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drive (something) |
to influence something or cause it to make progress |
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out of the blue
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informal if something happens out of the blue, it is very unexpected |
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Can I be excused?
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To allow someone not to do something that they are supposed to do |
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I am flattered to be asked.
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to be pleased because someone has made you feel important or special He was flattered by her attention. |
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gut |
based on feelings and emotions rather than thought and reason |
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take advantage of something /someone
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1) to make use of something well; to make use of an opportunity |
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let it go (at that)
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to say or do no more about something
I don't entirely agree, but I'll let it go at that. I thought she was hinting at something, but I let it go |
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Trash
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(informal) an offensive word used to describe people that you do not respect |
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you bet! (informal)
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used instead of “yes” to emphasize that someone has guessed something correctly or made a good suggestion |
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Sniper
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a person who shoots at someone from a hidden position |
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wait up |
used to ask someone to stop or go more slowly so that you can join them |
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No good deed goes unpunished
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This means that life is unfair and people can do or try to do good things and still end up in a lot of trouble |
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Setup |
a situation in which someone tricks you or makes it seem as if you have done something wrong |
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Sociopath |
a person who has a mental illness and who behaves in an aggressive or dangerous way toward other people |
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delusional |
having ideas or beliefs that are not based in reality |
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wrap something↔up (informal)
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to complete something such as an agreement or a meeting in an acceptable way-- to finish a job, meeting etc |
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drool (over someone/something) |
to show in a silly or exaggerated way that you want or admire someone or something very much |
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vibes |
(also formal vibrations) (also vibe [singular])(informal) |
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psycho |
a person who is mentally ill and who behaves in a very strange violent way |
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stalk someone |
to illegally follow and watch someone over a long period of time, in a way that is annoying or frightening |
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Gotta |
a short form of ‘have got to’, ‘has got to’, ‘have got a’, or ‘has got a’, which most people think is incorrect |
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Indulge |
to let yourself do or have something that you enjoy, especially something that is considered bad for you |
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Ironic |
1 showing that you really mean the opposite of what you are saying; expressing irony |
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munitions |
military weapons, ammunition, and equipment |
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Never a rose without the prick
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This means that good things always have something bad as well; like the thorns on the stem of a rose. |
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Prick |
A person regarded as highly unpleasant, especially a male |
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linoleum |
a type of strong material with a hard shiny surface, used for covering floors
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amenity |
a feature that makes a place pleasant, comfortable, or easy to live in |
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gonna
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a way of saying or writing “going to” in informal speech, when it refers to the future |
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I was caught in traffic |
when he came late |
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keep it
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to Driver rest of the money
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will you be with us for a while? |
inviting him to stay
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wasted |
(slang) strongly affected by alcohol or drugs |
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When did you get back?
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Asking when he came from the trip.
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gonorrhea |
a disease of the sexual organs, caught by having sex with an infected person |
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have a good, bad, high, low, etc. opinion of someone/something
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to think that someone or something is good, bad, etc. |
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piranha |
a small S. American freshwater fish that attacks and eats live animals
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candor |
the quality of saying what you think openly and honestly |
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for good |
permanently |
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station someone |
....+ adverb/preposition |
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settle in / settle into something
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to move into a new home, job, etc. and start to feel comfortable there |
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get your feet wet (informal) |
to start doing something that is new for you |
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deftly |
Skillfully |
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subtle |
(of a person or their behavior) behaving in a smart and skillful way, and using indirect methods, in order to achieve something |
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pain in the ass
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something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness |
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you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink |
(saying) you can give someone the opportunity to do something, but you cannot force them to do it if they do not want to
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Make it
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to be able to be present at a place |
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interlude |
a period of time between two events during which something different happens |
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Intrude
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to go or be somewhere where you are not wanted or are not supposed to be |
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disgusting |
extremely unpleasant |
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Gust |
(of the wind) to suddenly blow very hard |
