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Commonly-Used Idioms, Sayings and phrasal verbs - Saigontre

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engage in small talk<br />

- to talk about minor things rather than more important things<br />

The sale staff engaged in small talk before the meeting.<br />

enough to go around<br />

- to be enough of something to serve everyone<br />

There was enough cake to go around <strong>and</strong> everybody had a piece.<br />

enter one's mind<br />

- to come into one's consciousness (an idea)<br />

It never entered my mind to make a reservation at the restaurant.<br />

equal to (something)<br />

- to be able to deal with something<br />

The apartment manager was more than equal to the task of managing the building.<br />

escape (someone's) notice<br />

- to go unnoticed<br />

The fact that my library books were overdue escaped my notice.<br />

even so<br />

- nevertheless, however<br />

My friend always works but even so he has no money saved.<br />

even steven<br />

- even with (someone or something)<br />

Both teams were even steven by the middle of the game.<br />

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