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Matching Practice: Worksheet


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- damn (someone) with faint praise - - dark horse - - dawn on (someone) - - days are numbered, (someone’s/ something’s) - - dead to the world - - deal (someone) in/out - - diamond in the rough - - divide the spoils - - do an about-face - - do or die -




to give portions of the goods captured during a war to the winners of the war

to realize something that was perhaps already apparent to others

there is only a short time before something ends

an unpolished or unsophisticated person that has potential

a competitor who is little-known by most people but who is expected to win by someone more knowledgeable

to act out of necessity, even if the outcome
is unpleasant or to try one’s hardest despite the likelihood of failure

to change one’s behavior or mind abruptly and (often) apparently without reason

fast asleep

to criticize in such a way that one appears to be praising when in fact one is condemning or disapproving

to include someone in something, especially a card game