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A piece of cake a thing that is very easy to do

A bed of roses an easy and pleasant situation

Against the clock if you do something against the clock, you do it fast
in order to finish before a particular time

Know your stuff to know a lot about a particular subject or job

You can’t make an omelette you cannot achieve something important without
without breaking eggs causing a few small problems

Nothing succeeds like when you are successful in one area of your life, it

success often leads to success in other areas

Spill the beans to tell somebody something that should be kept
secret or private

Learn your lesson to learn what to do or not to do in the future because

you have had a bad experience in the past

Save the day/situation to prevent failure or defeat, when this seems certain
to happen

School of thought a way of thinking that a number of people share

Two heads are better than used to say that two people can achieve more than
one one person working alone

E. Collective Nouns

1. an army of soldiers 2. a bale of cotton

3. a bevy of girls 4. a bunch of keys

5. a bundle of sticks 6. a chain of hills

7. a class of students 8. a clump of trees
9. a cluster of stars 10. a crowd of people

11. a fleet of ships 12. a flight of birds

13. a flock of sheep 14. a gaggle of geese

15. a gang of thieves 16. a herd of cattle

17. a pack of wolves 18. a set of tools
19. a litter of pups 20. a stud of horses

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