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2020 Vovab
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1. cantloupe

a type of melon (= large fruit with a thickskin) that is round and has yellow or green skin and sweet orange fleshd
2. point the finger Search Results
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: to accuse or blame (someone) He was quick to point a finger at his coworkers
3. misconstrue misinterpret:

the press misconstrued the statement of the president.

4. fly blind to be in a situation where you have nothing to help or guide you
We will be flying blind into a world we don't know anything about.
5. surrogate substitute :
Trump sent surrogates for his campaign because he was ill
6. prop prop noun (SUPPORT)

[C]
an object that is used to support something by holding it up:

Biden used mask as prop fir his campaign.

I need some sort of a prop to keep the clothes line up.

figurative A lot of people use cigarettes as a sort of social prop (= to make them feel more confident).
7. on end continuously:

you have to have internet on end to be able to see the lecture.

She practices the violin for hours on end.

8. keep tabs on to watch something or someone carefully:
sb/sth I like to keep tabs on my bank account so that I don't spend too much.
9. intramural happening within or involving the members of one school, college, or university:
an intramural basketball competition
Opposite
extramural mainly UK
10. bear with sb to be patient and wait while someone does something:
If you'll just bear with me for a moment, I'll find you a copy of the drawings.
11. spew v to flow or let out in large amounts:
[ I/T ] The volcano spewed (out) a giant cloud of ash, dust, and gases into the air.
12. embracing ADJECTIVE
If you describe something, especially a place, climate, or activity as bracing, you mean that it makes you feel
fresh and full of energy.
...a bracing walk.
13. at odds with sb/sth in disagreement:
The two brothers were always at odds.
His behavior is clearly at odds with what the college expects from its students.
14. rod a long, thin pole made of wood or metal:
He was given a fishing rod for his birthday.
The concrete is strengthened with steel rods.
15. late adj C2
used to refer to someone who has died:

Khabib hates to get questions about his late father.

She gave her late husband's clothes to charity.

16. pop mainly US informal
a father:
[ as form of address ] Hey Pop, can I do anything to help?
17. influx of C2
the fact of a large number of people or things arriving at the same time:
Turkey is expecting an influx of several thousand refugees over the next few days.
18. a situation hang in C2
the balance If a situation is in the balance, it has reached a stage where it will soon be decided one way or another:
The game hung in the balance until the last minute.
19. embankment an artificial slope made of earth or stones:
a river embankment
20. to take up a Verb Edit
hatchet take up the hatchet

To make or declare war.

Antonym: bury the hatchet

Ford didnt take up the hatchet

21. drill down to look for something on a computer or website by moving from general information to more detailed
information:
Many websites have some form of hyperlink navigation as you drill down.
22. get hold of sb (also get ahold of someone) to communicate with someone, esp. by telephone:

Hi officer, I am calling cause I am concerned about my friend. I couldn't get hold of her since yesterday.

I haven't talked to her in years, so I wouldn't know how to get hold of her anymore.
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like you Chandler: Well, it's just with uhm, work and the stress of adoption, we just don't feel like we have the energy.
Plus, we don't think it's fair that every year the burden falls on us.
Ross: (skeptical) That doesn't sound like you... That's Monica talking
24. lose your touch No longer be able to do or handle something skillfully.

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Phoebe: Sure. It's just as well... I mean, last year wasn't very good. I think she's losing her touch.

For example, I used to make beautiful cakes but I seem to have lost my touch, or Dad had a real knack for
letting someone down gently, but he's lost his touch.
25. beauty pageant beauty contest :

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Phoebe: What's Emma doing today?
Rachel: Well, let's see... uh... I know that she has a meeting with her lawyer and then she has to make a very big
poop. Why?
Phoebe: Well, I wanna enter her in a baby beauty pageant.
26. cowgirl a female cowboy :

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Phoebe: Okay, oh, and Emma needs a cowgirl outfit for the competition.
Rachel: Where am I gonna get a cowgirl outfit on Thanksgiving?
27. baton

a stick used by a conductor (= personwho controls the performance of a groupof musicians) to show the speed
of the music

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28. washed-out feeling or looking very tired:

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Phoebe: Good! Oh yay! Let's get down to business! Emma needs some makeup!
Rachel: No, what?
Phoebe: Well, she's gonna look all washed out next to the other contestants!

[ before noun ] I have to wearmake-up in the winter or I look completelywashed out.

29. to slave to work very hard at something:

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Monica: Where is everybody? They're forty-five minutes late!
Chandler: I can't believe they are not here! I slave and I slave for what? They've ruined cranberry day!

We slaved away all week at the report.

humorous I've been slaving over a hot stove (= cooking) all morning.
See alsoenslave
30. mugged 108
Phoebe: Alright, what are we gonna say?
Ross: Ooh, we'll say that we were mugged! You can't get mad at someone who's been mugged!
Phoebe: Oh, good, that's good, but you don't look like you were mugged!
31. the turkey dried 108
out Monica: No! Everything's cold. The turkey's dried out and the... the stuffing is all soggy.
32. soggy adj (of things that can absorb water, especially food) unpleasantly wet and soft:

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Monica: No! Everything's cold. The turkey's dried out and the... the stuffing is all soggy.

soggy ground
I hate it when cereal goes soggy.
33. Brussls 108
sprout a green vegetable like a very smallcabbage that is boiled and eaten
34. you're not 108
any better Monica: Oh my God! YOU FORGOT THE PIES? Well, I cannot believe this. You force me to make dinner, then you're
an hour late and you forget the one little thing that I asked you to do.
Ross: Really girls, not cool.
Chandler: Well, you manheads aren't any better. You lied about going to the game. You knew it would make you late,
and you still went anyway.
35. to wedge sth to stuck
to force something firmly into a narrow space The phone was wedged under his chin :

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(When Joey tries to pull back his head, he notices he is stuck)
Joey: Oh-oh! I'm stuck!
Monica: Joey, that is not gonna work.
Joey: No seriously... I'm really wedged in here.

Victoria wedged herself into the passenger seat.

36. mess with sb informal

to treat someone in a bad, rude, or annoying way, or to start an argument with someone:

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I've warned you already, don't mess with me!

37. wiggle sth to move up and down or from side to side with small, quick movements, or to cause this to happen:
out
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Chandler: Okay, look, I'm gonna pull on the door and you guys push as hard as you can. Maybe we can get enough
room to wiggle him out, okay? Okay, so PUSH!

[ T ] He wiggled the handle but nothing happened.

38. knocked-up pregnant :
adj
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Rachel: To Monica and Chandler... and that knocked up girl in Ohio.
39. belated adj coming later than expected:
a belated apology
They did make a belated attempt to reduce the noise.
Belated birthday greetings!
Synonyms
late tardy formal
40. talk over sb Definition (v.) two or more people talking at the same time trying to be heard.

Trump talked over Biden.

Examples The couple was talking over each other, each trying to win. the argument. Take "talking-over-each-
other" Quiz.
41. jarring adj a jarring sight, sound, or experience is so different or unexpected that it has a strong and unpleasant effect on
something or someone:

the room of debate was jarring.

a jarring cry/chord
jarring colours
a jarring experience
42. to bulldoze sb to force someone to do something, although they might not want to:

Trump bulldozed Biden.

She bulldozed her daughter into buying a new dress.

43. sth is train wreck something that fails completely or goes extremely badly:

The debate was a train wreck.

The movie was a train wreck.

After last year's train wreck of a season, we have to do better.
Synonym
car crash
44. get sth under your to annoy someone:
skin Jack really gets under my skin - he never buys anyone a drink.
45. head-to-head adj involving a direct competition between two people or teams:
a head-to-head contest
46. water under the problems that someone has had in the past that they do not worry about because they happened a long time
bridge ago and cannot now be changed:
Yes, we did have our disagreements but that's water under the bridge now.
47. rangy having long thin legs and arms:
a tall, rangy figure
48. pageant mainly US
a competition for young women in which they are judged on their beauty and other qualities:
a beauty pageant
49. stuffy adj (room / stuffy adjective (FORMAL)
person) formal, boring, and not modern:

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Chandler: First of all. Bravo. Uh, but I really don't think you're right for this. The part calls for a stuffy college
professor.

a stuffy, arrogant man

stuffy adjective (LACKING AIR)

lacking fresh air:
The office gets so stuffy in the afternoon.
50. kilt

a skirt with many folds, made from tartan cloth and traditionallyworn by Scottish men and boys, but also worn by
women and girls

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Charlie: Ah, well, unless it's the creepy guy with his hand up his kilt, I'm gonna say congratulations!
51. if anything used when saying that what people may believe is not true, and the opposite may be true:

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Charlie: No, no, we ended up in great terms. I mean, if anything, I think this could help you. You know what? Why
don't we all go out to dinner together, and I can introduce you.

