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Modern day

Example

Slavery is not just a scourge of the past. Baffling data tell us that is a very common practice in modern days

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Take full advantage - to get the most

Example
Getting the most out of your email campaigns marketing
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To give birth

Example
My sister gave birth to her second child
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What the future holds

Example

Economic woe, pollution who knows what the future holds

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Screw up one's courage

Example
he screwed up his courage and faced his serious working troubles
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Strike it rich

Example

She has ordered a one-off that she could not afford, she struck it rich!

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To get into the swings of things

Example

The new assistent is very switched on,in fact she has got into full of swings very quickly

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Even Homer sometimes nods

Example
I was sure to win, but Messi missed the penalty, I know even Homer sometimes nods
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Just in case

Example
Thanks to lend me your car, I will use it just in case of necessity
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Out in the sticks

Example

Diana and her family have changed their life now they live out in the sticks

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To be all for something - I am all for it

Example

Would not you like to go to theater? I am all for it

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To trip someone up

Example
Every time you try to do something they trip you up
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Pour scorn on

Example
Greeks pour scorn on bailout poll plan
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It's not written in stone

Example

Regulation has to be changed, it is old and it is not written in stone

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In the chips

Example

He has  been doing nothing for years, it means he is in the chips

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