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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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