Her success hasn't caused tension - if anything, it's helped our marriage.
If anything, you have to work even harder when your dad's the boss.
I think I'm pretty honest about my emotions most of the time; if anything, I'm too frank about them.
52. butter sb up to flatter sb
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Ross: Ok, now, is there anything I can do to... you know, butter him up? Anything he really likes?
53. clear out to make a place or container clean or tidy by removing things that are not wanted and getting rid of any dirt or
things/stuff dust in it.

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Monica: Hey, you wanna go to see a movie?
Phoebe: Well, I told you I had to spend all the day clearing out stuff, so Mike could move in.

I'm going to clear out the cupboards tomorrow.

54. care to venture to guess :
a guess ?
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Benjamin: Dr. Biely, your proposal includes some field work. Where might that take place?
Dr. Biely: Primarily in the Pierre Shale region of South Dakota.
Benjamin: Certainly. Very well. And Dr. Geller, when is my birthday?
Ross: (shocked and confused by the question) What? I... I... (Benjamin looks at him as if to say "What's wrong?
Answer the question")
Benjamin: Care to venture a guess?
55. half-dozen a set of six things or a group of six people:

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Benjamin: (looks surprised and un-impressed) That's not even kinda close! (Ross looks around confused) Dr. Li, how
many graduate students you'd be needing?
Dr. Li: Half a dozen.

The company is based in the UK but also has large operations acrosshalf a dozen European countries.
56. interefere B2to involve yourself in a situation when your involvement is not wanted or is not helpful:

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Benjamin: I've come here to apologize. I think I may have let my feelings for Charlie interfere with the interview
process.

It's their problem and I'm not going to interfere.

I'd never interfere between (US with) a husband and wife.
Interfering in other people's relationships is always a mistake.
57. too little : not enough and not soon enough to make a difference Her efforts to improve her grade were too little, too late.
too late
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Benjamin: Alright, it's true. I behaved horribly. But it's only because I still love you. And I would do anything to have
you back in my life.
Ross: Too little, too late, Benji!
58. out of (in sports) not within the playing area:
bounds The ball was ruled out of bounds.
The ball went out-of-bounds.
out-of-bounds

2- unacceptable
If something is out-of-bounds, it is beyond the usual limits of acceptable behavior or the usual standards:

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Benjamin: Listen, I know, I may be way out of bounds (he told Ross to break up with her) here, but is there any chance
you will take me back?

The President claimed the Senator's comments were out of bounds and damaging to reform.
59. to tie the to get married :
knot Ilham tied the knot, only 5 months after her divorce.
60. to hasten hurry; accelerate; rush

to make something happen sooner or more quickly:

There is little doubt that poor medical treatment hastened her death.
These recent poor results have hastened the manager's departure.

[ + to infinitive ]
If you hasten to do something, you quickly do it:
The president hastened to reassure his people that he was in perfect health.
61. bone dry extremely dry:

the forest was bone dry, which makes starting a fire easy.

I don't think he's been watering these plants - the soil is as dry as a bone.
62. to hammer sth to make certain that something is understood by expressing it clearly and forcefully:
home The advertising campaign will try to hammer home the message that excessive drinking is a health risk.
63. to pivot to change your opinions, statements, decisions, etc. so that they are different to what they were before:

Maria decided to pivot her wedding after Covid.

He has pivoted to bring himself in line with the rest of the candidates.
It was harder for Bush to pivot to the positive when so much of his campaign revolved around taking down
Kerry.
64. get sth through C1
to sb to succeed in making someone understand or believe something:

The mayor said that people should stay at home,cause Corona ,but his message didnt get through to everybody.

[ + question word ] UK We can't get through to the government just how serious the problem is!
I don't seem to be able to get through to (= communicate with) him these days.
65. to dwell on sth C1
to keep thinking or talking about something, especially something bad or unpleasant:

Costa won't dwell on his loss.

In his speech, he dwelt on the plight of the sick and the hungry.
66. put on a clinic The phrase "put on a clinic" means that a person or team is performing exceptionally well, usually in terms of
executing a game plan or set of skills.

Adasaniya put on a clinic and destroyed Costa.

Dirk put on a clinic against the Heat, going 12-14 from the floor, 1-1 for three, and 5-5 from the line.
67. a modicum of a small amount:
He achieved a modicum of success.
68. keystroke the act of pressing down on a key on a computer:
I can add the date with a single keystroke.
69. lopsided with one side or part much bigger or higher than the other; uneven:

Adasaniya lopsided victory over Costa

The Yankees won by the lopsided score of 17 to 2.

70. dagger a short, pointed knife that is sharp on both sides, used especially in the past as a weapon
71. shady adj informal
dishonest or illegal:
They know some very shady characters.
He was involved in shady deals in the past.
72. shear ...
73. to put sth to 107
better use Ross: There's no way around it Pheebs, you just gonna have to accept the fact that this is gonna cost you a lot of
money.
Mike: I heard that weddings are like a 40 billion dollar a year industry.
Ross: Yeah, and I'm responsible for just like half of that.
Phoebe: But really, it does seem like this money could be put to better use?
74. sharp as a "Sharp as a tack"means somebody is clever or smart.
tack
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Ross: (he opens the door) Hi Amy!
Amy: You're not Rachel.
Ross: Still sharp as a tack!
75. pec Pectoral augmentation is a procedure that can be performed to give the male the definition he's always desired in the
implant chest region. Long used for reconstruction of the chest after cancer surgery in men, pectoral implants have been safely
used to create bulk in the chest region.

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Ross: Hi Rachel! Here's your sister Amy! She thinks I need pec implants!
76. You can't 107
have it Joey: What's going on?
both ways Chandler: Our adoption social worker is coming by today so we are cleaning the apartment.
Monica: (sarcastically) We?
Chandler: You know you don't want me to help. You can't have it both ways!
77. frosting

a sweet food used to cover or fill cakes, made from sugar and water or sugar and butter

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Joey: No! No... and, for the record, I've also never given her (Emma) a frosting from a can!
78. insinuation the action of suggesting, without being direct, that something unpleasant is true:

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Monica: Ok, so I think I'm just about done here, unless you have any bad stuff hidden somewhere, like... porn or
cigarettes?
Chandler: What...? NO!
Monica: Chandler?
Chandler: (he stands up and he feels very offended) I don't, and I'm offended by the insinuation!

[ + that ] We resent these insinuations that we are not capable of leadingthe company forward.
I reject the insinuation behind your question.
79. what do I 105
know ? Amy: Why did you change it, Ella was so much prettier!
Ross: What do I know? I just sell Middle Eastern food from a cart!
80. toilet tank

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Monica: Ok, so there's not a magazine under the couch, or a pack of cigarettes taped to the back of the toilet tank, or
a filthy video in the VCR?
81. to do number Rhyming slang for doing a poo.
2 Are you going to the toilet to do a number two?

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Monica: You guys do that? Chandler won't even have sex in our bathroom!
Chandler: That's where people make number two!!
82. pass on sth to 107
your child Ross: Good, you don't want to be one of those mothers who pass on their irrational fears on their children, do you?
Rachel: Irrational, huh? All right, well, I'll remember that the next time you freak out about a spider in your
apartment!
83. impersonal 1 not showing any feelings of sympathy, friendliness etc Business letters do not have to be impersonal and formal.
Sometimes she seems a very impersonal, even unkind, mother.► see thesaurus at unfriendly

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Announcer: Knicks fans, please turn your attention to the big screen on the score board. Someone has a special
question to ask. (on the screen there's written 'Julie, will you marry me?' and goes on to show a guy kneeling down in
front of a girl holding out a ring to her)
Phoebe: Oh how lame... oh, it's so tacky, and impersonal.

