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Pendant

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Necklace, a piece of jewellery

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Scam

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Someone try to get money from you

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Spam

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Unwanted email, usually an email from someone try to sell something

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There’s a first time for everything

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This is an usual event; this is something that does not happen very often, and often say to make a joke about something
I never like to go to swimming, but I went to my friends house and jumped in swim pool

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Marked down

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To reduce price, on sale

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Dress pants

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Pants for more formal events

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Window display

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Window shopping, vitrin(irani)

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Parking structure

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Like parking lot but it has more than one level

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You’ve got a deal

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Ok, I agree to your idea, I will buy that

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To bring someone up to speed

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To give them the information then need
I arrived late to a meeting, and I ask one of my co-workers: please bring me up to speed on what happened
Fill me: get information

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Downsize

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Lay off

In England, they called Redundancy

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First thing

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At beginning of the day, usually the business day

It is due fist thing morning

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Resign /v

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To quit,to leave
We use that verb specially for work formal setting
Also, political leaders can also resign, especially when they get in trouble

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To take over something

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To take charge of it, to be responsible for

To take over your project

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Paternity leave

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Like maternity leave but for men

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To dump something in your lap

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Someone give you work unexpectedly, usually your boss, and usually you don’t expected

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An all-nighter

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I am going to have stay up all night to finish my work
It looks like this may be an all-nighter.
We sometimes use verb Pull with this expression:
I am going to pull an all-nighter

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To be swamp with work

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To have a lot of work
I was swamped with work
To swamp something= to through water on it, like a boat in ocean, when it’s a storm, the boat can be swamped

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To be on your way out

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You are leaving

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TGIF

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Thanks God It’s Friday

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Wannabes

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A someone who wants to be something but it’s not

Hollywood wannabes

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Out-of-work actor

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Unemployed actor, someone who hasn’t job now

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This being

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We expect something
This being September, the children are going back to school:
Means this is September, so we expect that children go back to school.

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Pastry. /peis.tri/n

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A food made from a mixture of flour, fat and water, which is rolled flat and wrapped round or put over or under other foods and baked

