Chuffed

Chuffed - very pleased.

Example - "I am dead chuffed to have won."

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To heckle

To heckle  - to interrupt (a public speaker) with aggressive comments or abuse.

Example - "He was booed and heckled when he tried to address the demonstrators."

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Smitten

Smitten - to be really taken or pleased by someone.

Example - "After a few dates with Josh, Robin was smitten as a kitten."

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Humdrum

Humdrum - lacking excitement; boringly monotonous.

Example - "That is just some humdrum routine work."

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Ludicrous

Ludicrous - so foolish, unreasonable or out of place to be amusing.

Example - "It is ludicrous that I have been fined."

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Ersatz

Ersatz - made or used as a substitute, typically an inferior one, for something else.

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Lukewarm

Lukewarm - only moderately warm.

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Spurious

Spurious - not being what it purports to be; false or fake.

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Bailiff

Bailiff - someone who is instructed by a creditor to enforce a money debt or a fine.

Example - "I need to return these books to the library before the bailiff come knocking."

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To bank on

To bank on - to expect something or depend on someone happening.

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Not a happy bunny

Not a happy bunny - deeply dissatisfied and discontented.

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To curry favor

To curry favor - to seek to gain favor by flattery or attention.

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Inchoate

Inchoate - not completely formed or developed yet.

Example - "This is still a vague inchoate idea."

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To pigeonhole

To pigeonhole - to assign to a particular category, typically an overly restrictive one.

Example - "I was pigeonholed as a 'youth writer'."

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Hand over fist

Hand over fist - quickly and continuously.

Example - "Business was good and we were making money hand over fist."

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Labile

Labile - liable to change; easily altered.

Example - Persons whose blood pressure is more labile will carry an enhanced risk of heart attack.

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Impending

Impending - about to happen

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Strew

Strew - scatter or spread things untidily on a surface or area.

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Haphazard

Haphazard - lacking any obvious principle of organization

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Ottoman

Ottoman - a footstool

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Rambunctious

Rambunctious - difficult to control

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Sud

Sud - foam; bubbles that form on top of water that contains soap.

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Kook

Kook - a mad or eccentric person

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To balk at

To balk at - to stop short and to refuse to go on to do something.

Example - "The horse balked at jumping over the fence."

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Expletive

Expletive - a swear word.
Example - "He was greeted by a stream of expletives."

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To send packing

To send packing - to send someone away; to dismiss someone, possibly rudely.

Example - "I couldn't stand him anymore so I sent him packing."

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To let up

To let up - to diminish, to stop doing something altogether.

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Wayward

Wayward - difficult to control or predict because of perverse behaviour.

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It's monkeys!

It's monkeys - it is very cold.

Example - "It's monkeys in here. Turn the heater on!"

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Up the wooden hill to bedfordshire

Up the wooden hill to bedfordshire - to go to bed

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Chinwag

Chinwag - chat

Example - "It was time we got together for a good old chinwag."

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Bob's your uncle!

Bob's your uncle - something that you say after you have explained how to do something,  to emphasize that it will be simple and successful.

Example - "You simply put on the stain remover, leave it for an hour and Bob's your uncle, the stain's gone."

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Horses for courses

Horses for courses - it is important to choose suitable people for particular activities because everyone has different skills.

Example -  Ah well, horses for courses. Just because a plumber can mend your washing machine, it doesn't follow that he can mend your car as well.

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Swings and roundabouts

Swings and roundabouts - something that you say to describe a situation in which there are as many advantages as there are problems.

Example - "If you make more money, you will have to pay more taxes. So, it's swings and roundabouts, really."

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Away with the fairies

Away with the fairies - not facing reality; in a dreamworld

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To break wind

To break wind - to fart.

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To foot the bill

To foot the bill - to pay the bill.

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To cordon off

To cordon off - to surround or blockade with or as with a cordon.

Example - "The police cordoned off the street."

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Cold-call

Cold-call - an unsolicited call in an attempt to sell goods or services.

Example - "He has been cold-called a dozen times in the past two months."

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Grub

Grub - food

Example - "That place serves excellent pub grub."

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Boon

Boon - something that is helpful or beneficial.

Example - "The route will be a boon to many travelers"

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Entranced

Entranced - so attracted by someone or something beautiful or impressive that you give them all your attention.

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Harrowing

Harrowing - acutely distressing.

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Cuckold

Cuckold - an insulting word for a man whose wife has sex with another man.

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To drive home

To drive home - to make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something; drive home a point or an argument.

Example -  "I'm trying to drive home these basic ideas"

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Stark

Stark - severe

Example - "The one-minute video puts her living conditions into stark relief."

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All in all

All in all - everything being taken into account.

Example - "All in all, the criticism seemed fair."

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To blubber

To blubber - to say, especially incoherently, while weeping.

Example - Stop blubbering and tell me what's wrong.

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Takeaway

Takeaway - a key fact, point or idea to be remembered.

Example - "The main takeaway for me is that we need to continue to communicate all the things we're doing for our customers"

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To straddle

To straddle - to sit with one's legs wide apart.

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