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English Slang Idioms (179)

1."I hate how one keeps into the one person he or

she doesn't want to see I have tried my hardest to avoid

my ex-girlfriend Sally and I have run into her three times in

the past month It isn't like this is a small town," Jeff said to

Christian

stopping

jumping

bumping

discovering

2."Did you hear that our boss is in jail? I guess he tried to

bump his wife the other night and she managed to

escape and call the police Crazy, isn't it? I never would

have thought that a guy that nice would be capable of

something like that," James said to Raquel

off

in

down

to death

3."Watch out, when using a hole-boring bit on hard wood,

that you don't up your drill I just ruined mine drilling

holes in a planter box the other day It started smoking

and then quit," Derrick said to Paul

bump

stop

burn

stump

4.He almost caught his apartment on fire the night before

He was trying to deep-fry some chicken when the pot of oil

into flames He tried to find a lid but couldn't The

cabinets had just started to catch fire when he found his

fire extinguisher and then was able to douse the flames

rushed

started

jump

burst

5.He felt like a jerk He told his girlfriend that he had fell in

love with another woman and she burst into He felt

horrible after that

crying

tears

sniffles

cries

6."This company is going out of business! You can either

bury your head in the and pretend it isn't happening

or we can try to find a solution but something has to

happen now!" The accountant told Bob

sand

rock

paper

drink

7."When I was in school not college I hated it when the

teachers made us do work to keep us occupied I felt

like we were there to learn, not to be babysat," Rick said to

Martha

busy

stupid

take up time

schedule

8."Dad said that we can't go to the roller-skating rink on

Saturday Why don't we try to him up a bit by telling

him how much we appreciate all he's done for us and how

smart he is Then, maybe he'll let us go It has worked

before," Rachel told Rhoda

oil

fatten

puff

butter

9."I had a hard time going from a social worker to

someone who works in health insurance There are so

many words to learn It sounds like the people who

work there are talking another language when you first

hear them talk to each other," Beth said to Sylvia

made up

special

buzz

constructed

10.The detective was disgusted when he found out the

police chief had been off by the mob He wondered

why the chief stopped investigating them and, then, he just

happened to hear a telephone conversation between

someone in the mob and the chief They were discussing

his payment for looking the other way

hired

employed

tricked

bought