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To hold something, when you are at restaurant or cafe
Don't add it, do not put it on there
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The usual
I'll have the usual=I'll order what I usually get | I ordered the usual, latte
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Bustling. /basl.ing/
To be bustling = to be very busy, to have lots of people coming in and out
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Speaking of which
When you talking about something and you want to talk about something else that related to that same topic but it's different somehow I'm talking about Super Bowl and I am telling you about how they sell a lot of pizza, speaking of which, I had a pizza last night. Connect those idea since we were talking about that
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You bet
Yes, sure, of course, very enthusiastic, you really want to
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We will rock you
We are going to defeat you, you will lose
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Super Bowl
When two best team play each other
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Widow
Is a woman whose husband has died | Widower=is a man whose wife has died
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Conquer. /v
Defeat enemies, fight
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Ride, drive,fly, take
Ride=bicycle, train, subway, bus Drive=car Fly=plane Take=take,subway,car,taxi,cab
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Temperature is rising or falling
Rising goes up | Falling goes down
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Meteorologist
Is a scientist, the person that study the weather
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Toiletries
It is anything that you would use in your bathroom
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Synonymous. /adj
Identical, equivalent in meaning
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Columnist
A journalist who writes a regular column for a newsletter or magazine.
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While you are at it
Since I was doing something at the same time, that was the same place or that was similar, I also did something else Could you go to store and buy me some milk and while you are at it, could you get me some cereal for breakfast
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To get down to business
I went to cafe yesterday and I was reading the paper, finally I decided to get down to business and work on my homework.
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Go over
To review something, to look at it.
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Passing line
Left most lane
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Memoir
A written record of a usually famous person's own life and experience, autobiography
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To fall out of touch with
Opposite of keep in touch
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Phase /n
Part of your life, time of your life | We have our study phase when we were school and then we may our work phase where we go out to find a job
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biography | autobiography
biography: a book that tells the life of someone; if you write your own right story we call that autobiography. A book about a person's life, written by person.
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snag a spot
to get, to obtain, to catch something by acting quickly. In a busy street, getting a parking spot can be difficult, so when you snag a spot means you get parking spot by coming early. We get to(go) the Whiskey really early to find street parking and snagged a spot about 4 blocks away.
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to sidetrack | to get sidetrack
to direct a person's attention away from an activity or subject toward another one which is less important I don't want to get sidetrack, I want to focus the most important thing.
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let's take a road trip
let's drive somewhere more on the spare of the moment | spare of the moment= without a lot of planning
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to fall into the habit of
to start a habit- to get the habit
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to be picky
to be very selective, usually implys someone who dislike very many things only eat green vegetables. you are a little picky.
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fast lane
fast lane in the highway I'm living in the fast lane means that I'm doing many things and spending a lot of money. some of my friends have become very successful, living in the fast lane.
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psychiatrist | psychologist
psychologist has PHD degree. | psychiatrist: has a medical degree
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indie
independent; describes music or films made by small companies which are not owned by larger An indie movie label
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real state magnate
someone who owns a lot of real estate.
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apprentice /apren.tis/n
someone who has agreed to work for a skilled person for a particular period of time and often for low payment, in order to learn that person's skill. Most of the work was done by apprentices.
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grease
animal or vegetable fat that is soft after melting, oily | The dinner plates were thick with grease.
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procrastinate /verb
to keep delaying something that must be done. I've waited for very long time; waiting until the very last day(minute) Some people when they have to the tax form the government, they waited until very last day. I procrastinated and now I have to finally get rid of all the junk I've accumulated over years.
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sheet
top sheet=is a second sheet that goes on top of the mattress sheet in between your blanket and you.
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down comforter
comforter= is a big blanket; down comforter= is a comforter made out of feathers; down jacket=very warm jacket
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linen /lin.in/n
strong cloth that is woven from the fibers of the flax plant
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pillow case
the piece of linen that we put over the pillow to keep it to getting dirty.
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start in on
to begin with something | I need to start in on my homework.
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dust /verb
to token a piece of cloth or rag and wipe the dust off the chair,.... dust /n and /v I need to dust.
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drapes
heavy curtain made with thick cloth.
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shades
a piece of material fixed onto a wooden or metal roller that can be pulled down to cover a window, or pulled up to get light.
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rinse off /rints/v
to clean it usually with water and soap. | I take out the shelves and rinse them all off.
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to dump
to get rid of, to throw out, to put in the trash | I dump anythings that has passed its expiration date
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to scrub
to clean very hard; to use a lot of muscles to clean something I need to scrub clean of the grease.
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to make ends meet
o be able to pay your gas, bills, phones,...but not much more. so I have enough to pay for my necessity, the things I need in life not a lot more. Other friends are struggling along and just making ends meet.
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to touch base
to stay in touch, to keep in contact | Let's touch base tomorrow about where we are going to go booling
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pal
a friend | You are my best pal.
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to catch up
to talk about what has happened since the last time they saw each other; also it means getting up to the same point where other people are If you miss two weeks of school, you have a lot of catching up to do
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go on
to continue, usually we use that expression in talking about education He went to the university of Mirland and then went on to Harward.
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to swing by
to visit but not stay too long; to go somewhere just for a short time. I am going to swing by the post office on my way to going to grocery store. She plan to swing by L.A.
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to backup
to go over it again, to go back to a certain point and start over again Let's backup for a minute
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All of a sudden
very quickly
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rowdy
to be out of control, noisy, and possibly violent | The concert-goers were pretty rowdy by this time.
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to go Dutch
to share the cost, each person pays for own meal. | I frankly prefer to go Dutch when I eat out with friends.
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opening act
warm up act, first band comes on the stage before the main or most important band comes on
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rope off
to take a rope and put it around a place to prevent other people from coming there.
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wrist band
a piece of plastic go around the wrist of your arm often used for bars in U.S when there is a concert or some sort to show you have ticket.
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pick up where we leave off
to pick up=to start again leave off= stop something I left off in my book on page 29, I am going to pick up where I left off tomorrow=I would start on page 29. we can use this expression for anythings that starts and stops, usually we were intruppted for some reason.
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foot the bill
to pay for the bill Whose going to foot the bill for this dinner.. Most people own their own cars, but not everyone can foot the bill for the car, plus the insurance, car.
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fare
a term we use for taxi,train,bus,airplane,subway(the money that you pay for a journey on a bus)
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cab
taxi
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denomination
value, a unit of value, especially of money.
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boonies
way far away from the main part of the city, suburb | one friend, who lives in the boonies, rides the train everyday.
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in the shop
to be at the mechanic, the person who fixes my car
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worse comes to worst
the worst situation would be, but it usually follow by expression of how we can get out of that situation. worse comes to worst, you can always hop in a taxi.
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genre /janer/n
a style, especially in thearts I love watching movies. I like a lot of different genres. The detective novel is a genre of fiction.
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check in | check out
check in: to say who you are, when you arrive at a hotel so that you can be given a key for your room check out: to leave a hotel after paying and returning your room key.
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entertaining
amusing and enjoyable
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road blocks
an obstacle, a problem
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lead actor
main character, star actors in the movies
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supporting cast
supporting actors, everyone in the movie, other actors
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villains /vi.len/n
a bad person, abad person who harms other people or breaks laws. an evil character in a novel, movie, play, or other story.
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to go out of your way
to put in an extra effort, to do something additional, I'm going to do something that require a lot of work, but it worth it for me don't go out of your way to get me that book
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slapstick comedy
people are calm down
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throw you for a loop
to confuse you, to surprise you | life throw me a loop: something happend in my life that wasn't expected.
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plot twist
a change, something you don't expect in the plot, twist means turn
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screenwritter
someone who writes the story for a film
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pull it off
to be successful with it, I finish, I complete it, to succeed in doing something difficult or unexpected. Good screen writers or directors can pull it off.
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it doesn't do it for me
I don't like it, it doesn't get me excited or interested
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seedy /sidi/adj
looking dirty or in bad condition
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sure enough
just as we expected | sure enough, we see her get murdered
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ruin
to spoil, or destroy severely or completely
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be warned
be aware
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experiment /v
to try something in order to discover what it is like
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racial
race, the color of skin
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medicaid
is for people who don't have a lot of money, low income
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medicare
mostly for people who are over the age of 65(eldery)
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put an animal to sleep
killing that animal especially pets(cat, dog)
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misspell
to fail to spell a word correctly | this essay is full of misspelling.
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cordially
friendly, sincerely
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honor someone
to remember him, to remember the good things he did
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to gobble down
to eat too quickly(fast)
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nose-bleed section
a place so far away from stage
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box office
where ticket are sold
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grab a bite to eat
to get something to eat
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get dressed
we got dressed in our warmest cloths.
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hang out
spend a lot of time in a place with someone.
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get out of hand
go to such a extend that you can no longer control it.
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die-hard | die-hard fans
someone who love a particular thing; it means very serious without fans. There were more than 50 die-hard fans in line.
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paid off
it is successful.
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I passed on both
I refused, I declined
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vibe
the feeling, the atmosphere about restaurant or night club
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laid back
relax | The vibe in the restaurant is pretty laid back.
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uptight
worried or nervous and not able to relax
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ritzier, ritzy /rit.si/
``` very expensive or high class The ritzier restaurants in Beverly Hills. ```
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courteous /ker.ti.es/
polite and respectful
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starve
very hungry | I was starved.
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course
meal, a part of a meal which is served separately from other parts There are 2 forks(one for salad course, and one for the main course)
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to die for
absolutely wonderful, great (about food) | The appetizers and desserts are to die for.
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brave the elements
to go outside where the weather is not very good, it maybe rainy, clod,snowy.
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sell out
sell all of tickets that are available | I was sure that the tickets would sell out fast when they went on sale Saturday morning.
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to learn the ropes
to get used to, to get accustomed to, to be able to understand what the procedures are. I started a new job yesterday, it's difficult but i think eventually I will learn the ropes. It took me awhile to learn the ropes.
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ironically /ayranikly/adv
If you say something ironically, you say it as a joke or insult, because it is an inappropriate thing to say in the particular situation.
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turn out
to become; to result in This is turing out to be a very difficult assingment. This turing out to be a beautiful day.
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A mixed bag
there are good things and there are bad things(positive and negative things) For me, going to the park is a mixed bag. I like being out side with the trees, but I don't like flyes and mosquito. spring cleaning is always a mixed bag for me.
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riot /rayet/n
a noisy, violent, and under controlled public gathering | A group of angry people becomes noisy and out of control, often damaging property, and acting violently.
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socialize medicine
pay by government
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getting around
to travel, to go from one place to another
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humble
not proud or not believing that you are important. he's very humble about his success. Please accept our humble apologies for the error. In my humble opinion, ....
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cut out
stop it. to not do it anymore
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clueless
not to know what is happening; not to know what is wrong
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top brass
those who are president, vice president, chairman of the board, CEO(chief executive officer),all of the most important leaders in the company. the terms actually comes from military, generals, and high-ranking officers.
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keep it to yourself
to keep something to yourself means not show anyone else, not to share it with anyone else; to keep secret
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go too far
to do something that would normally be OK, but do it too much, do it in such a way hurts other people or bothers other people.
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don't get me wrong
eshtebah fekr nakon, don't misinterpret me
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tactful
to always say the right thing, to never give anyone offense, to never insult anyone, someone who very good with words and doesn't cause any problem with other people.
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to get your input
input means my advise, what I think, advise, opinion
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to pick your brain
to get their opinion, to get their advise. to ask them what they think
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tailgate
to come up behind someone and follow them too closely. sometimes aggressive drivers in freeway want you to change lane so they can go infront of you and they will come right up behind you, that called tailgate
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crosswalks
a place that pedestrian or a person who is walking can cross or to go other side of street.
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surface street
normal street in city
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pile up
multicar accident; 3,4, or more accident together
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zip
to zip in and out of traffic; to go in and out of different lanes on the freeway very quickly it's very dangrouszipping in traffic
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to gun your engine
to go real fast suddenly; to accelerate very quickly
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in a flash
very quickly | I will be there in a flash if I take subway
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octagonal /ok.taggenl/adj
eight-side shape
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every once in a while
every so often- not everyday
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commute
to go from your home to your job, usually for a long distance.
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aggressive side