2 a place or situation that is impersonal does not make people feel that they are important I hate staying in hotels;
they're so impersonal. a formal and impersonal style of managemen
84. a moment on 105
the lips,
forever on
the hips
85. radiant adj radiant adjective (HAPPY/BEAUTIFUL)
obviously very happy, or very beautiful:

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Phoebe: We, you know, we're different! We don't care about having a huge party. (She picks up the veil) This is really
nice for you, but, oh, please, I put this on? (she puts it on) And, ow, I look (she looks her reflex image on a toaster),
why, well, radiant. (pause) All right, well, who cares, I don't need a pretty veil and a fancy dress.

He gave a radiant smile when he heard her news.

86. dump on 3 American English to criticize someone very strongly and often unfairly politicians dumping on their opponents
sb
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Ross: Well, do you wanna marry him?
Phoebe: Yeah, I really do! Yes, but, after I dumped on the way he was gonna propose to me, I don't think he's ever gonna
ask again! I mean, I said no in Barbados and now this!
87. back to happening one after another, without interruption:
back adj
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Rach : That's Molly, she's sick. Can you watch Emma today?
Ross: No, I can't. I have back-to-back classes. Did Molly say what she had? Because my throat's been hurting?

Hamilton is celebrating back-to-back victories in the German and British Grands Prix.
88. menstrual Cramps that occur at the beginning of a menstrual period
cramps
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Ross: No, I can't. I have back-to-back classes. Did Molly say what she had? Because my throat's been hurting?
Rachel: Menstrual cramps.
89. spruce to improve the appearance of something by making it neater or by adding decorations:
sth up
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Monica: That's right. You're making a commitment and that's the same, whether you do that at the Plaza or, where are you
gonna do it?
Phoebe: City Hall.
Monica: Ow! (Chandler slaps her on her back) Oh, that sounds nice! I am just there for jury duty. They really spruce that
place up!

She'd spruce the place up with plastic flowers.

90. pierce 105
your ears Rachel: (not excited anymore) You pierced her ears!?
Amy: (Very excited about it) Doesn't it make her nose look smaller?
(Rachel looks very shocked)
91. clip

92. either 107

one of us Phoebe: Hey, that's not fair! A person's wedding is important! And especially to me! Ok? I didn't have a graduation party!
And I didn't go to Prom. And I spent my sweet sixteen being chased round a tire yard by an escaped mental patient who
is his own words wanted to "kill me" or whatever. So I deserve a real celebration and I am not gonna let some sweaty
little man make me feel badly about it.( She storms out)
Mike: She could have been talking about either one of us.
93. get a load slang
of sth
used to tell someone to pay attention to a person or thing that is interesting, surprising, or attractive:

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Announcer: Get a load of this... She's proposing to him. Guess we know who wears the pants in that family. (people are
laughing, while Mike still seems bewildered)

Get a load of that, guys! Very nice.

94. wear the (especially of a woman) to be the person in a relationship who is in control and who makes decisions for both people:
pants
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Announcer: Knicks fans, please turn your attention to the big screen on the scoreboard. Someone has a special
question to ask.
(We see the screen where it says: "Mike will you marry me?" and then we see Phoebe and Mike on the screen. Phoebe
stands up and kneels in front of Mike.)
Phoebe: Mike Hannigan... will you marry me? (Mike looks bewildered)
Announcer: Get a load of this... She's proposing to him. Guess we know who wears the pants in that family. (people are
laughing, while Mike still seems bewildered)

Brian may seem domineering, but it's Lisa that really wears the pants in that relationship.
95. for the spoken
record used to tell someone that what you are saying should be remembered or written down :

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For the record, the police never charged me.

96. wholesome good for you, and likely to improve your life either physically, morally, or emotionally:

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Laura: Your place is just lovely.
Monica: Ah, thank you. This building does have a wholesome family feel to it. (to the adoption interviewer)

wholesome food
good, wholesome family entertainment
He looks like a nice, wholesome young man.
97. bring up sth to mention sth

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Laura: Well, I'm sorry I brought it up. So, are either one of you planning on staying at home with your child... (someone
knocks on the door)
98. caretaker US(UK carer)
someone who takes care of a person who is young, old, or sick

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Laura: Is he alright out there by himself?
Chandler: Oh yeah! He has a caretaker. His older brother... Ernie.
99. tainted spoiled; damaged in quality, taste, or value:

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Phoebe: Look, I can't have a wedding with this money now. It's tainted. (cuz she gave them to a charity and took
them back)
Mike: Alright, fine. We'll give the money back.
Phoebe: And if that guy at the charity gives us a hard time, my friend hasn't shot anyone in a really long time.

tainted seafood
tainted election results
100. turn sth (bad ) blame him for it, when it should the other to be blamed :
around on sb
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Laura: I gave you my number, you never called me.
Joey: No, no! Don't try to turn this around on me, ok? I'm not some kind of... social work, ok, that you can just... do.
101. put your foot 107
down Phoebe: Although... it's also about the wedding... Ugh, alright... here. (she gives the check and pulls it back again)
No... Oh God... Oh!
Charity guy: If I haven't said so already sir, (sarcastically pointing to Phoebe) congratulations!
Mike: (takes the check from Phoebe) Ok, look! Enough! Alright? I'm stepping in. I'm putting my foot down! As your
future husband I'm going to make this decision for us. (thinking) Now... what do you think we should do?
102. cork

1- filin AR
‫اﻟﻔﻠﯾن‬

2-
a short, cylinder-shaped piece of cork, plastic, or rubber that is put into the topof a bottle, especially a wine bottle,
to close it:

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Ross: Hey, what do you say we celebrate? Champagne? (he goes to get the champagne)
Charlie: Oh yeah! Hey, save the cork and then we can fill the bottle with water and put it back so they don't charge
you.

I can't get the cork out of the bottle - can you try?
103. to blush 1 to become red in the face, usually because you are embarrassed Wilson saw she was watching him and blushed.

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Joey: There it is, you're blushing!
Rachel: No, I'm not blushing, I'm sunburnt! From, you know, the rain.

Joan blushed at the unexpected compliment. Kate blushed scarlet.

104. step on the US, informal. : to do something that upsets or offends (someone)
toes
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Mike: Phoebe, I love you. I mean, I missed you so much these last few months and I thought we were apart for a
good reason, but then I suddenly realized that there was no reason good enough to keep me from spending the rest
of my life with you.
David: Kinda stepped on the toes of what I was going to say.

You might step on the toes of some important people with this project.
105. frostbite Frostbite is an injury caused by freezing of the skin and underlying tissues. First your skin becomes very cold and red,
then numb, hard and pale. Frostbite is most common on the fingers, toes, nose, ears, cheeks and chin. Exposed skin in
cold, windy weather is most vulnerable to frostbite.

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David: Please, you don't have to explain. I mean, perhaps if I hadn't gone to Minsk things would have worked out for
us. And I wouldn't have ruined my career, or lost that toe to frostbite. It was a good trip! (he leaves)
106. all kidding 923
aside / all Ross: But all kidding aside, in much the same way that Homo ergaster [1] is now thought to be a separate species
jokes aside from Homo erectus...
107. groupie a person who likes a particular popular singer or other famous person and follows them to try to meet them :

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Ross: No, it's ok! Made me feel like a rock star!
Charlie: Oh my God! (pauses) I'm your groupie!
108. on the (i) on the positive side :
bright side
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Monica: (her hair bigger then before) I can't believe it's raining again! Oh, it's so unfair!!!
(They approach the buffet, where a couple of paleontologists are sipping their drinks)
Phoebe: Well, on the bright side, now you won't have to see all these paleontologists with their shirts off. (Grabs a
drink and notices that the two men are upset) Not you guys. You got it going on!
109. play sb 923
Monica: C'mon guys, it'll be fun!
Phoebe: All right, all right... I'll play if we don't keep score!
Monica: But then how do we know who wins?
Phoebe: Nobody wins!
Monica: So, we're just four losers... SUPER!
Chandler: I'm not playing with you.
Phoebe: Yeah, I'm out.
Mike: I'll play ya
110. dial sth up/ DOWN
down to reduce something or make it less extreme The candidates have dialed back their attacks on each other, but they are
still making their differences clear.

