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painful to the touch; tender.

sore

She's got a sore leg
a meal made of fried foods (fried egg, mushrooms, bacon etc.)

a fry-up (n, informal)
you're very annoying [idiom]

you're a pain in the neck
I don't have any money. [idiom]

I'm so broke/I'm flat broke.
You should try to spend less.

You need to tighten your belt.
He's got a lot of money. [idiom]

He's flush (with cash).
to spent a lot of money on sth

to splash out on sth

We really splashed out on our new car.
to be very expensive [idiom]

to cost (somebody) an arm and a leg (informal)

These opera tickets cost us an arm and a leg!
not expensive (adj.)

dirt cheap
very cheaply

for a song

I got this new top for a song.
a situation in which you are charged much more for something than you think you should have to pay

a daylight robbery

The cost of renting a car at that place is daylight robbery.
There is a condition (usually something difficult or unpleasant).

There's a catch.
to mix the dough

to knead
to read using your voice

to read aloud
to study, especially with concentrated effort [idiom]

yo hit the books (informal)
someone with a very detailed knowledge of films

a film buff
hidden but ready to be used [idiom]

I still have a few tricks up my sleeve.
it's easy to realise that someone has a secret, simply by looking at that person's face.

It is written all over your face
a proverb used to warn against being too curious lest one come to harm.

Curiosity killed the cat
to disclose a secret [idiom]

to spill the beans

So who spilt the beans about her affair with David?
to keep sth as a secret or in confidence

Keep this information under your hat.
to do (or be permitted to do) something that's not normally allowed [idiom]

to bend the rules

We don't usually let students take books home, but I'll bend the rules this time.

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Updated

2012-10-04T18:56:52Z

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