FOLK

FOLK

• The old folk used to say that there are ghosts in this wood.
• All medieval ballads were based on folk stories.

PUBERTY

PUBERTY

• During puberty, your body grows fast and you begin to experience your sexuality.
• At the time of puberty, teenagers are particularly nasty and disobedient.

ENTREPRENEUR

ENTREPRENEUR

• Many big companies invest money in smaller ones making it possible for the entrepreneurs to develop their business.
• I couldn't work for another person. I'd rather be an entrepreneur and set up my own company.

CONTEMPORARY

CONTEMPORARY

• I'm not keen on contemporary art. I find it odd and not very aesthetic.
• She's interested in 18th century England. She's reading a lot of contemporary accounts of this period.

PHANTOM

PHANTOM

• Nobody wants to buy this house. It is said to be haunted by a phantom.
• I had a nightmare. There was a dark forest full of fearful phantoms.

to hold over

to hold over: to extend, to keep for a longer time (S)

• They are going to hold over that movie for another week because so many people are coming to see it.
• Let's hold discussion of this problem over until our next meeting.

to hold out

to hold out: to endure, to be sufficient; to survive by resisting; to persist in one's efforts

The first definition for to hold out has the opposite meaning of the second definition for to give out.

• If our supply of food and water holds out, we plan to camp here for another week. However, whenever it gives out, we'll have to leave.
• That nation's troops cannot hold out much longer against the superior forces of the enemy.
• The valuable football player held out for more money before signing a new contract with his team.

to hold off

to hold off: to delay, or to be delayed, in occurring (S)

This idiom has the same meaning as to put off. when a noun or pronoun is used as an object, as in the second example.

• If the rain holds off for a few more days, they can finish planting the rest of the crop.
• The judge agreed to hold off his decision until new evidence could be introduced into court.

to have it out with

to have it out with: to quarrel with, to confront

• I am going to have it out with Jack about all the times that he has told us lies.
• Ben had it out with his roommate about coming back home so late and making a lot of noise.

to have it in for

to have it in for: to want revenge on, to feel hostile towards (also: to hold a grudge against)

• Martina expects to lose her job because her boss has had it in for her for a long time.
• The teacher has held a grudge against Al ever since the time that he insulted her in front of the class.