UP
2 American English to increase something :

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Rachel: Not working with me, Joe! Here's the thing: lately I have been having thoughts (pauses) musings, if you will!
Joey: What... for how long?
Rachel: Only like a month!
Joey: (outraged) A MONTH??
Rachel: What the... DIAL IT DOWN! (Joey goes to sit on the bed) Listen, ok, and maybe they're crazy thoughts, but
sometimes I do, I have, I've been thinking about... you know, us! (looks at Joey, who's totally distraught) Ok, dial it up a
little!

We are going to dial up our marketing efforts.

111. nifty adj something that is nifty is good because it is clever, skilful, or effective

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[Scene: hotel's bar, Ross and Mr. Oberblau are talking]
Mr. Oberblau: I'm just saying, I have a cabin in the Adirondacks if you ever want to get away from the city, well, that'd
be (pause) just nifty!

a nifty little gadget for squeezing oranges

112. cocky adj used to describe a young person who is confident in a way that is unpleasant and sometimes rude:
He's a bit cocky for my liking.

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Mike: (boasting) Game, point!
Monica: (threatening) Don't get too cocky! Remember I won the last one! Oh, by the way, how did that feel, losing to a
girl?
113. to tie (with to finish at the same time or score the same number of points, etc. in a competition as someone or something else:
a
competitor) 923
(Chandler and Phoebe look bored to death. Monica scores and laughs)
Mike: Ok, so it's a tied again, 41 to 41.

Jane and I tied (for first place) in the spelling test.

We tied with a team from the south in the championships.
114. blisteres If skin is blistered, it has one or more painful swellings that containliquid, caused usually by continuous rubbing or by
(skin) burning:

923
Mike: Ok, so it's a tie again, 41 to 41.
Chandler: (exhausted) Ok, look! Enough is enough!
Monica: No, I have just to have two more points to beat him!
Chandler: Monica, that was also true an hour ago! I mean, please, look at you! Your hand is blistered, you can barely
stand, your hair is inexplicable! Ok, you've already proven you are just as good as he is, now we've missed our dinner
reservations, so now let's just go upstairs, order room service, take a shower and shave your head!

Despite badly blistered feet, he finished the race.

I played that bass guitar until my thumb was blistered and bleeding.
115. sudden (in some sports) a rule that the first person or team to score after a particular time will win the game:
death With the score tied after extra time, the game went to sudden death.

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(Chandler prepares to play)
Chandler: All right Mike, let's get this over with. Sudden death. Whoever wins this point, wins.
116. tourniquet a strip of cloth that is tied tightly around an injured arm or leg to stop it bleeding:
If it continues to bleed, you may have to apply a tourniquet to the limb.
117. recuperate to become well again after an illness; to get back your strength, health, etc.:
v

She spent a month in the country recuperating from/after the operation.

118. out of the not having a problem or difficulty any longer:
woods It's too soon to say if either airline is out of the woods yet.
119. predate to have existed or happened before another thing:
These cave paintings predate any others which are known.
Compare
backdatepostdate (HAPPEN AFTER)
120. to wind to end gradually or in stages, or to cause something to end in this way:
down sth
WE winded down its activity in Canada after the scandal.

The storm finally began to wind down after four hours of heavy rain.
Temple University is winding down its 14th consecutive losing season.
121. snigger the act of laughing at someone or something in a silly and often unkind way:
We were having a snigger at the bride who was rather large and dressed in a tight, pale pink dress.
122. for the spoken used to tell someone that what you are saying should be remembered or written down For the record, the
record police never charged me.

105
Joey: Her first cookie? She has cookies all the time!
Rachel: I've never given her a cookie. Have you?
Joey: No! No... and, for the record, I've also never given her a frosting from a can!
123. tacky adj 1 if something is tacky, it looks cheap or badly made, and shows poor taste tacky ornaments

2 especially American English showing that you do not have good judgment about what is socially acceptable It's kind
of tacky to give her a present that someone else gave you.

105
Announcer: Knicks fans, please turn your attention to the big screen on the score board. Someone has a special
question to ask. (on the screen there's written 'Julie, will you marry me?' and goes on to show a guy kneeling down in
front of a girl holding out a ring to her)
Phoebe: Oh how lame... oh, it's so tacky, and impersonal.

3 slightly sticky The paint's still slightly tacky.

124. oversight (MISTAKE)
a mistake caused by a failure to notice or do something:

105
Monica: Hey Rach, the adoption agency needs letters of recommendation and we were wondering if you would
write one for us.
Rachel: Of course, I'd be honored!
Chandler: Thanks!
Monica: Thank you!
(Joey looks at them, disappointed about their decision)
Joey: U-U-Um, I think there's been an oversight.

Because of a bank oversight, the money had not been credited to my account.

oversight noun (RESPONSIBILITY)

[ U ]responsibility for a job or activity and for making sure it is being done correctly:
Who has oversight of genetic testing?
125. killer adj informal
extremely good, impressive, or effective:

105
Amy: Oh! Um... Well... I'm getting married.
Rachel: What? Oh my God! To who?
Amy: This guy! He has a killer apartment.

She went on tour, backed by a killer band.

He played an absolute killer ball.
126. tack

1-
a small, sharp nail with a flat end
127. curvy adj having a body with rounded parts, especially large breasts and hips:

105
Joey: (yelling at her) I'M CURVY, AND I LIKE IT!

the famously curvy Marilyn Monroe

I have a boyish figure. What can I wear to make me look more curvy?
128. how is sth how's sth is progressing ?
coming ?
105
Chandler: Hey Joe! How's the second draft of the letter coming?
129. clip-on Clip-on earrings are developed for those who don't have pierced ears or those who aren't able to wear lace earrings.
earrings The clip earrings come in many different layouts, designs and alloy. These clip earrings have distinct financing choices.
The conventional clip earrings needed a hinged back so they are readily snapped in place over the earlobe. Those
that comprised screw-on magnetic or backs were common in those days.

105
Ross: (Back to Emma) Hi! (Looks at her) What... (Moves the stroller away from him so he can get a better look at her.
He looks at her confused. Finally he realizes the difference and gasps). Please tell me those are clip-ons. [didnr blieve
his daughter got her ears pierced]
130. rollout the act of making something, especially a product or service, available for the first time:

Brazil eyeing coronavirus vaccine rollout in January, acting health minister says.

Since its rollout in fall of 1999, PayPal has gained millions of members.
131. tonsil

one of two small, soft organs at the back of the mouth

921
Rachel: (worried) Be-cause Ross is the father of my child! You know... and I... want him to hook up with lots of women!
(pause) I just... All I'm saying is... I don't think that Joey and Charlie have anything in common.
Ross: Oh, I don't know, they seem to have a shared interest in each other's tonsils...
132. acrimonious full of anger, arguments, and bad feeling:

921
Joey: Yeah! She is cool, and she's so smart! Her mind is totally acrimonious (which, being Joey, he mispronounces
"amonious"). (pause) That's not how she used it...?

an acrimonious dispute
Their marriage ended eight years ago in an acrimonious divorce.
133. think less to not respect (someone) as much as one did before :
of me
921
Charlie: (talking to Ross) I feel like I owe you an explanation. I don't ordinarily go around kissing guys at parties. I'm...
well, I'm kind of embarrassed. I really hope you don't think less of me.
Ross: Uhm no! Think less of you! No, I don't think less of you. I mean, you saw someone you liked and you kissed
them. I mean, those people who like someone and don't kiss them... those-those people are stupid, I hate those
people.

to have a worse opinion of (someone) I hope you don't think (any) less of me now that you know about the trouble I
got into when I was younger.
134. Disaprove 921
of sth Monica: Oh, you can't show Phoebe this! She hates those corporate massage chains.
Rachel: Ah, why, now I can't get a massage? There are so many things that she disapproves of! I can't eat veal, I can't
wear fur, I can't go hunting...
135. tadpole

a recently born creature with a large head, long tail, and no arms or legs, which lives in water and develops into a frog
or toad

921
Chandler: Oh, well... Maybe we could... (he sweeps the stuff off the table and wordlessly invites Monica to have sex on
it)
Monica: Ok, trying to turn me on by making a mess? Know your audience! Besides, tomorrow we're doing those fertility
tests and until then you need to keep your tadpoles in the tank.
136. in my 921
defence
Monica: It's not ok to do it in a doctor's office but it is ok to do it in a parked car behind a Taco Bell?
Chandler: (embarrassed) I cannot believe Ross told you that! (pause) And in my defense, it was a Wendy's!
137. crazed adj behaving in a wild and uncontrolled way like someone who is mentally ill crazed with grief/pain/fear etc

921
Joey: Can I offer you a drink?
Charlie: Please, I've been crazed all day! I had a meeting with the Dean, and my syllabus for summer school is due
and I'm writing the Foreword for a friend's book...

