Show
a way with wordsnatural ability to speak, the gift of the gab Ask Viv to write the speech. She has a way with words.at one with someoneshare the same view as someone The other members of the committee are at one with me over my decision to fire the lazy worker.be fed up with (with someone or something)be out of patience (with someoneborn with a silver spoon in his mouthborn into a rich family, accustomed to wealth "Jason won't look for a job; he was born with a silver spoon... ."born with a silver spoon in oneborn to wealth and comfort, born rich The student in our history class was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and has never worked in his life.break up (with someone)stop a relationship She broke up with her boyfriend last June.brush with deathnearly die, at death's door, on my deathbed After a close brush with death you'll think that life is precious.brush with the lawan illegal act, a minor crime Judd told me about his brush with the law - a shoplifting charge.catch up withrevealed or exposed, come back to haunt you When your lies catch up with you, it's embarrassing.catch with onesurprise someone in an embarassing situation or a guilty act He was caught with his pants down when he was asked for the figures but was unable to produce them.caught with his pants downfound doing a bad act, caught in the act Percy was caught cheating - caught with his pants down.come down withbecome sick with, catch My niece came down with a bad cold and was unable to visit me last week.come out withsay, tell, blurt out Then she comes out with a dirty joke and nobody laughed.come to grips withaccept the truth, face facts I am finally coming to grips with my divorce. I'm accepting it.come to terms withaccept that it is true, face facts She helped the boy come to terms with the death of his father.come up withthink of, compose Can you come up with the answer to my question?crawling withhaving many of them, oodles, scads The hotel was crawling with police. I couldn't count them.curl up with a good booksit down in a comfortable place and read a book On a cold and rainy day she likes to curl up with a good book.die with onedie while still active in onedo away withthrow out, dispose of We want to do away with nuclear weapons - to dispose of them.do withwould like, want I could do with a cold drink. I'm hot and thirsty.do withoutmanage without, not have, make do We did without meat all winter. We became vegetarians.don't get smart with meshow more respect, do not talk back "If you ask why, she'll say, ""Don't get smart with me."""done withbe finished using something He was finally done with the computer and so he let his sister use it.done with itfinished using it, not using it Just leave the pen on my desk when you're done with it.down withdo not support, stop that plan, not """Down with the sales tax!"" they shouted. ""Down with the tax!"""fall in love withbegin to love someone I fell in love with her the first time that I saw her at the restaurant.fall in withbecome associated with a bad group of people He fell in with a bad group of friends and began to get lower marks.fed up withdisgusted or bored with someone or something I think that he is getting fed up with the constant demands of his boss.fight fire with firefight with the same weapon the enemy uses If he uses statistics, you use statistics. Fight fire with fire!find fault withcriticize He is always finding fault with everything that I do.fix someone up with someonehelp someone get a date by arranging a meeting for the two I tried to fix my sister up with a date with my friend but she refused me.friends witha friend of, a good friend """Are you friends with Carla?"" ""Yes. She's my best friend."""get along with someonehave a good relationship with someone I donget away withnot obey the rules, not get caught He gets away with speeding, but the police will soon catch him.get away with murderdo something very bad without being caught or punished The child was able to get away with murder while the substitute teacher was at the school.get away with somethingdo something one shouldnget in touch with someonecontact someone Iget it over withdo it quickly, finish it before it becomes worse """If you want a divorce,"" he said, ""let's get it over with."""get on with itcontinue working or speaking "When I paused, he said, ""Get on with it. Tell the rest of it."""get (something) over withfinish, end He wants to get his exams over with so that he can begin to relax again.get with itbecome aware, learn how, in the know Leni, a friend at work, told me to get with it or I'd lose my job.go along withpretend you do not know, play along If we have a surprise party for Kay, will you go along with it?go around withbe friends with, hang out with At the time, I was going around with a girl named Diane.go out withbe a boyfriend/girlfriend, date, see Jerry asked me to go out with him. I think he likes me.go out with (someone)date or be dating someone She went out with him for two years before they got married.go through withfinish, do as planned or agreed We have decided not to go through with our plans to launch the new product until we have solved all of its problems.go with the flowtake things as they come.go withoutnot have any, not have money, do without When Dad lost his job, we had go without steak.go without sayingbe so easy to see that it doesntrả thành (cái gì đó) và trả thànhĐể trả thành chuyện gì đó, điển hình là điều gì đó khó chịu. Bác sĩ nói với tui rằng tui phải tiêm phòng, vì vậy hãy vượt qua nó và thực hiện với .. Xem thêm: and, done, get, over. Xem thêm: |