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Mark the occasion
could use it to refer to an event or situation, emphasizing the importance of it or suggesting that it should be celebrated or commemorated in some way. For example: “Let’s mark the occasion of our 10th anniversary with a special dinner at our favorite restaurant.”.
Ignite jealousy
arouse or inflame (an emotion or situation).
“the words ignited new fury in him”
To ignite jealousy means to make someone feel jealousy
Quit the shit
Often used to end a conversation; or as an attempt to suppress the stupidity of your friends, during or after their newest escapade.
Ex 1.
Johnathan: So can I get your number?
Bethany: Excuse me, do I know you?
Johnathan: Not as well as I’d like to know you. Hey baby, did you fall from-
Bethany: Quit your shit. (walks away)
Watch your mouth
be careful about what one says.
“you’d better watch your mouth, mate, or we’ll have you”
Carve
to make something by cutting into especially wood or stone, or to cut into the surface of stone, wood, etc.:
This totem pole is carved from/out of a single tree trunk.
Run someone over
If a vehicle or its driver runs over someone or something, the vehicle hits and drives over him, her, or it:
I think we’ve just run a rabbit over.
Speak up
speak more loudly.
“We can’t hear you. Speak up!”
Mercy
kindness that makes you forgive someone, usually someone that you have authority over:
She appealed to the judge to have mercy on her husband.
Пощада
Say mercy
Make me
Someone tells you to get up off their chair you say make me
Like make me get up off your chair
Kncikers
a piece of underwear worn by women and girls covering the area between the waist and the tops of the legs:
a pair of black cotton knickers
Housing estate
a residential area in which the houses have all been planned and built at the same time.
“a growing number of new housing estates”
Bonfire
a large fire that is made outside to burn unwanted things, or for pleasure
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Youre toast
If someone says “you’re toast” it means you are, or will soon be, in a lot of trouble.
Wound up
very worried, nervous, or angry:
She gets pretty wound up before a game.
What did he say that got you so wound up
Mental
meaning someone who is silly or stupid, usually for attention and in a random or sporadic way, involving nonsensical references and actions. usually violent or quick action involved, resulting in general amusement and hilarity of onlookers.
“hey look, archie’s jumping off that cliff while holding a banana!”
Dont to anything mental -stupid
Fancy that
used to comment on something that is hard to imagine. “The baby she brought home was the wrong one.” “Fancy that!”
Bygones
a thing dating from an earlier time.
“the museum consists of a fascinating collection of rural bygones”
Belong in the past