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above all
جمعه 15 آذر 1392 11:03
above all : mainly, especially Above all, don't mention the matter to Gerard; he's the last person should tell. Sheila does well in all her school subjects, but above all in mathematics. Her math scores are always over 95 percent.
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a lost cause
جمعه 15 آذر 1392 10:58
a lost cause : a hopeless case, a person or situation having no hope of positive change It seems that Charles will never listen to our advice. I suppose it's a lost cause. The police searched for the missing girl for two weeks, but finally gave it up as a lost cause. People who have committed several crime and show no...
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to break in
جمعه 15 آذر 1392 10:55
to break in : gradually to prepare something for use that is new and stiff(S); to interrupt(for the second definition, also: to cut in ); to enter illegally or by force It is best to break a new car in by driving it slowly for the first few hundred miles. While Carrie and I were talking, Bill broke in to tell me about...
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fifty-fifty
جمعه 15 آذر 1392 10:48
fifty-fifty : divided into two equal parts Let's go fifty-fifty on the cost of a new rug for our apartment. The political candidate has a fifty-fifty chance of winning the election.
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to turn down
جمعه 15 آذر 1392 10:45
to turn down : to reduce in brightness or volume(S); to reject, to refuse(S) Please turn down the radio for me. It's too loud while I'm studying. Lola wanted to join the military but the recruiting officer turned her application down because Lola is hard of hearing in one ear.
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on the other hand
جمعه 15 آذر 1392 10:41
on the other hand : however, in contrast Democracies provide people many freedoms and privileges. On the other hand , democracies suffer many serious problems such as crime and unemployment. My sister takes after my father in appearance. On the other hand, I take after my mother.
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to keep up with
جمعه 15 آذر 1392 10:37
to keep up with : to maintain the same speed or rate as Frieda works so fast that no one in the office can keep up with her . You'll have to walk more slowly. I can't keep up with you .
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turn/go to mush
پنجشنبه 14 آذر 1392 13:34
turn/go to mush if your brains, heart etc turn to mush, you cannot think clearly or sensibly: If you watch too much TV, your brains will turn to mush.
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senior citizen
پنجشنبه 14 آذر 1392 13:32
senior citizen (noun) someone who is over 60 years old or who is
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perverse
پنجشنبه 14 آذر 1392 13:26
perverse (adj): behaving in an unreasonable way, especially by deliberately doing the opposite of what people want you to do: He gets perverse satisfaction from embarrassing people. — perversely adverb: Perversely, she was irritated by his kindness.
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busybody
پنجشنبه 14 آذر 1392 10:38
busybody (n) someone who is too interested in other people's private activities - used to show disapproval
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willful
پنجشنبه 14 آذر 1392 10:35
willful (adj): continuing to do what you want, even after you have been told to stop - used to show disapproval a willful child willful damage/disobedience/exaggeration etc: deliberate damage etc, when you know that what you are doing is wrong —willfully adverb —willfulness noun
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pull over
پنجشنبه 14 آذر 1392 10:27
pull over phrasal verb to drive to the side of the road and stop your car, or to make someone else do this: The policeman signaled to him to pull over. pull somebody/something ↔ over He pulled the car over. A cop pulled him over and gave him a speeding ticket.
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rub salt into the wound
پنجشنبه 14 آذر 1392 10:22
rub salt into the wound informal/to make a bad situation even worse for someone
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get (somebody) off somebody's back
پنجشنبه 14 آذر 1392 10:15
get (somebody) off somebody's back / spoken/ to stop annoying someone with a lot of questions, criticisms etc or to make someone stop annoying you in this way: Maybe the only way to get him off my back is to tell him the truth. Do me a favor and get off my back ! get someone out of one's hair to cause someone to stop...
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trash / find fault with sb/sth
چهارشنبه 13 آذر 1392 22:44
trash (v) informal/ to destroy something completely, either deliberately or by using it too much The place got trashed last time we had a party. especially American English / to criticize someone or something very severely: The researchers are angry that attempts have been made to trash their work. find fault with...
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keep/lose track of somebody/something
چهارشنبه 13 آذر 1392 22:41
keep/lose track of somebody/something : to pay attention to someone or something, so that you know where they are or what is happening to them, or to fail to do this: It's difficult to keep track of all the new discoveries in genetics. I just lost all track of time.
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be/get carried away
چهارشنبه 13 آذر 1392 22:39
be/get carried away : to be so excited, angry, interested etc that you are no longer really in control of what you do or say, or you forget everything else: It's easy to get carried away when you can do so much with the graphics software.
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can-do
چهارشنبه 13 آذر 1392 22:37
can-do (adj): willing to try anything and expect that it will work He has a wonderful can-do attitude towards work. I hold a can-do attitude.
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back off / back off / back out
چهارشنبه 13 آذر 1392 22:31
back up : especially American English to make a vehicle move backwards: The truck stopped and then backed up. car [intransitive and transitive] especially British English /if a vehicle or its driver reverses, they go backwards [= back up American English] reverse out of/into etc Bob reversed into a parking space. back...
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TO REGRET
سهشنبه 12 آذر 1392 10:06
TO REGRET I deeply regret my decision not to have children. We regret to inform you that your flight has been cancelled.
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have got to
دوشنبه 11 آذر 1392 22:38
have got to : must (also: have to) She has got to go to Chicago today to sign the contract papers. I have to be back home by two o'clock or my wife will feel ill at ease.
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have got
دوشنبه 11 آذر 1392 22:37
have got : to have, to possess Curtis has got a bad cold. He's sneezing and coughing a lot. How much money have you got with you right now?
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to shut up
دوشنبه 11 آذر 1392 22:26
to shut up : to close for a period of time(S); to be quiet, to stop talking The second definition of this idiom is impolite in formal situations. During the hurricane, all the store owners shut their shops up. Bob's sister told him to shut up and not say anything more about it. The student got into big trouble for...
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to become of
دوشنبه 11 آذر 1392 22:23
to become of : to happen to (a missing object or person) This idiom is always used in clause beginning with what. What has become of my pencil? I had it ten minutes age, but now I can't find it. I wondered what became of you . I looked around the shopping center for two hours, but I couldn't find you at all.
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to blow out
دوشنبه 11 آذر 1392 22:20
to blow out : to explode, to go flat(for tires) to extinguish by blowing(S) On our trip to Colorado, one of the tires blew out when it hit a large hole in the road. Little Joey wasn't able to blow all the candles out, so his big sister helped him.
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to cut out / to knock it off
دوشنبه 11 آذر 1392 20:03
to cut out : to remove by cutting(S); to stop doing something(S) (for the second definition, also: to knock it off ) For the second definition, the idiom is usually separated by the pronoun it . The child likes to cut out pictures from the newspaper and to paste them in a notebook. He kept bothering her, so finally...
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to cut off
دوشنبه 11 آذر 1392 19:55
to cut off : to shorten by cutting the ends(S); to disconnect or stop suddenly(S) The rope was two feet longer than we needed, so we cut off the extra length . My Internet provider cut off service today, so I couldn't check my e-mail.
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to make the best of
دوشنبه 11 آذر 1392 19:51
to make the best of : to do the best that one can in a poor situation If we can't find a larger apartment soon, we'll just have to make the best of it right here. Even though the Martinez family is having financial problems, the make the best of everything by enjoying the simple pleasures of life.
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to grow out of
دوشنبه 11 آذر 1392 19:38
to grow out of : to outgrow, to become too old or too big for; to be a result of He still bites his nails now and then, but soon he'll grow out of the habit. The need for the salary committee grew out of worker dissatisfaction with the pa scale.