brings out people's aggressive side | to be aggressive=to be forceful
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I'll treat myself
to give yourself a present, a gift
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to get behind the wheel
to drive, to get behind the steering wheel
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across town
on the other side of city | go through the city to reach the other part of city
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lunar /looner/adj
relating to moon
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dropout /n
someone who goes to school but doesn't complete the school, doesn't finish school.
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elective /n
optional subject of study
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3 strike and you are out
when you try to hit the ball but you missed and you get only 3 misses(3 strike) before you have to leave the game, you are out
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make a deposit and withdraw
deposit: put money into my bank account withdraw: to take out money
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can
slang for butt
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ground hog
same as woodchuck, 2th Feb is called groundhog. | If the groundhog comes out and see his shadow on Feb 2, means we have short winter, otherwise we have long winter.
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to maroon /meron/
you are isolated, you are traped somewhere, we usually use that term for an island, so if get lost in ocean and you find an isoland, you are marooned there.
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to toast
you're raising your glass up(in drinking alcohol)
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a scene /sin/
place
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a big mouth
to say someone has a big mouth is something of an insult and it means that he/she talks too much that are always telling things to other people that they shouldn't. He has something of a big mouth.
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to bad mouth
to say bad things about another person | Don't bad mouth your friend, means don't say unkind or unnice things about your friend.
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come up to someone
to approach someone
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an ego
your pride, your ego is how you feel about yourself. with someone has a big ego, they think they are very important.
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it takes one to know one
when someone says something unkind, not nice about another person, that same person has those same negative or unkind qualities. someone who has a big ego, who complain about another person with a big ego, it takes one to know one.
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to talk behind someone's back
to say unkind things about someone when they are not present
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resolution
a promise that you make to yourself | My new resolution is to try to stop eating too much.
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a backstabber
It is very close to talk about behind someone back; a someone who does something unkind to you behind your back, without you konwing
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to cast about
to look for, searching I am always casting about, searching for something to talk about. We usually use this expression when we don't know where something is
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small talk
the thing that we say to someone else just to fill the time, not anything important. the weather, what movie they have seen,..
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zip over
go or move very fast
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as long as your arm
very long, usually when you are talking about list. | It is a list as long as my arm.
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I've been meaning to
I've been wanting to but I've not done yet. I've been meaningto call my mother it something, we should have done, but we are late in doing. When we procastinate, wait too long something
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to be down the street
usually means to be close to something the post office is one block from the library, so we could say the post office is down the street from the library. It implys the short distance.
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to be off to
to be going to somewhere; to be headed in the direction of somewhere. Where are you off to? I am off to the supermarket
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jump in
to go very fast, to get in, to go in I jumped in my car to drive to gas station. jumed in the shower.
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roll out of bed
to get out of bed but somewhat reluctantly | when you are very tired, very sleepy and you don't want get out of bed but you have to.
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errands /n
Errends are things that we need to do usually personal things that required us to go out side of our house
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moist /adj
moister,moistest, humid or rainy
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bare /adj
not covered by clothing; laking clothing | bare skin
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check out stand
I headed to the check out stand to pay for my items.
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sidewalk /n
path for pedestrians a paved path for pedestrians alongside a street pave /peiv/verb=to cover an area of ground with a hard flat surface of pieces of stone, concrete or bricks
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get a bite to eat
to grab a bite to eat; to go out to a restaurant or somewhere to get food for lunch or dinner, usually a small meal
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admit
confess
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It was sure good to see you again
goodbye to someone that we haven't seen them for a long time | nice to meet you
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pier /pi.yer/n
something goes out into the ocian from the beach,it is usually made of wood and people can walk out to the pier
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geez
wow | geez already
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hostess
hostess= for women host=for men I walked in with a friend and I was greeted by the hostess
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mess up
to do a poor job, to do a bad job screw up=mess up a little more informal
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to have your eye on
means you want something, typically use this expression when we want to buy something but we were not quite ready, we're still thinking about it, but you are very interested in it. I have my eye on an ipad, but I have not bought it.
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accustomed /adj | be accustomed to (doing) sth
to be used to something My friend and I split the bill, as we're accustomed to do. I am not accustomed to getting up so early.
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check
bill | when we got our check, my friend and I split the bill.
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frankly
in an honest and direct way. | If I frankly speak(or prefer)
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to spoil
to tell someone end of story.
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be over the hill
to be old or they are too old to do what they are doing.
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disk jockey (DJ)
someone who plays records, CD or disks, and talks on the radio or at an event where people dance to recorded popular music.
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a pain in the butt
a cause a lot of problem
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cul-de-sac
a short road which is blocked off at one end
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literally
actually
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to take effect
to start, to begin
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controversy /n
controversial /adj = a lot od disagreement or argument about something
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inhale /v
to breath air
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nominate /v
suggest, to officially suggest someone for an election,job,position or honour.
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to take a crack at
to try something; to try something that may be you have in difficulty with or someone else have in difficulty with here, let me take a crack at that tv set that isn't working and you are going to try or fixing that.
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two cents
or 2 cents worth=to give your opinion sometimes it is usedto indicate some humility or some modesty about your opinion. I don't know for sure, but here is my 2 cents worth ...
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that's whole different thing
it is completely different topic that would require much more explanation.
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be/get carried away
to become so excited about something that you don't control what you say or do. There is far too much food, I'm afraid I got a bit carried away. he had gotten carried away.
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to act up
to cause you problems. my stomach is acting up. the childern are acting up. they are making noise and they are causing problem.
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a burning question
is a question that is very important, extremly interesting question. very important question.
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following you
to understand | do you follow me, means do you understand me
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throwing out specs
to give someone information specs are specification specs for computer: hard,ram,...
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humility /n
modesty
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modesty /n
said when you want to say something good about yourself, but do not want to seem to think you are too important Quite frankly, and in all modesty, we'd probably have lost the game if I hadn't been playing.
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whiz
to be a whiz at something= to very good at it. to be an expert. sometimes with comupter, we use the term geek. computer geek means someone who expert, however, this is often a negative term. it implys that you don't have social skills, you don't relate well to other people, you have problems communicating with people.
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I was born and raised in ...
raised=grew up to be a native of= to be born there I'm a native of minisota. I am from Minisota
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happy childhood
the time when someone is a child. | she had an unhappy childhood.
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rather /adv
very actually, i did rather well in my exams I grew up there with my rather large family.
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grade school
elementary school
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better late than never
it better that you do something eventhough it takes you a long time rather than never accomplish it.
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pig
eat too much | I didn't want my friend to think i was a pig!
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over eat
to eat more food than your body need | Even though I tried not to, I still over ate.
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charge slip
a piece of paper with your signature, it is ok to charge me for visa or debit
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it didn't go through (in swipe card)
it didn't accept my card. it didn't process my card.
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ya-yas | to get your ya-yas
something that excite you, interest you, possibly a sextual meaning to it in terms of interesting or exciting.
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own /verb
to have something that legally belongs to you | I don't own an ipod.
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to be behind the time
to not be uptodate, not be current, not be modern.
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pick up (in shopping)
buying
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lame
lame joke: not very good or very bad. | That movie was really lame.it was really bad.
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swipe through reader
to pass it by something quickly
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as if
he talks as if he knew something.
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folk
people
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20 deep
We got in line which was already about 20 deep(in 20 rows).
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bouncer
someone whose job is to stand outside a bar,party, etc, to prevent people coming in who don't belong there.
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merchandise /n
goods that are bought and sold.
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bad seat in the house
There wouldn't be a bad seat in the house=there is not a bad place to seat in the bar or theater or in the concert hall.
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lodging
It is a general term we use to cover any place where you are sleeping or staying over night or some temporary situation. Lodging is more expensive at a hotel than in a campground.
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start off
to begin by doing something
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to head somewhere
to go somewhere | Where are you headed? I am headed to dinning room.
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against all odds
something is very difficult to do and yet you do it anyway
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swear
use rude words
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poll
election
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vow /verb
to promise
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to be fit
you are healthy
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thriller /n
to excite or to get someone excited.
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set out
to begin, to start long trip(journey).
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saucer /s^ser/
a small curved plate which you put a cup on.
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cocktail
Drink(usually alcoholic one), made by mixing two or more.
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dish
the parts of meal. a formal meal often has more than one dish(especially fancy meal like crab, lazania) I spotted one of my favorite dishes, crab cakes.
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a must
to be a must=something that necessary for me, that I absolutely must have I told my friend that the crab cakes were a must.
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baby boomer
people born between these 1946-1964
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census
a count for official purposes, especially one to count the number of people living in a country and to obtain information about them
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to project
to predict
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sip /sip/v and n
to drink, taking only a very small amount at a time This tea is very hot, so sip it carefully. She slowly sipped (at) her wine.
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generation X
people between 1965-1975
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blockbuster
sells a lot of tickets(about movies) | something such as a book,play, or film that is either very large or achieves enormous commercial success
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come cross
is to find something even though you are not necessary looking for it I was going through my file cabinet, and I came across an old photo of my friend. I wasn't looking for it, but I found it.
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a book or roll of stamps
a book of stamps comes with a small book of usually 20 stamps a roll of stamps has 100 stamps in it.
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to insure
insurance | you can send it insured if the contents are valuable.
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priority (in post)
``` send package priority regular mail= first class mail priority = get a little faster usually in 2 to3 days express= it gets there next day or at most 2 days. ```
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to take on the world
you are going to fight entire the world, try to be better than everyone.
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chorus /kors/
is the part of the song that repeat over and over again.
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song lyrics
are usually a type of story, so if you talk about the words or the lyrics of a song, you're really talking about that story that the song is about
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mo-town sound in music
mo is short for motor | motor city: Detroid, a city in U.S.A
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nice weather we've been having
nice weather
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taboo
is a subject that is forbidden or it is considered inappropriate to talk about. Or action that are considered inappropriate. taboo subject
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what time do you have?
what time is it?
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to sneeze up a storm
sneeze a lot. It is a metaphor. | Metaphor: is a expression that we used that is like something else in this case(symbol).
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to dwell on
to think about it but think about it to much. | don't dwell on the past=don't think about past too much because you can't do anything about it
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tracking /n
put student into different classes depending on how good students are.
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bump into
to bump into means to meet someone that you were not expecting to meet. run into=I ran into my friend at the supermark. i wasn't expecting or planing to see him there but there he was.
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to gripe
to complain, somewhat informal to say complain. | I've got better things to do than to listen to him gripe all day.
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along /adv
Forward, moving forward | We were just walking along, chatting.
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heart of hearts
what really truly believe, what you are really and truly like I live in California but in my heart of hearts I still feel I am from Minosita: that is where my most strongest feeling rather lie. deep-down: felt strongly and often hidden from other people.
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keep up with the Joneses
try to be as good as your neighbor; trying to have as much money as someone else. to be competing; to be trying to be as wealthy as rich someone else. We were never worried about keeping up with the joneses.
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go right ahead
is a way of giving permission can I use your car tomorrow? sure, go right ahead. meaning yes please do that Can I ask you something? Sure, go right ahead.
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I have got
I have
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jump across the pond
when someone goes from US to UK and vise versa | pond=small lake
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she is a complete knock out
she is very beautiful.
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Coast
the land next to the sea
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check off
go through items on list. to mark items on a list to show that they have been dealt with
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HMO
Health Maintenance Organization It is a private company that gives you medical service, they have doctor, hospitals, pharmacies. so you can buy insurance and be a member of a HMO. It is expensive.
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to make your exit
to leave, exit | I knew at this point it was time to make my exit.
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to end up
1. after a time of trying to do something else, what you do after you tried other things 2. Destination 1. I tried the oil, battery, it was ok. so I ended up take in it to a mechanic. It is last thing to do when everything else failed. 2. Where are you going to end up? =what's going to be your destination.
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muggy
very humid, the opposite is dry
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pass away
die, she/he has died.
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I bet
1. you don't believe someone else 2. you believe someone but the reason that is true because she/he did something wrong 1. john is a best basketballplayer, i bet; means I don't believe that 2. John won basketball game, I say: I bet, he cheated.
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there are no if's, and's, or but's about it
