Talk & Tongue

talk /tɔːk/ [intransitive verb]
if you say that people talk, you mean that they talk about other people’s private lives and behaviour, usually in a disapproving way:
▪ We mustn’t be seen together in public again. People are starting to talk.
talk about somebody behind their back /ˌtɔːk əbaʊt (sb) bɪˌhaɪnd ðeəʳ ˈbæk/ [verb phrase]
to talk about someone when they are not present:
▪ I hate people who talk about you behind your back and then pretend to be nice to you when they meet you.
tongues are wagging /ˌtʌŋz əʳ ˈwægɪŋ/
used for saying that many people are talking about someone’s private life in an unkind or disapproving way:
▪ Tongues are wagging about Hollywood’s newest couple.
set tongues wagging
cause people to start talking about you
▪ Thurmond’s marriage so soon after his wife died set tongues wagging.

معادل به همه رسیدن (به اندازه کافی وجود داشتن)

Idiom(s): enough to go (a)round
Theme: ENOUGH
a supply adequate to serve everyone. (Informal.) • Don't take too much. There's not enough to go around. • I cooked some extra potatoes, so there should be enough to go around.

• There was enough cake to go around and everybody had a piece.

معادل صمیمی شدن با کسی

Phrase(s): buddy up (to someone)

to become overly familiar or friendly with someone. • Don’t try to buddy up to me now. It won’t do any good. • He always tries to buddy up, no matter how coldly you treat him.

□ Why are you buddying up to me? I don’t even know you.
□ Try to buddy up to him and pretend you are interested in what he is doing.
□ He is always wanting to buddy up with me, but I don't really like him.

Decoration • Decor

decoration • decor

- Black and white decor is not very friendly. (Not *decoration*) (= the style of an interior)
- Can we help with the decoration of the Christmas tree? (Not *decor*) (= adding things to make it beautiful)

Prompt

* Prompt treatment will prevent infection.

* They were very prompt in answering my letter.

* I appreciate their promptness in dealing with my complaint.

* exactly at a stated time: I came at 7 o'clock prompt. • She came promptly at 8 o'clock.

• Please be prompt when attending these meetings.

* to cause a person to respond to something; to cause an action: A sound at the door prompted her to look out (Am.)/look out of (Br.) the window. • The phone call prompted a swift response from the police.

* to remind an actor or a person to say something: Prompt me if I forget my lines. • “Go on, ” she prompted. “What happened next?”.

* a word or symbol on a computer screen showing that the computer is waiting for input: The prompt continues to flash until you press 'Enter'.

Action

action

noun
1
BAD: The actions that we do everyday are made easier by computers.
GOOD: The things that we do everyday are made easier by computers.
BAD: If someone has done a wrong action, he should be punished.
GOOD: If someone has done something wrong, he should be punished.
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Do and action cannot be used together. Use do + things/something/ anything etc: 'She's always doing things for charity.' 'Don't do anything that might upset them.'
2
BAD: It is difficult to forgive those responsible for actions of terrorism.
GOOD: It is difficult to forgive those responsible for acts of terrorism.
BAD: Blackmail is the action of trying to obtain money from someone by threatening to expose them.
GOOD: Blackmail is the act of trying to obtain money from someone by threatening to expose them.
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an/the act of (doing) sth (NOT action ): 'Such acts of violence will not be tolerated.' 'For some people, the very act of talking to a doctor can help them to feel better.'
3
BAD: Few people are aware that an urgent action is needed.
GOOD: Few people are aware that urgent action is needed.
BAD: The government should take an action to reduce the birth rate.
GOOD: The government should take action to reduce the birth rate.
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When you are talking about the idea or process of doing something, action is uncountable: 'There is too much talk and not enough action.'
In the phrase take action, action is always uncountable: 'This illegal trade will continue unless action is taken to stop it.'

act * action • deed

- The situation requires immediate action. (Not *act* *deed*) (= doing something, often as a response)
- I shall always remember her many acts of kindness to me. (Not *actions* *deeds*) (act of+ noun phrase, not *action*; act =specific thing done; action = a move to do something; act/action are interchangeable after adjectives: It was a kind act/action.)
- Visiting Mrs Hollis in hospital was a good deed that had to be done. (Not * act/action*) (deed is only used in a context where an action is being judged: a good/evil deed)

action • campaign

- The government is launching a campaign against smoking. (Not *an action*) (= a planned series of actions)
- The government's action to control interest rates has been very prompt. (= a move to do something)

معادل تعارف نکردن (رودربایستی را کنار گذاشتن)

• Please make yourself at home - there's no need to stand on ceremony.

