Book 8 – Idioms and Expressions
To make up one’s mind • To decide
To pick up • To get
To be out-of-date • To be old-fashioned (x to be-up-to-date)
To drop by • To visit unexpectedly
To come in • To enter, to arrive
To browse around • To look around
To pick out • To select, to choose
To catch one’s eye • To a�ract a�en�on
To show to • To direct to
To try on • To experiment (clothing)
To put on • To wear, to dress
To take off• To undress, to remove from a surface
To feel down and out • To feel depressed, to feel blue
To slim down • To lose weight
To take it easy • To relax
To call over • To call to where one is
To take care of • To be in charge of, to help, to look a�er
To take out • To remove from and enclosure
To let out (clothes) • To make larger
To take up (clothes) • To shorten
To let down (clothes) • To lengthen
To take in (clothes) • To make �ghter
To work out ( a problem) • To solve
To run out of • To exhaust the supply of
To be paid off• To be completely paid
To run up • To enlarge by addi�on
To be on one’s way • To be going to
To look around • To look at everything
To run into someone • To meet unexpectedly
To make good use • To use well
Just in case • If, on the chance that
To run into trouble • To get in trouble, to have a problem
To let down • To disappoint
To turn out (to be) • To prove (to be), to become
Out of this world • fantas�c
To get a kick out of • To really like
To be fond of • To like
To be into • To be interested in
To go in for • To be interested in
To splurge on • To indulge oneself in some luxury
To get hold of • To make contact
To burst into tears • To start crying
To go through • To finish
To cut it out • To stop doing something
To run out of • To finish the supply of
To calm someone down • To soothe, to ease the anger or pain of
someone
To have a lot to do with • To have a lot in common with, to be
similar to
To come up with • To think up, to make up
To slip out • To move quietly out of