there is no way to avoid the situation, or that something you are about to say is absolutely true. there are no if's,and's,or but's about it, I must do my homework today.
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Antacid /n
a drug that reduces or neutralizes stomach acid. | neutralize /noocheralize/ = to make something ineffective
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co-pay
co-payment, when you have medical insurance, usually you have to pay a small amount when you go to doctor and everything to get a prescription. The insurance company pays the rest.
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suspense /n
1. The feeling of excitement or anxiety which you have, when you are waiting for something to happen 2. Uncertainly, the state or condition of being unsure or in doubt about something
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bleak /bli:k/adj
1. If weather or place is bleak, it is cold, empty and not welcoming or attractive 2. If a situation is bleak, there is little or no hope for the future 1. The house stands on a bleak, windswept moor. 2. The economic outlook is bleak.
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idiomatic /adj
characteristic of, or in keeping with the way a language is ordinarily and naturally used by its native speaker; characteristic of a particular language or dialect idiomatic french; containing or using many idioms; idiom: something different from the meaning of its separate words.
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tip over
take end off something, to remove the end from something; tilt
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unflattering
to flatter means to compliment to say nice things about a person. unflattering means unkind words, not nice words. There is no verb for unflatter but there is verb for flatter.
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a sticky situation
a difficult situation, a situation that possibly embarssing or difficult for someone to talk about, a sensitive situation.
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cut off
to pull in front, to go in front of another car. This is a negative expression that means that the personin front of you without looking or permission or made you slow down because they went in front of you so many people get angry when someone cut them off. pull infront of them in aggressive way.
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drawback
disadvantage, something that will cause you difficulties | there are many drawbacks to commuting in L.A
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to be mild mannered
to be very quiet, to be calm, to be peaceful
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bring out
produce, cause to appear | responsibility brings out the best in her.
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ever since
since
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an ego to match
to match means the same as, the same size as, or the same amount as. He has an ego to match means his ego is also big.
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advocate /ad.vo.kate/n
is someone who is in a favor and does something to in a favor of certain idea or certain person, in this case, the idea was for civil rights. He was an advocate, he worked for that goal (martin loter King)
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to be on break
I am on break now, take a break for 15 or 20 minutes
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stain /n /v
a spot caused by dirt that is very difficult to remove. stain to carpet, cloth Stain as a verb: you can stain something means you can cause a stain on that thing
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make time
to set aside time, to schedule time; to put some time aside for that person I am glad she could make time for us to get together
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urge /verb
advise, to strongly advise or try to persuade someone to do a particular thing Lawyers will urge the parents to take further legal action.
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way over my head
to be too difficult, something you don't understand | All of that is way over my head.
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to be a spring chicken
to be very young | I'm no spring chicken= he is probably old.
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to become (something)
to be something, to turn into something | I want to become a good basketball player
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file up
line, a long line of people
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get hassled
to bother someone
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venue
the palce where a public event or meeting happens. | intimate venue=close to each other
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the faint-hearted
to be easily scared, people who are not brave. | It is not for the faint-hearted.
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fits the bill
meets the requirement, it is a good answer to a problem, that give me what I am looking for No matter what my mood is, I can always find something that fits the bill.
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to outdo
to do better than the other persons | He is always trying to outdo the other guys.
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what've you been up to?
what's up
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a falling out
an arguement, a fight, not necessarily a phisycal fight but when you have an disagreement with someone and this disagreement cause you to not talk to each other I had a falling out with my friend last night.
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mutual /adj
shared by both mutual interests/friends. someone we both know friend.
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on the heel of
after, (could be positive or negative) On the heel of tough year. Hot on the heel of (if it is a good thing) Hot on the heel of wining the game, the player went to the party.
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wave aside
to wave means to take your hand and wave it to the air usually to say hello or goodbye. To wave aside means to use your hand to tell someone move aside or to step aside. I waved goodbye my firneds as he got on the train
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reluctant /ril^k.tant/adj
not eager, feeling or showing no willingness or enthusiasm to do something I am reluctantto drive in this weather.
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to get in and out
to get in and out of somewhere is to able to go, do what you need to do and then leave. I was able to get in and out of the grocery store less than 10 minute.
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to obsess about
to obsess about something is to think about it all the time, to always be thinking about it in your back of mind, to think about it too much
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to step back up
to go back to where you were. set up to something means we are coming to the front of the line and ready to be waited on. I steped up to the counter to buy an air line ticket
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step aside
move oneway or another to move from in front of the another person, it is often used if you want to get someone out of your way Please move from the front to the side
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because your mind
because I love you
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baptist church
one of protestant church
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to be doctor
to change to philosophy, to make a document say something that it didn't originally say, and you do that in order to fool someone or trick someone or believe something that is not true
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to be on trial
when government is trying to accusing someone undergoing examination before a judicial tribunal. Tribunal /tri.biu.nal/n : a special court or group of people who are officially chosen, especially by the government, to examine (legal) problems of a particular type
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curator /kyuretor/n
a person who in charge of where things are going to go and what art they are going to buy
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artifact
something from another culture that you find usually under ground
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archaeological /adj
study older ancient civilization
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getty museum
a couple of museums
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to hit the road
to leave, to go somewhere What time we're going to hit the road? We probably leave at 7 am. I've got to hit the road.
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to shoot the breeze
to talk about many different things usually for very long time I can shoot the breeze all day long. we are talking about many things but not necessarily much that is important.
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colloquial /kolokoyal/adj
informal, spoken language, slang
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now and then
every once in a while, not everyday, sometimes
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the here and now
the present, what's happing at this minute, at this moment. | to enjoy the here and now: means to enjoy what is going on in life right now.
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to pull your weight
or to pull your own weight: means to do your part, to do what you have responsibility to do. isn't pulling her own weight means they are not doing their own job
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to get real old, real fast
to be boring, to be not interest anymore.
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in age
for very very long time
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radically /rad.i.kli/adv radical /adj
1. supporting change 2. extremely important; relating to the most important parts of something or someone; complete or extreme We need to make some radical changes to out operating procedure.
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vulgar /v^l.ger/adj
Rude; rude and likely to upset or anger people It was an extremely vulgar joke. Vulgar language.
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myth
false story
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afterwards
later
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snooty
you think that you are better than other
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barely /ber.li/
almost not, by the smallest amount We barely got any sleep all night.
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a big thumbs up
to approve it, it is good | I give it a big thumbs up.
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hop
take | you can always hop in a taxi
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what with this and that
for a variety of reasons I was going to gym today, but what with this and that I didn't have time. but, what with this and that, it's sometimes hard to do
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to be spoiled
to get everything you want and not be very nice about it( a appreciate about it) spoiled brat= a child, who doesn't behave very well because his parents have give him/her everythings that he /she has wanted and have never displined the child - she's behaving like a spoiled brat - I wasn't spoiled.
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back then
back at the certain time, at that time | Back then, there used to be two daily newspaper, a morning edition and an afternoon edition.
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prefer over
I prefer swiming over jogging (I like swiming more than jogging).
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Fanatic /fenatik/n
Person who is too enthusiastic(strong interest) about something. -religious fanatics Someone who needs to get that thing
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junkie
a junkie is someone who addicted to some drugs such as heroin or cocaine. Informally, means anyone who is a fanatic, or who needs to get that thing. some people are chocolate junkies. They have to get at least one piece of chocolate everyday.
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to flip through
browse, turn the pages but not look very carefully
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editorial page
It is the page where you have people's opinion, people write letters, columnist
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nothing beats lounging around
nothing beats=nothing is better than, lounging around=sitting in comfortable chair, not working, relaxing, enjoying yourself. don't lounge around here=don't be lazzy
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Leisurely /adj
slow and relaxed | relaxed, unhurried, and enjoyable because done during free time.
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to be on your way
to be going in that direction I am on my way to store. I am on my way home (no "to home")
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dispense /verb /dispens/
to make up and distribute(medicine) according to a prescription. -give out Also means: provide There is a vending machine on the platform that dispenses snacks.
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to be wait on
serve somebody by bringing requested items. any place that someone is going to help you in store, restaurant, ... to wait on= to help customers I stood in line for a few minutes before being waited on.
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to ring up a sale
to process a sale. To take your money, to put it in the cash register and give you your receipt for your purchase.
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what else
what you are going to say is obvious, that everyone knows the answer. I wanted to go to the movie last night, and my wife wanted to go to theater, so where did we end up? Well, what else? the theater, because my wife is always right.
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disgrace /n,v
you are an embrassment, you're done something wrong, you're a disgrace, to bring shame or loss of respect on yourself by bad behavior she's a disgrace to the family. he disgrace himself by froggeting the wedding.
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of two minds about
you are not quiet sure which side of the question or which opinion you have. not be able to decide I'm of two minds about this. opposite: make of your mind
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sport verbs: ~ track, ~ skating, ~gymnastic
running track, ice skating, doing gymnastic
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to be gifted
to have a special talent, to have special ability gifted in math or music
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take your breath away
to be very impressed
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to be single out
to be selectted from a group and it could be a good thing or bad thing. The boss single out me for failing to finish my assignment or any work.
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to envy
to want to have, a little more than just desire | I envy your inelegance
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to be mediocre /midiuker/
to be not very good at something, it somewhere between good and bad. I am mediocre at golf.
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hay fever
hay fever is one type of allergies to different plants.
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medication
A type of drug. Medication could be prescription medication or they could be Over the Counter Medication.1 [1] Over the Counter Medication. - which are drugs you can buy that and you don't need a doctor prescription for. 1- medicine, OTC
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when it comes to
when it comes to reading, I like Italian food.
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crash
to any event or situation where someone doesn't belong. | I guess this was to let employees in the bar know that we belonged there and we were not crashing the party.
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groupy
to refer to someone very die-hard fan of a particular music group
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undergraduate
A student who is studying for their first degree at college or university
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graduate school
It is referred to anythings that you study after your bachelors degree (Master degree, PHD)
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crepes /krep/
A thin light pan cake When the waiter asked if we wanted any dessert or after dinner drinks, I just couldn't resist getting the apple-filled crepes.
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Too much of a bother
Too much trouble, causing problems
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Kennel
It is a place that keeps pets (dogs, cats). When you go vacation and you don't want to take them, you can bring them to a place where you can pay have them kept and that place called a Kennel.
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Much too much
It's very too much, it's a lot, put more emphases of how much it is. Much too much work. Much too much money.
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Nix /verb. Nixed
Refuse. | I nixed that idea= I decided that idea was not good. I rejected that idea.
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To name something after someone
To give it that person's name. So, if the father's name is Patrick and he has a son, and he names that son after himself, he calls or gives the son the name of Patrick. To name something after someone=you give that person that same name
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Merry-go-around
merry-go-round, is an amusement ride consisting of a rotating circular platform with seats for riders. The "seats" are traditionally in the form of rows of wooden horses or other animals mounted on posts, many of which are moved up and down by gearwork to simulate galloping, to the accompaniment of looped circus music.
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A Hoax
Something that someone makes up and gets other people to believe False info Something that invented
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Semi-retire
Leave job, but also work as a part time
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To draw a pension
I am drawing a pension from my company If you put money into a fund, you can get a pension
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A matching amount
A company (your employer) put in a dollar for every dollar you put in
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401K
A special account, and 401K is just the name of the law or the regulation that the government setup. So, someone says I have 401K means they have a retirement account that they pay into, and usually or often the company they work for, will give some money into your account as well
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I could use one
When you have a difficult time or you are in difficult situation for a long period of time and you need some relief or you need something to feel better. For example, you worked hard and come home and say I could use a drink or I could use one if someone offer you a drink.
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To care for To care about
To care for=when you saying you like something or not. I don't care for movie that have a lot of violence. To care about=you concerned that you are interested. I care about environment. Means it's important to me that we have clean air and water.
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Let, Allow, Permit
Let= informal Allow, Permit= formal Allow or Permit + to + verb: permit him to watch Let + verb= let you see movie Allow or Permit + verb +ing : I allow smoking in my car Let + verb Allow or Permit is allowed. Smoking is allowed. No passive for let.
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I'll take the fith
It refers to a constitution of USA, the constitutions which are the main government document has several amendments or changes to it, so after constitutions was approved in 1789, then were changes to it. The fifth amendments to the constitution says if you are arrested, you do not have to say anything that might show you are guilty. So, it means you are not to say anything that it would show you did something wrong. Did you go out drinking last night? And you say I take the fifth, meaning you don't want to say or you are not going to answer that question because the answer might get you in trouble.
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Incriminate yourself
You are giving evidence or showing that someone is guilty or someone did something wrong.
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A house-warming party
The party we have when someone first moves into a new home, a new apartment, a condominium or any place they are moving to, it's common for people to have a party to invited other people over to see their new apartment or new house. It does't matter if you are in apartment or in British called A Flat, or house.
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Thighs. /tai/
Chicken's leg.
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Counter
A place where a customer walks up to and there is someone on the other side of counter to give them service. So, counter has a display or window which shows different foods and you can ask the person behind the counter and ask them something from there. A return counter: to return an item you bought.