He was crazed with grief after the death of his mother. The old woman had a crazed expression on her face. a crazed
killer
138. tour guide 921
Charlie: So I am just so excited to be here. And I can't wait to start exploring the city!
Joey: Hey, if you need a tour guide... (point to himself)
139. tape a torn 921
paper Receptionist: This has been torn up.
Rachel: And... taped back together.
140. fill in for sb to do someone else's work for them because they cannot or will not do it themselves:

921
Receptionist: Phoebe, your next client's in the waiting room.
Phoebe: Ok. Do we have to talk like that then they're not around? (She sees Rachel) Oh, no, no! Listen, is there
someone who can fill in for me?
Receptionist: Sorry, everyone is booked!
Phoebe: But that woman can't know I work here. She's a friend of mine and I made this big stink about how awful
this massage chains are.

She will fill in for him while he's at the conference.

I'm not her regular secretary - I'm just filling in.
141. stink (n) [ U ] infmla negative reaction from a group of people or from the public:

921
Phoebe: But that woman can't know I work here. She's a friend of mine and I made this big stink about how awful
this massage chains are.

City employees are raising a stink over the plan.

142. what do you used for expressing surprise:
know ?
921
Ross: (looking down) Are you wearing two belts?
Joey: (checking) EH, what do you know!

Well, what do you know? The flight arrived on time.

143. pastry 921
/peis·tree/
144. specimen 1- C2something shown or examined as an example; a typical example:
He has a collection of rare insect specimens.
Museums will pay large amounts of money for good dinosaur fossilspecimens.
Astronauts brought back specimens of moon rock.

2-
a small amount of blood or urine used for testing:

921
Nurse: Mr. Bing? (Chandler jumps up) Here you are! You'll go into that room and deposit your specimen into the
container. (asking for his sperm)
Chandler: Deposit my specimen? You know, usually I have to call a 900 number for that kind of talk. Thanks, got it.

They took blood and urine specimens for analysis.

145. cranky adj crabby, grumpy

US informaleasily annoyed or upset:

921
Janice: Oh! Someone's a little cranky today cuz they have to do it in a cup! (laughs) Oh! They gave you the kiddy
size (looking at the cup in his hand).

a cranky baby
He's been cranky all day.
146. fall off to get lower in amount or level:

921
Chandler: I'd love to stay, but I have eh... (points at the cup) got a hot date... (starts to leave)
Janice: Please... go! (Then shouts after him) Just let me know if you need a hand!
Chandler: (disgusted) I think it just fell off. (Leaves)

Orders have definitely fallen off in the past quarter.

147. ad lib said without any preparation or practice:

921
Joey: Ok, Caravaggio uses chiaroscuro here to highlight the anguish of the central figure. Touch it, it's really bumpy!
(Reaches out to touch the imaginary painting).
Ross: Nah ah! Nah ah! (stops him form doing so) No no no! No ad-libbing and dude, you can't touch the paintings.

I'd forgotten the notes for my speech so I had to do it ad lib.

148. callus

Machgin rajlin yedin

an area of hard skin, especially on the feet or hands:

921
Rachel: Wow, Ikea... what a rich culture. Uhm, you know what? I have a friend who is a masseuse.
Phoebe: Oh, Ja! Ja!
Rachel: Yah! She's... uhm... not very good though... (Phoebe looks devastated)
Phoebe: Uhu, uhu... and why do you think that is?
Rachel: I don't know... maybe it's because she has got such callousy fingers from playing crummy guitar...
149. have it both benefit from two incompatible ways of thinking or behaving.
ways "countries cannot have it both ways: the cost of a cleaner environment may sometimes be fewer jobs"
150. fester If a cut or other injury festers, it becomes infected and produces pus:
a festering sore

fester verb [I] (FEELING)

If an argument or bad feeling festers, it continues so that feelings of hate or lack of satisfaction increase:
It's better to express your anger than let it fester inside you.
a festering argument/dispute
151. have teeth / (British English, informal) (of an organization, a law, etc.) be powerful and effective: It appears that the new
have no teeth legislation doesn't have any teeth, since there has been no improvement in working conditions

the worker at care homes knew the problems but had no teeth.
152. summarily suddenly, without discussion or a legal process:
He was summarily dismissed from his job.
More than 50 other captured rebels were summarily executed.
153. repose Noun

the state of resting or lying down:

Your face is so beautiful in repose.

verb
to rest or lie:
She reposed on the sofa.
154. sth cuts to have both advantages and disadvantages:
both
ways

The promotion cuts both ways because though I'll make more money, I'll have to be away from my family more often
155. lightning someone or something that takes all the blame or criticism in a situation, although other people or things are
rod responsible too:

