Unit 1 C1

• a bone of contention - a cause of disagreement or argument between ppl
• back to square one - go back to the beginning of a project,task...
• change for the better - to improve in a noticeably positive way
• chop & change - change ur mind or what ur doing over and over
• fly in the face of - to oppose smth that is usual or expected
• give rise to - to cause smth to happen
• be in sb's hands - smth in care / controlled by sb
• make great strides - to improve a way i which smth is developing
• make no bones about sth - to be brutaly honest
• move the goalposts - change agreements, conditions, rules so that situation becomes worse for the other party
• pull ur socks up - try to improve ur work behaviour
• turn the corner - to pass a very important point of ilness or difficult situation and begin to improve
• turn upside down - to cause large changes and confusion in life
• get under ur skin - to annoy
• skin deep - superficial
• turn around - be successful after being unsuccessful
• alter - to make sb/sth different
• evolve - to develop gradually
• progress - develop over period of time
• transform - to completly change
• restore - to repair
• enhance - to improve the quality, value, status
• substitute - to replace
• refine - to improve by adding small changes
• association - connection between ppl
• attachment - strong feeing of affection
• disaffection - no longer satisfird with what ur doing or where u belong
• exclusion - act of preventing sth/sb fron being a part of a group
• marginalization - making sb feel as if they're not important,powerless
• raport - friendly relationship
• rejection - act of refusing to accept,aproove,support
• segregation - separate ppl based on race, religion ...