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He wants you to yell at him so he can make an example out of you," Private Gonzales said to Private Smith in basic training... You always go out with the first guy who asks you and then

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English Slang Idioms (156)

1."Don't react when the drill sergeant is yelling at you You

are just playing into his He wants you to yell at him

so he can make an example out of you," Private Gonzales

said to Private Smith in basic training

goal

yard

thought

hand

2.He decided that he would find another job in a smaller

outfit He was currently an assistant manager but was sure

that he could work somewhere else as a manager He was

sick of playing second to a man who was an idiot

base

pitcher

fiddle

pick

3."I think that perhaps you should the field a bit

more and, especially, before getting into another

committed relationship You always go out with the first

guy who asks you and then you try to date him for a long

time," Christy told Dawn

pa

play

see

plant

4."Why do you always act like an idiot?" his roommate

asked him "I like making people laugh and if I have to play

the to do it, that is fine with me," Jay replied

jerk

wimp

aggressive

fool

5."I know you don't think that you will get addicted to

cigarettes if you just smoke them every now and then

However, you are playing with It is a big risk and if

you are wrong, it is very hard to quit," Steve's dad told

him

forces

fire

tightrope

dead

6."He is not good for this department He is playing to the

by taking actions that make the department

numbers look good in the short term However, the short

term gains come at the expense of long term ones,"

Marshall told Joel

peanuts

pottery

choir

gallery

7."I am just pleased as with the way our garden

turned out," Linda told Chris

brunch

pedestals

punch

mice

8."I like Jeff He is surprisingly intelligent for one of those

turned gamekeeper types He was in an LA street

gang and now works for the anti-gang unit," Mark told

Detective Reynolds

painter

salesman

poacher

chief

9."Watching the prosecuting attorney shred the defense's

star witness was pure in motion," Pete, a first-year

law student told Jeff

poetry

painting

cementing

pottery

10.Colleges are supposed to be places where many

differing ideas can be shared Lately, restrictions have

been placed on what kind of ideas are acceptable For

instance, one must use politically labels for special

interest groups at all times when speaking if one wants to

escape reprimand

stated

formatted

designed

correct