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• Phrases with 'light'
• Phrases with 'pull'

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Introduction

'Wind' is the movement of air — it pushes sailing boats over water, pulls kites into the sky and messes up hairstyles! In English, there are some phrases with ‘wind’. Learn some of them here with Georgie.

Phrases with 'wind'

throw caution to the wind
behave in a risky way; the opposite of being careful

• She threw caution to the wind by getting on the back of that man’s motorbike.

a second wind
a feeling of extra energy to do something that requires a lot of effort

• I’d lost all motivation after studying all morning, but that coffee has given me a second wind.

get wind of (something)
hear a piece of information that someone else wanted to keep a secret

• His manager got wind of the fact he was looking for other jobs.

gone with the wind
disappeared and gone forever

• The horse jumped over the fence and was gone with the wind – we never found him.

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Georgie
Whoa! It's a bit windy in here! Let's learn four phrases with the word 'wind'.
 
Ooh, that's better! If you act with caution, you're careful. But if you throw caution to the wind, it's the opposite – you behave in a riskier way.  
 
After years in a stable job, he decided to throw caution to the wind and open his own cafe.
 
If you get asecond wind, you suddenly feel energy again to do something that requires a lot of effort.  
 
The marathon runner was exhausted, but the sight of the finish line gave her a second wind.
 
If you get wind of something, you hear a piece of information that someone else wanted to keep a secret.
 
Don't let him get wind of the plan – it's supposed to be a surprise party.
 
And finally, if something is gone with the wind, it disappears and is gone forever.
 
She spent hours looking for her lost earring, but sadly it was gone with the wind.
 
Throw caution to the wind and start using these phrases in your conversations!

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