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IELTS Energy 1269: Short Idioms for Higher Scores

IELTS Energy English 7+

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How to Use a Short Fuse in Speaking

I can't think of a way I would use it in task two it would feel too informal but you're right general task one letters to friends informal letters that's a great way to get that informal tone. This next one though I feel is formal enough for task two so this idiom guys you could use anywhere in speaking or writing okay to have a short fuse or a short temper they both mean the same thing. To have a short temper means that you get angry easily. We often use it like in a positive way to describe like getting great feelings or emotions out just like belting it out singing as loud as you can because that feels great.

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