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work something out
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to find the answer to something |
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wet dream
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a sexually exciting dream that a man has that results in an orgasm |
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Justified |
existing or done for a good reason |
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abort |
to end or cause something to end before it has been completed, especially because it is likely to fail |
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house of cards |
a plan, an organization, etc. that is so badly arranged that it could easily fail |
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mole |
a person who works within an organization and secretly passes important information to another organization or country
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bring something↔off |
to succeed in doing something difficult |
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pin something↔down |
to explain or understand something exactly |
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Lax |
not strict, severe, or careful enough about work, rules, or standards of behavior |
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I'll be damned! (old-fashioned, informal) |
I am surprised |
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take the fall (for someone/something) (informal) |
to accept responsibility or punishment for something that you did not do, or did not do alone |
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heart-to-heart |
a conversation in which two people talk honestly about their feelings and personal problems |
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The crunch |
an important and often unpleasant situation |
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forbearance |
the quality of being patient and sympathetic toward other people, especially when they have done something wrong |
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conciliation |
to make someone less angry or more friendly, especially by being kind and pleasant or by giving them something |
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dawn on someone |
[no passive] if something dawns on you, you begin to realize it for the first time [+ that] |
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loophole |
a mistake in the way a law, contract, etc. has been written that enables people to legally avoid doing something that the law, contract, etc. had intended them to do |
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end up |
to find yourself in a place or situation that you did not intend or expect to be in |
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fellow |
used to describe someone who is the same as you in some way, or in the same situation fellow citizens fellow workers |
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undue |
more than you think is reasonable or necessary |
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recruit |
a person who joins an organization, a company, etc. |
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conform to/with something |
to obey a rule, law, etc. |
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oversee someone/something |
to watch someone or something and make sure that a job or an activity is done correctly |
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inform someone (of / about something)
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to tell someone about something, especially in an official way |
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stock something↔up |
to fill something with goods, food, etc. |
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stack something (with something) |
to fill something with piles of things |
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hold something |
to have a meeting, competition, conversation, etc. |
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treatment |
a way of behaving toward or dealing with a person or thing |
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win something / someone↔back |
to get or have again something or someone that you had before |
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Cross-selling |
the activity of selling a different extra product to a customer who is already buying a product from a company |
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upsell |
to persuade a customer to buy more products or a more expensive product than they originally intended |
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easygoing |
relaxed and happy to accept things without worrying or getting angry |
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alienate someone |
to make someone less friendly or sympathetic toward you |
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toboggan |
a long, light, narrow sled (= a vehicle that slides over snow), sometimes curved up in front, used for sliding down slopes
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n /təˈbɑɡən/ |
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lug |
lug something + adverb / preposition (informal) |
V /lʌɡ/ |
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bride-to-be |
fiancee, (a woman who is engaged to be married) |
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escort |
escort someone (+ adverb / preposition) to go with someone to protect or guard them or to show them the way |
V /ɪˈskɔrt/ |
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place something |
to give instructions about something or make a request for something to happen |
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figurine |
a small statue of a person or an animal, used as a decorative object |
n /ˌfɪɡyəˈrin/ |
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hang on |
to wait for something to happen |
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adhere to something (formal) |
to behave according to a particular law, rule, set of instructions, etc.; to follow a particular set of beliefs or a fixed way of doing something |
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saying |
a well-known phrase or statement that expresses something about life that most people believe is wise and true |
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As the saying goes
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Used before or after saying an apt proverb, adage, cliché etc
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adage |
a well-known phrase expressing a general truth about people or the world |
n /ˈædɪdʒ/ |
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discretion |
care in what you say or do, in order to keep something secret or to avoid causing embarrassment to, or difficulty for, someone; the quality of being discreet |
n /dɪˈskrɛʃn/ |
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recapitulate (formal) |
to repeat or give a summary of what has already been said, decided, etc. |
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appeal |
a quality that makes someone or something attractive or interesting |
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bargain |
a thing bought for less than the usual price |
n /ˈbɑrɡən/ |
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turn up ( also show up ) informal
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to arrive somewhere, especially when someone is waiting for you. It was getting late when she finally showed up. |
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rapport |
a friendly relationship in which people understand each other very well |
n /rəˈpɔr/ |
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casual |
not permanent; not done regularly; not doing something regularly |
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drill |
a practice of what to do in an emergency, for example if there is a fire |
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projection |
an estimate or a statement of what figures, amounts, or events will be in the future, or what they were in the past, based on what is happening now |
