* bum: to borrow; receive without giving
compensation (informal)
ex>
I’ll bet you anything that Lance will try to bum a cigarette from me.
ex>
Could I bum some money from you to buy a sandwich?
Note>
As a noun, this word is also slang for a homeless person or your butt! So make
sure you know the exact context of this word when used.
* stick out of: to protrude; be partly
visible
ex>
Is that a shark fin I can see sticking out of the water over there?
* oldest trick in the book: a method of
deception that has been used for a long time
ex>
That pickpocket used the oldest trick in the book to distract me.
* dawn on one: to cause a sudden
realization
ex>
It finally dawned on Kevin that I wanted to date him.
ex>
When did it dawn on you that you left the car downtown?
* do a one-eighty: to change one’s
opinion to the opposite; turn around
ex>
Lawrence did a one-eighty on his strategy when he saw the sales figures.
Note>
A 180 means a half-completion of that condition which essentially means you’re going
in a different direction or taking a new path. 360 or full circle takes you
right back where you started.
* back to square one: at the very
beginning again
ex>
Our team’s proposal was rejected, so it looks like we’re back to square one.
* negotiate:
협상하다, 교섭하다
The
verb negotiate can also mean to find
a route through physical obstacles. For example, you could say, “We had to
negotiate our way around some huge holes in the road.”
ex>
He started hiring someone to negotiate his salary for him when I was
about ten.
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