- Let that sink in.
- We decided on changing the date.
- Let-up : A pause or reduction in the intensity of something. Strauss promises no let-up in 2nd Test.
- Stay put: remain in a fixed or established position.
- Hang on: To keep a telephone connection open
- Hang up: To end a telephone conversation.
- Hang in: To persevere.
- Hangover: Disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol). Something that has survived from the past.
- Stand someone up: It has the idea that he let me down or he failed to come to meet me although we had agreed to meet, e.g., He stood me up.
- Cut loose: To speak or act without restraint
- He panned out as cricketer. Pan out: to be successful, to turn out well.
- Hit the doldrums around: A period of depression or unhappy listlessness.
- The kick-off meeting starts on 10AM Monday. kick-off: A start of an event or activity.
- How about planning on lunch around afternoon.
- Tom Cruise cracked up on Oprah show. To experience or cause to experience a great deal of amusement: really cracked up when I heard that joke. To laugh or cause to laugh uproariously or uncontrollably
- Each was modeled on the posh English Public School System.
- Butt in: To interfere or meddle in other people's affairs. Sorry to butt in.
- Fall-out : The adverse side effects or results of a situation. A fallout between senior Zimbabwean players and administrators led to an exodus of its top cricketers and the self-imposed exile.
- Dereliction: The state of having been abandoned and become dilapidated. The shameful failure to fulfill one's obligations.
- Count in: include, you can count me in.
- Count on: rely, depend. You can count on me.
- Stuck in a rut: a habit or pattern of behavior that has become dull and unproductive but is hard to change
- Run-of-the-mill: everyday, ordinary item that does not stand out from the rest. When used for person it signifies that someone not notable.
- Cut through the garden and the building will be on your right
- Last week since we couldn't finish Jitendra Malik's podcast, we will pick up where we left off.
- Sure, some things still slip through the cracks — but even those mistakes have really good reasons! Jane never does anything like that.
- Last week since we couldn't finish Jitendra Malik's podcast, we will pick up where we left off.
- Take a dig at (someone or something): To make a mocking, sarcastic, or insulting remark, gibe, or criticism at someone's or something's expense.
- Fear sets in
- Bail-on: To ditch or pull-out of something. Bailed on my friend: failed to meet an appointment
- I had to resurface again after disappearance
- Someone inspires fear
- Duck out of the class
- Heads up on a exam
- Blow up
- Tire popped and he came back home
- He has put on some weight lately.
- Keep an eye on it so that they do not wander off.
- Between Scylla and Charybdis: it was referred to as, between and scylla and charybdis, Back in the days of ancient Greece, if a person was faced with two equally disastrous or perilous choice
- Throw back out: "I can't walk after I threw my back out" - Payton
May 5, 2011
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