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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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586 words · showing 1–60

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  • a fresh pair of eyesphraseB2Somebody new looking at a problem you have stared at too long.
  • a home from homephraseB2A place where you feel as comfortable as in your own house.
  • a slippery slopephraseB2A small wrong step that leads to much worse ones.
  • a stone's throw awayphraseB2Very close by indeed.
  • a taste of their own medicinephraseB2Treatment as unpleasant as what they gave others.
  • about timephraseB2
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Said when something overdue finally happens.
  • account for/əˈkaʊnt foɹ/phraseB22 meaningsTo explain the cause or reason for something.
  • actions speak louder than words/ˈak.ʃənz spiːk ˈlaʊ̯d.ə ˌðan wɜːdz/<q:contemporary>phraseB2The saying: what people do proves more than what they say.
  • add fuel to the firephraseB2To make an angry situation worse.
  • add upphraseB2To make sense as a whole, or to total numbers.
  • add up tophraseB2To amount to something when everything is counted.
  • after allphraseB22 meaningsUsed to introduce a reason or justification.
  • against the clockphraseB2Hurrying to finish before time runs out.
  • ahoy/əˈhɔɪ/phraseB2A shout used at sea to hail another vessel.
  • air outphraseB2To let fresh air through a room.
  • all in good timephraseB2Be patient, it will happen when it should.
  • all things consideredphraseB2Taking everything into account.
  • answer backphraseB2To reply rudely to somebody in authority.
  • apples and orangesphraseB2Two things too different to be compared fairly.
  • around the clockphraseB2Continuously, day and night.
  • artificial intelligence/ˌɑː.təˈfɪʃ.əl ɪnˈtɛl.ə.d͡ʒəns/phraseB2Computer systems that can learn, reason, and answer like a mind.
  • as a rulephraseB2Usually, though not always.
  • as i was sayingphraseB2Said to pick up a thread that got interrupted.
  • at long lastphraseB2Finally, after a long and frustrating wait.
  • at the drop of a hatphraseB2Immediately, and without needing to be asked twice.
  • at the end of the dayphraseB2When everything is considered, this is what matters.
  • avoid eye contactphraseB2To deliberately keep from looking directly at somebody.
  • back awayphraseB12 meaningsTo move backwards away from something.
  • back offphraseB2To stop pressing or pressuring somebody.
  • back on your feetphraseB2Recovered and going about normally again.
  • back outphraseB2To withdraw from an agreement or commitment.
  • back to square onephraseB2Forced to start all over again from the beginning.
  • back upphraseB22 meaningsTo make a copy of data for safety.
  • bank onphraseB2To rely on something happening.
  • be my guestphraseB2Please go ahead and do it.
  • bear in mind/ˌbɛə̯ ɪn ˈmaɪ̯nd/phraseB2To remember and take something into account.
  • bear withphraseB2To be patient with somebody for a moment.
  • before your timephraseB2Happening earlier than you can remember.
  • behind barsphraseB2In prison.
  • behind schedulephraseB2Later than the plan allowed for.
  • believe it or notphraseB2Introducing something surprising but true.
  • beside the pointphraseB2Not related to what actually matters.
  • better late than neverphraseB2It is still worth doing even though it is overdue.
  • beyond repairphraseB2So damaged that fixing it is not possible.
  • big mouthphraseB2Somebody who cannot keep a secret.
  • bite off more than you can chewphraseB2To take on more than you are able to manage.
  • bite your lipphraseB2To hold back what you were about to say.
  • black hole/blæk ˈhoʊl/phraseB22 meaningsA region of space with gravity so strong that light cannot escape.
  • black outphraseB2To lose consciousness, or to cut all the lights.
  • blank outphraseB2To find your mind suddenly empty.
  • blend inphraseB2To fit so well with the surroundings that nobody notices you.
  • blow upphraseB2To explode; also, to suddenly become very angry.
  • boarding school/ˈbɔːdɪŋ ˌskuːl/phraseB2The school where pupils live and sleep, going home only for holidays.
  • break a legphraseB2What actors say to wish each other good luck.
  • break downphraseB12 meaningsOf a machine or vehicle, to stop working.
  • break inphraseB14 meaningsTo force your way into a building, usually to steal.
  • break intophraseB22 meaningsTo enter a building or vehicle by force.
  • break outphraseB22 meaningsTo escape from confinement.
  • break the bankphraseB2To cost more than you can possibly afford.
  • break the ice/ˈbɹeɪk ði ˈaɪs/phraseB2To say something that melts the awkwardness between strangers.