Collocations, Idioms, and Linking words

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Definition

Dog-eat-dog world

a very competitive world

Green with envy

jealous

Hit the books

to study seriously

Stop fooling around

to stop wasting time and get to the point

As sharp as a tack

intelligent, very smart

Get your act together

to organize yourself and your activities in a more effective way in order to achieve something

From scratch

from nothing

Burn the candle at both ends

to become very tired by trying to do too many things and going to bed late and getting up early

Work like a dog

to work very hard

More often than not

often

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