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| a talking to | idiom | to give someone a scolding | |||||||||
| at first | adv | in the beginning;initially | |||||||||
| beat a dead horse | verb | to continue to try when there is no hope | |||||||||
| blue collar worker | idiom | to work at a trade | |||||||||
| buzz off | verb | to go away without notice | |||||||||
| can't stand | verb | to strongly dislike or hate | |||||||||
| check out | verb | to find out about | |||||||||
| come on | verb | say please encourage someone | |||||||||
| do over | pverb | do again | |||||||||
| draw upon | verb | to recall and use | |||||||||
| easy as pie | adverb | very easy to do | |||||||||
| face up | verb | to admit that you did something | |||||||||
| fill in | pverb | complete a sentence by writing in a blank | |||||||||
| fine tuned | adverb | to give someone a scolding14 | |||||||||
| fool around | verb | to play | |||||||||
| fuss over | verb | to pay much attention to | |||||||||
| get cold feet | phrase | become nervous | |||||||||
| get out (of) | pverb | leave | |||||||||
| give it one's best shot | phrase | try one's best | |||||||||
| got your number | verb | to know how to treat you | |||||||||
| happy as a clam | adverb | very happy | |||||||||
| how come | idom | why | |||||||||
| in other words | interject | that is to say | |||||||||
| joke around | verb | to play and tell jokes | |||||||||
| keep your cool | verb | remain calm | |||||||||
| learn the ropes | verb | to learn the first steps | |||||||||
| look out (for) | pverb | be careful | |||||||||
| make a right | verb | turn right | |||||||||
| miss the boat | verb | to make a mistake | |||||||||
| on his last legs | adverb | nearly dead | |||||||||
| on your toes | adverb | ready or alert | |||||||||
| paint a picture | verb | to describe something in detail | |||||||||
| press on | verb | to continue or keep on going | |||||||||
| rack my brain | verb | to think hard or try to remember | |||||||||
| rub the wrong way | verb | to bother or irritate | |||||||||
| screw up | verb | to ruin or spoil something | |||||||||
| shoot your mouth off | verb | to talk without thinking | |||||||||
| smooth out | verb | to solve a problem | |||||||||
| step on their toes | verb | to offend or upset them | |||||||||
| take advantage of | verb | persuade or convince another person | |||||||||
| throw the book at | verb | to punish severely | |||||||||
| turn down | pverb | decrease the volume | |||||||||
| up to par | adverb | good enough | |||||||||
| why not? | phrase | yes | |||||||||
| written in stone | adverb | cannot be changed | |||||||||
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