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New vocabulary in use Give it the go-ahead Our irresolute boss weighted the pros in cons before giving the project the go-ahead. Burying someone's heads in the sand Instead of acting like a man you just burying your head in the sand. Face it up, buddy! She left you for another man. Quick fix solution Drinking alcohol when you feel stressed is a quick fix solution. It might relax you for a while but in the next morning, you will get the same problems and in addition a terrible hangover. Come up with Alex came up with an idea to open a shelter for stray dogs. Rule out The anatomical patologist who carried out the autopsy ruled out drowning as the cause of death. I didn't understand some phrases: Stick neck on the line, Sit on the fence. If you could give me some examples, I would be very grateful. I know that the sentences I wrote are kind of odd but I am trying to practice as many words as I learned from news articles. Thanks in advance for correcting them.

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New vocabulary in use

Give it the go-ahead

Our irresolute boss weighted the pros in and cons before giving the project the go-ahead.

Burying someone's heads in the sand

Instead of acting like a man, you just burying your head in the sand. Face it up, buddy! She left you for another man.

Quick-fix solution

Drinking alcohol when you feel stressed is a quick-fix solution. It might relax you for a while, but in the  next morning, you will get still have the same problems, and in addition, a terrible hangover.

Come up with

Alex came up with an idea to open a shelter for stray dogs.

Rule out

The anatomical pathologist who carried out the autopsy ruled out drowning as the cause of death.

I didn't understand some phrases: Stick neck on the line, Sit on the fence. If you could give me some examples, I would be very grateful. I know that the sentences I wrote are kind of odd but I am trying to practice as many words as I learned from news articles. Thanks in advance for correcting them.

The first idiom should probably be "stick your neck out", but could also be "put your neck on the line". Both of these mean to take a risk. To sit on the fence means to avoid making a decision or taking a side in an argument. 

John thought the project was a good idea, but he didn't want to stick his neck out and say so, in case his boss disagreed.

Has he decided which car to buy, or is he still sitting on the fence?






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