about to | Peggy is about to leave. |
in advance | We booked the tickets in advance. |
alive and kicking | I love Berlin. It's alive and kicking. |
all of a sudden | I went out in the sun. Then, all of a sudden, it started to rain. |
all over the place | There are environmental problems all over the place. |
B | |
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to go from bad to worse | My marks went from bad to worse last term. |
to bag sth. | Tom bagged this special offer at an online-shop. |
beat-up | Mark is too beat-up to play tennis this evening. |
to do the best | He always does his best. |
blabber | Don't listen to him, he's a blabber. |
to blag sth. | Once in a while young Tim blags his father's cigarettes. |
bloody | What a bloody day! |
to be blue | She's been feeling blue all day. |
bouncer | A bouncer's task is to keep out those who might cause trouble. |
be broke | I can't go to the cinema with you, I'm broke. |
to brush up on sth. | I have to brush up on my Spanish. |
buck | You can buy a DVD player for less than 100 bucks (dollars). |
butt | You're a pain in the butt. |
buzz | Parachuting gives me a real buzz. |
Buzz off! | Buzz off! I have told you not to come to my place anymore. |
C | |
a close call | I had a close call. A stone almost hit me! |
to catch sth. | Sorry, I didn't quite catch your telephone number. |
to catch (a) cold | I walked out in the rain, so I caught (a) cold. |
not to have a clue | I don't have a clue about repairing the faucet. |
Come off it! | Come off it! This isn't the truth. |
as far as I'm concerned | As far as I'm concerned, I'd like to watch the film. |
cop | A big crowd of cops gathered in front of the Bank of England. |
corner shop | Mother really liked corner shops when she was a child. |
cram school | Many pupils have to go to a cram school in the afternoon. |
on credit | I'd not buy the new TV on credit. |
cut | Mr Brown made big cuts of $500 million. |
D | |
damned | I hate going through that damned rush hour. |
to dig in one's heels | If you take or express an opinion and refuse to change it, you dig in your heels. |
to disrespect sb. | Poor people shouldn't be disrespected. |
to do one's best | He does his best to fix the car. |
to do someone good | Let's go on a holiday. The sun will do us good. |
to do without | If there's no milk for the tea, it'll do without. |
down under | Down under will be my next destination. |
E | |
to be up to one's ears | Sorry, I can't go out with you. I'm up to my ears in work. |
every now and then | Every now and then I play the piano. |
every other | He comes to me every other week. |
to see eye to eye | World Bank and IMF see eye to eye on Asia |
F | |
fair enough | Fair enough! Let's go out for dinner tonight. |
fiddle | Especially fiddles are necessary to play folk music. |
to keep the fingers crossed | I have to see the doctor for a checkup. - I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. |
flutter | The old lady loves a flutter on the slot machine. |
folk | We all are fond of the Irish folk. |
for free | I was lucky. I got this CD for free. |
freak out | Ron freaked out when he heard that Peter had broken his car. |
fridge | Butter must be kept in the fridge. |
G | |
to get a lot of stick | In his new job Jack gets a lot of stick. |
to get cold feet | He wanted to speak to the boss, but he didn't. He got cold feet. |
to get fed up with sth. | They get fed up with their neighbour's parties. |
to get rid of sth. | We have to get rid of that old car. |
to get sth. | Jason, did you finally get your exercise? |
to take sth. for granted | I took it for granted the meeting was on Tuesday. |
greasy spoon | I'd rather starve instead of eating at a greasy spoon. |
groovy | This cocktail tastes groovy. |
guy | Jennifer fell in love with the guy from the supermarket. |
H | |
had better | You'd better go now. |
on the other hand | Sue likes pop music, on the other hand she doesn't like discos. |
to give a hand | Can you give me a hand with the cupboard? |
hard graft | Building our house has been a hard graft. |
by heart | My brother has to learn the poem by heart. |
hip | Molly always knows what's hip. |
to hold s.o.'s horses | "Hold your horses," I said when John began to leave the room. |
to be hooked on sth. | Bill is hooked on car racing. |
J | |
to jump down sb.'s throat | The boss jumped down my throat because I was late for work. |
K | |
knackered | What has happened? You look so knackered. |
to keep an eye on sth./sb. | Will you keep an eye on my baby? |
L | |
little by little | Andrew had an accident while playing ice-hockey. Little by little he begins to walk. |
to look forward to sb. | I look forward to my holidays in Rome. |
M | |
to make ends meet | She's been out of work for years. How can she make ends meet with four children? |
to make friends easily | Chris makes friends easily. |
to make oneself at home | Come in, please. Make yourself at home. |
to make the most | Let's make the most of the last day of our holidays. |
to make up one's mind | Did you make up your mind to buy a new computer? |
mash | I love Grandma's homemade mash. |
What's the matter? | You look sad. What's the matter with you? |
to be mean | Grandfather is mean with money. |
to meet sb. halfway | I don't like his ideas, but I can imagine that we should meet halfway. |
to mess around | The clown messed around to make the children laugh. |
to mess up | Sandy has really messed up this time. |
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