In a harsh economic climate, raises for politicians have become a lightning rod for criticism.
156. litany of a long list of unpleasant things, especially things that are repeated:
st The manufacturers are reported to have received a litany of complaints from dissatisfied customers.
157. that's the That's what the speaker is hoping will happen. That's what the speaker is hoping will happen
hope
104
Phoebe: Oh, just think... she's gonna be watching that video on a TV that hasn't even been invented yet! With friends who
right now are just like babies! And they'll be living in a floating city that the humans built to escape the ant people!
Ross: That's the hope! So, is Emma awake yet?
158. pull on 1 : to hold onto and move (something) toward oneself She pulled on the rope with all her might.
sth
104
Jack: I can't believe Emma is already one!
Judy: (to Monica) I remember your first birthday! Ross was jealous of all the attention we were giving you. He pulled on
his testicles so hard! We had to take him to the emergency room!
159. antsy adjective informal nervous and unable to keep still because you are waiting for something to happen
adj
104
Friends 1004 - The One With The Cake
Written by: Dana KleinProduced by: Robert Carlock and Wendy KnollerTranscribed by: Coffee Mug, Eleonora, Sebastiano &
Vanessa
[Scene: Central Perk]
Monica: (she enters) Hey guys!
Ross, Rachel and Chandler: Hey!
Chandler: Honey, I got us that room at the Woodford Inn this weekend.
Monica: That place in Vermont? You can take a hint!
Rachel: Wait, you can't go away this weekend! It's Emma's birthday!
Ross: Yeah!
Rachel: We're having a party.
Monica: Well, can't you just have the party when we get back?
Ross: No.
Rachel: No, that day... that won't be her real birthday!
Chandler: Gee if only she were one and had no idea what the hell a birthday was!
Ross: C'mon you guys, this is really important to us.
Monica: Well, I'm sorry, but Chandler and I could really use a weekend away. You know, to reconnect... emotionally.
Chandler: There's this thing I really want us to do. I read about it in Maxim...
Rachel: Well, can't you just go to Vermont the next day?
Ross: Yeah, we want everyone to be there. As much as I hate to delay your doing weird sex stuff to my little sister.
Rachel: And I mean, you know, you guys... This is a big deal. I mean, how can we have her first birthday party without her
aunt and her uncle!
Monica: All right, we'll stay. We can just drive up after the party.
Chandler: Fine, but if we end up not doing this Maxim thing because of this party...
Monica: Believe me, that is not why we won't be doing that!
OPENING CREDITS
[Scene: Rachel and Joey's apartment]
Rachel: You know Pheebs, when I was little, on my birthday, my daddy would hide a present in every room of the house, and
then he would draw a treasure map to help me find 'em all.
Phoebe: Oooh, I love family traditions like that. When uhm... when Ursula and I were kids, on our birthday, our stepdad would
sell his blood to buy us food!
Ross: (he enters) Hey guys!
Rachel and Phoebe: Hi!
Ross: Hey, I brought the camera for Emma's video.
Rachel: Oh, good, good! We had this idea to make a birthday video for Emma and we'll give it to her when she is 18.
Phoebe: Oh, COOL!! Wow, it's like a time capsule!
Ross: Yeah!
Phoebe: Oh, just think... she's gonna be watching that video on a TV that hasn't even been invented yet! With friends who right
now are just like babies! And they'll be living in a floating city that the humans built to escape the ant people!
Ross: That's the hope! So, is Emma awake yet?
Rachel: Oh no, it's still nap time. But she'll be up soon.
Ross: Ah, and where is Joey?
Rachel: I said it's still nap time.
(Joey comes out from his room, yawning)
Ross: (taping Joey with the cam) Hey, there is uncle Joey!
Joey: Hey!
Ross: Hey, say something to Emma on her 18th birthday!
Joey: 18, uh? (starts to prepare himself to say his "How You Doin'" line)Ross: Joey, NO!
Joey: What, what!? it's for her hot friends!
Ross: When they see this you'll be 52!
Joey: And starting to think about settling down!
Rachel: Hey Joey, will you please set this up for people to put Emma's presents on?
Joey: I'd love to! Yeah! Joey: (To Phoebe) We were supposed to bring presents?
Phoebe: Yeah! I wrote Emma a song.
Joey: Oh, yeah! How was I supposed to know?
Phoebe: Joey, it's a birthday party.
Joey: Yeah, but for a one-year-old. What's the point... the other day she laughed for like an hour at a cup. Just a cup with a
 picture of Elmo on it dressed as a farmer. And he's standing next to this cow and the cow says "El-moo"! (Joey starts laughing)
Yeah... that's a funny cup!
(Monica and Chandler enter)
Monica: Hey!
Chandler: Hey hey! Where's the birthday girl?
Rachel: Oh, she's still napping
Chandler: Oh, sure, she was probably up all night, excited about the party she knows is happening.
Rachel: Look, I know that you guys really want to get to Vermont and this isn't a really big deal to you, but it really is to us,
ok? Emma will never have a first birthday again.
Monica: All right... you're right. We're sorry. Now let's wake up Emma and get the fun time started!
Rachel: No really, she didn't sleep well last night, so we can't wake her up.
Monica: Are you freaking kidding me, Green?
(someone knocks on the door. Rachel goes to open it)
Jack and Judy: HI!
Ross: (points the camcorder towards them to record their entrance) Hey!
Monica: So glad you came!
Jack: I can't believe Emma is already one!
Judy: (to Monica) I remember your first birthday! Ross was jealous of all the attention we were giving you. He pulled on his
testicles so hard! We had to take him to the emergency room!Ross: (pointing the camcorder at himself) There's something you
didn't know about your dad!
Joey: Hey Mr. and Mrs. Geller! Let me help you with that.
Jack: Thank you!
Joey: Oh man, this is great, uh? The three of us together again! You know what would be fun? If we gave this present to Emma
from all of us!
Jack: Which one are you?
(Time lapse)
Monica: I can't believe Emma is still asleep!
Chandler: I know, what are we gonna do?
Monica: I've got a plan. I've got a plan. I'm going to ram this platter really hard into your ribs. You're gonna scream out and
that'll wake her up!
Chandler: I'm not going to Vermont with this Monica!
Joey: Hey Pheebs, you know what? I was thinking... since you wrote a song, maybe I could do something for Emma using my
talents!Phoebe: So you're gonna... hit on her?
Joey: No, no, no! My talents as an actor!
Phoebe: Oh!
Joey: You know, I could like maybe... I could do a dramatic reading of one of her books!
Phoebe: Or you could stick a fork in an apple!
Joey: Hey, I think Emma might like it!
Rachel: Oh! Emma might like what?
Joey: Um, my present!
Rachel: What did you get her?
Joey: Actually we prepared performances.
Phoebe: Separate performances.
Joey: But equally real!
Rachel: Well, this sounds like fun! Well, you know what? Actually? People are getting a little antsy waiting Emma to wake up
from her nap, so would you mind performing them once now?
160. to rock 1 [intransitive, transitive] to move gently backwards and forwards or from side to side, or to make something do this →
sway She covered her face, rocking to and fro in her grief. The waves rocked the boat from side to side. Paul sat gently
rocking the child in his arms. Jim rocked with laughter when he heard what had happened.

104
Joey: Uh, why, it's a... (he picks a book up) one of her favorites, uh, (he reads the title of the book) "Riding the Storm Out.
Coping with post-partum depression" eesh! (he puts the book back and picks up another) "Love you forever". Love you
forever. By Robert Munsch. Published by Firefly books. Printed (he pauses and changes the tone to a dramatic one) in
Mexico. A mother held her new baby and very slowly rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, and
while she held him she san
161. uncanny strange or mysterious; difficult or impossible to explain:

104
Judy:(to Jack) Jack, look at this.
Jack: I know what you're thinking Judy, the resemblance is uncanny!

an uncanny resemblance
162. tug on to pull someone or something by making a short strong movement. tug at/on something:
sth
104
Judy:(to Jack) Jack, look at this.
Jack: I know what you're thinking Judy, the resemblance is uncanny!
Ross: I am this close to tugging on my testicles again.

The little boy kept tugging on his mother's skirt.

163. believe You can use believe you me to emphasize that what you are saying is true:
you me
104
Rachel: Oh! Believe you me! I am going to bring this cake back, I don't even want it in my home... (Turns towards the cake
and sees Joey trying to take a piece and yells at him) Joey, don't touch it!!

[emphasis]
It's absolutely amazing, believe you me.
164. wind-up A wind-up toy, watch, etc. has a key or part that you turn in order to make it operate:
toy ,
watch 104
Monica: Ok, how about this: We got wind up toys for Emma for her birthday. We can make them race, and whoever
comes in last, stays!

a wind-up alarm clock

165. come in 104
last Monica: Ok, how about this: We got wind up toys for Emma for her birthday. We can make them race, and whoever
comes in last, stays!
166. to wind a 2 [transitive] (also wind up) to turn part of a machine around several times, in order to make it move or start working Did
toy,watch you remember to wind the clock?
104
Monica: Phoebe, you get the bear, uhm, Joey, you get the robot, and Chandler and I get the dog. Ok, and the race is
going to go (Takes two cups and marks the start and finish lines with them) from here to here. Now the one who comes in
last, stays!
Joey: Ok, ladies and gentlemen, wind your toys! (they do so)
167. slip sb a little sth To slip someone something is to give them something without making it too obvious.

104
Monica: What about your massage client?
Phoebe: I just felt so bad, missing this. So I just slipped him a little something, you know. As
long as I'm back in five or six hours, it will be alright.
168. cue a signal for someone to do something:
[ + to infinitive ] They started washing up, so that was our cue to leave the party.
169. casket US
a coffin
170. indebted adj grateful because of help given:
We're deeply indebted to you for your help.
171. cut back on to spend less, do less, or use less of something:
The government has announced plans to cut back on defence spending by 10 percent next
year.
If exercise is causing you pain, you should cut back.
172. talk over the top sb No, it means to talk louder at the same time as somebody else who is already speaking. It's not
the same usage as "to be over the top" meaning
173. top-notch excellent:
That restaurant's really top-notch.
174. impart to communicate information to someone:
to impart the bad news
I was rather quiet as I didn't feel I had much wisdom to impart on the subject.
175. pep talk a short speech intended to encourage people to work harder or try to win a game or
competition:
The boss gave the staff a pep talk this morning in an attempt to boost sales.
176. nimble adj quick and exact in movement or thought; agile:
a nimble mind
He tried to catch his friend, but she was too nimble.
177. dicey adj slightly dangerous or uncertain:
The company's finances look a little dicey.
Synonyms
chancy informaldodgy (NOT RELIABLE) UK informalrisky
178. zero in on sth to direct all your attention to one thing:
We've zeroed in on the real problem - we don't save enough money.

