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Mole is a mammal with beady little eyes that burrows underground eating earthworms. Moles are industrious diggers and can create 20m of tunnel per day.

See pictures of moles

Read more about the moles: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/European_Mole

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* mammal

* bead

* beady eyes

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molehill = a small pile of earth made by a mole

IDIOM:

make a mountain out of a molehill  (disapproving)  = to make a problem seem worse and more important than it really is:

* You're making a mountain out of a molehill. You wrote one bad essay - it doesn't mean you're going to fail your exam.

** She was only five minutes late! You're making a mountain out of a molehill.

See the picture about make a mountain out of a molehill

Do you make a mountain out of a molehill?

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Read more about the word mole: https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/mole

IDIOM of the Day - warts and all (see also the meaning of the word wart)

including all the bad or unpleasant features of somebody/ something.

* The documentary shows the life of a fashion model, warts and all.

** She still loves him, warts and all.

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Warts and All - Portrait of a Prince - by BBC Four

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Musical Honk Soundtrack - Warts And All. I enjoyed the video below even though it’s low quality, so I’ve decided to post it

For Halloween, The Teacher introduces you to three idioms connected with fear:

* shaking like a leaf -

to shake a lot because you are nervous or frightened (usually in continuous tenses). I saw her just before her talk and she was shaking like a leaf - http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/shake+like+a+leaf

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* scared stiff -

extremely frightened Jill awoke from a dream that left her afraid - scared stiff, in fact.

Etymology: from the idea that you are stiff (unable to bend or change your position) because you are too frightened to move -

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/scared+stiff)

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* it sends shivers up and down my spine - to make someone feel very frightened or excited

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The Teacher's Halloween Special from bbclearningenglish.com with video and text downloads available

Nothing seems to have happened about the money that disappeared. It was all just brushed under the carpet*

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brushed under the carpet – all officially forgotten and never resolved; never mentioned again

We solved the problem at the eleventh hour* by sending a fax to his home number – *at the very last minute before disaster might have occurred.

It’s nothing; it’s just a storm in a teacup – a lot of fuss / big argument that will soon be forgotten

* Mr David described the row as a storm in a teacup

a kick in the teeth - an insult or unfair act

* Not giving her the new job was a real kick in the teeth for her.

** This broken promise is a real kick in the teeth for our fans.

Back to square one - To say that someone is back to square one, means that they have not succeeded in what they were trying to do, and so they have to start again.

* If this doesn't work we're back to square one.

** When the plans were refused, it was back to square one for the architect..