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Commonly-Used Idioms, Sayings and phrasal verbs - Saigontre

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in view of<br />

- after thinking about, because of<br />

In view of the large number of people who have come, I think that we will need a<br />

bigger room.<br />

in with<br />

- in friendship/favor/closeness with someone<br />

I think that he was in with the wrong group of people when he was in high school.<br />

inch along<br />

- move along slowly<br />

The road was very bad this morning <strong>and</strong> the traffic was only inching along.<br />

inch by inch<br />

- little by little, one inch at a time<br />

I checked the park inch by inch to try <strong>and</strong> find my watch.<br />

inclined to (do something)<br />

- tend toward doing something<br />

Our boss is not inclined to let us take extra days off work during the busy summer<br />

months.<br />

incumbent upon (someone) to (do something)<br />

- necessary for someone to do something<br />

It is incumbent upon the next mayor to try <strong>and</strong> do something about crime in the city.<br />

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