If you zero in a weapon, you aim it directly at something you want to hit:
Computers help the pilots to zero in on their targets.
179. shoulder the blame, burden, to accept that you are responsible for something bad or difficult:
responsibility, cost, etc. It is women who mainly shoulder responsibility for the care of elderly and disabled relatives.
Teachers cannot be expected to shoulder all the blame for poor exam results.
180. Apace (adv) ...
181. to chill to make or become cold but not freeze:

102
Joey: But what you saw, that is the extent of it, okay? One kiss.
Rachel: No, come on, that is a lie. We also kissed in Barbados.
Joey (to Rachel): Dude, chill! (to Ross) Okay, we also kissed in Barbados, but we didn't plan it, okay? And the only reason
that that happened was because I saw you kissing Charlie.

[ I ] Allow the pudding to chill.

[ T ] Chill the pudding before serving.
182. squeaky ADJECTIVE
adj Something that is squeaky makes high-pitched sounds:

102
Ross: Hey, hey, hey... If you two are happy, then I'm happy for you. (Squeaky.) I'm fine!
Joey: Really?
Ross: Absolutely. (Very Squeaky.) I'm fine! Totally fine. I don't know why it's coming out all loud and squeaky, 'cause really,
(deep voice) I'm fine. I'm not saying I wasn't a little surprised to see you guys kissing. I mean, at first I was like.. (Screams.)
But now that I've had time to absorb it; Lovin' this.

...squeaky floorboards.
He had a squeaky voice.
183. have 102
hair in Chandler: There's a hair in my coffee.
sth
184. Which 102
one is Monica: Which one is which again? (asking abour the names of his 3 children)
which? Frank Jr.: Oh, that's Frank Jr. Jr. pulling the tampons out of the lady's purse. And that's Chandler climbing on Chandler, and
that's Leslie throwing bagels at him.
185. feel sb to touch someone sexually, especially someone you do not know, for your own excitement:
up
102
Joey: Ah, can I just say I know we're doing this for Ross, and that's cool, but if it was up to me, this is not what we'd be
doing on our first date.
Rachel: Well, what would we be doing?
Joey: I'd take you out for a romantic night. Some champagne, fancy dinner, feel you up on the carriage ride home...

That's the second time she's been felt up on the Metro.

186. keeper 1-
a person who takes care of animals or is in charge of valuableobjects, a building, etc.:
a zoo keeper
bees and their keepers
the keeper of a lighthouse

2-
informal
someone with good qualities, who you can have a long relationshipwith:

102
Rachel: Okay, well, we brought you some wine.
Ross: Oh! That is so thoughtful. (To Joey.) She's a keeper. And what did you bring me? (Grabs the bag that Charlie
brought for Joey.)

If he introduces you to all his friends, he's a keeper.

187. wee-wee Informal child language
an act of urinating:
Do you need/want (to do) a wee-wee before we go out?

102
Bill: We went through the same thing when we were adopting.
Chandler: So, a lot of malfunctioning wee-wees and hoo-hoos in this room, huh?
188. I just want you 102
to know Rachel: Look, Charlie, I just want you to know. Ross is just having a little trouble adjusting to the thought of Joey
and me. You know, he normally doesn't drink like this.
189. got big hopes 102
for Phoebe: Alright, so that leaves Chandler.
Frank Jr.: Oh, no, no, you can't have Chandler, no. No, no. She's my little genius. I got big hopes for her. She's
gonna be a doctor or a realtor..
190. binder

a hard cover in which paper documents or magazines are stored:

102
Chandler: I didn't get to the bathroom. I bumped into Owen on the way, and he didn't know he was adopted. And
there's a slight chance I may have told him.
Monica: Oh my god, where's my purse? No, you know what? I can replace everything in there. Get that binder, and
let's go!

a leather/plastic binder
191. flan

US
a sweet, soft food made from milk, eggs, and sugar
192. thrust sth on/upon sb to force someone to accept or deal with something:

People won't act voluntarily against COVID unless it's thrust upon them.

Fatherhood had been thrust on him.

193. (sth unpleasant ) set in If something unpleasant sets in, it begins and seems likely to continue or develop.
Then disappointment sets in as they see the magic is no longer there.[VERB PARTICLE]
Winter is setting in and the population is facing food and fuel shortages.[VERB PARTICLE]
194. lodge a claim, lodge a to make an official complaint about something:
claim, complaint, The US lodged a formal protest against the arrest of the foreign reporters.
protest, etc. Lawyers said last night that they would be lodging an appeal against the sentence.complaint, protest,
etc.

to make an official complaint about something:

The US lodged a formal protest against the arrest of the foreign reporters.
Lawyers said last night that they would be lodging an appeal against the sentence.
195. miss the boat C2
to lose an opportunity to do something by being slow to act:
There were tickets available last week, but he missed the boat by waiting till today to try to buy some.
196. soundbite a short sentence or phrase that is easy to remember, often included in a speech made by a politician and
repeated in newspapers and on television and radio:
Most politicians want to master the art of the soundbite.
197. to sniffle to breathe in quickly and repeatedly through the nose, usually because you are crying or because you
have a cold:
You're sniffling a lot today - have you got a cold?
198. to pull a punch This expression comes from boxing, where to pull one's punches means "to hit less hard than one can."
This idiom, too, has been applied more generally, as in They decided to pull their punches during these
delicate negotiations

Doug Ford didn't pull any punches and called out the offenders.
199. bedrock the main principles on which something is based:
Some people believe that the family is the bedrock of society.
200. keep a sharp eye on to watch someone or something carefully
201. hoax a plan to deceive someone, such as telling the police there is a bomb somewhere when there is not one,
or a trick:
The bomb threat turned out to be a hoax.
He'd made a hoax call claiming to be the president.
202. to cram to force something into a small space, or to fill an area with people:

people are cramming in the bus.

Six children were crammed into the back of the car.

2-
I]
to try to learn a lot very quickly before an exam:
She's cramming for her history exam.
203. take sth at 1 : for the price that is printed on something We bought the tickets at face value.
face value
2 : as true or genuine without being questioned or doubted After all his lying, nothing he says now should be
taken/accepted at face value.

we cant take what Trump says at face value.

204. principeled always behaving in an honest and moral way:
She was a very principled woman.
205. be up in protesting vigorously about something.
arms "teachers are up in arms about new school tests"
206. walk a tine = The expression to walk a fine line is often used to mean "to achieve or maintain a balance" or "to be very close to
line two different ideas or attitudes at the same time": He walked the fine line between confidence and cockiness. Her
family walks a fine line between modernity and fundamentalism
207. get (no) dancing :
moves
I got no moves ! = I dont know how to dance well.
208. Apples to NORTH AMERICAN
apples used with reference to a comparison regarded as valid because it concerns two things that are fundamentally the
comparison same.

ot's no apples to apples when comparing Covid cases between Canada and the US.

"there is no apples-to-apples comparison when comparing a foreign currency to USD"

209. porta-potty A portable chemical toilet
210. decant v to pour a liquid from one container into another
Synonym
pour
211. compare used to say that two things are completely different and it is not sensible to compare them:
apples The ratio of exports to GDP is very misleading. It compares apples and oranges.
with/and You're comparing apples with oranges. They are two very different jobs, with very different types of stress.
oranges He seems to be mixing apples and oranges. He's talking about movies, not television.
You can't compare the new scores to the previous years. It's apples and oranges.
212. at issue C2
most important in what is being discussed:
The point at issue is what is best for the child.
213. dial sth informal (also dial sth back)
down
to make something less forceful or extreme:
A stage actor may need to dial down the energy for the intimacy of the movie camera.
We must find a way to dial back the violence in our cities.
214. capsize to (cause a boat or ship to) turn upside down by accident while on water:
A huge wave capsized the yacht.
When the boat capsized we were trapped underneath it.
215. props respect for someone:
I've got to give her her props for being such a great athlete.
216. discretionary decided by officials and not fixed by rules:
a discretionary grant
Judges have great discretionary powers.
217. discretion choice, or the right to make a choice, based on judgment:
Troopers have discretion in deciding whom to stop for speeding.
Whether or not to hold the meeting is at the discretion of the president (= a decision to be made by the
president).
218. swish v to move quickly through the air making a high, soft sound, or to cause something to move this way:
[ I ] The elevator doors swished open.
[ T ] Vizard swished the ball through the hoop.
219. gargle to wash your mouth or throat by holding liquid in your mouth, keeping your head back, and breathing out
slowly through the mouth:
For a sore throat, gargle with warm salt water.
220. to throw the book at to punish someone as severely as possible:
someone

The judge was not lenient - he threw the book at him.

