<p>Hi everyone,
I think that it would be a good idea to make a list of special phrases that are related only to the US English language.</p>
<p>1) To step back to the whole way - to go away for a while and then return back.
2) To imagine in head - to plan something
3) It's 411 - seeking for some kind of information
4) To pull out - to go away
5) To pull over - to shut down or to stop. Ex. pull over the car
6) To do something round the clock - to do something without interruptions; again and again.
7) 24/7 - anytime
8) As a rule - usually
9) To be about to do something - to be close to doing something.
10) To be on one's way- To start going somewhere
11) Something is Up to somebody - someone is in charge for something</p>
<p>12) to be together like traffic and weather
13) get long - be friends
14) out of mind - crazy
15) to plant - to make up. Ex. to plant evidence
16) set up - fake guilt
17) in frame - for someone
18) double-cross -
19) step down - to ■■■■■■
20) turn in - give up</p>
<p>21) that’s your game - someone’s behavior in future/current actions
22) freeze - no move
23) something is up - something is happened/ing
24) 3 to 1 do the math - showing someone’s advantage
25) 2 plus 2 do the math - obviously easy thing
26) to work out for everyone - to find a compromise
27) to blow clean off - to shot to pieces
28) to be locked up - to be in jail/prison
29) pulling strings - one controls/stands on top of someone’s actions
30) folk tone - to shake someone
31) way out - solution
32) turn out - resulted
33) to clean slights - to correct past mistakes
34) save it - don’t say something
35) hard look - to deal with reality
36) come down - in action
37) come forward - to sign that one emerged
38) somewhere down the road - in future</p>
<p>Come on guys! Help international students like me to learn special phrases and idioms! It’s a better idea that discussing banal things like improving stories of the century from 2120 to 2130 or worrying about a “low” 2350 SAT score.</p>
<p>39) step up - come
40) settle up
41) pull off -solve
42) clean the air - to reach an agreement
43) hang around - to have fun
44) head down open eyes - to be careful
45) put down - finish
46) history in the room - people’s relationships
47) sharp the video - enhance a quality
48) to step foot - come
49) to start over - start again
50) to make something with one hand on one’s junk - no hard work
51) to put hands on something - to have something
52) to throw a bone - to help
53) shake a line - wipe out
54) don’t let something leave one’s side - to look all time</p>
<p>Mr Suley, or genius as you call yourself, how did you do on your SAT’s? I remember you’re going to get 2000+ or 2400 by december, how is that going for ya?</p>
<p>55) to get through - to call
56) to turn back on someone - to provide no help or no support
57) a big deal - a serious problem
58) to want/need badly - to have a strong desire to get something
59) tide time - quick turn of events
60) to recall - to remember
61) to bury the hatch it with somebody - to become friends after fight (not sure)
62) part ways - different ways
63) to sign - to order
64) cover the tracks - to make impossible someone to find you
65) put off - solve
66) my cut - my piece
67) to wait from the break ground - to wait too long (not sure)
68) to pull gravities on the table - to settle up
69) to move forward - to go further
70) to have a cloud - to have a power
71) a pay day - a money</p>
<p>@Sakata Gintoki
Maybe. But on WR section I meet these phrases a lot. Moreover, I find them in CR passages too. They may sound easy for natives but for me, an international non-native speaker, they’re hard.</p>
<p>They do show up sometimes on the SAT. Plus, it helps to know them if you plan on coming to America in the future.</p>
<p>Anyway, I was scanning the list and I saw this:</p>
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<p>It’s actually “to bury the hatchet.” A hatchet is like an axe, which is rather sharp and dangerous. Your definition is pretty much right, though burying the hatchet doesn’t have to come specifically after a fight. If two people don’t get along well, they can bury the hatchet and become good friends and not fight at all.</p>
<p>And this: </p>
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<p>I actually have never heard “put off” used in that sense. Usually, putting off something means to procrastinate and leave it for a later time. For example, if I put off an essay due in 3 days until the day before it’s due, I’m going to be up late (which means going to sleep at a late hour) finishing my essay.</p>
<p>72) to get out morning - to start a new work without thoughts about last one.
73) all in house - by ourselves
74) to put hands on someone - to beat someone
75) to come up with - to find something
76) to pull off - to find
77) that’s we all for now - that’s all
78) to walk away from - to leave; to go
79) to be noisy - to be interested in other’s business
80) to step in for someone
81) to come back - to return
82) to keep it down - to slow down; to relief; mitigate; easy
83) a foundation - a thesis
84) a time line - estimated time
85) to go get someone - to find and brink here someone
86) to come down - to break
87) to leave a name behind - to sign
88) to go throw that glass - [scaring someone] Ex. go with me or go throw that glass
89) to take a little while - to take sometime
90) the best course of actions - a decision
91) to own a life - to live in a freedom
92) to stack around - to trap
93) to stay out - to avoid
94) to have [something] on someone
94) to move on - to go next
95) to slip up - to uncover a secret non-intentionally
96) to sweep the area - to scan the area
97) to step off - to go away
98) to carry on - to continue
99) to figure out - to understand</p>
<p>106) to go away - to run
107) to do homework - to do a work
108) speaking of = by the way
109) slipping from our fingers - going away
110) time is on one’s side - to have a time advantage
111) as we speak - now
112) to put in work - to do a work
113) here and out - last
114) to engineer - to create</p>