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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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