terça-feira, 24 de abril de 2012

EAT ON THE RUN

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1. To do something while you are on your way somewhere or doing something else.
* I always seem to eat on the run these days. I never have time for my personal stuff.

# EAT AND RUN:
1. Depart immediately after consuming a meal; also leave in a hurry.
* I hate having to eat and run, but if I dont leave now I´ll miss the last train.

ON THE NOSE

1. ( idiom) Exactly; precisely: * She predicted the final score on the nose.

quarta-feira, 18 de abril de 2012

ONE FOR THE ROAD


1.(idiom) A final drink taken before leaving on a journey.

CHICKEN OUT



1. To be too afraid to do something.
* Larry chickened out when he saw how big his opponent was.
* I chickened out of the bungee jumping when I saw how high it was.

SCREW UP

1. To make a mess of an undertaking.  e.g: ( see image above)
2. To injure,damage.
* Lifting those heavy boxes really screwed up my back.

BEATS ME!

1. I don´t know. I don´t know the answer.
2. Something that you say when you cannot understand something. Often used with a question word.
*  It beats me how he managed to survive three weeks alone in the mountains.
* BILLY:  " When are we supposed to go over to Brian´s? "
   SALLY: " Beats me! Let´s call him and find out."

segunda-feira, 16 de abril de 2012

LONGVERSATION



1. Lonversation: The quality of a conversation that is both long and rambling, without a fixed purpose and lacking in conclusion. Generally used in a a negative sense.
" The other day, Janet and I had such a longversation! I thought I could never leave.