Collection 2 Flashcards
I don’t know how many titles I thought of, but I started to get really frustrated. So I ripped up the list.
to tear something soft into small pieces.
- My dog loves ripping up toilet paper.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leUoQmv0FgI
I love ripping up breads and putting it in soup.
to tear something soft into small pieces.
- My dog loves ripping up toilet paper.
My wife is working toward getting a job.
work toward = to try to reach or achieve a goal.
- They are all working towards/toward a common goal.
I don’t want anyone to miss out on this hiking trip.
to not be involved.
- I always missed out my friends get-togethers.
I can miss out.
I can miss out on something.
we must **get together **for a drink sometime
If two or more people get together, they meet each other, having arranged it before:
an informal meeting or social occasion, often arranged for a particular purpose:
* a family get-together
I am trying to **juggle around **a few students so I can teach everyone before my vacation.
to move things or people so everyone is involved.
- We’ll need to juggle around some of the seating arrangements to fit the new attendees.
- We’ll need to juggle around some of the musical acts to have enough time for the fireworks display.
Even though we had assigned seats for the flight, they kept juggling us around at the last minute.
to move things or people so everyone is involved.
- We’ll need to juggle around some of the seating arrangements to fit the new attendees.
- We’ll need to juggle around some of the musical acts to have enough time for the fireworks display.
The company is giving away $3000 to the team that completes the hikes the fastest.
to give something (to someone) for free.
to donate something
- I wish I hadn’t given away all my old video games. I’d love to play through them all again!
Note: We do not use give away with gifts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leUoQmv0FgI
It was great when we moved in, because we had been looking for a new office for a while.
move in = take possession of a new house or business premises.
* “when I first moved in I painted everything magnolia”
Also it means “intervene”, especially so as to take control of a situation.
* “food and water was scarce before soldiers moved in to rescue residents”
We’d been trying to** work out **what to do for a while, and when the answer came, it was a surprise.
plan or devise something in detail.
“we need to work out a seating plan”
The documents lay out the principles clearly enough.
Lay out something = to explain something carefully and clearly
- The code of practice lays out very clearly what the duties of the registrar are.
Wagner announces Bakhmut pullout.
an occasion when an army or business leaves a place
* the rapid pullout of U.S. troops
She just pulled out in front of me without using her turn signal!
if a vehicle or driver pulls out, they move onto a road OR onto a part of a road where the traffic is moving faster
Also, if a train pulls out, it leaves a station.
Let’s pull over and have a look at the map.
if a vehicle or driver pulls over, they stop by the side of the road.
Also, it can be transitive:
* The cops pulled me over because one of my brake lights wasn’t working.
We pulled in at the side of the road.
if a vehicle or driver pulls in somewhere, they stop there.
RECALL: if a vehicle or driver pulls over, they stop by the side of the road.
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pull over at the side of the road = pull in at the side of the road.
It seems that you can use pull in with other places as well.
Their taxi pulled up outside the church.
if a vehicle or driver pulls up, they stop
I never liked seafood but came around after trying fried calamari
to change one’s opinion or see a new point of view
He’ll come around eventually.
come around to:
We knew she would come around to our way of thinking.
Also, it means to visit someone in their home.
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We decided to get the vacation over before we started decorating the house.
when you want to finish something because you want to do something else, you can use get over something.
Get over the vacation because we want to start decorating the house.
I wanted to get over the interview as quickly as possible.
GET OVER also means OVERCOME / RECOVER.
There are many hurdles still to get over before the new restaurant can open.
when you want to finish something because you want to do something else, you can use get over something.
* Get over the vacation because we want to start decorating the house.
* I wanted to get over the interview as quickly as possible.
GET OVER also means OVERCOME / RECOVER.
Political analysts always pick apart the governor’s speech.
criticize
point out real or perceived flaws
- Just as with luck, the story gets too hard, too messy, too complex if we try to pick apart how much of an outcome was a conscious decision versus a risk.
We similarly think Mark Zuckerberg is a genius for turning down Yahoo!’s 2006 $1 billion offer to buy his company. He saw the future and stuck to his guns. But people criticize Yahoo! with as much passion for turning down its own big buyout offer from Microsoft—those fools should have cashed out while they could! What is the lesson for entrepreneurs here? I have no idea, because risk and luck are so hard to pin down.
to not accept an offer or request
to exchange something for money, especially at the end of a game
- : to convert (noncash assets) to cash. cash out stocks. intransitive verb. : to convert noncash assets to cash.
to understand or describe something exactly
My brother lives in a tiny apartment. He wants to buy a big dog. How can I talk him out of it?
How can I convince him not to do it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leUoQmv0FgI
I moved in with my parents. They have one rule for me! Be home by 10 p.m. I usually sneak out when they are sleeping and sneak in before they wake up.
to slowly and quietly leave a place so no body sees you.
- The meeting had already started so I sneaked in. It looked boring so I sneaked out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leUoQmv0FgI
My doughter took out the markers, but didn’t put them back.
take out something (of) = to remove something from a place.
put back something = to return something to its place.
- whenever I take out something of the fridge, my mom immediately tells me to put it back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leUoQmv0FgI
You cann’t just take out a piece of chocolote, taste it, and put it back. Gross!
take out something (of) = to remove something from a place.
put back something = to return something to its place.
- whenever I take out something of the fridge, my mom immediately tells me to put it back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leUoQmv0FgI
Market sentiment can turn on a dime.
to suddenly do something completely different from what you were doing before
- Market sentiment can turn on a dime.
The company will have to sell off assets to avoid bankruptcy.
If you sell something off, you sell it because you need the money.
- The company is selling off some sites and concentrating on cutting debts
- a temporary sell-off on Wall Street
We hope to ride out this recession better than last time.
to get to the end of a difficult or dangerous period or situation without any serious problems
- ride out the storm
- The ship rode out the storm without any permanent damage.
- The Republicans think they can ride out the political storm.
- Many companies did not manage to ride out the recession.
make it through and get through and ride it out
He was kicked off the golf course for swearing.
(kick someone off something)
to force someone to leave a place or activity
Also: kick out
- Sonia was kicked out of her house.
Note: it can also mean to start or begin something
- The game kicks off at 7:30.
- The show kicks off this week in San Francisco.
The show kicks off this week in San Francisco.
(kick someone off something)
to force someone to leave a place or activity
- He was kicked off the golf course for swearing.
Also: kick out
- Sonia was kicked out of her house.
Note: it can also mean to start or begin something
- The game kicks off at 7:30.
- The show kicks off this week in San Francisco.
