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Moron (noun) |
a very stupid person |
Ex: Some moron smashed into the back of my car yesterday. |
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Rusty (adj) |
If a skill you had is rusty, it is not as good as it was because you have not practised it |
Ex: My Italian is a bit rusty these days. |
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Hang in there (phrase) |
said as a way of telling someone to not give up, despite difficulties |
Ex: Work can get tough in the middle of a term but hang in there and it'll be OK. |
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Freak (sb) out |
to become or cause someone to become extremely emotional: |
Ex: He freaked out when he heard he'd got the job. Ex: This song just freaks me out whenever I hear it. |
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Blow away (sb) |
1) to surprise someone very much 2) to defeat a competitor completely 3) To blow someone away is also to shoot and kill a person (slang) |
Ex1: Winning first prize and a full scholarship blew her away. Ex2: We just got blown away yesterday, losing 12 to 0. |
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Get off |
1) to leave a place, usually in order to start a journey 2) to leave work with permission, usually at the end of the day |
Ex1: If we can get off by seven o'clock, the roads will be clearer. Ex2: How early can you get off this afternoon? |
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Blow (sb's) mind |
If something blows your mind, you find it very exciting and unusual |
Ex: There was one scene in the film that really blew my mind. |
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Gross |
Extremely unpleasant |
Ex: "Oh, gross!" she said, looking at the flies buzzing above the piles of dirty plates. |
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Call it a day |
to stop what you are doing because you do not want to do any more or think you have done enough |
Ex: I'm getting a bit tired now - let's call it a day. |
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Knock off (sth) |
to stop working, usually at the end of the day |
Ex: I don't knock off until six. Ex: What time do you knock off work |
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Biz (S) |
a particular type of business |
Ex: the entertainment/movie/music biz Ex: She is one of the top amateur riders in the biz. |
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Get (wrap) your mind around sth |
to succeed in understanding something difficult or strange |
Ex: I find it hard to get my mind around such complex issues. |
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Not Be cut out of sth |
to not be the right type of person for something |
Ex: I'm not cut out for an office job |
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a blinding flash |
an idea or answer that suddenly becomes obvious |
Ex: The answer came to her in a blinding flash |
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Try your luck |
to try to achieve something although you know you might not succeed |
Ex: He'd always wanted to act and in 1959 came to London to try his luck on the stage. |
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Down for the count |
Do not have enough energy or be very exhausted. |
Ex: I was down for the count with the cold. |
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Blow-by-blow |
(of explanations, reports, etc.) including every detail in the order it happened |
Ex: We had to sit through a blow-by-blow account of how they missed their flight to Las Vegas. |
