پیشنهادهای مهرداد (١٠٢)
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
competition between two friends that is not serious to see which person can do something better than the other one can
to end something that is difficult; to finish something that is unpleasant
to have a fistfight to decide something; to fight by hitting another person so that the winner wins the argument
The two men are duking it out because they are in love with the same woman.
almost unnoticeable; not easy to notice; not easily seen; not drawing attention to oneself; hidden
to show one’s good luck, money, beauty, or success to other people to get their admiration and/or to make them envious