Karteikarten
Idiomatic Expressions 1
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- 1about toalmost ready to
- 2above allmost importantly
- 3add upmake sense; be logical
- 4all at oncesuddenly; without warning
- 5all of a suddenall at once; suddenly
- 6as a matter of factin reality; actually
- 7as a rulegenerally; customarily
- 8at easenot nervous; calm
- 9as the drop of a hatquickly; without any preparation time
- 10back out (of)withdraw an offer
- 11bank ondepend on; count on
- 12be my guestdo what you want; feel free; help yourself
- 13be rustyneed practice or review
- 14beats meI don't know; I have no idea (often used in response to a question)
- 15better offin an improved condition.
- 16bite off more than one can chewtake on more responsibility than one can handle
- 17bound tocertain to; sure to
- 18Break downstop functioning (a machine, for example)
- 19break in (on)interrupt
- 20break the icebreak through social barriers (as at a party)
- 21break the news (to)inform; give bad news
- 22break upend (a meeting, for example)
- 23break up (with)stop being a couple (a boyfriend and girlfriend, for example)
- 24a breezesomething very simple and easy to do
- 25bring aboutcause to hapen
- 26bring up(1) raise (a child)
(2) introduce (a topicm for example) - 27brush up onreview;
study;
practice - 28bump intomeet unexpectedly; run into
- 29by and largemostly; generally; on the whole
- 30by heartby memory; learned word for word
- 31by no meansin no way; not at all
- 32call it a daystop working for the day;
go home - 33call offcancel
- 34call onvisit
- 35calm downrelax
- 36care for(1) take care of
(2) like; feel affection for - 37catch onbecome popular
- 38catch on (to)understand; learn
- 39catch up (with)go as fast as;
catch - 40check in (or into)register (at a hotel)
- 41check out (of)(1) leave (a hotel)
(2) take material
(from a library, for example) - 42cheer upbecome cheerful;
be happy - 43chip in (on/for)contribute
- 44clear up(1) clarify; make understandable
(2) become nice and sunny
(used to talk about the weather) - 45come acrossfind; meet; encounter
- 46come around (to)begin to change one's opinion;
begin to agree with - 47come down withbecome sick with (illness)
- 48come up withthink of (an idea)
- 49cost an arm and a legbe very expensive
- 50count ondepend on;
rely on;
bank on - 51count outeliminate;
no longer consider as a factor - 52cut offstop;
descontinue
(a service, for example) - 53cut out forhave an aptitude for;
be qualified for - 54day in and day outconstantly;
for a long time - 55die downbecome less severe;
quiet down - 56do overdo again;
repeat - 57do withoutnot have
- 58down the drainwasted;
done for no reason
(work, for example) - 59dream upinvent;
think of;
come up with - 60drop (someone) a linesend someone a letter
- 61drop in (on)visit informally
- 62drop off(1) leave something (a package, for example) (2) take (someone) home;
let someone out of a car - 63drop out (of)stop attending (classes, for example)
- 64easy as pievery simple; a piece of cake
- 65eyes bigger than one's stomachsaid of someone who takes more food than he or she can eat
- 66fall behindnot move as quickly as;
lag behind - 67fall throughfail to happen
- 68a far cry fromnot similar to;
not as good as - 69fed up (with)not able to tolerate;
disgusted with;
annoyed by feel - 70fell freedo something if one wants
- 71feel likebe inclined to;
want to - 72feel like a million dollarsfeel very good
- 73feel up tofeel able to do something;
ready to - 74few and far betweenuncommon and infrequent
- 75figure outunderstand;
solve - 76fill inwrite in a hlank (on an application form, for example)
- 77fill in (for)substitute for
- 78fill on inprovide missing information
- 79fill outcomplete (an application form, for example)
- 80find outlearn;
discover - 81a fish out of watersomeone not in his or her normal surroundings
- 82fix uprepair;
renovate - 83follow in one's footstepsdo what someone else did
(especially a parent) - 84for goodpermanently;
forever - 85for the time beingtemporarily;
for now - 86from out of the blueunexpectedly;
without warning - 87get a kick out of (doing something)enjoy;
have fun doing something - 88get along withhave good relations with
- 89get carried awaygo too far;
do too much;
buy too much - 90get in one's bloodbecome a habit;
become customary - 91get in over one's headtake on too much responsibility;
bite off more than one can chew - 92get in the wayblock;
obstruct - 93get in touch withcontact
- 94get offleave
(a vehicle) - 95get off the groundstart to be successful
- 96get onboard
