to feel like

to feel like: to have the desire to, to want to consider

This idiom is usually followed by a gerund (the -ing form of a verb used as a noun.)

• I don't feel like studying to night. Let's go to a basketball game.
• I feel like taking a long walk. Would you like to go with me?

to look after / to take care of / to keep an eye on

to look after: to watch, to supervise, to protect(also: to take care of, to keep an eye on)

• Grandma will look after the baby while we go to the lecture.
• Who is going to take care of your house plants while you are away?
• I'd appreciate it if you'd keep an eye on my car while I'm in the store.

cut and dried

cut and dried: predictable, known beforehand; boring

• The results of the national election were rather cut and dried. the Republicans won easily.
• A job on a factory assembly line is certainly cut and dried.

ring a bell

ring a bell  ( also  ring any bells ) 

to sound familiar 

• The name rang a bell but I couldn't remember where I had heard it before.
• No, I'm sorry, that description doesn't ring any bells  with  me.

ring a bell: if something rings a bell, it reminds you of something, but you cannot remember exactly what it is:

• Her name rings a bell but I can't remember her face.

live it up

live it up: to do things that you enjoy and spend a lot of money:

• Sam was living it up in London.

be up to something

be up to something: be doing sth, often suddenly

• Professionals talk of animals that understand training so well they eventually use it back on the trainer. My "animal" did the same. When the training techniques worked so beautifully, I couldn't resist telling my husband what I was up to.

it's only/just a matter of time

it's only/just a matter of time: used to say that something will definitely happen in the future:

• It can only be a matter of time before someone is seriously injured.
• It was only a matter of time Scott was again searching for his keys, at which point I said nothing and kept at what I was doing.

provoke

provoke (v): to cause a reaction or feeling, especially a sudden one [↪ provocation]

provoke a protest/an outcry/criticism etc

• The proposal provoked widespread criticism.
• The decision to invade provoked storms of protest.

provoke debate/discussion

• The novel has provoked fierce debate in the US.

provoke somebody into (doing) something

• She hopes her editorial will provoke readers into thinking seriously about the issue.

provoke somebody to do something

• Emma, though still at school, was provoked to help too.

to make someone angry, especially deliberately:

• The dog would not have attacked if it hadn't been provoked.

provoke somebody into (doing) something

• Paul tried to provoke Fletch into a fight.

fuel

fuel (v): to make something, especially something bad, increase or become stronger/ increase something, make something stronger

• His words fuelled her anger still more.
• fuels a behavior

add fuel to the fire/flames: to make an argument or disagreement worse:

• Rather than providing a solution, their statements merely added fuel to the fire.
• Shouting at a crying child just adds fuel to the fire.

reinforce

reinforce(v): to give support to an opinion, idea, or feeling, and make it stronger:

• The film reinforces the idea that women should be pretty and dumb.

to make part of a building, structure, piece of clothing etc stronger

to make a group of people, especially an army, stronger by adding people, equipment etc