Lesson Three Flashcards
Beside the point
Not relevant -not important
📚the reason you’re late is beside the point.the fact is ,your dinner is now cold.
Blow something
To spoil or botch something
📚sara blew the interview and didn’t get the job offer
Buckle down
To start working seriously 😳
📚if Ali buckle down now he might be able graduate 👨🎓 from high school
Can’t stand
To hate
📚Nicole can’t stand broccoli.she simply refuses to eat it.
Cut class
To miss class without an excuse
📚if you keep cutting French class, you’re going to fail it
Get real
Be serious or realistic about what’s going on
📚you think you’re going to win 1$ million in the lottery? Get real!
Have one’s heart set on
To really want something
📚did you really have your heart set on going to Harvard?
Hit the books
To start studying
📚hit the books! I know you have a test tomorrow
Lost cause
Something hopeless 😩
📚jack needs to stop drinking so much coffee,but he’s so addicted to caffeine that it’s a lost cause.
Not give a hoot
To not care about
🧠to not give a damn - to not give a darn
📚sara doesn’t give a hoot if she’s the only one wearing a green dress to the high school prom
Over one’s head
Beyond one’s understanding
📚the professor was speaking over our heads. None of us could understand him
Slack off
To wast time
📚 i’d better stop slacking off .my essay is due in two hours
Note: people who slack off all the time are called
Stand a chance
To have the possibility of success
📚im afraid we don’t stand a chance against them
