HIMYM Flashcards

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1
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Have a strong liking for

A

Have a thing for

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To ​think about and ​decide what you are going to do or how you are going to do something:

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Plan sth out

I’ve ​planned out the ​day - some ​shopping, then a ​meal and a show.

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3
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Getting the girl or guy to go out with you.

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To land a girl

How does Carl land a Lebanese girl?

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4
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Any light or trivial matter or talk

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Fluff

I do those dumb little fluff pieces at the end of the news.

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5
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Something that will probably not succeed but is worth trying

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A long shot

I know this is a long shot, but how ‘bout tomorrow night ?

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To relieve someone of the burden or bother of someone or something

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Take someone or something off someone’s hands

  • I would be happy to take your uncle off your hands for a few hours.
  • Will you please take some of this food off my hands?
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7
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An absolute refusal

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No dice

-No purple tuba ?
It’s a Smurf penis or no dice.

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To manage to get out of something, usually because of fear or cowardice

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Chicken out (of something)

  • Freddy chickened out of the plan at the last minute.
  • So you chickened out like a little bitch.
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9
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To flirt with or feign romantic interest in someone, either by literally fluttering one’s eyelashes or merely in general. Usually, but not exclusively, refers to women.

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To bat one’s eyes

She kept batting her eyes at me each time I talked to her, so I’m thinking of asking her out on a date.

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10
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~에서 내려오다

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To come down off

At which point, the man came down off the ledge.

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11
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Go for something, take one’s chances

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To take the leap

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12
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Listen

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Word up

Word up, my brother, you got me high as a kite.
* high as a kite : intoxicated with drugs or alcohol.

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13
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Race through

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As I walked up to that door, a million thoughts raced through my mind.

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14
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Be enough or adequate.

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Suffice

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15
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(of a person or their behavior) unconventional and slightly strange.

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Eccentric

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16
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시작해(남에게 연주,운전 등을 시작하라고 할 때 하는 말)

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Hit it

17
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증빙서류, 추천인

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Reference(s)

-Everyone thinks they’re a good kisser.
Oh, I’ve got references.

18
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Lasting for a long time or slow to end.

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Lingering 링거링

19
Q

할 일이 있어

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Something I gotta do.

20
Q

나 지금 진짜 흥분했어

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I am so turned on right now.

21
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잠이 들다

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But, see, at least tonight, I get to sleep knowing Marshall and me, never gonna happen.

22
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v.

To come to pass. Used of times, seasons, or scheduled events

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to roll around

When the holidays roll around, I’ll go visit my family.

When June rolls around, I’ll go swimming in the lake.

23
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a specific example of what one is talking about.

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case in point

Now, as a case in point, let’s look at nineteenth-century England. Fireworks can be dangerous. For a case in point, look at what happened to Bob Smith last Fourth of July.

24
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[INTRANSITIVE] to visit someone in the place where they are, especially their house

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To come over

Why don’t you come over for dinner?
come over to: Come over to my place and we’ll discuss it.

25
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To abandon or desert someone

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To dump someone