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English Slang Idioms (156)
1."Don't react when the drill sergeant is yelling at you. You
are just playing into his . He wants you to yell at him
so he can make an example out of you," Private Gonzales
said to Private Smith in basic training.

goal
yard
thought
hand
2.He decided that he would find another job in a smaller
outfit. He was currently an assistant manager but was sure
that he could work somewhere else as a manager. He was
sick of playing second to a man who was an idiot.

base
pitcher
fiddle
pick
3."I think that perhaps you should the field a bit
more and, especially, before getting into another
committed relationship. You always go out with the first
guy who asks you and then you try to date him for a long
time," Christy told Dawn.

pa
play
see
plant
4."Why do you always act like an idiot?" his roommate

brunch
pedestals
punch
mice
8."I like Jeff. He is surprisingly intelligent for one of those
turned gamekeeper types. He was in an LA street
gang and now works for the anti-gang unit," Mark told
Detective Reynolds.

painter
salesman
poacher
chief
9."Watching the prosecuting attorney shred the defense's
star witness was pure in motion," Pete, a first-year
law student told Jeff.

poetry
painting
cementing
pottery
10.Colleges are supposed to be places where many
differing ideas can be shared. Lately, restrictions have
been placed on what kind of ideas are acceptable. For
instance, one must use politically labels for special
interest groups at all times when speaking if one wants to
escape reprimand

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