W12 D1 Flashcards
Bail
leaving abruptly
“This party sucks, I’m going to bail.”
Feeling blue; have the blues
A feeling of depression or sadness
“Wow, I’m really feeling blue after that sad movie.”
A buck
American dollar.
“I need a few bucks so I can buy a hamburger.”
By the skin of (my/your/his/her) teeth
Just barely
You handed in that assignment by the skin of your teeth.”
Creep
An unpleasantly weird/strange person
“Did you see that creep staring at us? There was something wrong with him.”
Couch Potato
A lazy person who spends the bulk of their time engaged in things that can be done while sitting on a couch.
“All he does is watch TV and nothing else. He’ds a couch potato.”
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Cram
To study like crazy before an exam because you didn’t do anything before that.
“Dude, I have to cram for my science test because I didn’t do any work all week.”
Crash
- To abruptly fall asleep or want to fall asleep
“I’m so tired, I can’t wait to crash after this loooong day.” - to show up without invitation
“They crashed the party but nobody wanted them there because they smoked.”
Down to earth
totally cool, easy to get along with
“We got along great, he was really down to earth.”
Drive up the wall
irritate, make angry
“Those tags on the back of my shirt really drive me up a wall.”
For Real
agree about something
“The smell of mint hot coco is amazing…for real.”
2. seriously, really?
“I love to eat raw garlic. For real?
The cold shoulder
deliberately (on purpose) ignoring someone
“After the argument she was giving me the cold shoulder.”
Hang out
gather together or spend time with someone
“Do you want to hang out after school today?”
