Noun + compound noun
- extension cord
- stuffing (= a mixture of bread or rice, onion etc that you put inside a chicken, pepper etc before cooking it)
- gift bag
- party favor (= a small gift that people give to children at a party)
- machete
- rock wall
- release
- snow cone (machine)
- mayonnaise
- sheath
- a blast
- makeup
- drive
- balloon animals
- zip line
- glitter
- getup
- a man of action
- cast
- scrathcer
- chain reaction
release: an official statement, report etc that is made available to be printed or broadcast
a blast: an enjoyable and exciting experience
drive: a strong natural need or desire
glitter: very small pieces of shiny paper that are used for decoration
getup: a set of clothes, especially strange or unusual clothes
Verb + phrasal verb
- improvise
- blow someone out (= to disappoint someone by not meeting them or not doing something that you had arranged to do together)
- gather around
- get something back (to you)
- bag
- throw (= to make someone feel very confused)
- go for sth
- step up -> sth (= to increase the amount of an activity or the speed of a process in order to improve a situation)
- clown around (= to behave in a silly or funny way)
- pump
- gloat
- slip away (= to leave a place secretly or without anyone noticing)
- be sucked in (= to become involved in a situation, especially a bad situation, when you do not want to)
- rappel down (= to go down a cliff or rock by sliding down a rope and touching the rock or cliff with your feet)
- gentrify (= to change a place from being a poor area to a richer one, by people of higher social class moving to live there)
- mess with sb
- tuck
- tank (= to fail badly and be very unsuccessful)
bag: to kill or catch an animal or bird
I’m little thrown.
It threw me completely/ in to a state of panic/ shock.
step up efforts to achieve a higher goal
step it up a notch
stepped-up security
clown: to behave in a silly or funny way
I would’ve totally tanked this party.
Adjective + adverb
- classically
- asexual
- musty (smell)
- dud (= something that is useless, especially because it does not work correctly)
- uninhibited (= be confident or relaxed enough to do or say what you want to)
- inhibited [SYN] shy
- busted (= broken)
- smothered
- proactive
classically: in a way that is traditional in style or form, or based on methods developed over a long period of time a classically trained dancer
asexual: not having sexual organs or not involving sex
inhibited: too embarrassed or nervous to do or say what you want g
Collocation ( verb + noun)
- breath fire
- maintain your image
- air bags deploy
Collocation ( adj + noun)
Collocation ( noun + proposition)
- a whole bunch of
- a chain reaction of (disaster )
Phrase + Idiom
- get lost in the (holiday) shuffle
- of all time
- be back to/at square one
- hole in one (= when someone hits the ball in golf from the starting place into the hole with only one hit)
- be/get low on sth
- without question
- lose sth to sb/ sth (= if you lose something that is important or necessary, you then no longer have it, especially because it has been taken from you or destroyed)
- give sb a big hand
- join the club / welcome to the club
- come on strong
- the life of the party
- one way or the other
- the center of attention
get lost in the shuffle: to not be noticed or considered because there are so many other things to deal with
square one: the situation from which you started to do something
if you are low on something, or if your supply of something is low, there is not much of it left
We were losing customers to cheaper rivals.
the mistakes which lost him his kingdom
a big hand: used to tell the people who are watching a performance to clap or cheer loudly
join the club / welcome to the club: used after someone has described a bad situation that they are in, to tell them that you are in the same situation
come on strong: to make an extra effort in order to be successful or to have control in a situation
Sky is the limit. Dream big.
Every year Luke’s birthday falls right around Thanksgiving, so it gets lost in the holiday shuffle.
We made the mistake of putting it in a gift bag.
We can’t get it right.
See you in a few hours.
- Are you getting a clown for today?
- No, Luke is not much of a (clown fan).
- Has he ever seen a good one?
- Has anyone?
- You don’t usually come to me for advice.
- This is one area in which you’ve done pretty well.
Just so you know, …
That’s random. Why are you telling me that?
She can’t go 10 minutes without her boyfriend’s tongue in her mouth.
Let’s rope this area off.
Lesson learned.
Do you remember to switch the whites to the dryer?
The right girl will find you when it’s time.
Could not be a worse time, Claire.
Do have an image to maintain.
We’re done here.
