| to blink | to quickly open and close your eyes |
| to blush | to go red when you are embarassed |
| to frown | to draw one's eyebrows together because one is either annoyed or concentrating |
| to grin | smile broadly because you are very pleased |
| to grit your teeth | to put your teeth tightly together, esp. because sth is hurting you |
| to lick | move your tongue across the surface of sth |
| to scowl | to have an angry hostile expression when you disapprove of sth |
| to sneer | do sth to show your contemp/lack of respect |
| to wince | to grimace when sth is hurting you or when you are remembering sth embarassing |
| to wink | to look towards sb and close one eye briefly, usually as a signal that sth is a joke or a secret |
| to yawn | you do that when you are tired or bored |
| to keep your ear to the ground | to be attentive of what is happening or is about to happen |
| to lie through your teeth | to tell an outright lie |
| to lose face | to lose the respect of other people |
| to play it by ear | to decide what to do according to how a situation develops |
| to do sth by the skin of your teeth | to only just manage to do sth |
| to see eye to eye on sth | to agree about sth |
| to turn a blind eye to sth | to deliberately ignore sth |
| to turn your nose up at sth | to think sth is not good enough for you |
| not to be able to get one's tongue round | to find a word or phrase very dificult to pronounce |
| sth catches your eye | you notice sth because it is particularly attractive, unusual or interesting |
| I'm all ears | I can't wait to hear |
| my lips are sealed | I will not tell anyone what you have just told me |
| I'll never be able to show my face in there/here again | I feel too embarrassed to go to a particular place because I have previously done sth embarrassing |
| It's on the tip of my tongue | I know it but (annoyingly) i just can't recall it |
| to billow | to move slowly upwards or across the sky (for smoke or clouds) |
| a blaze | a large and dangerous fire |
| to catch fire | to start to burn |
| to be engulfed in flames | when every part of a car, a building, etc. is in fire |
| to gut | a fire ... a building: it completely destroys everything inside the building |
| to light a fire | to start a small fire (to cook on it or to provide heat for a room) |
| to rage | to burn intensely and be out of control |
| to scorch | when the surface of sth burns - without catching fire - so that a black mark is left behind |
| to set a fire to sth | to deliberately start a fire in order to damage or destroy sth |
| to smoulder | to be burning but with no flames |
| to be ablaze with light | a lot of light is coming from it |
| in broad daylight | in the middle of the day |
| to be dazzled | to be unable to see because a bright light is shining |
| to dim | to make a light less bright |
| to give off light | to produce light |
| the glare of | the very bright and unpleasant light of |
| to gleam | to shine brightly, especially in the sun |
| to glimmer | to produce a weak, unsteady light |
| to glisten | sth shines usually because it is wet |
| the gloom | the darkness |
| to glow | to shine with a very soft, warm red light |
| to be plunged into darkness | to suddenly become very dark |
| to burn yourself out | to work so hard over a period of time that you become to ill or to tired to work any more |
| to come to light | to become known |
| that’s daylight robbery | that’s ridiculously expensive |
| to be dazzled | to be very impressed |
| to have a fiery temper | to get angry very quickly |
| to flare out | (for violence) to suddenly start |
| flashy | expensive and showy |
| to get on like a house on fire | to really like each other |
| a glowing report | that is full of price |
| a glimmer of hope | a little bit of hope |
| sb’s face lights up | sb’s face suddenly shows that they are very happy or excited |
| a shot in the dark | a complete guess based on absolutely no information at all |
| to spark off | to cause sth to happen |