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Do you read me? Popular and common book idioms with Nevena

Closed book - a subject about which you know or understand nothing

Open book - If someone is an open book, it is easy to know what they are thinking and feeling

Bookworm - a person who reads a lot

By the book - exactly as the rules tell you

You can't judge a book by its cover - said to show that you cannot know what something or someone is like by looking only at that person or thing's appearance

In my book - in my opinion

Cook the books - to change numbers dishonestly in the accounts (= financial records) of an organization, especially in order to steal money from it

Read between the lines - to try to understand someone's real feelings or intentions from what they say or write

Hit the books - to study

Definition of closed book from the

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus⁠

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https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/closed-book⁠

Definition of open book from the

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus⁠

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https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/open-book⁠

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Definition of bookworm from the

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus⁠

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https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/bookworm?q=Bookworm⁠

Definition of by the book from the

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus⁠

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https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/by-the-book?q=By+the+book⁠

Definition of you can't judge a book by its cover from the

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus⁠

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https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/you-can-t-judge-a-book-by-its-cover?q=You+can%27t+judge+a+book+by+its+cover⁠

Definition of in my book from the

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus⁠

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https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/in-my-book?q=In+my+book⁠

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Definition of cook the books from the

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus⁠

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https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/cook-the-books?q=+cook+the+books⁠

Definition of read between the lines from the

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus⁠

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https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/read-between-the-lines⁠

Definition of hit the books from the

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus⁠

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https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/hit-the-books⁠

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