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ride out

Vaccination rates climbed, enabling it to ride out the milder Omicron wave with less strict rules in place.

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step in

World governing body Fifa then stepped in, appointing a normalisation committee that has been running the game in Ivory Coast since December 2020.

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be teeming with

The idea is that the virus takes up residence elsewhere in the body, most likely in the gut which is already teeming with microbial life.

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Everyday New Phrases

pass someone by

- if something passes you by, you are not able to take advantage of the opportunities it offers

Sometimes I feel that life is just passing me by.

As recently as six weeks ago, it seemed inevitable this would become another season to pass Felix by.

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Everyday New Phrases

put up a good/poor show

- to do something well/badly

They put up a poor show against the stronger team.

Indeed, both managers and every one of the players deserved to take a bow after putting on a five-star show that will get, and fully deserves, glowing reviews.

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The wheels come off

And when the wheels fall off it becomes the coach's fault as no-one looks at the bigger picture.

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patch up

Phil Foden has his head bandaged
Foden needed patching up early in the game after receiving a stray arm to the back of the head from Felipe.

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run low

The surgeon has been busy compiling lists of which medicines are running low at hospitals in the capital Colombo.

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Everyday New Phrases

feel for someone

- to experience sympathy and sadness for someone because they are suffering

I know what it's like to be lonely, so I do feel for her.

So many things are much more important in life than football, we feel for Cristiano and his family.

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second nature

Ten Hag needs to be given time to implement his ideas and bring about tangible improvement at a club for whom winning used to be second nature.