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to be over-rehearsed

I don’t want to be over-rehearsed

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back to rehearse:

rehearse
verb
UK /rəˈhɜːs/ US /rəˈhɝːs/

to practise a play, a piece of music, etc. in order to prepare it for public performance:

The musicians rehearsed (the symphony) for the concert.
figurative On her way to her interview she silently rehearsed what she would say.

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on my own

I’m gonna make it on my own!!

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on your own

If you do something on your own, you do it without help from anyone else:

Bridget learned to tie her shoes on her own when she was three.

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to be up for

I’m up for the part of “Mac”

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be up for sth (informal)
to want to do something:
We’re going clubbing tonight if you’re up for it.

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luck out

You know, They really lucked out that the initials spell “CHEESE”

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phrasal verb with luck verb
to be very lucky:
The Giants really lucked out in last night’s game.

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Don’t get your hopes up!

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امیدتون رو بالا نبرید

به دلتون صابون نزنید

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terrific

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فوق العاده

Joey, you are a terrific actor!

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envy

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حسادت، غبطه خوردن

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win over

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to persuade someone to support you or agree with you, often when they were opposed to you before:

He’s not sure about the idea, but I’m sure we’ll win him over in the end.
This is the last chance for the candidates to win over voters.

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level with sb

level with me!

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— phrasal verb with level verb [ T ]

informal

to tell someone the truth about something:

I’ll level with you - the salary’s not particularly good, and there’s little chance of promotion.

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stand sb up

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— phrasal verb with stand verb
stood | stood
informal

to intentionally fail to meet someone when you said you would, especially someone you were starting to have a romantic relationship with:
I don’t know if I’ve been stood up or if she’s just late - I’ll wait another half hour.

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I beg your pardon?

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a polite way of saying “I am sorry” or “Could you repeat what you just said?”

a way of showing that you are angry about something that someone has just said:
I beg your pardon? I hope you’re not implying that I lied!

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be on good/bad/excellent terms (with sb)

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to have a good, etc. relationship with sb:

He’s on excellent terms with all of the sales staff.

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crack up

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— phrasal verb with crack verb
informal
- to become mentally ill:
I think she’s cracking up.

  • an occasion when something that was joined together or united breaks into separate parts:
    The story depicts the crack-up of the writers’ own partnership.
    The empire became ungovernable, resulting in a total crack-up.
  • someone or something that is very funny:
    His friends find him a crack-up.
    The show is a crack-up from start to finish.
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drop off something/someone

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— phrasal verb with drop verb

(LEAVE)

to take someone or something, esp. by car, to a particular place:
I’m about to leave – can I drop you off somewhere on my way home?

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pay off

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— phrasal verb with pay verb
paid | paid

B2
If something you have done pays off, it is successful:
All her hard work paid off in the end, and she finally passed the exam

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blow sth/sb off

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— phrasal verb with blow verb
UK /bləʊ/ US /bloʊ/
blew | blown
US

to treat something or someone as if that thing or person were not important:
Just blow off his comments, he’s only joking.

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cover sth up

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— phrasal verb with cover verb
UK /ˈkʌv.ər/ US /ˈkʌv.ɚ/

C2
to stop people discovering the truth about something bad:
The company tried to cover up its employment of illegal immigrants

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from here on (out)

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idiom
US, informal
: from this time forward
From here on out, I’m making all the decisions.

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hold out something

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— phrasal verb with hold verb
US /hoʊld/
past tense and past participle held US/held/
(OFFER AS POSSIBILITY)

to offer or consider something as a possibility:
Few people hold out any hope of finding more survivors.

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mooch off (of) (someone or something)

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To ask for or obtain (something) through the charity of someone or something; to sponge off someone or something else.
My brother has been mooching off me and my wife ever since he lost his job.
You can’t expect to get very far in life just by mooching off of the success of other people.

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patch (something) up

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  1. To mend, repair, or service something to the point of being functional or whole again, especially temporarily, typically by adding material to cover or connect broken or missing parts.
    The boat had a major gash in it after the accident, so we used some spare sheet metal to patch it up.
    John patched up the hose with an old bike tube.
  2. To restore a relationship damaged by a disagreement or dispute.
    A: “Janet and I aren’t talking anymore.” B: “Oh sweetie, that’s too bad. I hope you two can patch things up.”
    I tried to patch up my dispute with Marcy, but she isn’t ready to forgive me.
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get goose bumps

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To get bumps on one’s skin where one’s body hair stands on end as the result of an intense feeling of cold, nervousness, anxiety, excitement, or fear.
I got goose bumps watching that scary movie last night!

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freeze sb out

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— phrasal verb with freeze verb
UK /friːz/ US /friːz/
froze | frozen

to make someone feel that they are not part of a group by being unfriendly towards that person, or to stop someone from being included in an arrangement or activity:
I felt I was being frozen out of/from the discussions.
He believed that organizations like theirs were being frozen out.
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