1.talk sb into doing
Our tour guide talked us into trying the traditional chocolate with peppers, and my mum tried some.（2026杭州二模）
2.be sb’s strong suit
Growing up, I avoided team sports at all costs. Athleticism just isn’t my strongsuit.（2026重庆巴蜀中学二模）
3.lay sth bare
Yet that same year laid bare the lack of comprehensive national standards, sparking calls for clearer definitions and tighter oversight.（2026温州一模）
4.at a loose end
So it’s hardly surprising that once it’s over, many exchange students feel at a loose end.（2026苏北七市二模）
5.wrap up well
Although you won’t feel very cold, the site is quite exposed, so it’s a good idea to wrap up well when you’re watching.（2027安徽江南十校高三联考）
6.make a comeback
While tigers have faced a population decline due to human activity, the big cats in India have made a dramatic comeback, the BBC reports.（2027安徽江南十校高三联考）
7.baby steps
Taking baby steps is the way to successfully build your stack.（2027安徽江南十校高三联考）
8.on their own terms
For Yang, that perception gap was precisely why the project mattered—to create a stage for people from his hometown to be seen on their own terms.（2027安徽江南十校高三联考）
9.food for thought
W: Has it inspired you to pursue a career in law?
M: It’s certainly given me food for thought.（2027四川成都七中高三开学考）
10.be blown away by
As a music enthusiast, I have been blown away by the talent here in Beijing and would like to invite you to spend a few months in Liverpool as part of a student exchange program.（2027四川成都七中高三开学考）
11.no small order
It was no small order: as well as a certificate in advanced stage fighting, she would need a black belt in karate（空手道）and skill in fencing, a sport she’d never tried before.（2027四川成都七中高三开学考）
12.rise to the challenge
But she rose to the challenge and finally successfully became one of only two women on the official register.（2027四川成都七中高三开学考）
13.smoke and mirrors
Of course, a stage fight is just smoke and mirrors.（2027四川成都七中高三开学考）
14.give sb a hard time
In the rehearsal room, I can’t resist asking Kate how she thinks she would do in a real fight. Would she give her attacker a hard time?（2027四川成都七中高三开学考）
15.come into play
This is where questioning techniques come into play in reading instruction.（2027四川成都七中高三开学考）
16.read between the lines
There are easy literal questions that ask for information directly from the text and also inferential and evaluative questions that require readers to read between the lines.（2027四川成都七中高三开学考）
17.anything but ordinary
Joyce’s style was anything but ordinary, with each episode of the novel having a distinctive experimental approach.（2027浙江强基联盟一模）
18.be grounded in
Wang said what matters most is that AI applications must be grounded in historical accuracy.（2027浙江强基联盟一模）
19.plant oneself
We hadn’t walked 100 yards together when Dell planted himself in front of me.（2027浙江强基联盟一模）
20.push all my buttons
My five-year-old had been pushing all my buttons for weeks. He was easily annoyed and unwilling to follow the simplest requests. （2027温州十校一模）
21.a light bulb went off
I dove right in, and when I read the section about spending special time with kids, a light bulb went off.（2027温州十校一模）
22.give it a shot
I didn’t know if having special time with my son was going to bring harmony back to our relationship, but I was eager to give it a shot.（2027温州十校一模）
23.capture the big picture
The results suggest that simulations “capture the big picture, but they’re missing a lot of the detail,” Shirani says.（2027温州十校一模）
24.rules of thumb
Here are a few rules of thumb to downsize stuff.（2027温州十校一模）
25.a big deal
In those days, a broken window was a big deal, and I was close to miserable.（2027山东济宁第一中学一模）
26.out of the blue
“Telling the truth is always easier,” he said out of the blue.（2027山东济宁第一中学一模）
27.take hold
Just a few decades later, drought took hold, a situation that still exists today, with the island receiving rain only about 16 days per year, totalling below 150 millimetres.（2027山东济宁第一中学一模）
28.be hard on sb
While it’s important to stick to these habits, don’t be too hard on yourself if you occasionally break the routine.（2027山东济宁第一中学一模）
29.roll out
They are now urging policymakers to roll out tools like Mirror Talkers nationally. （2027河南开封名校联考模拟）
30.cast its spell on
Acting had cast its spell on me. （2027河南开封名校联考模拟）
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