Category: Languages
Created by: marija.horvat
Number of Blossarys: 21
To eat at home/ to eat in a restaurant. Examples: I'm to tired to go out. Let's eat in again tonight. When you eat out, what restaurant do you generally go to?
Predictable, known beforehand, boring. Example: A job on a factory assembly line is certainly cut and dried.
To watch, to supervise, to protect. Also "to take care of", "to keep an eye on". Example: My Mom will look after the baby while we are at work. Who is going to take care of your ...
To have a desire to, to want to consider. This idiom is usually followed by the gerund (the -ing form of the verb used as a noun). Example: I don't feel like going out tonight. Let's stay at ...
Finally, absolutely, in a conclusive way. Example: Once and for all, Mark has quit smoking cigarettes.
To receive news or information from. "To hear from" is used for receiving the letter, phone call, etc., from a person or organization. Example: Have you heard from the company about that ...
To know about, to be familiar with. It can be used in the meaning "to consider", but in that meaning it is always used in the negative. Example: When I asked for the direction to the Oak Street, the ...