ANSWERS
RELATIVE PRONOUN + IDIOM | THE APPLE OF SOMEBODY'S EYE |
A person or thing that is loved more than any other: Of course she loves all her daughters, but Sandra is the apple of her eye. |
PHRASE | IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR + NOUN |
This expression has the meaning of "without". It is used in the third conditionals, in formal language and must be followed by a noun form: If it hadn't been for the accident, I would've been on time. |
IDIOM | BE COMMON/PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE |
To be something that everyone knows, especially in a particular community or group: It's common knowledge that dreams reflect our subconscious thoughts and feelings. |
IDIOM | PUT AT RISK |
In danger of something unpleasant or harmful happening: Sick patients were put at risk by the State's failure to hold Tallaght Hospital to account, the health watchdog has found. |
WOULD HAVE LIKED + THE PERFECT INFINITIVE | WOULD HAVE LIKED TO + HAVE + III FORM |
Used to say that you wanted something or wanted to do something in the past: She would have liked to have noticed all the mistakes before. |
PHRASE | ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT |
Something that you think is true although you have no definite proof: This entire argument is based on the assumption that it was the Passover meal, which it could not have been. |