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Produce department
It's where it has fruits and vegetables in stores
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Corn on the cob
Or Ear of Corn, when the corn grows, each individual piece of Corn called an Ear of Corn, and you take the outside of the corn off, the outside is called Husk (skin), and you can either take individual piece of corn and cut them off or you can leave them on the cob, and the cob is the corn with original part of the corn plant and you take that put it on barbecue .
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Vegan. /vigen/
A strict vegetarian. Who doesn't eat any animal products, like meat, dairy, ...
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Buns. /banz/
Buns are a piece of bread that you cut in half and put the meat in between. We use the term Buns for hamburger and hotdogs. If it's just a flat bread, we don't use the term buns, we usually call that a sandwich bread, when you cut off a loaf of bread A loaf of bread /loof/
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Condiments. /kan.di.mentz/
Things that you put on other foods. Ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise /meiniz/ or sometimes we called it Mayo /meyo/
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A tabloid
A very low quality newspaper, not a very good newspaper. The kind of newspaper that has story about celebrities and usually have many false or made up stories about celebrities. These are tabloids. It's sort of insulting terms to use to describe a newspaper.
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To go off without a hitch
To take place without a problem. | My project went off without a hitch means it was successful and you didn't have any problems.
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Reality Television/Tv
Reality means people on the show are not professional actors. They are competing and usually one person gets prize who win the show.
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Scripted Dramas
It's a drama where there is a script and professional actors act out that script. Reality shows are the opposite where amateurs or anyone who is not a professional try to impress judges.
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Amateurs. /amachorz/
A none professional person in anything, like sport, art, ....
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Contestant
A person who is part of the reality show or any sort of games.
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Season. In tv shows
Each year is called season. And in US, the television season begins in September and ends sometime following summer.
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Alliance
It's when you find other people or other countries to be your partner to help you what ever it is.
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Avian flu. /eyviyan/
Disease comes from different type of birds
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Insurgence. /in.serg.ensi/ Insurgency
People in a country who are trying to over through or take over the government by violent, revolution or rebel.
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Ait /ayt/
Alright It was ait.
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Mad
A lot | She has mad money, means she has a lot of money.
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Brill
Brilliant
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Emoticon /e.mo.ti.kan/ Icon. /I.kan/
When you put a little smily face for example in your email.
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Celebrity /se.leb.riti/
famous people | A famous person
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To make a spectacle of myself
A show or a fancy show that someone put on, when you say make a spectacle of my self, we mean to embarrass ourself, to do something that someone look at you and you would find embarrassing, laugh at you. Draw attention to myself by behaving in ridiculous way in public
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To go berserk /bizerk/
To go crazy, be out of control. To be acting in a wild way. Usually when someone get angry.
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I'm whooped
Whoop=to defeat or beat someone in a game or competition by a very big score. American soccer team was whooped by the Brazilian team, means they were defeated by them. To whoop=to yell or to shout when you are happy or excited. They won the game and began to whoop
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Doozy
It's a very difficult situation or something that may cause you lots of problem. Watch your first step, it's a doozy. It was a doozy of storm.
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Warrior
Soldier
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Sling shot
You take a rubber band and you put a rock and pull it back it projects(throw) forward
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June gloom
Something that is sad, when you say someone is gloomy means he is very sad and depressed June Gloom when we have lot of fog in the city (in June or July)
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A pacifist
Someone who doesn't want to fight in the world, refuses to war in the world, and doesn't believe in violence as way of solving problems.
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Motherhood
The idea of being mother How does she like the motherhood? How she like being a mother
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Emerald
It is a type of stone that is often green in colour and it's a nick name for Seattle ( a city in Washington state). And Seattle has a lot of rain. It's famous because of Starbucks too
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Seattleite
A person who living in Seattle | For New York it's called New Yorker
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On the spare of the moment
When someone does something without plan on it. Usually they do something that is a change of what they are doing right now, for example, they decide to leave or go somewhere.
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Slam dunk
It's a slam duck = means it's easy and it's going to happen. There is no doubt. I asked her for a date. Did she said yes. Oh yes. It's a slam dunk (it's going to happen for sure)
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Off the shelf
I bought my computer off the shelf Shelf is opposite of custom made, specifically made for you, So, you go to store and buy a laptop off the shelf, it's not a custom made for you
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Tailor
A person who make suits and pans.
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Needless to say
Of course.
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Home coming
Usually a football game and other celebrations that a school has when their graduates, people who have gone the school and left, come back to support the school and to show their interest to school. Usually in September or October.
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Upon us
The fall is upon us means we are now in spring. | Christmas is upon us means it is now time for christmas.
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Something is just around the corner
When we are very near to time to something. | Next week is just around the corner, means is just a few more days. Short amount of time before it happens.
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School spirit
Interest or enthusiasm about your school. It is sort of like your loyalty to school and do something to encourage members of a sport team or the school to do better at some activities.
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Jock
Informal expression referring to someone who p,Amy's sports, football or basketball or hockey .... To say he is a football jock means he plays those sports. Usually referred to boys.
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To stand a chance
To have a chance, to have a possibility to being something | I don't stand a chance of being elected.
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Freshment sophomore /safomor/ Junior Senior
``` Freshment= 1 year of college sophomore= 2 year of college . . I am in the sophomore class. ```
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You are in the class of the year
That's the year you are graduate.
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Pep rally
It's a a gathering when all the student come together, usually in school's gymnasium or gym and they cheer or encourage the team that's going to play to the game. A dance team or dance line, they are usually girls do special dances to music.
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Alumni
``` Anyone who graduated. Alumni is plural. Alumnus is singular for man. I am an alumnus from university of Oxford. Alumna is singular for women. ```
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Back in
At that time. | Back in 1970, people liked jazz music.
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A studio apartment
A one room apartment. You just have one room.
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Is up
Time is up. | Lease is up.
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To hammer out something
To negotiate, to figure out, to come to a solution. Terms to a negotiation are the specific points that you are negotiation about. For example, for lease, it's how long the lease is and how much the rent is, and so forth.
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A break on something
A reduction, to cut or reduce. | I am going to give you a break on the price of the new car means I am going to reduce the price for you.
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A exchange for
I give you something and you give me something. | I give you a break on rent in exchange for signing a two year least.
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A counter proposal
After someone's propose, you return with your own ideas. He countered my proposal with another proposal. Counter offer is the same as counter proposal.
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To drive a hard bargain | You drive a hard bargain
Other person is very difficult negotiator, that negotiation is very difficult.
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To bargain someone down
To get them to reduce the price.
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Circulation
How many people read the magazine. | What is the circulation of Time magazine? Means how many people by it and read it.
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Fortnight
Bi-weekly, every two weeks
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To Abduct /abdakt/
To take a person without their permission. | Kidnapping.
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Money ransom
A money demanded for releasing a prisoner. | People want money in order to return person.
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Amber Alert
When a child is taken or abducted, the police when they have some information about who may taken them, for example the kind of car or perhaps licence plate of the car, this is warning to everyone to looking for that car. So they have a news announcement, public, signs in highways.
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Fold-out map
Maps that are big piece of paper and folded several times.
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Guide map
It's a book and each page has a different section of the map.
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Legend
It's a little box in corner of the map that tells your what are different symbols are. Sometimes it called Key.
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Stream
A small river
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Body of water
Lake
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Rest stop
You can stop in highway and use bathroom and eat and get water.
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Get out of here
When you don't believe something when someone to tell you and difficult to believe.
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He has something on him | He's got something on him
One person has some information about another person, some information what this other person did wrong, will say I have something on you. Means I have some negative bad information about you. You better not do anything because I have something on you.
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Teeter on the brink
To be very close to dangerous situation. Teeter on the brink of something Country teetering on the brink of war = to be very close at war. Teeter=walking in not steady way, like a drunk people The brink= edge
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Conductor
A person in charge of train.
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Tell me about it!
You are working hard and someone else comes in, who also working very hard, and says: oh boy, I am really tired. And you say tell me about it! Means you don't need to tell me about it, I know already. From my own experience, I know what are you talking about.
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To throw in the towel
To give up. I am quitting, I am stopping.
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Keynote
A keynote in business or university is a formal address or formal speech that someone gives to a large group of people. Usually we have a keynote at conference.
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To sing someone's praises
To compliment them, to talk about how wonderful they are | My father was singing my praises to my uncle.
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CV
Curriculum vita, a list of your jobs and experience and education. Resume
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A privilege
A special opportunity that only small number of people get to have. It is a privilege to meet the president. That's small opportunity.
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To land an interview/ job
To get/obtain a job.
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Soul searching
Thinking very seriously, very deeply about your decision | I did a lot of soul searching.
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To cast a wide net
To look a lot around many different areas. If you are casting a wide net for a new employee, you would interview many candidate who wanted the job, that would be a casting a wide net. To look in many different places and areas.
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Sector
A area or part of the economy or business. The public sector means government. Private sector means private organization.
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To shoot a little lower
To be less ambiguous, to look for something less important
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Mc, Mac
Mc=the person is from Ireland. Mac=Scotland Mc means son. McDonald=son of Donald
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Liberal
The people who are around the political left in US. They tend to be people who believe at the government should be involved in economy and take care of people and give more money to certain programs called social programs. They also tend to be and believe that should be strong separation between religion and the government. Other countries, it means support economic policy that support something like free trade.
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Conservative
Describe people who believe in very limited government, lower taxes, and they don't want the government to be involved in economy in US.
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Little league
League for children.
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To Hock
To sell something/give something to someone who gives you money for it, but usually there is a certain amount of time that you can go and get it back or you can buy it back. The person you sell called Pawnbroker. Pawnbroker /p^n/: a person that buy things from people's who needs money, usually the need money quickly and they have to go and hock their possession and usually after certain amount of time they will sell that to someone else. So you can go there and see the things that people brought in and buy them at really good price. To be in hock: you are in debt. You own other people money.
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Layover
When you have to stop in a different city before you get to the city you want to go Opposite is direct. Direct fly.
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Coat check
It's a place where you can check or leave your coat and they give you a little ticket and you can come back and get your coat and jacket when you are done at the end of night in restaurant
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Bellboy
He is a person who helps you with your luggages and takes it in hotel and take it up to your home.
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Maid
The person who cleans your room in hotel
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Concierge /konsiyer/
A person who gives you information about hotel, reservation, recommend good restaurant , and etc....
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Usher /Asher/
The person who helps where you seat in theater
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Satellite offices
Small offices in other cities. | Opposite of headquarters.
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Something the right fit
It's a good match for the person
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Sound advise
Good advise
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Cocky
Someone who is too confident. Who things he is better than everyone else.
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Boast /bost/
To tell other people how good he or she is. It's a negative term. Ted used to boast : "I manage 10 people"
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Meek
You are not confident enough that you are too modest about what you've done Quite Gentle
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To make things up
Nice way of saying to lie, to not tell the truth. | Don't make things up.
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To walk all over me
To refer to a situation when a person doesn't defended herself or himself when other people get to do whatever they want and the person doesn't stop them. They tell her/him what to do and they don't listen to anything that she/he saying
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Fellow worker/student
Someone who is like you, he is your co-worker or student too.
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To be a team-player
To be corporate, work well with other people
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To grab the limelight
To capture or get the attention of other people. | It is also a negative term referring to someone who always try to be the focus of attention.
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To get around something
To avoid it. To find a way that you don't have to do it
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stethoscope. /s.teteskop/
The thing that doctor put on his/her ear and has a little disk that put in your chest to hear your heart's sound.
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abdomen. /abdemen/
The area above your waist and below your chest. The area that your stomach is.
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Campaign
To advertise and talk about a person (a candidate who wants to be part of government) as well as a product or a service.
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To pull something
To do something dishonest. To do something that is not right or to do something that violet or break some rule. I thought he might try to pull something like this.
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To have the nerve
To have the courage, to do something. it's a negative term. She had the nerve to get my money. She had confidence or ability to take my money to do something wrong.
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I have the guts
The same as to have the nerve. To have confidence to be able to do that.
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To top it off
If you have a situation where someone does something wrong and the other person says I don't believe you and you say even there is more to top it off, even worse than that. I ordered some food and to be delivered to my house and food delivery man comes one hour late and you say I don't believe he was so late and then I say well to top it off he didn't give me my change back.
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To slack off
In a business setting not to work as hard as you should. I am feeling kind of lazy, so I think I am going to slack off this week A person who slacks off is called Slacker
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Doesn't lift a finger
Don't do anything, he/she doesn't help at all. | We use this expression for someone who suppose to help you, but doesn't help you.
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To get away something
You are doing something wrong but no one stop you Well, he’s not going to get away with it. I’m going to talk to the senior vice president.
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To handle it
To take care of it
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Blow it off
