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to check up on
پنجشنبه 28 آذر 1392 23:38
to check up on : to examine with the purpose of determining condition (also: to check on ) The noun form checkup derives from this idiom. The government always checks up on the background of employees who are hired for sensitive military projects. The doctor wants me to have a thorough medical checkup as part of a...
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to meet (someone) halfway
پنجشنبه 28 آذر 1392 23:30
to meet (someone) halfway : to compromise with someone Steve wanted $4,500 for his car, and Gwen offered $4,000. They met each other halfway and agreed on $4,250. After a long process of give and take, the owners of the company agreed to meet the workers halfway by providing some additional health benefits but no wage...
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to go wrong
پنجشنبه 28 آذر 1392 23:21
to go wrong : to fail, to result badly Something went wrong with the engine, so we had to have the car toward to a garage. Shawn should have been here over an hour ago; I'm certain that something went wrong.
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to let on
پنجشنبه 28 آذر 1392 23:17
to let on : to reveal or tell what you know, to hint We are going to the movies tonight and we don't want Doris to go. If you see her, make sure not to let on. They asked me not to let on to Ted that we're planning the birthday party; it's supposed to be a big surprise.
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to stand out
پنجشنبه 28 آذر 1392 23:11
to stand out : to be easily visible or noticeable (also: to stick out) This idiom is used for someone or something that is different from all others. Her bright red hair makes her stand out from others in the group. Brandon Styles is a tall, distinguished gentleman who sticks out in any crowd.
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to keep up with
پنجشنبه 28 آذر 1392 23:03
to keep up with : to have current knowledge of; to understand as an explanation Evan keeps up with world affairs by reading a news magazine each week. I understand a lot of the Spanish language, but I can't keep up with the fast conversation in this Mexican film.
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to keep up
پنجشنبه 28 آذر 1392 22:55
to keep up : to prevent from sleeping(S); to continue maintaining (speed, level of work, condition, etc.) Could you please turn down the TV volume? You're keeping up the children. If we can keep up this speed, we should arrive there in about two hours. James is so proud of his daughter for getting mostly A's in...
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to serve (someone) right
پنجشنبه 28 آذر 1392 21:19
to serve (someone) right : to receive one's just punishment(S) This idiom is usually used at the beginning of a sentence after the subject it . It serves Jonathan right to be fired from his job. It serves Terence right that none of his friends are willing to hang out with him anymore.
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to get away with
پنجشنبه 28 آذر 1392 21:16
to get away with : to avoid punishment for Jonathan tries to get away with coming late to work almost every day; someday he'll suffer the consequences. Terence can't continue to put his friends down like that and expect to get away with it forever.
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to get away
پنجشنبه 28 آذر 1392 21:14
to get away : to get free, to escape We always try to get away from the noise and heat of the city for a month or two each month. No one knows how the suspected criminal got away from the police.
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to burst out
پنجشنبه 28 آذر 1392 21:12
to burst out : to depart quickly (also: to storm out); to act suddenly For the second definition, this idiom is usually followed by a gerund form such as laughing, crying, singing , etc. Faye and Debbie were so angry at each other that one of them burst out the front door of the house and the other stormed out the...
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to make sense
پنجشنبه 28 آذر 1392 21:09
to make sense : to be sensible or reasonable It makes sense to wait until a sunny day to visit the park together. That Jimmy ran away from home suddenly doesn't make sense to any of us.
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to cheer up
پنجشنبه 28 آذر 1392 21:08
to cheer up : to make happier, to feel less sad (S) We all tried to cheer up the little boy when he started to cry. After the death of Deanne's husband, it was difficult to cheer her up at all.
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to believe in
پنجشنبه 28 آذر 1392 21:06
to believe in : to accept as true, have faith in Some people believe in being honest in all human affairs, while others accept the need to lie in order to get one's way. Throughout the history of man, some cultures have believed in one god while others have believed in the existence of many gods.
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to drop out of
پنجشنبه 28 آذر 1392 17:21
to drop out of : to stop attending; to withdraw from This idiom can be made into the noun form dropout . Some students drop out of secondary school early in order to get jobs. However, such dropouts often regret their decision later in life. Two more baseball teams have dropped out of the youth league due to a lack of...
