پیشنهادهای مهرداد (١٠٨)
posted – put where many people can see something; hung or held up in a public place * The little girl posted her telephone number and a picture of he ...
hairy – complicated; difficult to do or to understand * The politician had a hairy schedule, visiting five states in three days.
to settle in – to become comfortable with something new * It took a few weeks for Broderick to settle in to his new school, but he eventually liked b ...
to give some assistance to complete something
burned completely
to come at ( one ) – to attack one with force; to move quickly and forcefully toward one, usually to fight * Two big guys came at me outside of the b ...
to linger – to stay in a place longer than one has to, usually because one does not want to leave. * Don’t linger in the videogame store too long. W ...
balding – beginning to lose the hair on one’s head; with some of one’s hair lost from one’s head * Jake is balding, while his twin brother has a full ...
militant” ( aggressive; wanting to fight )
to feel free – to feel as though one can do something without special permission * Benjamin was very close to his best friend’s family, so he felt fr ...
at ( one's ) wits' end – unable to think of any solutions to a problem; unable to remain patient or willing to accept a bad situation * After Mrs. De ...
pearl – a small round bead, usually white in color, that is often used for jewelry * A small white pearl hung on the delicate chain necklace.
how much you like to talk to other people
to come out of – to come from; to be created in a certain location * The new band came out of England, but they were popular in other countries, too.
( long piece of material that connects a machine to a power source )
frantic – panicked; very worried * When she heard that her uncle had gotten into a car accident, Takako became frantic until she learned that he was ...
handout – a piece of paper given to students that explains information students need to know about a task * Each student received a handout with spec ...
to feel cooped up – to feel trapped; to feel confined inside of a space * After staying inside the house for four full days, Herminia began to feel c ...
administrative assistant – someone who helps a manager or boss with basic paperwork and important tasks * Mr. Peplinski had so much work to do that h ...
to flame – to send a message that is rude ( impolite ) or angry to other people on a website * Many people started flaming Jonathan after he wrote a ...
screen name – the short combination of letters and numbers that a person uses as his or her name or identification when writing online * Her real nam ...
to mop – to clean floors by dipping a stick with a long handle and soft material at one end into water and then moving it over the floors When the ...
filthy – very dirty; extremely unclean * Your shoes are filthy! Please take them off before going inside.
on the right track – doing something the right way; making progress on something and doing it right, even though one is not finished with it yet * Ph ...
to report back to ( someone ) – to give someone an update on what one has done; to tell someone how well or poorly one is doing on a project * They’r ...
“hit up” ( borrow money from )
out of breath – panting; taking large breaths of air because one does not have enough air in one’s lungs, often as a result of physical exercise * Af ...
to cool off – to calm down; to spend time calming down after an event or action that made one angry * After the bad argument with her mother, Rosalin ...
fall out – a consequence one does not expect; the unexpected result of something, usually when that result is negative * Jason ended the argument bet ...
to blow it off – to let it go; to ignore something * Charise was supposed to go to a meeting yesterday, but she blew it off because she didn’t think ...
to have the nerve – to have courage; to have the courage to do something unkind or dishonorable * Louis did not want to believe that his son had the ...
to keep an open mind – to be willing to consider multiple options; to be willing to think about or to try something different new or different * Even ...
to land – to catch; to get something one has actively tried to get * After meeting and working with the client for several months, Mr. Dolan landed t ...
to go too far – to continue with an action or behavior beyond what is needed or wanted, causing problems or negative results * Tony likes to joke aro ...
co - pay – a small amount of money that one pays for medical services when another part of the payment is paid by an insurance company ( a company th ...
to merge – to move your car into the flow of other, faster - moving cars * Merging onto the freeway was one of the scariest parts of learning how to ...
transmission – the system that passes energy from the car’s engine to its wheels * I couldn’t believe it when the mechanic said that I needed to repl ...
to rinse off – to use water to remove soap from something * Kelly’s son cried when she rinsed him off because she accidentally got soap in his eyes.
jarring – irritating, unpleasant, or annoying to one’s ears * The children were fighting during the car trip and their arguments became very jarring ...
to pick up the tab – to pay for a group meal; to pay for the food and drinks of everyone who is at the table * At dinner last night, Ulma picked up t ...
to air ( someone’s ) dirty laundry – to tell someone’s bad secrets to another person; to share secret information about something bad that shouldn’t ...
common area – shared area; an area that is shared by many people * This apartment building’s common areas include a gym, computer room, laundry room ...
board of directors – the group of people who make important decisions for a business or organization and are responsible for hiring the president * T ...
to kiss and touch someone sexually for a long time
to shed – to get rid of something; to lose something; to reduce something
to stand ( someone ) up – to not meet someone when one is supposed to, especially if the two people arranged a romantic date
a car that has stopped working while it is on the road
with eyes partially closed so that only a small horizontal line of the eye can be seen
ego – self - importance; the feeling or opinion that one has about oneself * Simon has a huge ego and thinks he’s better than everyone else.
to interfere; to prevent someone from doing what he or she wants or needs to do