To ignore it, not pay attention to it, not do it Jeff: Well, can you think of another way to handle this? Lucy: I wish I could. I don’t want to just blow it off, but we have to think of the fall out. Are you to hand in your project today? No, I am feeling lazy and going to blow it off
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Fallout
When you have a problem and going to affects other people Literally, fallout is what happens after a nuclear bomb explodes and kills everybody, but in normal conversation for fallout is the result of situation or something bad. Jeff: Well, can you think of another way to handle this? Lucy: I wish I could. I don’t want to just blow it off, but we have to think of the fallout.
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To fight your own battles
To do it yourself, to take care of problem yourself and not let your boss or somebody else do it for you
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To be Ticked off
To be angry, to be really mad I am ticked off. Don't tick her off
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think straight
To think clearly, logically, correctly
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To floor someone
To hit him or physically punch him and knock him down to floor
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That makes two of us.
When two people agree on something or do the same thing. I am feeling really tired and my friend says yeah, that makes two of us. Means me too. I am also tired.
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Stigma attach. /estigma^/
People don't think it's very nice or think something wrong with it. Stigma attached to online dating. Bad reputation.
541
Lucrative. /lookritiv/
A business that you make a lot of money. Like dating company.
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Skeptical /skep.ti.kal/
You have doubts, you are not sure
543
Wink | Blink
Close and open one of your eyes quickly Blink: like wink but for both eyes
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To come of
Come of it means to result in something, nothing happens. Come of : result from No good will come of it
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Pulitzer /pool.it.zer/
A award for writers
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Wrath /rath/
Anger. Mad. Something bad you are going to do to someone else because you are angry.
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Sitting dock
Someone who very easy to attack or to hurt because they are out in area that they don't have any protection. You are sitting dock.
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Obesity. /o.bi.si.ty/
Someone is very overweight.
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Appetite. /api.tit/
When you feel hungry. I have an appetite means I want to eat. I have a big appetite.
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Firm handshake | Limp handshake
Limp=without energy or will
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Embrace
Hug
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A blast
It is a lot of fun, very fun | A party or a trip or event was a lot of fun.
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A whirlwind /verl.wind/
It went very quickly, doing many things in small amount of time
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Lower key
Very relax, very calm the rest of my trip was pretty low key. He is very low key.
555
Make it back
Return, What time did you make it back? What time did you return.
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Get in line
Stand in line
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I am afraid
When we want to tell someone some bad news. I am afraid that you failed the test. It's bad news when telling someone that they don't want to hear it.
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Oh, well
I guess I can do anything about it. | That's just the way that it is. I can't change it.
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On the way over
On my way to somewhere.
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A stub
When a ticket taker gives you back a part of your ticket, sort of a receipt( a little part of your ticket), is called stub. When you go to theatre for example.
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concession stand
If you want to buy food in a theatre or baseball or football stadium, you have to go to concession stand. They sells foods, shirts, and hats, popcorn, soda. The big container of popcorn is called tub (t^b). A tub of popcorn.
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Screening room
The place that you watch movies. | Outside is called lobby.
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Previews
Commercial or advertisement for other movies that are going to be released. Usually, it lasts about ten minutes before you get to the actual movie you came to see.
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To wolf down
To eat very quickly. When you are very hungry, you may eat you food very fast and the informal expression for that is to wolf down.
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Parcel /p^rsial/
Another name for package.
566
To make heads or tails of something
To make sense of something, to understand something. Usually it's very confusing thing
567
To drive down
Same as drive on. But most don't say I am driving on street, instead they would say I am driving down to street. Means I am moving in certain direction.
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Needless to say
Obviously.
569
Engine light comes on
We don't say Turns On because there is not a person to turn it on. When the light turns on automatically or electronically control, we usually say it comes on.
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To pull over
To pull over your car means stop it and move to the side of street or freeway.
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Shoulder
Pull over on the shoulder= that's the side of freeway or highway. We have special word for that, that place that you can pull over on freeway and that's called Shoulder. We don't have Shoulder for street.
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To pop the hood
To open the hood.
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wiper fluid. /folo.ed/
Windshield is in front window in car. | It's the liquid or soap that you put in your car that you can spray on windshield to clean it.
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To pop out at
We use when we are looking at many different things and we are trying to identify something but we are not quite sure what that something is. For example, someone gives you a list of names and says there is someone here you know, well you don't know the name of person, so you look at the name and hope some names pop out at you.
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AAA
American Automobile Association It's a national private organization, like an insurance company, and you can become a member, like 50 or 60 $ per year, and if your car breaks down or stops working, you can call them and they will tow you to somewhere to get your car fixed.
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To cost an arm and a leg
To be very expensive and cost a lot of money.
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To cash a check
To go to a bank or store and you give them a check and they give you money or cash back.
578
bulletproof glass
It's a very thick window that we use for safety and security.
579
To speak up
Talk louder. | Also means just speak.
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cashier’s check.
It a check that banks gives you with the bank's name on it and not your name on it. We use casher's check for extra safety when we are giving someone money. There are 2 types of checks, casher's check and personal check. A personal check has my name on it and comes right out my account. Many people accept just casher's check for large amount of money because the bank guarantee the money will be there.
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small bills—10s and 20s
Bill is a piece of paper which money, like 1,5,20,50,100 bills
582
money burning a hole in my pocket
You have money now and really want to spend it and you are not sure what you are going to buy but you want to by something. I have money burning in my pocket.
583
mull over | /mo^l/
Think about a fact,proposal,request deeply.
584
Handy
Convenient, easily available.
585
crapshoot.
Comes from a gambling game called craps where you roll 2 dice and there is a board and hope you get certain numbers. Here means you are gambling and you really don't know. It's something that it's unknown. Crap=garbage
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All set
They all ready. I am completely ready for something. | Are you all set for your trip to LA.
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To veg out
To relax but not to do anything very intellectual, not do anything that requires any work. Coming home, sitting down, watching TV and not doing anything very active. Intellectual=to use the mind creatively
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Get over
To recover from, to get over of effects of something means to get better from that situation.
589
Hectic
Hectic means lot of activity. | Hectic week is a week has a lot of activity.
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an up and coming
An artist, a politician, a movie star who is not yet famous but it's going to be famous, has become more popular. ever since she was an up and coming artist 10 years ago.
591
a retrospective
For movies or arts in generals, it's show that gives you the history of artist work from the beginning. For example, a retrospective of movies by the director Kodosava would include his early films as well as his later films.
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To be versatile
To be able to do many different things.
593
wine and cheese reception
reception means party or celebration. | A party that's very low key and quite party.
594
gracious. /ge.rey.shes/
To be nice, polite, kind.
595
Graceland
Home of Elvis Precly, and it's located in Memphis Tennessee
596
Overdose
When you take too much drugs
597
Estate
Someone's property or land usually has a big house on it and there is a large amount of land around house like garden.
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The New England
The state of Massachusetts, including Boston ``` Boston has nickname of Bean Town. Newyork has nickname of Big Apple. Chicago has nickname of Windy City. Los Angles has nickname of the City of Angles. Harvard and MIT is located in Boston. CIT is located in California. ```
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To have leg up on someone
To have the advantage, to be doing better than others. Or you have some talent, skills or quality that allows you do better than someone else. I have a leg up on that job=I have especial advantage that will help me to do that job better than others Leg up on someone or leg up on a job.
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Flat out
Straight out, directly. | I told my friend flat out that I was not going to give him any money. Usually something that they don't want to hear
601
A seeing eye dog
It's a dog that especially trained to help people to who are blind. Sight impaired=you are not able to see. Impaired= you are not able to do something. Hearing impaired.
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To trip up
To make a mistake, to make an error. I tripped up on last question=I made a mistake on last question. I am going to try to trip him up=I am going to get him to make a mistake
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To let someone down
To disappoint them. To do something that they don't like. | I let my friend down.
604
The mark of
That's the sign of, that's indication of | The mark of a good actor is that he can remember all of his dialog.
605
In her/his/your book
According to my way thinking, The way I see things. In my book, it's better to exercise early in morning.
606
chick flicks
Chick=informal and somewhat insulting term to refer to woman Flick=movie Movie made primarily for women.
607
Keep up
To be able to do all the works that is required. | Opposite of to fall behind.
608
Extra credit in class
When teacher gives an extra assignment that student can do so they can make up for perhaps a test that they did not do very well at, so they can improve their grade by doing extra credit. Not an assignment that they have to do but if they want to get more points for higher grade they can do it.
609
To pull up your grade
To improve your grade, increase your grade.
610
Local paper
Local newspaper. A newspaper that publish in local city and it's not a national newspaper.
611
Hours of operations
The hours that stores is open.
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To see for yourself/myself
Investigate it personally. Sometimes when people don't believe you, for example I got an A on my essay and your friends says you did not, and you say, here see for yourself, means look at it yourself. To have personal experience, to personally look at it.
613
stacks
The area that all shelves are in library.
614
Right then
Right at that time. Immediately I looked briefly at the collection but decided not to check out any right then.
615
Someone looks promising
The person has a lot of possibilities. Person promises or expects them do very well at the job.
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To be personable
To be kind, to be polite, to be nice
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perseverance. /per.se.viyerens/
To continue on your work even though there are many difficulties. A runner has a great perseverance to continue when it becomes difficult.
618
To be Chatty
Talks too much
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a little rough around the edges
It's a person who has potential to do something but not quite ready, they haven't got enough training and experience.
620
To be earnest
To be honest, to be sincere, to be someone who can be trust.
621
To have the air of
Appears to be, he looks like someone very intelligent
622
strike me as
Appear me as, seems to me as. | I see a very tall person and I say you strike me as being a basketball player.
623
bright and easy to get along with
Bright=to be smart | Easy to get along with=someone who is polite and easy to talk to and doesn't cause any problems.
624
Fish ball
``` A small class ball that you can put your business card in restaurant. Every week or month the restaurant will have a Drawing and that means they pick one of the business cards and call that person and give them usually a free lunch. ```
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Dry-eyed
They are not an emotional. Don't have strong emotional feeling.
626
Killer app
Great application.
627
To coop up
To be inside the cage, we keep chicken on farms inside chicken coop, their cage. Here means I am inside the cage and I need to get out to have my freedom.
628
Smog. /sm^g/
Smoke. Pollution.
629
Gear
A general term to mean any sort of equipment that you need. We use term Gear in electronic, I have my recording gear, meaning my machine or equipment. Also we use it sometimes for sports.
630
To be psyched
To be excited, to be really looking forward, to be very eager. Ready to go.
631
camper
A big truck that you can sleep in, it has bed and small kitchen SUV=sport utility Viago
632
Truck
Back of car to store luggage.
633
kick back and relax,
Relax, very calm.
634
To dread + verb+ing
To really hate, to really not want something. | I dread going back to work when the weekend is over.
635
To be on the fritz
To be broken, anything machine like car
636
Go off (verb for alarms)
Did alarm go off? Means did it sound. Did you hear it? | The verb that we use for alarm is go off.
637
Hunt around
To look for, to look for all over the place.
638
compact
A small flat case containing face powder.
639
frantic /Fran.tik/
To be very concerned, to be very worried.
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To serve you right
You deserve it that is just that happened to you. He was too fast on freeway and the police man gave him a ticket. It serves him right. Haghesh bod.
641
absent-minded.
When you forget things. Where is my shirt. I can't find it anywhere. Here it is. I am wearing it. That would be very absent-minded.
642
Superstition
A belief that someone has about good luck or bad luck. Khorafat.
643
To Fling
You are throwing something very fast and hard because you want to hurt another person or hit them. Fling plate or cup.
644
To cast
Throw something into lake or ocean. He casted his wedding ring into ocean.
645
Choir /kovayer/
A group of people who sing
646
Having said that
I love to go to LA, having said that I never go during the winter. Going to say something that disagree or contradict from the first thing that we said.
647
To be preoccupied
You are worried about something, you are concerned about something. To be occupied=you are busy.
648
To put someone down
To insult them. To say negative or bad things about them.
649
diplomatic
To be very polite, very careful, not to make anyone mad or to offend or bother anyone. If you are a diplomatic, you can say something that mere difficult for someone to hear but you say it in a way that it doesn't hurt them.
650
To get the better of
To be bothered by that person, You try to not to be, but that person somehow continues to bother you. So, I tried to ignore my loud neighbour but he was making so much noise that he got the better of me. He made me mad even though I tired to resist it. I don’t know, but I do know that sometimes he really gets the better of me.
651
To be fed up with
To be tired of. When something or someone is doing something wrong and they do it over and over again, finally you get fed up with them. You can fed up with a person or with a situation. Lucy: Yeah, in fact, they’re fed up with him.
652
to run interference
To protect this person, to be a person in between someone else who may hurt or harm them. To protect another person after they do something wrong. I keep having to run interference when our discussions get too heated.
653
discussions get heated.
Discussion gets emotional, very mad, very excited. It's a negative term.
654
To put up with something or someone
To tolerate, to stand it, to be able to survive in a situation or with a person. I put up with a lot of noise with my neighbour.
655
hairdresser
It's a name we give to someone who cuts hair, usually for a woman. Barber is for man.
656
bangs
It's the hair in front of your head that comes down over your forehead.
657
split ends
It's something that both man and woman can get on their head, and very end of your hair becomes separated.
658
roots are showing.
When you put color on your hair, and as you hair grows, the new hair doesn't have any colour, right near your skin, that's called root of hair.
659
station.
In hairdresser salon, the place where that particular hairdresser works.
660
To fit someone in to your schedular
You are very busy but you may have time. You make time for them.
661
trim
A trim is when you go to get your hair cut but you don't want it to cut very much. Maybe a quarter of a inch or half inch.
662
To take it up an inch
To cut it an inch shorter.
663
do wonders with
To do something very difficult but end up with very good result. I went swimming today and it did wonders for my health. Meaning it really improved and helped dramatically.
664
endnotes
Notes that goes at the end of notes or books.
665
To be hooked on
To be addicted to, to be really love it that you can stop.
666
My latest
It's a short form of saying my latest habit, or latest thing that I am currently is doing.
667
To turn someone on to
To get interested in. I have to thank my friend Gustavo for turning me on to those two. Be careful of this expression. Without "To", to turn me on, means having romantic interest in each other usually related to something sexual.
668
the other day
Some days recently, perhaps last week or two
669
I hopped in my car
I got into car very quickly or right away.
670
To inch forward
To move very slowly, inch by inch
671
Lean over
Bend over
672
I'll have
When we are ordering at restaurant, the most common expression is I'll have a ..... You can also say I'll take a ....
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Low voice
Bam voice. | Opposite is high voice.
674
To pull forward
To move your car up or forward. | We use this term usually for car.
675
Telethon
You have a television program usually goes all day or two three days.
676
Dystrophy
It's a medical term that refers to the fact that muscles stop working properly. The muscles becomes weak and this is a decease that affects young children.
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to Pledge
It's a promise you give to someone or something.
678
a Raffle
It's when you sell tickets to win a prize, it's kind of lottery, but it's done by private organization to get money for a charitable group.
679
a Rummage sell
It's similar to garage sell, it's when you have things that people don't want they give you or donate to you and then you sell those things.
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to Grip, to clutch
Holding very tightly: I am griping the steering wheel. When the hand goes around something smaller or something that you put your entire hand around, for example grip a microphone or pen. to Clutch: to hold something very tightly. She was clutching her purse so that no one can steal it. It's usually used for bag and purse.
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A pastime
A national pastime | It's an activity when you have extra time, free time, it can be hobby or sport.
682
Plain field
