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1. Those kids will be the __________ of me.
The play got terrible reviews and quickly died a __________.
That joke's been done to __________.
2. They couldn’t prove it, but he was almost certainly a __________ agent.
They only have one room left: you'll have to __________ up with Peter.
She deserves credit for serving __________ duty as a host and performer.
3. She was tempted to __________ his bluff, hardly able to believe he’d carry out his threat.
After forty years in politics, I think it's time for me to __________ it a day.
She couldn't __________ to mind where she had seen him before.
4. Sometimes I feel I'm losing my __________.
Venezuela is a country in the __________ of recession.
I have to take a __________ on myself, he told himself firmly.
5. When his career ended, he became a __________ of his former self.
The new market is in the __________ of the City Hall.
A younger son often lives in the __________ of his elder brother.
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1. Those kids will be the ___death_______ of me.
The play got terrible reviews and quickly died a ____death______.
That joke's been done to ___death_______.

• Be the death of sb: to worry or upset somebody very much
• Die a/ the death: to fail completely
• Do sth to death: to do or perform something so often that people become tired of seeing or hearing it

2. They couldn’t prove it, but he was almost certainly a ____double______ agent.
They only have one room left: you'll have to _____double_____ up with Peter.
She deserves credit for serving ___double_______ duty as a host and performer.

• Double agent: an agent who pretends to act as a spy for one country or organization while in fact acting on behalf of an enemy.
• Double up (with sb)/(on sth): to form a pair in order to do something or to share something
• Do/pull/serve double duty(as sth): to perform two roles or functions at the same time

3. She was tempted to ______call____ his bluff, hardly able to believe he’d carry out his threat.
After forty years in politics, I think it's time for me to ___call_______ it a day.
She couldn't _____call_____ to mind where she had seen him before.

• Call one's bluff: to tell somebody to do what they are threatening to do, because you believe that they will not be cruel or brave enough to do it
• Call it a day: to decide or agree to stop doing something
• Bring/call sth/sb to mind: - to remember somebody/something

-to remind you of somebody/something

4. Sometimes I feel I'm losing my __grip________.
Venezuela is a country in the ____grip______ of recession.
I have to take a ____grip______ on myself, he told himself firmly.

• Lose one's grip: to become unable to understand or control a situation
• In the grip of sth: experiencing something unpleasant that cannot be stopped
• Get/take the grip (on yourself): to improve your behaviour or control your emotions after being afraid, upset or angry

5. When his career ended, he became a ___shadow_______ of his former self.
The new market is in the ____shadow______ of the City Hall.
A younger son often lives in the _____shadow_____ of his elder brother.

• Be a shadow/ghost of your former self: to not have the strength, influence, etc. that you used to have
• In/under the shadow of : very close to
• when you say that somebody is in/under the shadow of another person, you mean that they do not receive as much attention as that person

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