chuckle

chuckle (verb): to laugh quietly

• What are you chuckling about?

chuckle(noun) [countable]

• Rosie gave a little chuckle.

buck

buck (n): dollar/informal/a US, Canadian, or Australian dollar:

• He owes me ten bucks.
• The movie is about a group of men trying to make a buck (=earn some money) as male strippers.

big/mega bucks (=a lot of money)

• Using celebrities in advertising is guaranteed to pull in big bucks.

make a fast/quick buck (=make some money quickly, often dishonestly)

ask after

ask after somebody (phrasal verb)

if you ask after someone, you want to know whether they are well, what they are doing etc:

• I spoke to James today. He was asking after you.
• His effect on some people was really special, however. Big, tough men crumbled when he smiled, giggled and winked at them. One in particular, a bear of a man who had been on the wrong side of the law more than once, always asked after him.

crumble / giggle/ wink

• His effect on some people was really special, however. Big, tough men crumbled when he smiled, giggled and winked at them. One in particular, a bear of a man who had been on the wrong side of the law more than once, always asked after him.

crumble(v): to break apart into lots of little pieces, or make something do this:

• The fall leaves crumbled in my fingers.

giggle(v): to laugh quickly, quietly, and in a high voice, because something is funny or because you are nervous or embarrassed:

• If you can't stop giggling you'll have to leave the room.

wink(v): to close and open one eye quickly to communicate something or show that something is a secret or joke

wink at

• He winked mischievously at Erica.
• He winked an eye at his companion.

rubberneck

rubberneck (v)

informal/to look around at something, especially something such as an accident while you are driving past - used to show disapproval:

• People rubbernecking in the southbound lane caused a second accident.
• The only time I thought of the differences between us was when others pointed them out: a stare in a restaurant, a pointed finger on the street, a comment by another kid in the schoolyard, or the rubber-necking gawks of strangers at the country fair.

rubbernecker(noun)

gawk /stare

gawk (v): informal/to look at something for a long time, in a way that looks stupid [= stare]

gawk at

• Don't just stand there gawking at those girls!
• The only time I thought of the differences between us was when others pointed them out: a stare in a restaurant, a pointed finger on the street, a comment by another kid in the schoolyard, or the rubber-necking gawks of strangers at the country fair.

stare (v): to look at something or someone for a long time without moving your eyes, for example because you are surprised, angry, or bored

stare at

• What are you staring at?

to burn up

to burn up: to destroy completely by fire (S); to make angry or very annoyed (S) (also: to tick off)

To burn up and to burn down share the first definition but also have different definitions.

• She didn't want anyone to see the letter, so she burned it up and threw the ashes away.
• It really burns me up that he borrowed my car without asking me first.
• Mike got ticked off that his friends never offered to help him move to his new apartment. He had to do everything himself.

piss Sb off: to make angry or very annoyed

freak Sb out: to make angry or very annoyed

tick somebody/something ↔ off phrasal verb

British English/informal: to tell someone angrily that you are annoyed with them or disapprove of them

• Mrs Watts will tick you off if you're late again.

identical

identical (adj): exactly the same, or very similar:

• four identical houses

identical to/with

• Nutritionally, infant formulas are almost identical to breast milk.
• The ingredients are identical with those of competing products.

identical in

• The sisters were identical in appearance and character.

identically(adverb)

and then some

and then some

and even more; and more than has been mentioned. 

• John is going to have to run like a deer and then some to win this race. 
• The cook put the amount of salt called for into the soup and then some.

it's other way round

it's other way round

the reverse; the opposite. 

• No, it won't fit that way. Try it the other way round. 
• It doesn't make any sense like that. It belongs the other way around.