Expressions

I'm just jotting them down

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to walk away with sth

Don just got upsold (= was persuaded to have sth expensive) at CVS and ended up walking away with (= got) the Covid, flu, and pneumonia shots.

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To pay out of your own pocket

A lot of teachers in Japan are paying out of their own pocket to prepare teaching materials and other supplies.

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to throw the book at sb

They threw the book at him! I hope he has fun paying back $18 million U.S. dollars! What's that about 1.8 Billion yen?

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to teed up

We worked throughout this weekend to make sure that we had really teed up key priorities that were deliverable.

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to give sth a whirl

A: Egg with truffle shavings, anyone?

B: I’d give it a whirl.

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peas in a pod

We’re peas in a pod.

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to lighten the load for

Schools are trying to use AI to lighten the load for special education teachers.

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gobbledygook

Well, that sounds like gobbledygook bollocks to me.

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blow the whistle on sth

John Barnett, a former Boeing employee who blew the whistle on alleged safety problems at the aircraft manufacturing giant, has been found dead at 62-year-old.

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2024/3/12/boeing-whistleblower-found-dead

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double down on sth

Soo Kim, the chairman of Bally’s and founding partner of its largest shareholder, New York hedge fund Standard General, is doubling down on (= is multiplying down on our commitment to) the company behind Chicago’s casino.

Bally’s stock price surges on buyout offer from largest shareholder, hedge fund Standard General

Standard General, which owns 23% of Bally’s, submitted an offer Monday to buy out remaining shareholders in a deal valuing the company at ab

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beat me to the punch

I have a new MacBook Pro. I initially bought it for my niece in college but her dad beat me to the punch. I was wondering whether anybody here would be interested in buying it from me.

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out

Danny gets paranoid and thinks people are out to (= intend to) get him.

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to give an inch

Japan and Russia are exploring pathways to resolve the Northern Territories dispute, but neither side wants to give an inch.

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to be around

Andy is a fun person to be around.

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to steer clear of sth

You’d better steer clear of that guy.

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twiddle your thumbs

If Charlie and/or Wayne are still going to Mark’s, could someone at the office today let them know the reservation is for 6:30 so that no one shows up way early and has to sit there twiddling his thumbs.?

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on a roll

A: Quinn Hughes is on another planet right now. What a player!

B: He’s on a roll for sure!