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URBAN JUNGLE 8

IDIOMS WITH BURN

BURN A HOLE IN YOUR POCKET: have money that you want to spend

BURN THE MIDNIGHT OIL: work late into the night

GET YOUR FINGERS BURNED/BURNT : have something go wrong

FIDDLING WHILE ROME BURNS : o!using on something trivial during a

!risis

HAVE MONEY TO BURN: have lots o money

BURN YOUR BRIDGES: take a!tion whi!h you !annot reverse

PHRASES WITH PLACE

"uring the estival# there are lot o events TAKING PLACE in the !ity

 $ra%! restri!tions have &een IN PLACE or several months in order to

redu!e pollution 'instaurada# puesta en pr(!ti!a)

* elt really OUT OF PLACE at the party

+eep your ,ngers on the line you are reading# then you won-t LOSE YOUR

PLACE

.ill you SAVE ME A PLACE in the /ueue0

* you will kindly TAKE YOUR PLACES, ladies and gentleman# dinner is

ready

1an * CHANGE PLACES WITH you so * !an get a &etter view0

* am starting to understand# everything is &eginning to FALL INTO PLACE

2ere# 3ust HOLD the wood IN PLACE and * will s!rew it in

4ar!ie TAKE THE PLACE OF 5usan# who-s ill

 $his is NO PLACE FOR a !hild

2e got A PLACE IN HISTORY 

2e is really mean &ut his HEART IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE

* really need to leave my parent-s home6 * want A PLACE OF MY OWN

Ra!ism HAS NO PLACE IN oot&all

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*N7ER5*N 5EN$EN1E5

The minute the mayor walked into her ofce, the phone started ringing

NO SOONER HAD the ma!" WALKED #$t! he" !%&e THAN the 'h!$eSTARTED RINGING

The trafc ground to a halt just ater they joined the reeway 

SCARCELY HAD the (OINED the )"ee*a WHEN the t"a%& +"!$- t!

ha.t

These are by ar and away the most imaginative proposals the city has ever

received

NEVER BEFORE HAS the &#t RECEIVED &h #ma+#$at#0e '"!'!a.

Government investment in public transport is oten not remotely adequate

SELDOM IS G!0e"$me$t #$0etme$t #$ '1.#& t"a$'!"t "em!te.

a-e2ate

The new transport network had not long been open when a number o

similar schemes were announced in cities around the city 

HARDLY HAD the $e* t"a$'!"t $et*!"3 BEEN !'e$ WHEN a

$m1e" !) #m#.a" &heme *e"e a$$!$&e- #$ &#t#e a"!$-

The only other time I have seen such deprivation was in sums that are now

demolished

ONLY ONCE HAVE I SEEN &h -e'"#0at#!$ a$- that *a #$ .m

that a"e $!* -em!.#he-

It is very difcult or town centre redevelopments to achieve a balance

between old and new

RARELY DO t!*$ &e$t"e "e-e0e.!'me$t a&h#e0e a 1a.a$&e 1et*ee$

!.- a$- $e*

 Ater the minister had nished his tour o inspection, he made his

 pronouncement 

ONLY AFTER HAD the m#$#te" FINISHED h# t!" #$'e&t#!$ DID he

MAKE h# '"!$!$&eme$t

That  week # the train was late every day e!cept or "riday 

ONLY !$&e DID the t"a#$ "$ .ate !$ t#me th# *ee3 a$- that *a

F"#-a

#hortly ater #ue and $rian met, he announced they were getting married

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SCARCELY HAD B"#a$ a$- Se met *he$ he a$$!$&e- the *e"e

+ett#$+ ma""#e-

%ou are not staying late tonight&

UNDER NO CIRCUNSTANCES ARE ! ta !t .ate t!$#+ht4

The demand or tickets is so high that the play has been e!tended by a

month

SO HIGH HAS the -ema$- )!" the t#&3et BEEN that the '.a ha

1ee$ e5te$-e- 1 a m!$th