feel funny

feel funny: feel slightly ill, feel uncomfortable

• I've been feeling funny ever since I ate the fish.
• I feel funny about turning down that invitation for dinner.

feel free

feel free: go ahead (and do something)

• Please feel free to borrow my dictionary any time.

to call for

to call for: to require; to request, to urge

• This cake recipe calls for some baking soda, but we don't have any.
• The members of Congress called for new laws to regulate the banking industry.

to come to

to come to: to regain consciousness; to equal, to amount to

• At first they thought that the man was dead, but soon he came to.
• The bill for groceries at the supermarket came to fifty dollars.

to have on

to have on: to be wearing (S)

• How do you like the hat that Grace has on today?
• When sally came into the room, I had nothing on except my shorts.

clear out

clear out: clearly stated, definite, apparent

• The president's message was clear cut: The company had to reduce personal immediately.
• Professor Larsen is well known for his interesting and clear-cut presentations.

to make clear

to make clear: to clarify, to explain (S)

• Please make it clear to Josef that he should never act so impolitely again.
• The supervisor made it clear to the workers that they had to increase their productivity.

to take into account

to take into account: to consider a fact while evaluating a situation(S)

A noun or pronoun often follows the verb take.

• The judge took the prisoner's young age into account before sentencing him to three months in jail.
• Educators should take into account the cultural backgrounds of students when planning a school curriculum.

to take for granted

to take for granted: not to appreciate fully(S); to assume to be true without giving much thought(S)

A noun or pronoun often follows the verb take.

• Bruno took his wife for granted until once when he was very sick and needed her constant attention for a week..
• He spoke English so well that I took it for granted he was an American.
• He took for granted that I wasn't American because I spoke English so poorly!

to cross out

to cross out: to cancel by marking with a horizontal line(S)

• The teacher crossed out several incorrect words in Tanya's composition.
• I crossed the last line out of my letter because it had the wrong tone to it.