Friday, September 25, 2009

ESL 5 Summary of Vocabulary and Idioms Sept 21-25, 2009

1. “Tell-all” memoir
2. “That’s like the blind leading the blind!”
3. “You stink!” / reek
4. A bundle / drop a bundle / bundle of joy
5. Adjusted
6. Alleys
7. As far as I know
8. Autumn Equinox
9. Back roads
10. Bacteria
11. Believe me. / Trust me.
12. Change of pace
13. City limits
14. Conditioner / Lotion / Moisturizer
15. Down-and-out / destitute
16. Eid-ul Fitr
17. Every nook and cranny.
18. Financial district (ex. Wall Street)
19. Flakey skin
20. From head to toe
21. Get off the beaten path
22. Getaway <> Staycation
23. Going in circles
24. Hazy
25. Historic district
26. Housing projects
27. I didn’t want to take any chances.
28. Incest / Incestuous relationship
29. Kick myself
30. Kitty-corner
31. Know my way around
32. Know something like the back of my hand
33. Lay of the land
34. Like the back of my hand
35. Lost my bearings
36. Outskirts
37. Play it safe / Safe and sound
38. Potluck
39. Ramadan
40. Residential neighborhoods
41. Rinse / Rinsed off the soap
42. Run out of
43. Run the water
44. Run up a bill
45. Shopping spree / Shopathon
46. Shower curtain / Showerhead / Stopper
47. Take a break cover a lot of ground
48. Take in the sights
49. Tenant
50. The wrong side of the tracks
51. Toweled off
52. Trade Zone
53. Uptown
54. Wander
55. Wipe out