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Vocabulary: winning and losing (even more words!)
In lesson test , we could see that, nowadays, WINNING is what matters..."The end justifies the means"! (What a sad statement... ) In this lesson, we'll go a little further and study some expressions and vocabulary dealing with more VICTORIES and DEFEATSA! There are so many that I've had to reduce my choice...
I) You have WON=> SUCCESS...
In the bag | On the crest of the wave | Every dog has his day |
He made a killing | a (slam) dunk | The world at his feet... |
To be on the pig's back | leaps and bounds | To come a long way... |
He is a Top Dog | he's riding high | The sky's the limit |
A few more ...
To achieve something | To succeed in (+V+ing) |
An achievement | To be successful in (+V+ing) |
To manage to do something | To have success in |
He couldn't manage it | Crowned with success |
To be a success/ a hit/ a bestseller | Everything went right |
To be a hit | To be a bestseller |
He's flushed with success | A go-getter |
An achiever | Prosperous/ thriving/ flourishing |
To prosper/ to thrive/ to flourish | Prosperity |
A triumph | To triumph over |
Triumphant | Triumphal |
II) You can't always WIN, can you?
To be dead in the water | To blow up in your face | To lead to a dead-end/ a blind alley |
To be back to square one | To throw in the towel | To fall on one's sword |
... at low ebb | Fall on one's knees | To go on a fool's errand |
and other ones!
A failure | to fail in something |
To be unsuccessful in stg | to fail to do |
To be a failure | unsuccessful |
To be a flop | a fiasco/ a washout |
In vain/ to no avail | to go wrong |
There's something wrong = | = there's something amiss |
This should be enough to overcome the hurdles on your way, and especially, those of the coming test... Don't forget that a victory is still greater when it is collective! THE FORCE !
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