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61balancing act — balancing .act n [C usually singular] when you are trying to please two or more people or groups who all want different things, or who have ideas that are completely different from each other ▪ Gilmore had to perform the difficult balancing act… …
62catch someone in the act — catch (someone) in the act to discover someone doing something wrong. I was trying to clear up the mess on the carpet before anyone noticed it, but Isobel came in and caught me in the act …
63catch in the act — catch (someone) in the act to discover someone doing something wrong. I was trying to clear up the mess on the carpet before anyone noticed it, but Isobel came in and caught me in the act …
64get in on the act — in. to become involved in something with someone else. (The involvement is not necessarily welcome.) □ Everybody wants to get in on the act. □ Why are you trying to get in on the act? …
65balancing act — bal|anc|ing act [ bælənsıŋ ,ækt ] noun count the process of trying to achieve something that different groups will all be satisfied with …
66juggling act — jug|gling act [ dʒʌglıŋ ,ækt ] noun count 1. ) a difficult situation in which you are trying to do several things at the same time 2. ) a performance by someone who juggles …
67get in on the act — to become involved in something successful that someone else has started so that you can become successful yourself. We ran a successful local delivery business until other local companies started trying to get in on the act …
68balancing act — UK [ˈbælənsɪŋ ˌækt] / US noun [singular] the process of trying to achieve something that different groups will all be satisfied with …
69metaphysics — /met euh fiz iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. the branch of philosophy that treats of first principles, includes ontology and cosmology, and is intimately connected with epistemology. 2. philosophy, esp. in its more abstruse branches. 3. the… …
70Heckler — A heckler is a person who shouts a disparaging comment at a performance or event, or interrupting set piece speeches, for example at a political meeting.OriginThe term originates from the textile trade, where to heckle was to tease or comb out… …