n /prəˈdʒɛkʃn/ |
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put someone at (their) ease |
to make someone feel relaxed and confident, not nervous or embarrassed |
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notify |
formally or officially tell someone about something |
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well-being |
general health and happiness physical well-being psychological well-being |
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console |
to give comfort or sympathy to someone who is unhappy or disappointed |
/kənˈsoʊl/ V |
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have someone do something |
to tell or arrange for someone to do something for you |
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bum |
a person who has no home or job, and who asks other people for money or food |
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filthy |
very dirty and unpleasant filthy streets |
j /ˈfɪlθi/ |
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dig something |
(old-fashioned, slang) |
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swine |
pigs (old use or technical) |
n /swaɪn/ |
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dork |
a stupid or boring person that other people laugh at
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divine |
[usually before noun] coming from or connected with God or a god divine love divine will |
j /dəˈvaɪn/ |
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chopper |
[countable] a type of motorcycle with a long piece of metal connecting the front wheel to the handlebars
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n /ˈtʃɑpər/ |
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attaboy exclamation (informal) |
used when you want to encourage someone or show your admiration of them, especially a boy or man |
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lazybones |
old-fashioned and informal |
n /ˈleɪziˌboʊnz/ |
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pot |
[countable] (informal)
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stick out |
to be noticeable or easily seen |
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outage |
a period of time when the supply of electricity, etc. is not working |
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OTRS |
OTRS, an initialism for Open-source Ticket Request System, is a free and open-source trouble ticket system software package that a company, organization, or other entity can use to assign tickets to incoming queries and track further communications about them. It is a means of managing incoming inquiries, complaints, support requests, defect reports, and other communications. |
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plan of action |
a plan for actively doing something |
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bust something |
to break something |
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pull together |
to act, work, etc. together with other people in an organized way and without fighting |
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give someone a leg up (informal) |
to help someone to improve their situation |
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keep someone on their toes |
to make sure that someone is ready to deal with anything that might happen by doing things that they are not expecting
*If you are looking to move towards a position that is going to “stretch and utilize” you for all your skills and competencies, keep you on your toes, and have you highly engaged and excited to come to work, then this is definitely the job for you! *Surprise visits help to keep the staff on their toes. |
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at the end of the day (informal) |
used to introduce the most important fact after everything has been considered |
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Patsy |
a weak person who is easily cheated or tricked, or who is forced to take the blame for something that someone else has done wrong |
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firearm |
a gun that can be carried |
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take your time |
take your time to do something/doing something |
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warrant |
[countable] a legal document that is signed by a judge and gives the police authority to do something |
noun /ˈwɑrənt/ |
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first off |
before anything else |
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boast something
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to have something that is impressive and that you can be proud of |
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Ambivalence
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Ambivalence is a state of having simultaneous, conflicting feelings toward a person or thing.[1] Stated another way, ambivalence is the experience of having thoughts and/or emotions of both positive and negative valence toward someone or something. A common example of ambivalence is the feeling of both love and hate for a person. The term also refers to situations where "mixed feelings" of a more general sort are experienced, or where a person experiences uncertainty or indecisiveness concerning something. The expressions "cold feet" and "sitting on the fence" are often used to describe the feeling of ambivalence.
Ambivalence is experienced as psychologically unpleasant when the positive and negative aspects of a subject are both present in a person's mind at the same time. This state can lead to avoidance or procrastination, or to deliberate attempts to resolve the ambivalence. When the situation does not require a decision to be made, people experience less discomfort even when feeling ambivalent. |
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On it
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"I'm on it." means 'I have it covered' or 'I will do it very shortly'.
"Yeah, don't worry dude, I'm on it. |
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bereavement |
1 the state of having lost a relative or close friend because they have died 2 the death of a relative or close friend She had suffered three bereavements in quick succession. |
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Notwithstanding |
(also used following the noun it refers to) without being affected by something; despite something Notwithstanding some major financial problems, the school has had a successful year. The bad weather notwithstanding, the event was a great success. |
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Indemnity |
protection against damage or loss, especially in the form of a promise to pay for any damage or loss that happens an indemnity clause / fund /policy indemnity insurance Our client will seek an indemnity from the vendor for a breach of contract. The defeated nations were forced to pay an indemnity of $800 million. |
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Reprimand |
the act of telling somebody officially that you do not approve of them or their actions He received a severe reprimand for his behaviour. |
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jaw-dropping |
so large or good that it amazes you jaw-dropping amounts a jaw-dropping performance |
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suck it up |
to accept something bad and deal with it well, controlling your emotions |
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boss someone around |
to give orders to someone; to keep telling someone what to do. Stop bossing me around. I'm not your employee. |
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settle for something |
To accept something that is not exactly what you want but is the best that is available. It's better than settling for plain existence in my opinion. In the end they had to settle for a draw. I couldn't afford the house I really wanted, so I had to settle for second best. He didn’t see why he should settle for less. |
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