JEALOUS

JEALOUS

• He's jealous of his girlfriend when somebody else even looks at her.
• She was a jealous child and never got on with children who had more than she did.

REVIEW

REVIEW

• If you want to know what's new at the cinema and whether it's worth watching, read a page of film reviews in a good magazine.
• I'm going to see this film tomorrow. It was given a lot of favourable reviews.

TO APPLY

TO APPLY

• They've applied to one of the biggest companies for financing their project.
• When I saw the job advert it was already too late to apply for it.

to go around

to go around: to be sufficient or adequate for everyone present; to circulate, to move from place to place

• We thought that we had bought enough food and drink for the party, but actually there wasn't enough to go around.
• There's a bad strain of influenza going around right now. Have you gotten your flu shots yet?
• Gabriel has been going around telling people that he was accepted to Harvard University. Do you believe him?

to pass out

to pass out: to distribute (also: to hand out)(S); to lose consciousness

The verbal idiom to hand out can be made into the noun handout to refer to items that are distributed.

• Please help me pass out these test papers. It would take an hour to hand them out by myself.
• Alright, students, here are the class handouts for this week.
• The weather was so hot in the soccer stadium that some of the fans in the stands passed out.

all in all

all in all: considering everything

• There were a few problems, but all in all it was a well-organized seminar.
• Leo got a low grade in one subject, but all in all he's a good student.

to tell apart

to tell apart: to distinguish between

(also: to tell from(S) )

• The two brothers look so much alike that few people can tell them apart.
• Most new cars are very similar in appearance. It's almost impossible to tell one from another.

to bite off

to bite off: to accept as a responsibility or task

This idiom is often used when one accepts more responsibility than one can handle alone. It is usually used in the form to bite off more than one can chew.

• When I accepted the position of chairman, I didn't realize how much I was biting off.
• When Tran registered for 18 units in his last semester at college, he bit off more than he could chew.

on hand

on hand: available, nearby

This idiom is often followed by in case.

• I always keep some extra money on hand in case I forget to get cash from the bank.
• The concert organizers arranged to have some security guards on hand in case there were any problems during the performance.

at heart

at heart: basically, fundamentally

This idiom is used to describe the true character of a person.

• Amir sometimes seems quite unfriendly, but at heart he's a good person.
• The Fares often don't see eye to eye, but at heart they both love each other very much.