(vehicle) - 97get overrecover from
(a disease) - 98get rid ofdiscard;
no longer have - 99get under waybegin;
start - 100give (someone) a cold shoulderact unfriendly toward someone;
ignore - 101give awaydistribute
(for free) - 102get the hang of somethinglearn how to do something
- 103give a handapplaud;
clap - 104give a hand (with)assist
- 105go easy onnot punish severely
- 106go on (with)continue
- 107go overboarddo too much;
buy too much - 108go with(1) accompany
(2) look good together;
complement
(for example, two articles of clothing) - 109go without sayingbe clear;
be obvious - 110grow upto mature;
to become an adult - 111hand ingive back to;
return - 112hand outdistribute
- 113hang onwait
- 114hard to come bydifficult to find
- 115have a heartbe compassionate;
show mercy - 116have a hunchhave an intuitive feeling
- 117have a word with (someone)talk to someone briefly
- 118have onwear
- 119have one's hands fullbe very busy;
have a challenging job - 120have the time of one's lifehave fun;
have a great time - 121hear fIrsthand (from)get information directly from someone
- 122hear frombe contacted by;
be in touch with - 123hear ofknow about;
be familiar with - 124hit it offbecome friendly
(especially at a first meeting) - 125hit the roadleave;
go away - 126hold onwait
- 127hold on (to)grasp
- 128hold stillnot move
- 129hold updelay
- 130in a nutshellin summary;
in brief - 131in favor ofin agreement with;
supporting - 132in hot waterin trouble
- 133in no timevery soon;
very quickly - 134in personface to face
(not by telephone, letter, etc.) - 135in storein the future;
coming up - 136in the darknot knowing;
confused - 137in the long runover a long period of time
- 138in the same boatin the same situation;
having the same problem - 139iron outsolve
(a problem) - 140join the clubhave the same problem as other people
- 141jump to conclusionsform opinions without sufficient evidence
- 142keep an eye onwatch;
take care of;
look after - 143keep an eye out (for)look for
- 144keep on (with)continue
- 145keep track ofknow where something or someone is
- 146keep up (with)maintain the same speed as
- 147kill timespend time doing unimportant things
(before an appointment, for example) - 148know like the back of one's handbe very familiar with
- 149lay offput out of work
- 150learn the ropesbecome familiar with;
get used to;
get the hang of - 151leave outnot include;
omit - 152leave someone/something alonenot disturb
- 153let someone downdisappoint
- 154let updecline in intensity (rain for example)
- 155look aftertake care of;
mind - 156look fortry to locate
- 157look forward toantecipate
(with pleasure) - 158look intoinvestigate
- 159look likeresemble
- 160look out (for)be careful
- 161look overexamine;
read - 162look up(1) find information
(especially in a reference book)
(2) try to locate someone - 163look up torespect;
admire - 164make a fool of oneselfact embarrassingly
- 165make a point ofmake a special effort
- 166make ends meetbalance a budget
- 167make sense (of)be logical and clear;
understand - 168make upinvent;
create - 169make up one's minddecide
- 170make way forallow space for;
provide a path for - 171mean tointend to
- 172mixed upconfused
- 173music to one's earssomething that sounds pleasant
- 174a nervous wrecksomeone who is very nervous
- 175next to nothingvery little
(money, for example);
cheap - 176no doubt about itcertainly;
definitely - 177no harm donethere was no damage done
- 178not at allnot in any way;
not to any degree - 179not believe one's ears (or eyes)be unable to believe what one hears (or sees)
- 180not think much ofnot like;
not have a good opinion of - 181odds and endssmall;
miscellaneous items - 182an old hand (at)an experienced person
- 183on edgenervous
- 184on endconsecutively;
without a break
(days on end, for example) - 185on handeasily available
- 186on needles and pinsnervous; ansious
- 187on one's ownindependent
- 188on second thoughtafter reconsidering
- 189on the goalways busy;
always moving - 190on the tip of one's tonguealmost able to remember
- 191on the wholein general
- 192out of (something)not having something
- 193out of one's mindinsane;
illogical;
irrational - 194out of orderbroken;
not functioning properly - 195out of the questiondefinitely not;
impossible - 196over and overagain and again;
repeatedly - 197over one's headnot understandable
(a joke, for example);
obscure - 198part withno longer have;
et rid of;
not be in the company of - 199pass upnot accept;
not choose - 200pass with flying colorsdo very well
(on a test)
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