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TO BRICK IT

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TO BE VERY SCARED

He didnt do very well in the interview - we felt a bit sorry for him as he was clearly bricking it

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TOP ONESELF

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UK: to commit suicide
Do you hear that his father topped himself over the weekend?

US: to outdo or outperform one’s previous effort or achievement
Wow, you have really topped yourself with these cupcake, Stephen!

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SLAP

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Amazing

Their new song really slaps! I dont know how they keep producing hit after hit.

That new film is amazing! All of the films by that director slap!

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DITCH

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get rid of or give up

Eg: Plans for the road were ditched following a public inquiry.
Did you ditch class today? (to skip an event)

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HIT ME UP

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contact me

I gave that cute boy my number and told him to hit me up sometime.

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KNACKERED

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very tired/exhausted

Eg: I am knackered

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SWAMPED

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very busy / overwhelmed with things to do

Eg: I am swamped

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NICK

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steal

Eg: We used to nick biscuits from the kitchen.

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GUTTED

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Sad

Eg: I just failed my driving test for the 4th time! I m gutted.

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KNACKERED

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tired

eg: I went to a party last night and nw i m knackered

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SKINT

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Has no money
eg: I cant come out tonight! I m skint!

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loaded

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very rich

I just won a lottery! I m loaded.

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chuffed

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very pleased

I m dead chuffed to have won

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SALTY

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Annoyed by, upset by, or resentful of sth that has been done or said to one

Eg: of course I m salty-you make of me in front of my friend.

why is she so salty? I told her I was going to be home late.

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STOKED

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elated, very pleased

eg: really stoked to have got the job.

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SCRUB UP WELL

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make a lot of effort to look very smart or well presented

Eg: He wears jeans most of the time, but he scrubbed up well for the party

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my efforts were not enough

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my efforts fell short

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soon you will be recovered from your illness

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soon you will be back on your feet

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there are lots of people like that

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People like that are a dime of dozen

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Tom just accepts thing as they are

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Tom just goes with the flow

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to get into the swing of it/things

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to start to understand, enjoy, and be active in sth

eg: I hadnt work in an office for several years, so it took me a while to get back into the swing of it.

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on the mend

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to be getting better after an illness or injury

eg: she’s been ill with the flu but she’s on the mend now

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scrummy

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delicious

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Jive

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meaningless talk; to tease, fool, kid

eg: Dont jive me with your sweet talk

25
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reek

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to have a strong unpleasant smell
- Her breath reeked of garlic.
- the locker room reeked of gym clothes.

noun:
- the warm air was scented with the heady reek of diesel oil from the bus.

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chuffed

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very pleased
eg: I m chuffed to have won (British slang)

27
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get off the phone

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finished talking and have hung up the phone

eg: I just got off the phone with dad. He is fine and say hello.

28
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kip

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to sleep

eg: he’s upstairs kipping. Can he call you back?

29
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take a pew! (UK)

A

sit down

30
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busted

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broken

eg: the coke machine is busted.

31
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veg out (US)

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relax and do nothing
eg: I’m exhausted - I think I’ll just go home and veg out in front of tv tonight.

32
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steamed up

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angry
- Mark gets steamed up over trivial things.

33
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push off

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leave, to set out, depart

eg: the infantry patrol pushed off before dawn.

34
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in stitches

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if a joke or funny story has tou in stitches, it makes you laugh a lot.

eg: He was telling jokes at the dining table that had us all in stitches.

35
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send someone packing

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tell someone very forcefully to leave a place, or to leave their job.

eg:

The footballer was sent packing after a very public row with the coach.

Lowe sent him packing after finding out about his lies.

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fuddy duddy

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one that is old fashioned, unimaginative, or conservative

eg: That dress makes you look like such a fuddy-duddy

37
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topsy-turvy

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confused or disorderly

eg: Everything’s topsy-turvy in my life at the moment

38
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wishy-washy

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unable to make a decision decisively and is stuck between two choices

eg: if there is anything I cant stand, its an indecisive, wishy washy customer.

39
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dilly dally

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to delay without cause or reason and not to rush.

eg: dont dilly-dally- iust get your bags and let’s go !

40
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half-baked idea

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when an idea has not been properly thought through, you can say informally that it’s a half-baked idea.

41
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croaked

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die

eg: the old man finally croaked at the age of 92.

42
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gutted

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extremely disappointed and unhappy

eg: He was gutted when she finished the relationship.

43
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slew

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a lot

eg: a slew of unpaided bills

44
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割韭菜

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1) rug pull
- when institutional investors do a rug-pull, retail investors oftentimes get stucked/trapped.

2) I got played for a sucker
- I bought Gamestop when it’s at its highest, and then I got played for a sucker when the rug-pull happened.

3) I was exploited/milked/taken advantages of by the institutional investors.

4) Be aware of being the last person on the bandwagon. Don’t wait till the short squeeze is over to sell. You would get played for a sucker.

5) Quit while you are ahead.

6) Ripped off - this salesman ripped us off.

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doddle

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if sth its a doddle, it means its easy to do.

eg:
according to the instructions, building this book shelf should be a doddle.

getting to the museum is a doddle; you only need to take one train straight there.

the test was a doddle, and I got full marks.

46
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no sweat

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It’s not a problem.

Picking you up was no sweat. Don’t even mention it.

47
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laid back

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relaxed or calm.

eg: this weekend was very laid back.

48
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bougie

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someone who belongs to the middle class (= a social group between the very rich and the poor), especially someone who supports traditional customs and values, or gives a lot of importance to money, education, and social class, or likes and wants expensive and unusual things:
There’s nothing bougies love more than dinner parties.

Having a spa day is so bougie!

People in the neighbourhood have strong opinions about inauthentic bougie snobs.

It’s one of those places where you pay a lot of money but don’t get much. Too bougie for me!

49
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skint

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To have little or no money; to be broke. Primarily heard in UK.

Any chance I can pick up an extra shift? I’m pretty skint this week.

Sorry, man, I’m skint myself, so I have no money to give you.

50
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jailbait

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someone who is sexually attractive but too young to have sex with legally:

She was sixteen, no longer jailbait.

51
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forgive my candor

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the quality of being honest and telling the truth, especially about a difficult or embarrassing subject:
“We really don’t know what to do about it,” she said with surprising candor.

the quality of being honest, sincere, and kind in dealing with other people:
“We want to help but really don’t know how,” she said with surprising candor.

52
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bang on/spot on

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exactly right: She was bang on when she called him an idiot: that’s just what he is!

Your sales estimate was spot on. Well done!

Mr. Lynch’s analysis of the company is spot on, if you ask me. I suggest we follow whatever advice he offers.

Yes, those directions you gave me were spot on, thank you!

Mark does a spot-on impression of our teacher—you have to hear it!

53
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gobsmacked

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so surprised that you cannot speak:

He was completely gobsmacked when he won the award.

54
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comeback

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a quick reply to a critical remark

some of my best comebacks just go right over people’s heads.

55
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turd

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  • a piece of solid waste.
    dog turds on the pavement.
  • a rude word for someone who you think is unpleasant.
    I’m not doing business with that little turd.
56
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likewise

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in the same way:
Just water these plants twice a week, and likewise the ones in the bedroom.

informal “I don’t have time to spend hours preparing one dish!” “Likewise (= it’s the same for me)

in the same way or manner; similarly:
We put up a fence, and other neighbors did likewise.

57
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dog pile

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flurry of critical or negative comments about someone or something by a large number of people:
Take a perfectly reputable person, find a weakness, convince others to join the dogpile against them, and pretty soon you destroy them.

58
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dingleberry

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stupid person

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