Collocations, Idioms, and Linking words

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Definition

Let nature take its course

to allow natural processes to happen, without trying to stop or change them (used especially in the context of illness)

Feeling under the weather

you feel slightly ill and not as well as usual

Feel like jelly (about legs or knees)

weak because you’re nervous

As a matter of fact

a fact

On the one hand

used to introduce different points of view, ideas, etc., especially when they are opposites. We use it with "On the other hand"

On the other hand

used to introduce different points of view, ideas, etc., especially when they are opposites. We use it with "On the one hand"

In other words

used to introduce an explanation of something

in a word

used for giving a very short, usually negative, answer or comment

Disposal of waste

the collection, processing, and recycling or deposition of the waste materials of human society

Throw the book at somebody

to punish somebody who has committed an offence as severely as possible

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