Chapter 1 Flashcards
fill me in (to)
give me the details
“I want to know what heppened on your date last night. Fill me in”
humongous
enourmos, gigantic, huge, immense
“You’d better study hard because the final exam is going to be humongous”
pin someone against something (to)
push someone up against something
“The hockey player pinned his opponent up against the boards”
blabber (to)
talk to much, gab, yak, yap
“The drunk guy I met in the bar blabbered on and on about his ex-wife”
stretch one’s legs (to)
exercise one’s leg after a period of inactivity
“I really nedded to stretch my legs after sitting on the bus for five hours”
run off at the mouth (to)
talk to much, gab, yak, yap
“She was running off at the mouth about her new boyfriend for the entire evening”
booze
alcohol, liquor
“Don’t forget we have to buy some booze for the party tonight”
pester someone (to)
constantly harass/bother someone
“The young boy kept pestering his mother to buy him the expensive toy”
bombed
hammered, loaded, smashed, very drunk
“She got bombed on New Year’s Eve because she drunk so much champagne”
gulp down something (to)
drink something quickly
“He gulped down the orange juice after playing tennis in the hot summer sun”
B.O.
bad body odor (a hygiene problem)
“He had terrible B.O. because he hadn’t taken shower in three days”
appalling
awful, dreadful, terrible
“The appalling behavior of the teenagers shocked the older married couple”
on the bright side
on the positive side
“He crashed the car, but on the bright side nobody got hurt”
safe and sound
safely
“We arrived home safe and sound even though we had to drive through the blizzard”
spoiled
pampered, get anything one wants
“That child was spoiled rotten because his parents never disciplined him”