Baseball diamond, base in baseball game in diamond shape
683
Pitcher
In baseball, He is the person that throws the ball. | Catcher=the person that catches the ball
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Shortstop
The player that plays near second and third bases in baseball
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Outfield
It's the space that had very end of the field divided in three section, left, centre, right field.
686
To be out in left field
To be a little crazy, to have ideas that are not normal.
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A base (in baseball)
It's a small square that you have to as a person who is hitting the ball and running, you have to go to each of the bases which are in this big diamond, you have to run in each of the bases before you can score points. So, the first base, the second and the third, and you go back to where you begin and that is called the Home Base Also, Home Base is often used by people to describe their headquarters or the place that they have the main operations or business.
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Batter
It's someone who hits the ball with the bat. That person swing the bat to hit the ball. And the purpose of baseball is to have the batter to hit the ball and be able to run around three bases and back home to score point.
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Balls and strike in baseball
A strike is when a batter swing at the ball and misses or when the pitcher throws the ball into strike zone and the batter doesn't swing at it and hit it. Strike zone is an area between knees of player and his chest If the pitcher is able to throw the ball into that area and the batter doesn't swing at it and hit it that's strike. The batter is out after three strike if he doesn't hit it.
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Dugout
The area that your team is sitting and waiting to play and also called Coaches
691
The ball
Sometimes when a pitcher throws the ball outside of strike zone, that is too high or too low and those called Ball. If the pitcher throws 4 balls and all outside of strike zone then we say that the player from offensive team gets a Walk, and they get to go to first base and another batter comes up. Of course if the next batter comes up and hits the ball very far and it's not pot by any defensive team then players can go to the second base and ... And eventually comes to home base and they score a point. If they hit the ball and one one players catches the ball before it hits the ground the batter is automatically is out. If it gets the ball after hitting the ground and runs to base and put his foot on it before the batter or the runner arrives in the base the runner is also out. A runner is a player that is on one of the bases and runs to the next base.
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A home run
When the batter hits the ball a very long distances and it goes beyond the play field we call it a home run and that means the it goes all bases and goes back home and scored and any other runners on the other bases they also score points.
693
To strike out
To fail at something. To try something and fail.
694
A ballpark estimate
A ballpark is the place that you play the game. A ballpark estimate means a rough estimate or guess at something. How much is cost to buy a house in LA? Give me a ballpark estimate.
695
To through a curve ball
To give them something unexpected and causes you problem. | My boss told me he wants to go to New York. He really throw me a curve ball.
696
Compromise
You disagree with someone about something and you decide that I change my idea a little bit you change your idea a little bit and then we compromise. We agree on something that neither of us wanted it originally but we decide that it' ok if we don't get everything that we want it.
697
A commitment
When you say I am going to do something, promise to do something. Yes, I will definitely do that
698
On the road
An expression we use to say that we are traveling. I am on the road this week means I am traveling this week usually for some business purpose
699
overhead transparencies
It's a piece of plastic that is clear and you write on it and you put it on overhead projector which is basically a big lamp with a mirror that project or show what is on transparency upon a big screen
700
a Wardrobe
All of the clothing that you can wear. Also, it's a place that you put all your clothing like a tall cabinet
701
a Basket Case
It usually refers to someone who has mental or emotional problems and they have so many problems that they can't do what they suppose to do in their job. Here is kind of joking: I’m pretty much a basket case when it comes to picking my wardrobe. Means I am not very good and useless and can't do a very good job.
702
Bicep | Tricep
Bazo | Poshet bazo
703
button-down collar
A Button is on your shirt and you put your button to a little whole called button hole and keeps shirt from coming off you from opening in front. The collar is part of the shirt that goes around the neck, yaghe. Button-down collar shirt is a collar that has buttons on the top front that keep it attached to the reset of shirt.
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Slacks
Pants. More formal pants. A pair of slacks.
705
khaki
It's yellow brownish material that you can make usually pants out of. khakis originally used for military dress but now you can buy khakis with that materials
706
buckle
A belt has a buckle, used to keep belt together. | Sagak
707
to splurge
To spend a lot of money on something. I am going to splurge on dinner tonight and order the Newyork steak. You can splurge on anything.
708
to pull out all the stops
To do the maximum possible, to do as much as possible.
709
bangle or a chain bracelet
Chain one is made of little pieces we called those little pieces a chain links and it's flexible and has little chains. A bangle is solid and it's one piece
710
rubies. /roobiz/
Red or purple stones.
711
sapphires
Blue stones,
712
Gems stones | Precious stones. /pershes/
Expensive stones
713
bands
A ring with non stone on it. Wedding band.
714
pearl necklace
pearls are not stones but they are a very hard substance that you find in an oyster. Oyster is like shelves.
715
clasp
It's a lock on the back of necklace and really hard to do. It holds the necklace together.
716
Hometown
It's a place that you born, where you raised, or grew up
717
family reunion
It's when you have grand mom, grand pa, your uncles, aunts, cousins, anyone with that last name or related to you comes together, a big party.
718
immediate family
It's your mother, your father, your brother and sisters, and your bother and sister's wife or husband, in-laws and their children. Extended family includes other part of your family like grand pa and mam, uncles and etc.
719
To cater a party | Catering
To provide a food. Usually a professional cook and the cooks helpers come and cooks the food and they are responsible for foods and drinks.
720
casseroles
A dish that has rice, potatoes, or pasta, some sort of starch(type of rice and pasta) and all these are mixed with meat, often hamburger or ham or turkey or chicken and some sort of soup or creamed soup, like creamed mushroom.
721
To be the guest of honor
The party was being thrown or put on or it was organized for me and my wife. We were the guest of honor.
722
An anecdote
Story, usually funny story about something. You can have an anecdote about what happened to you yesterday and usually anecdote is funny or entertaining somehow.
723
residential
That's a neighbourhood with lots of house and apartments, not a lot of business or factories. Mostly houses and apartments
724
To live kitty corner | To be kitty corner
Imagine that you have two street that crossed, the building that is in south west corner is kitty corner from the building of north east corner. It's diagonal. So, this house is kitty corner meaning it's diagonal, not right next to me but diagonal across the street
725
keep very late hours
You stay up and you don't go to bed until very late
726
To be at your wits’ end
You don't know what to do, you've tried everything else, you can't think of solution. You are disparate. Wits is another word for intelligence. To have your wits' about you=to know what you are doing, to have some intelligence.
727
For something worked out in the end
It came to successful conclusion or resolution that the problems solved.
728
stage fright
It's when you scared or nervous when you have to stand up in front of people and talk. fright=scared
729
give me butterflies
I have butterflies in my stomach means my stomach feels not good because I am nervous, because I am scared of something. Usually when you have to give a presentation, people get nervous and sometimes they get butterflies in their stomach
730
Whew
Sounds to express the relief. I am so glad this day is over.
731
running roughly
It's not functioning, it's not working correctly | Opposite of running smoothly
732
Something/someone no worse than most
He is not any worth than any other or most other, he is about the same, in terms of something, here, honesty.
733
set me back | How much is going to set you back?
Informal way of saying how much is it going to cost you. Set back (as a noun)=disappointment, something that moves you backward instead of forward either in terms of finance, money or something else. You can have a set back on your job meaning you didn't get a promotion or get a raised. It set me back 20$, we mean it costs me 20$.
734
To rip off
To steal, to have somebody steal something from you often because they are cheating you, they cheating you on some sort of business or transaction or situation. I am feeling I am ripped off by grocery stores or gas station because the price of gas is so expensive. Someone taking your money but not taking your money honestly to what they give you.
735
To be straight with someone
Being honest with them, you're telling them the truth. He is not being straight with me, meaning he is lying to me. That's different than "To be straight". To be straight=to be heterosexual (men like woman and woman like men)
736
To dust off
1) remove dirt | 2) start using it again but it's being a long time since I have used it.
737
interest-bearing account
It earns interest, you get money for keeping your money in that account.
738
An overdraft protection
When you write a check for more that what you have in your bank account. It a service that many banks offer and if you write a check for too much money by mistake the bank will loan you the money that you don't have in your account in order to cash the check
739
money market account
It's type of account that earns a little more interest than other regular saving account.
740
toll-free line
You don't have to pay for the call, | 800 numbers
741
the only game in town
There is no one else that you can call, or he is only person can do the certain thing. He is only game in town.
742
I won’t hold my breath! | Don't hold your breath
I don't expect anything happened. | I don't think this person call me back in this case or story.
743
Halloween
Hallow=holy or sainted, someone who is saint in Christian tradition or holy and who's now in heaven En=evening
744
Pagan /pegen/
Someone who doesn't believe in one of major religions
745
odds and ends
Whatever is available in your house, could be a paper bag, crayons, old hats..... A variety of things that you have their present in your house. I liked dressing up in a costume that I pick out at the store or, more often, we made out of odds and ends at home.
746
Deceive /disiv/
Try to fool people or other people
747
To eat to your heart content
You eat as much as you want until you are satisfied. | We usually use this expression for food.
748
make-shift pumpkin patches
pumpkin patch is a field or place where they have pumpkins. A make-shift store is an empty parking lot or where a place there was not anything or no building and sometimes they open up a stores there. A make-shift is an adjective that means improvised or not plan out a head of time, usually temporary and not a permanent solution to something.
749
To scoop out
To take a spoon and take out something with spoon. For example, you can scoop out a ice ream.
750
Carve
Carve into something means you are putting some figures or some pictures on hard surfaces. It could be wood or stone.
751
jack-o-lanterns
The word we use for the carved pumpkins is called a jack-o-lanterns. Lantern is a lamp to light. You put candle inside the pumpkin.
752
Doorstep
They are steps leading up to your front door.
753
bobbing for apples
A container or barrel of water and there are apples in water and you have to get apple in the water without using your hands. You have to bite apples.
754
Blast
It was a lot of fun. It was really enjoyable. | The party was a blast.
755
Warlock
A man who has a magical powers. | Witch is a woman who has magical powers.
756
Phone tree
It's when you call a business and you don't get a real human being and you get a recoding. And recoding gives you options. For example, for sales press 1 , ...
757
Reservation agent
A person works at car rental company or an Airline is called an Agent. We don't say reservation Clark or reservation sales person, we say the reservation agent. We use that word for insurance, FBI.
758
Compact car | Sub-compact car
A small, usually car with two doors and not a big car.
759
Grand total
When you have several smaller totals and you add those together to get the grand or final totals. The rental fee would be $32.25 a day, giving you a grand total of $62.50 for the two days. The grand total includes fees and taxes.
760
F as in Frank
When you spelling something and there is a letter that you think they may missed here because there some letter that sounds like f and s , m and n, sometimes to make it easier for the other person give a word to make it easier.
761
Odd hours
You don't work in normal hours from 9 to 5. Also, when you do not have a regular schedule like some days works noon to 5, some days work from 8 to 12, etc
762
In time to
You get there before dead line, before it's too late. | Did you get there in time?
763
to Get off work
To be finished with work. | I get off work at 5 means I am done working at 5.
764
Latchkey program
It's a program where kids who go to school can go to a special place and there someone to take care of them until parents to the parents come and pick them up usually after 5 or 6 in the afternoon
765
A rolling admission
It's when there isn't one day or date dead line to getting to or applying to school. You can join to program at any time in the year.
766
Supervision
Looking after or taking care of, a person who is supervises
767
It's hard to come by
It's difficult to get
768
Has it tough
They have a difficult situation
769
Mount Rushmore
Mount is short for mountain. Mount Rushmore is located in a place called Black Hills. It's a area in western part of state of South the coda. It's in north central of US. Back in 1920, a group of people decided to create something so that other people come there and see it. They created a Monument. Mount Rushmore is a monument to four American's president, Gorge Washington (first president), Thomas Geferson third president, Ebrahim Lincoln sixteen president, Tedor Rosevelt earliest 20'th century. They have their pictures carved into the mountain.
770
A Monument
It's a building or statue in honer of someone.
771
Chisel /chizel/
A piece of metal you use to break up rock or put some sort of decoration into rock or stone
772
The dog days of summer
The days or weeks in July or August when it's very hot. When there is a lot of humidity.
773
Indian summer
When it's get warm during the fall usually in October or November.
774
A harvest moon
It's the full moon, closest to September 23th. | September 23th we called it Autumnal Equinox.
775
Optical illusion
It's when something looks like one thing but it's not. Of course moon looks bigger but it's not.
776
Cut to the chase
To get to the point. To get to the most important part of what you saying.
777
To jaywalk
To cross the street illegally. You can get a ticket for jaywalk. Jay=someone who is stupid.
778
You prove someone wrong
You demonstrated or showed them they were wrong. You provided them evidence or convinced them that they are wrong.
779
cubicle
It's a small office but usually it doesn't have it's own door and walls don't go up to the ceiling. Divided by small walls.
780
how are you settling in?
How are you getting used to or custom to new situation. How are you adjusting or adapting to new situation.
781
I appreciate you + verb + ing
I appreciate you taking the time to help me out with this software
782
hairy
Difficult. Could be some cause problems. | Well, it’s a good idea to have the manual ready, since it can get a bit hairy.
783
May I trouble you to
A polite expression to ask something .... | May I trouble you to show me how to print reports out from the program?
784
Estate
The money, property and things that someone owns
785
Probate
When you bring the will to the court and that court is called Probate court.
786
An heir /air/
The person who gets money from someone is called Heir. So you inherit money and someone who get money call an heir.
787
To contest the will
You go to the court and you say there is something wrong with that will. If you can prove it, then court will cancel the will or will is not valid.
788
No big whoop
No big deal.
789
Primordial soup
Primordial= from very beginning, from earliest time. Primordial soup means when earth many many million years ago, when basic element of life comes together. A place the life could begin.
790
It will come in no time
It will come very quickly, very soon
791
A Gizmo
A gadget, it's often used when you don't know the name of something. He had some little gizmo that he could break his phone.
792
Contraption
It's a word for a machine of some sort but usually it's a machine that is very poorly made or very complicated or perhaps deangerous because it is not safe.
793
a candid photograph
It's one that people don't prepare for, or people are not necessary posing. You are not really expecting that someone is taking a picture of you. Pose=put yourself to certain position where you look good. I thought it would be nice to take some candids for the happy couple.
794
to strike out on your own
To go alone, to go without anyone else. We usually use this expression for something that maybe difficult or for going on an adventure somewhere. It's different than Strike out means failing.
795
Blown away
You are completely overwhelmed. That was much more that you thought. I was blown away by all the options.
796
Disposable
Dispose means to throw away, to get rid of.
797
Camcorder
A video movie recorder, usually small
798
To make my head spin
I was confused, usually confused by too many choices, ideas, or information
799
Point-and-shoot
It's a camera that you don't have to focus, or adjust for the light. You just point it to direction and you shoot or take a picture
800
Roll of film
In the old days and still for many cameras that are not digital, we have a roll of film
801
To get it develop, for a roll of film
You have to take the film and it has to be put in certain chemicals so that the pictures come out and you have to print or shine light through the roll of film after roll of film developed, we call that Negatives, and you shine through negatives on a sensitive paper and you get the picture.
802
Glossy | Matte
It's a type of picture that surface is shinny. The opposite of Glossy would be Matte.
803
To justify
To explain, to give a good reason for. | Now all I have to do is justify the new camera to my wife.
804
Primary election | General election
The primary election is when you choose the representative from each party and the General election decide who will actually win that particular office. We called the position in the government like president, Vice President, the governor.... These are called Offices.
805
season tickets
You have a ticket for all the plays at this particular theatre company
806
opening night
It's the first night that the play is being performed
807
a will call
It's when you order or reserve ticket but you don't actually get them send to your home or you don't go and pick them up in advance. You call, you make a reservation and you picked up at will call window.
808
best seats in the house
They are very best seats that where available in entire theather. Any place that you are viewing or watching something.
809
orchestra section
We call those seats that are closest to stage the orchestra section.
810
to dim a light
To turn it off very slowly.
811
intermission
It's a break when people can get up and use the bathroom and get a drink and so forth.
812
to flicker
Lights are going on and off quickly
813
standing ovation
Everybody stand up and claps
814
superb
Excellent.
815
I owe you big time
I owe you a lot. I owe you a grate deal. I really much appreciate what you have done.
816
calls for
That's what it says, that what it says should happen
817
ambitious
You are trying to do a lot probably too much. When someone is ambitious means he wants to be successful and wants to do better. For plan to be ambitious means that it's trying to do a lot and perhaps too much.
818
groundwork
Foundation, the work that has to done before anything else can be done. To lay the groundwork.
819
To scrap
To get rid of it. To cancel it. To decide not to do something. That may be, but remember that one of the reasons we scrapped the Miami plan was because the budget was too big.
820
to go back to the drawing board
You have to start over
821
don’t see eye to eye on this
We don't agree on this. | see eye to eye= we are agree on this
822
on top of that
In addition to
823
To be turn around | To be all turn around
You are not sure which direction you are traveling in.
824
Hang a left
To take a left or to go left
