أميرة بأخلاقها@
22-07-2008, 01:54 AM
In the Name of Allah
an eager beaver
a person who is always willing to volunteer or do extra work.
"Jan is certainly an eager beaver. Any time there's work to be done,
she's the first to say she'll help."
Easy does it!: Be very careful! / Don't do anything too fast or too hard!
A: "I'm going to move the table just a little further from the window."
B: "Easy does it! If you move too fast, you might knock over the plant!"
an egghead: a very intelligent person.
"Jake didn't make very good grades in school, but his sister was a real egghead."
elbow grease: hard work; effort.
"Yes, the car is pretty dirty, but it'll look nice again with a little elbow grease."
every other _____ : alternately; omitting the second one in each group of two.
"In your essays, please write on every other line. That will make the
essays much easier to read."
far-fetched: difficult to accept; difficult to believe.
"That story's pretty far-fetched. Nobody's going to believe it."
feel blue: feel sad and depressed.
"I'm feeling blue because I haven't had any mail except bills for a long, long time."
fire someone: dismiss someone from a job because of poor performance.
"If you continue to be late for work, the company will fire you."
feel puny: feel unwell, ill.
"Ted was feeling puny yesterday, so he decided not to go to work."
fender-bender: automobile accident.
"Traffic was really slow on the freeway this morning
because of a fender-bender in one of the westbound lanes."
for ages: for a very long time.
"Where's Marie? I haven't seen her for ages."
I hope you like them
Break a leg!: Good luck!
an eager beaver
a person who is always willing to volunteer or do extra work.
"Jan is certainly an eager beaver. Any time there's work to be done,
she's the first to say she'll help."
Easy does it!: Be very careful! / Don't do anything too fast or too hard!
A: "I'm going to move the table just a little further from the window."
B: "Easy does it! If you move too fast, you might knock over the plant!"
an egghead: a very intelligent person.
"Jake didn't make very good grades in school, but his sister was a real egghead."
elbow grease: hard work; effort.
"Yes, the car is pretty dirty, but it'll look nice again with a little elbow grease."
every other _____ : alternately; omitting the second one in each group of two.
"In your essays, please write on every other line. That will make the
essays much easier to read."
far-fetched: difficult to accept; difficult to believe.
"That story's pretty far-fetched. Nobody's going to believe it."
feel blue: feel sad and depressed.
"I'm feeling blue because I haven't had any mail except bills for a long, long time."
fire someone: dismiss someone from a job because of poor performance.
"If you continue to be late for work, the company will fire you."
feel puny: feel unwell, ill.
"Ted was feeling puny yesterday, so he decided not to go to work."
fender-bender: automobile accident.
"Traffic was really slow on the freeway this morning
because of a fender-bender in one of the westbound lanes."
for ages: for a very long time.
"Where's Marie? I haven't seen her for ages."
I hope you like them
Break a leg!: Good luck!