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Words & Expressions 1.tug He bent - tugging at the body. Vera leaned against him, helpi...

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Words & Expressions 1.farce The next move was a little like a scene in a farce. explana...

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Words & Expressions 1.take it in turns(take turns) They spent the morning on the cliffs...

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Words & Expressions 1.at a pinch At a pinch one could escape that way. explanation: use...

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Words & Expressions 1.brat Horrid whiny spoilt little brat! explanation: a badly behave...

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Words & Expressions 1. meticulously He had stripped to the skin and he and his room had...

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Words & Expressions 1.pantry Philip Lombard said: "We'll bring the stuff out to the pan...

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Words & Expressions 1.rake Miss Brent was raking out the stove. explanation: to move a ...

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Words & Expressions 1.in accordance with I have always acted in accordance with the dic...

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Words & Expressions 1. to the fore Mr. Owen's little arrangements again to the fore. ex...

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Words & Expressions 1.attic He had taken cocktails onto the terrace before lunch and ha...

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Words & Expressions 1.surrreptitiously And, surreptitiously, they watched each other. e...

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Words & Expressions 1.rule somebody/something out Lombard said: "Well, to my mind, Roge...

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Words & Expressions 1.hold out ...Stores are holding out... explanation: if a supply of...

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Words & Expressions 1.devoid of Everything was plain and straightforward, a modern stru...

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Words & Expressions 1.acquiesce Vera had acquiesced. explanation: formal to do what som...

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Words & Expressions 1.desultory General Macarthur and the judge had been pacing the ter...

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Words & Expressions 1.blunder Old Macarthur lost his nerve a bit, made some colossal bl...

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Words & Expressions 1.scrawl In MissBrent's letter, though the signature of the surname...

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Words & Expressions 1.splutter General Macarthur spluttered out:"What's going on here? ...