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gobbledygook

Well, that sounds like gobbledygook bollocks to me.

#nouns

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blow the whistle on sth

John Barnett, a former Boeing employee who blew the whistle on alleged safety problems at the aircraft manufacturing giant, has been found dead at 62-year-old.

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2024/3/12/boeing-whistleblower-found-dead

#collocation #basic expressions

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double down on sth

Soo Kim, the chairman of Bally’s and founding partner of its largest shareholder, New York hedge fund Standard General, is doubling down on (= is multiplying down on our commitment to) the company behind Chicago’s casino.

#phrasal verbs #slang #idioms

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beat me to the punch

I have a new MacBook Pro. I initially bought it for my niece in college but her dad beat me to the punch. I was wondering whether anybody here would be interested in buying it from me.

#idioms

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out

Danny gets paranoid and thinks people are out to (= intend to) get him.

#basic expressions #colloquial expression

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to give an inch

Japan and Russia are exploring pathways to resolve the Northern Territories dispute, but neither side wants to give an inch.

#idioms

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to be around

Andy is a fun person to be around.

#basic expressions

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to steer clear of sth

You’d better steer clear of that guy.

#idioms #colloquial expression

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twiddle your thumbs

If Charlie and/or Wayne are still going to Mark’s, could someone at the office today let them know the reservation is for 6:30 so that no one shows up way early and has to sit there twiddling his thumbs.?

#idioms #collocation

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on a roll

A: Quinn Hughes is on another planet right now. What a player!

B: He’s on a roll for sure!

#idioms #colloquial expression

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to zero in on sth

The Prime Minister zeroed in on the economy.

#phrasal verbs

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put sb to work

Laura’s parents put her to work at a young age.

#basic expressions #verbs

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to wipe sb out

The trip out to the funeral and back wiped me out.

#phrasal verbs

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to snap sb back

Her voice snapped me back into reality.

#phrasal verbs

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work up

We never saw Joe get worked up like the rest of us.

#phrasal verbs #colloquial expression

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on the dot

She showed up at 9 a.m. on the dot.

#idioms

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outweigh

If I had to then go look up everything ChatGPT said one by one, it would be pointless to use it. That said, I think for me right now the benefits far far outweigh the shortcomings.

#verbs