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| a slow day | idiom | to have a non productive time | |||||||||
| at (time) sharp | adv | exactly;promptly at that time | |||||||||
| bark up the wrong tree | verb | to look in the wrong place | |||||||||
| blood from a stone | idiom | to do an impossible task | |||||||||
| butt in | verb | interrupt | |||||||||
| call up | pverb | make a telephone call | |||||||||
| change your mind | verb | to choose a different plan | |||||||||
| cold turkey | adverb | to do abruptly not gradually | |||||||||
| dig in your heels | verb | to hold your position | |||||||||
| drag your feet | verb | to work slower than you should | |||||||||
| ears pinned back | adverb | told to behave | |||||||||
| eye to eye | adverb | to agree on an issue | |||||||||
| figure out | pverb | find the solution to a problem | |||||||||
| find out | pverb | to have a non productive time14 | |||||||||
| fly off the handle | verb | to become very angry | |||||||||
| full of it | adverb | lying | |||||||||
| get burned | verb | to get caught | |||||||||
| get off my case | verb | stop criticizing me | |||||||||
| get your head together | verb | to begin to think clearly | |||||||||
| gone to the dogs | verb | in very poor condition | |||||||||
| hang up | pverb | hang on a hanger or end a telephone call | |||||||||
| hit the hay | verb | to go to bed | |||||||||
| in hot water | adv | in trouble;have a problem | |||||||||
| in tune | adverb | to think or feel the same way | |||||||||
| keep under wraps | |||||||||||
| verb | to keep something hidden | ||||||||||
| lead the way | verb | be the leader | |||||||||
| loaded | adverb | very rich | |||||||||
| make a big deal of it | verb | to over react or make a fuss | |||||||||
| mark my words | verb | to listen carefully | |||||||||
| numbskull | noun | a foolish person | |||||||||
| on track | adverb | going in the right direction | |||||||||
| over the hump | adverb | past the difficult part | |||||||||
| play it by ear | verb | to react to whatever happens | |||||||||
| put on airs | verb | to pretend you are better than you are | |||||||||
| round up | verb | to bring together | |||||||||
| score to settle | noun | to have an argument to finish | |||||||||
| shed a little light on | verb | to explain or help you understand | |||||||||
| slime bucket | noun | a crude or immoral person | |||||||||
| start over | pverb | start again | |||||||||
| take a poll | verb | deceived or fooled | |||||||||
| taken in | verb | fully understood | |||||||||
| throw a party | verb | to have a party | |||||||||
| tuned in | adverb | able to understand | |||||||||
| up in arms | adverb | angry | |||||||||
| what it boils down to | noun | what it really means | |||||||||
| write down | pverb | write a note on a piece of paper | |||||||||
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