825
aft
Back of a vehicle, in this case aircraft.
826
compartment
A place that something stored or keep something. In the aircraft, it's a space above you.
827
elastic band
It's something that stretches and we use those to keep tubing in our head.
828
seat cushions
It's what you are sitting on in the airplane and seat cushions can be used in emergency as flotation device.
829
flotation device
Something that can not sink. It's floating on the water. So, flotation device keeps you on top of water.
830
To be on board
To be on the airplane. To be physically on the airplane. The opposite is deboard.
831
To tamper
To change it or do something that it doesn't work.
832
lavatory
Bathroom or restroom.
833
compliance
It's a noun verb is comply. To follow someone's order. To do what you are told to do.
834
placards
Sign
835
To stow something
Store it or put in in certain place that it is safe.
836
carry-on luggage
The luggage that you take to airplane. The opposite of carry-on luggage is checked luggage. The checked luggage is down below under airplane.
837
overhead compartments
Or overhead bins. The place that you put your luggage.
838
Recline
Lean on the relax position on the chair. You lean to seatback on the chair. The opposite is upright. (To be straight).
839
To be in a rut
You are doing the same thing over and over again until you get bored. Same routin.
840
To get bogged down
You are slow down or you get stuck in certain position. | A bog is very wet muddy ground that if you put something on it, it will sink and it's hard to get it out.
841
Bummer
Something that you don't like and unfortunate event. | Oh boy, that's a bummer. Means that's a bad thing or unfortunate thing.
842
To take a peek
To take a look, usually a quick look.
843
To be hopping
To be very busy, to have lots of excitement. Usually when we talk about a dance club or a party as being hopping means a lot of people there and there are lot of excitement there.
844
Cover charge
It's how much you have to pay to get into a dance club. That fee or price is called cover charge. How much is the cover for that club.
845
To veg
To relax, not to do sort of thinking or anything that make you have to work.
846
Luncheon
Another word for lunch but it implies something more formal and for a business reason.
847
To pick up the tab
To pay for, Tab is another word for the bill or check. Who's picking up the tab meaning who is paying for this. The company was picking up the tab and it was up to me to set a day and time.
848
banquet room
A private or separate room where people can have events and parties.
849
a corkage fee | /kork/ and /korkage/
a corkage is when you have a bottle of wine or champagne there is a little thing at the top of bottle that is like cap that keeps wine in the bottle. a corkage fee means they charge you for each bottle of wine that you bring in that you don't buy at restaurant.
850
nearby
Not far away
851
A garment district
A garment is piece of clothing. It's something that you wear. And a garment district is usually a place that you can buy cloths cheaper than other places. It's a place that factories will often sells cloths directly to the public.
852
to bargain
You are going to try to get a lower price than the price that the person selling it once to give to you for. And you don't normally bargain in a regular store in US, but you can bargain in certain places and the garment district many different people selling different things all next to each other.
853
Stall
When you to a market that is lots of different people selling, usually we talk about each little store as a Stall. It's a small place in a market when someone is selling their goods.
854
Come in
Do you have that particular purse,in this case, in other color. Does this come in any other colors? It can be used for sized as well. Does this come in large?
855
Can you do better on the price?
This is very standard question in English when you are trying to see if the person is selling it will lower the price.
856
A bargain. /noun/
A good deal. | That' same bargain, means that' same very good deal.
857
Is that your best offer?
Is that the lower price you can give me?
858
shop around
To go to somewhere else to buy thing or to look at things. | I think I will shop around.
859
Break on a price
It's a discount, it's a lower price. That’s not much of a break on the price. Give a break on the price.
860
You drive a hard bargain.
Someone who likes to bargain a lot, try to get an absolute price. You are to try to get much lower price that I want to give.
861
split the difference
We are going to take the price right in the middle. So, 50 and 54, the split would be 52.
862
banquet room
A private or separate room where people can have events and parties.
863
a corkage fee | /kork/ and /korkage/
a corkage is when you have a bottle of wine or champagne there is a little thing at the top of bottle that is like cap that keeps wine in the bottle. a corkage fee means they charge you for each bottle of wine that you bring in that you don't buy at restaurant.
864
nearby
Not far away
865
A garment district
A garment is piece of clothing. It's something that you wear. And a garment district is usually a place that you can buy cloths cheaper than other places. It's a place that factories will often sells cloths directly to the public.
866
to bargain
You are going to try to get a lower price than the price that the person selling it once to give to you for. And you don't normally bargain in a regular store in US, but you can bargain in certain places and the garment district many different people selling different things all next to each other.
867
Stall
When you to a market that is lots of different people selling, usually we talk about each little store as a Stall. It's a small place in a market when someone is selling their goods.
868
Come in
Do you have that particular purse,in this case, in other color. Does this come in any other colors? It can be used for sized as well. Does this come in large?
869
Can you do better on the price?
This is very standard question in English when you are trying to see if the person is selling it will lower the price.
870
A bargain. /noun/
A good deal. | That' same bargain, means that' same very good deal.
871
Is that your best offer?
Is that the lower price you can give me?
872
shop around
To go to somewhere else to buy thing or to look at things. | I think I will shop around.
873
Break on a price
It's a discount, it's a lower price. That’s not much of a break on the price. Give a break on the price.
874
You drive a hard bargain.
Someone who likes to bargain a lot, try to get an absolute price. You are to try to get much lower price that I want to give.
875
split the difference
We are going to take the price right in the middle. So, 50 and 54, the split would be 52.
876
To settle down
To get married. I want to settle down means I want to get married. settle down also means to be calm and relax. Hey kids, settle down means don't be so excited.
877
To play the field
You want to date or go out on date with other people, you want to see different people before you get married. I could tell that he still wanted to play the field before getting married.
878
A soul mate
A someone who thinks like you and has the same opinion
879
To be bright
To be intelligent, smart. | He is very bright guy.
880
To be witty
You say clever things, you can think of a funny or interesting way to say something
881
Big on something
You really like that thing. I am big on watching football on Sunday. To tell the truth, I’m not big on blind dates.
882
the other day
Recently. | Could have been yesterday or last week.
883
public relations officer
Someone who deals with media or the press for the company. Public relation in General is making sure your company or your business has good image and people get accurate information about you.
884
To make a move
Leave the job and to go to different company. | The truth was, I was thinking of making a move myself.
885
perks
A benefit that a company or organization gives you. Usually we use this word associate with job. This job has lots of perks.
886
Something suit you
It's a good fit for you or a good match for you. It can be for job the color of your hair. Working at a university is the really suits me. Suit is noun of sue as well. You can file a suit for the guy that damage your car.
887
sight unseen
I didn't look at it, I didn't have a chance to physically go there and see what it was like before I booked it. So, If I am going to travel to another city such as LA and I booked a hotel room and I have never seen the hotel, then I am booking it sight unseen.
888
To be run down
It's old, it needs repairs, they are many things that's broken or dirty. You can have a run down hotel or run down car.
889
housekeeping
The word that we give to the department in a hotel that cleans and makes the bed, and changes the sheets and towels and so forth.
890
To make up a room
My room need to be made up. It needs to be clean. Make up also means invented. I made up story.
891
Maid
The person who cleans the room in hotel.
892
re-stocked the mini-bar
Minibar is the little refrigerator and they are usually a little bottles of alcohol that you can buy, they are not free and they will charge you when you check out. And re-stocked means to put things in there. So, if they restock the mini bar that means I took something out or drank something and now they are put the new ones back in. Mini bar have soda pops and Pepsi as well.
893
To get the run-around.
You are not getting straight or honest answer from people. Or they are not doing what they are suppose to do to help you.
894
To socialize
To talk to other people, to have conversation with other people, often the people you work with or people in the same line of work or same type of work. But you can socialize with anyone, just means talking and being friendly and having conversation with people. We use "to socialize" when we are talking about party or a reception.
895
A reception
It's the same as party but it's not quite as active. When you say you are going to have a reception that often means in professional sense that there may be some foods or drinks but there are not any dancing. At least not in business or conference reception. However we use that word for wedding, the party that we have in wedding is called the wedding reception.
896
A keynote
It's a speech that someone gives to a large group of people at the a conference.
897
registration packet
When you go to a conference they usually give you some information, sometimes a bag that has the schedule when the all meetings are and etc. this would be the registration packet.
898
luncheon speaker
It's a person who speak at a lunch. Lunch and luncheon are pretty much the same, but luncheon is the word we use for a little more formal meal at lunch time.
899
ethics
What is right and what's wrong. It's a problem of ethics. We are saying what is right thing to do and what is the wrong things to do in terms of the morality or whether is good or bad thing. For example, honesty should be part of the ethics in every profession.
900
a panel discussion
a panel discussion is when you have two or three or more people, usually setting up at a table in front of the room, we call it "Panel" and those people each going to have a chance to talk about a certain subject.
901
ground-breaking study
It's something new. Something that the whole new area of research. It's the first or something that you do when you start something.
902
Will you excuse me?
I want to do something else, in this case, talking to someone else. I need to leave now, I need to stop talking to you? In polite way.
903
Tell me all about it.
This is an expression we use when you want someone wants to tell you all of the details. It's a polite way of inviting the person to share their story or their problem.
904
To be secretive
To keeps secrets. Not tell other people. To keep things to yourself.
905
To run around with
Someone is associating with, hanging around, in the company of other people. He has friends who are not good for him.
906
wrong crowd
People that are going to cause you problems. They are going to have bad influence on you. he’s running around with the wrong crowd.
907
curfew
The time that someone suppose to be back home. I have 10 o'clock curfew. I have to be home by 10 o'clock. Well, he’s become friends with a couple of older boys who are in a band. And one night last weekend, he came home really late, way past his curfew.
908
To get it off my chest
Usually there are some problems or something that you want to tell someone, if you them it, you feel better. Sometimes, it’s not easy being a parent. Thanks. It helps to get it off my chest. You’re always so easy to talk to.
909
my door is always open
You can come and talk to me anytime you want. I am available to you to talk to.
910
A round of golf
You are playing either 9 holes or 18 holes. And round of golf could be either of those.
911
room service
If you want to get food at hotel and you want the food delivered to you, you call room service.
912
I’d like an order of
I want to have I’d like an order of the calamari and a slice of cheesecake. Calamari is squid, type of sea food. Mollusk, you fired up in oil.
913
appetizer or the entree /^nterey/
An appetizer is the first course what you have before your main course. And that main course is called entree.
914
hit the spot
When something hit the spot, we mean the food was really satisfying and I am no longer hungry.
915
The Pilgrims
Some of the first settlers or colonist came from Europe to US back in 1620.
916
A motto
An official expression, slogans. | For example, in US, if you look at the coins you will the motto in God we trust.
917
The more the merrier.
The more people that come, the better ideas. So, you want as many people come as possible. Merrier= happy
918
To carve a turkey
Means to cut the meat of turkey.
919
fixings
All of the other things besides the turkey or main course or side dishes.
920
stuffing
Bread crumbs usually with some other spices, onions, or what you put inside the turkey. Also, you can good it outside of turkey.
921
Yams.
Sweet potato.
922
go wild
You are going beyond what normally do. Also means getting very excited. Don't get wild.
923
To root for someone or team
You are hoping that they will win. | I am rooting for them to win national championship.
924
fistfight
When two people hit each other with fist.
925
That was a relief
Something bad could have happened, but it didn't.
926
Hi, could I speak to Kevin? | Kevin: This is Kevin.
Hi, May I speak to Kevin?
927
RSVP
It's a french word and means to call someone back or tell them you are going to in this part in this case. So, when you have party, you often ask people RSVP-ed. We use it as a verb. I have RSVP-ed means I would be in party.
928
Just out of curiosity
We are asking a question that doesn't necessary directly related to the topic we have been talking about.
929
orthopedic surgeon /ortopidek/
A surgeon that works on your bones. If you broke your leg and you needed a surgery, you would go to orthopedic surgeon.
930
Retail
Store that sells to general public, like grocery stores or department stores
931
To moonlight
To work as an additional jobs. I have my regular job, but I want to make some more money. So I could moonlight as a waiter at a restaurant. She works part-time in retail and moonlights as a tour guide on the weekends.
932
bring your appetite
They don't want you to bring anything for the party, but just come ready to eat. So it's polite way of saying you don't have to bring anything to my party and just come and enjoy. Just come and bring your appetite.
933
hospitality
Relating to the business of housing or entertaining visitors.
934
intense
Something that is very serious or very difficult. Something that involves very strong emotion.
935
To made the comment out of
The reason I made this comment. To make the comment out of ignorance means the person didn't know. To be ignorance means you don't know. He made the comment out of ignorance, not malice.
936
malice /malis/
To have bad or evil intention.
937
To be puzzled
To be confused
938
To get somewhere in the nick of time
You get there just before it's too late. To get there right at or just before time you are suppose to be.
939
The penthouse floor
It's top floor of building, usually a tall building. If you live in apartment or condominium, the top floor is often the best floor and it's the most luxurious. But here it just means the top floor.
940
Don't bite my head off
Don't get very angry with me.
941
teeth chattering
To chatter means to bite up and down very quickly. If you teeth are chattering you are either cold or very nervous about something.
942
To pour my heart out
To tell something to someone else that's very personal or very emotional and it's usually a sad thing, not a positive thing.
943
chill out
To relax, to be calm.
944
a frog in my throat
You are having problem speaking because you are nervous. He doesn't know what to say.
945
To beat a mile a minute.
You are very nervous. Your heart is beating very fast.
946
live and learn
You made mistake and you learn from your mistakes. Learn from your experiences.
947
Reunion
When you have a meeting or a party with people from your old high school or college class and in US is very common most high schools have Reunion every five or ten years.
948
bombshell
Something that is a big surprise, incredible surprise. It could be a bad or good surprise.
949
leaning against
You haven't made a decision, you are not sure it's yes or no, but thinking it's going toward certain direction. I am thinking about not going, I am leaning against going but I haven't made final decision. I told her that I was leaning against going.
950
be a trip
It would be a lot of fun or very exciting or very interesting. I was in grocery store and I saw Tom Cruze. That' a trip.
951
what had become of someone
What happened to them. You haven't heard/seen about them. | what had become of my old friend John.
952
To gave me a second look
To pay attention to them, to look at them. He wasn't interested to me romantically.
953
flew into
Past of fly into
954
I hailed a taxi
To hail a taxi means to put your arm out and to get a taxi to stop. Stand out in the road and put your hands up and wave to hail a taxi.
955
incidentals
All the other things that you might use in hotel rooms. For example, if you call telephones, each call would be 50 cents or using minibar.
956
bitterly
Extremely
957
dense fog
A heavy fog
958
drizzle
Light rain
959
Snow flurries
When snow is falling but it's also some wind. So it's a little hard to see when it' snow flurries. Flurry.
960
A blizzard
So much snow that you can see barely in front of you. Snow storm.
961
froze my buns off!
Buns= your butt Get your buns over here means get yourself over here. froze my buns off means you are extremely cold not just your buns but your whole body.
962
To plow
When you have a big truck and in front of truck there is a big piece of metal and that metal pushes or moves snow off the side of the road
963
sleet
A combination of freezing rain and snow.
964
fender benders
Fender= it's front part of your car. Close to bumper. Very front of the car. fender benders means small car accident.
965
hurricanes
Big storm.
966
To scrape
When it's cold and particularly is rain, there is going to be ice in car and scrape your windshield to get rid of ice.
967
To kick back
Relax, to sit down and not doing anything
968
to flip on the TV
Turn on TV
969
what’s on?
What's program is currently is showing on TV. | what’s on TV tonight? Means what program are showing tonight.
970
Primetime
It's the time when the new shows, the most current programs and comedies and dramas around. It's usually 3 hours long every night and that's when most important popular TV program are showing. It's between 8 to 11 pm.
971
A rerun
It's a TV program that has been on before but now it's been showing again.
972
syndication
This is a TV program that individual TV stations across the country have bought in order to show on their station. The opposite of syndication program would be Network programs. Network programs are one of the programs come from 5 major companies or 5 major networks.
973
Ken Jennings
A person who won 2.5 million dollars on the game show Jeopardy and he became very famous in US.
974
So much for trivia
So much for = give up! no longer hope for it. I went to store and they didn't have what I wanted. So much for that. Meaning I am giving up. Trivia=small little facts, not very important
975
Sitcoms
Situation comedy. It's a comedy show that has some sort of story. Usually we are following a group of people. For example, Friends, Mash, Seinfeld.
976
To be desperate
You have done everything else you can do and you have no other choices or other options.
977
What does it mean to say someone is "out of the woods?"
they are no longer in danger
978
What is a "time bomb?"
a bomb that will go off at a set time
979
Genocide
نسل كشي
980
VIDEO: What is a "clean slate?"
a new beginning
981
What does "out of the blue? mean?
describes an event that happens unexpectedly
982
What does it mean to say you "a few tricks up your sleeve?"
you have secret options you can use
983
What does "wiggle room" mean?
to make small changes to a plan or schedule
984
What does it mean to "put someone on the spot?"
to put them in a tough or uncomfortable situation
985
Resilient
Able to recover from difficult situation and conditions and unexpected changes
986
What does it mean when you say something "sounds screwy?"
it sounds strange. It doesn't make sense.
987
The real McCoy
If a person tells you that something is "the real McCoy,” they are telling you that it is the real thing. It is not a copy or replacement. There is nothing false about “the real McCoy.” And, not only is it the real thing, it is the best version that exists.

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