green fingers 4 to be on the ball

Suggested answers:
1 She was dressed up like a dog's dinner.
2 Penny thinks she's the cat's whiskerdthe bee's knees. (these two are synonyms)
3 She's a dab-hand at DIY; just look at those bookshelves she made.
4 He has the gift of the gab.
5 Mick has a way with the secretaries; just look at how they react when he wants something
done.
6 He wants a new office, a secretary and a new computer. But compared to what Geoff wants,
he wants jam on it!
7 She said I was the best boss they'd ever had. It was obvious she was buttering me up. I wonder
what she wants?
8 He often runs down his school.
9 She always picks holes in everything I say.

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