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Idioms
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Are you kidding me?

to show that something is unbelievable / very surprising

100

Hey, Kara. What are you up on Saturday night? Want to come to my party?

Hey, Kara. What are you up to on Saturday night? Want to come to my party?

100

Pencil it in:

  1. Wanting to meet for dinner.
  2. Temporarily planning to meet for at 6pm dinner, but it might change.
  3. You’ve been invited for dinner, but you don’t want to go.

Temporarily planning to meet for at 6pm dinner, but it might change.

200

Hold on…

to ask someone to wait for a minute

200

Oh, I wish I can, but I’m going to my grandmother’s house for dinner.

Oh, I wish I could, but I’m going to my grandmother’s house for dinner.

200

Pass on (activity):

  1. Wanting to meet for dinner.

  2. You’ve been invited for dinner, but you don’t want to go.

  3. We made plans for dinner at 6pm tonight, but I can’t make it so we’ll have to find another time.

You’ve been invited for dinner, but you don’t want to go.

300

Bummer!

to show disappointment

300

Are you free for have coffee at 10am?

Are you free to have coffee at 10am?

300

Back to the drawing board:

  1. We made plans for dinner at 6pm tonight, but I can’t make it so we’ll have to find another time.

  2. My ex invited me out for dinner and I need some time to think if it’s a good decision to meet up.

  3. We’ve set a time and day to meet for dinner, but we haven’t decided where to meet yet.

We made plans for dinner at 6pm tonight, but I can’t make it so we’ll have to find another time.

400

Let me get this straight.

to check that you understand something correctly

400

(2 mistakes) 

I love to, but I have class on Tuesday mornings. Can we make a rain check?

I’d love to, but I have class on Tuesday mornings. Can we make a rain check?

400

Iron out the details: 

  1. My ex invited me out for dinner and I need some time to think if it’s a good decision to meet up.

  2. We’ve set a time and day to meet for dinner, but we haven’t decided where to meet yet.

  3. We made plans for dinner. I called to make reservations. It’s all confirmed.

We’ve set a time and day to meet for dinner, but we haven’t decided where to meet yet.

500

to pull a fast one

to play a trick or joke on someone

500

(2 mistakes) 

Ok, no worry. Have a nice time with your grandma.  If you’re not busy on Tuesday, would you want hanging out?

Ok, no worry. Have a nice time with your grandma.  If you’re not busy on Tuesday, would you want hanging out?

500

Sleep on it:

  1. You’ve been invited for dinner, but you don’t want to go.

  2. We made plans for dinner at 6pm tonight, but I can’t make it so we’ll have to find another time.

  3. My ex invited me out for dinner and I need some time to think if it’s a good decision to meet up.

My ex invited me out for dinner and I need some time to think if it’s a good decision to meet up.