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give and take
پنجشنبه 28 آذر 1392 17:17
give and take : compromise, cooperation between people Give and take is an important element of a successful marriage. Most business negotiations involve give and take between the parties involved.
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to draw up
پنجشنبه 28 آذر 1392 17:12
to draw up : to prepare documents or legal papers(S) Our lawyer agreed to draw up the contract next month. We had hoped he would draw it up sooner than that.
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to set out to
پنجشنبه 28 آذر 1392 17:04
to set out to : to intend to, to act purposefully to We set out to paint the house in one day, but quickly realized that it would be impossible to do so. Janet set out to compete for the large scholarship grant by writing a good essay.
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to set out
پنجشنبه 28 آذر 1392 17:00
to set out : to start traveling toward a place(also: to set off, to head out ); to arrange or display neatly (also: to lay out ) (S) We set out for the top of the mountain at dawn. Unfortunately, as we set off, it started to snow heavily, so we decided to head out again later. The children tried to set out the dishes...
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to run into
چهارشنبه 27 آذر 1392 16:14
to run into : to meet someone unexpectedly; to crash or collide into (also: to bump into ) It was a shock to run into an old friend from high school when I was on vacation last month. The drunk driver was slightly injured when he ran into a telephone pole.
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to carry out
چهارشنبه 27 آذر 1392 16:12
to carry out : to accomplish, to execute (S) (also: to go through with ) It's easy to make a plan for losing weight, but it's always much harder to carry it out. Charles promised to go through with his plan to enroll in graduate school and get an advanced degree.
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to knock oneself out
چهارشنبه 27 آذر 1392 16:09
to knock oneself out : to work very hard (sometimes too hard) to do something A reflexive pronoun must divide the idiom. She really knocked herself out trying to pass that difficult class. Don't knock yourself out during practice. Save your strength for the competition later.
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to knock out
چهارشنبه 27 آذر 1392 16:06
to knock out : to make unconscious (S) The noun form knockout derives from this idiom. The prizefighter knocked out his opponent with one punch in the first five seconds of the first round. It was the fastest knockout in boxing history.
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to clean out
چهارشنبه 27 آذر 1392 16:04
to clean out : to empty, to tidy by removing (S); to steal, to rob (S); to buy or purchase all of something (S) It's time to clean out your closet so that you'll have more storage space. A burglar entered my apartment while I was gone and cleaned me out. He took over $200 in cash and jewelry. Thousands of shoppers...
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to show up
چهارشنبه 27 آذر 1392 15:53
to show up : to appear, to arrive; to be found or located (also for the second definition: to turn up ) It really gets on my nerves that Ursula shows up late for every meeting. Willie hopes that the watch he lost last Sunday shows u soon. We've looked everywhere for that book, but it hasn't turned up yet.
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to take over
چهارشنبه 27 آذر 1392 15:51
to take over : to assume control or responsibility for (S); to do or perform again (S) The meaning of the second definition is almost the same as do over . Also for the second definition, a noun or pronoun must divide the idiom. That large investment company specializes in taking over smaller businesses that are in...
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to stay in
چهارشنبه 27 آذر 1392 15:45
to stay in : to remain at home, not to go out An idiom with the opposite meaning is to stay out . On a rainy day, I like to stay in and read. Young people are able to stay out late at night and get very little sleep.
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to stay up
چهارشنبه 27 آذر 1392 15:43
to stay up : to remain awake, not to go to bed I want to stay up tonight and watch a late movie on TV. He stays up every night until after one o'clock, preparing his homework.
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to be into
چهارشنبه 27 آذر 1392 15:41
to be into : to have as an interest, such as a sport or hobby (also: to get into ) (S) What sports are you into? I don't have any time to get into sports.
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to go for
چهارشنبه 27 آذر 1392 15:39
to go for : to be sold at a certain price; to seek or strive for; to agree with or to consider The third definition is similar to to feel like . This dress probably goes for about $50, don't you think? Peter was going for first place in the swim meet, but he wasn't able to do better than third place. You can ask Ava...