• Please don't stand on ceremony (= Please be natural and relaxed) with me.

• Please sit down and make yourself comfortable, we don't stand on ceremony here.

• We are very informal around here. Hardly anyone stands on ceremony.

Off

Off you go:

The more conventional word order for the command would be "you go off" (or "go off"), meaning "go away", but the word order "off you go" is more idiomatic. 'Off you go' means you can leave now. Usage : If you want someone to go away or go home, especially a kid but not in a rude way like 'get lost'.

"off" means "away from the position you are". In this case we are using inversion. When you have an adverb of place like "off" "there" "here" "out", you can use the inversion, for instance "There you go" "Here I am" "Out they went" etc.

- Off you go, I don´t want to see you now, go home.

- Are you ready? Off we go.

"Off" is the indication that the action of the verb will be in a direction that is away from person or thing upon which the verb acts.

The verb "to go" is a pure intransitive verb -> the verb acts on the subject.

(i)"Off you go" and (ii) "Off we go" are both the polite and friendly forms of the imperative.

(i) "Go away!" (off from this place/this situation.)" We do not say "Go off!"
and
(ii) "Let's go!" (Go away from this place/situation.) -> Often used to mean "Let's start [doing what we should be doing.]"

I'm off:
an expression said by someone who is just leaving:

("Well, it's getting late. I'm off." – "I'm off too. Good-bye.")

Bob: Time to go. I’m off. Mary: Bye.

* no longer fresh enough to eat or drink: The meat is off. • The milk has gone off.
* canceled (Br. cancelled): The wedding is off.
* away (in time or space): The airport is 5 km. off. • Their wedding day is not far off. • He drove off without saying goodbye.
* (in a restaurant) not available: Sorry sir, but the chocolate pudding is off.
* removed; separated; not on: He fell off the horse/ladder. • You left the phone off the hook. • A button came off my shirt. • He wiped the sweat off her forehead.

Schedule

* Today, I have a full schedule.

* I have nothing on my schedule for today.

* I'm not scheduled for anything today.

A- Have you got a hectic schedule for the next few days?
B- No. Just average.

معادلهای در درسی افتادن/ نمره قبولی نگرفتن

fail /feɪl/ [intransitive/transitive verb]
to not succeed in an examination or test:
▪ Jonathan failed his law exams at the end of the year.
▪ If I fail my driving test again, I’m going to give up.
▪ ‘How did you do in accountancy?’ ‘I failed’.
fail by 2 marks/5% etc
▪ We expected her to pass easily, but she failed by 15 marks.
flunk /flʌŋk/ [intransitive/transitive verb] especially American, informal
to fail an examination or test:
▪ He thought he was going to flunk chemistry, but he got a D.
▪ I flunked, and had to do the test again.
flunk out /ˌflʌŋk ˈaʊt/ [intransitive phrasal verb] especially American informal
to fail a course at college or university and be forced to leave:
▪ You either pass and get your degree or flunk out.
flunk out of college/school etc
▪ It was extremely humiliating to flunk out of law school like that.
bomb /bɒm ǁ bɑːm/ [transitive verb] American informal
to fail very badly:
▪ I bombed the English test yesterday.

*Fail in, not from.

Don't say: Steven failed from maths last year.
Say: Steven failed in maths last year.

  • I failed my driving test the first time I took it.
   • He failed maths but passed all his other subjects.
• I got four passes and two fails.
• The English teacher failed five students.