221. quiescent adj temporarily quiet and not active:
The political situation was now relatively quiescent.
222. round the clock happening or done all day and all night:
He's very sick and needs round-the-clock care.
223. adjunct formal
something added or connected to a larger or more important thing:

All adjuncts should be evaluated carefully to assure that they really,

and significantly, contribute to improve the system protection.

I hoped I would find the computer course a useful adjunct to my other studies.
224. sth impinges on sth to have an effect on something, often by limiting it in some way:
The Supreme Court will decide if the new communications bill impinges on the Constitutional right to free
speech.
225. to fess up informal

to admit that you have done something that someone else will not like:
Fess up - it was you who ate that last piece of cake, wasn't it?
226. tunr-on something that you find exciting, especially sexually:

101
Monica: Oh, the way you crushed Mike at ping pong was such a turn-on.You wanna...? (plays with her
finger on Chandlers chest)

The smell of leather on a man is a real turn-on.

227. to graze 1-
(skin) [ T ]to break the surface of the skin by rubbing against something rough:
He fell down and grazed his knee.
He was lucky, the bullet just grazed his leg.

2-
[ T ]If an object grazes something, it touches its surface lightly when it passes it:

103
Joey: No, I do six things! First, I look deep in her eyes. Then, I kiss her. Next I take my hand and I softly graze her thigh.

The aircraft's landing gear grazed the treetops as it landed.

228. X-rated An X-rated movie or video contains sexual scenes that are considered suitable only for adults.
movie ...the endless bad sex scenes in many X-rated movies

103
onica: There. Here's their card.
Ross: Thanks. (he takes the card) Hey, I know where this place is! It used to be an X-rated video... (pauses when he
realizes what he is saying) florist. (he goes away)
229. pat sb to search someone for weapons, drugs, etc. by touching their clothes:
down
103
Assistant: You've got to face the red light. When the red light goes on the spraying is about to start so close your eyes.
When the spraying stops, count to five. Pat yourself down to avoid drip marks then turn around so we can get your
back. Got it?

The police handcuffed him and patted him down.

230. drip a drop of liquid:
drips of paint/sweat

103
Assistant: You've got to face the red light. When the red light goes on the spraying is about to start so close your eyes.
When the spraying stops, count to five. Pat yourself down to avoid drip marks then turn around so we can get your
back. Got it?
231. even sth to become regular or equal, or to make something do
out this:

103
Assistant: You got sprayed with two two' s and...
Ross: I'm a four?
Assistant: Yeah, but you're back's a zero. You're gonna wanna even that out.

Adding money to your portfolio a little at a time will even out a lot of unpredictable fluctuations.
Investors are waiting for the housing market to even itself out.
These differences in pay tend to even out over time.
232. bedspread a decorative cover put on a bed, on top of sheets and other covers

101
Ross: Yeah, It's just... I don't think I can do this...
Charlie: Ooh... Is it because of what might be on the bedspread, because I saw that news report too, with the infra red
and the ... I could just...
233. it's gonna take 103
some getting Joey: Rach, you sure you wanna do this?
used to Rachel: Absolutely! Absolutely. I d... it's just a little weird, it's you, and it's me, it's just gonna take some getting
used to.
234. a clasp

1-
a small metal device that is used to fasten a belt, bag, or a piece of jewellery

103
Joey: I'm sorry! (He stands up) This never happened to me before! I'm an expert at taking off bras! I can do it
with one hand! I can do it with my eyes closed! One time I just looked at one, and it popped open! I blame your
bra!
Rachel: It's a standard issue bra clasp!

2-
to hold someone or something firmly in your hands or arms:
He was clasping the vase tightly, terrified of dropping it.
Lie on your back, clasp your knees and pull them down towards yourchest.
She clasped her son in her arms.

NOUN
a tight hold with your hand or arms:
She held the child's hand in a firm clasp as they crossed the road.
235. throw sb off to escape from someone or something that is chasing you We ran flat out for about half a mile before we could
throw them off.
236. power through to continue in a strong and determined way until the end of something, even when this is difficult:
sth
103
Monica: Well, you guys have been friends forever. Remember the first time that you kissed Ross? How weird
that was? You couldn't stop laughing? You got through that.
Rachel: (looking thoughtful) Ok, that's true. That's true, we can do this. You're right, you're right, we can do this.
We're just gonna power through!

resilient companies that have powered through the economic downturn

The challenge will be overwhelming at times, but we just have to power(on) through.
237. enunciate to pronounce words or parts of words clearly:
v
101
Chandler: Okay, well we'll go back in there, but will you do one thing for us? The people that care about you?
Rachel: Sure...
Chandler: Enunciate!

He doesn't enunciate (his words) very clearly.

238. to knee to hit someone with your knee:
She kneed him in the groin.
239. shrill having a loud and high sound that is unpleasant or painful to listen to:
(sound)
adj 103
Monica: I can't believe you tried to cut me out. Why Phoebe, why?
Phoebe: It was right after we were living together and you were driving me crazy, okay? You were really controlling and
compulsive and shrill.

She had a shrill high-pitched voice.

240. scrappy 2 American English informal having a determined character and always willing to compete, argue, or fight a scrappy
adj team that plays hard

103
Phoebe: You're also so generous and kind and scrappy!
Monica: (starts smiling) I am scrappy.
Phoebe: Exactly! Look, no matter what I tried to do, I couldn't keep you out of my life. Of all the people I have cut out,
you were the only one who ever clawed her way back in.
Monica: It's because I'm scrappy.
241. crummy of bad quality or unpleasant a crummy hotel a crummy job
adj
921
Rachel: Wow, Ikea... what a rich culture. Uhm, you know what? I have a friend who is a masseuse.
Phoebe: Oh, Ja! Ja!
Rachel: Yah! She's... uhm... not very good though... (Phoebe looks devastated)
Phoebe: Uhu, uhu... and why do you think that is?
Rachel: I don't know... maybe it's because she has got such callousy fingers from playing crummy guitar...
242. sell 921
sth/sb out Phoebe: Because I was ashamed ok? I sold out for the cash! And then they give me benefits like medical, and dental,
and a 401K. But you know... you pay a price. Now I'm this Corporate stooge and punching a clock and Ugh! paying
taxes!
243. stooge a person who is forced or paid by someone in authority to do an unpleasant or secret job for them:

921
Rachel: Oh! Phoebe, why did you lie to me about working here?
Phoebe: Because I was ashamed ok? I sold out for the cash! And then they give me benefits like medical, and dental,
and a 401K. But you know... you pay a price. Now I'm this Corporate stooge and punching a clock and Ugh! paying
taxes!

The newly appointed mayor is widely regarded as a government stooge.

244. punch the American English informal to record the time that you start or finish work by putting a card into a special machine
clock
921
Phoebe: Because I was ashamed ok? I sold out for the cash! And then they give me benefits like medical, and dental,
and a 401K. But you know... you pay a price. Now I'm this Corporate stooge and punching a clock and Ugh! paying
taxes!
245. hooked me "Hook me up" is almost always used to mean "help me out," or "give me something." The other use usually has to do
up ! with dating. For example, two people could "hook up" at a restaurant for dinner - meaning that they met at a restaurant

921
Charlie: Yeah, let's go. (stands up and kisses Joey) (to Ross) Thanks Ross.
Joey: (aside, to Ross) Hey Ross! That art stuff worked, you hooked me up.
246. motile Biology
motility capable of or exhibiting spontaneous motion

the ability of plants, organisms, and very small forms of of life to be able to move by themselves:
a motility test
sperm motility

921
Monica: What?
Chandler: Apparently my sperm have low motility and you have an inhospitable environment.
247. inhospitable 1-
an inhospitable place is difficult to live or stay in because the weather conditions are unpleasant or there is no shelter
an inhospitable climate He trekked across some of the most inhospitable terrain in the world.

921
Monica: What?
Chandler: Apparently my sperm have low motility and you have an inhospitable environment.

2-
an inhospitable person does not welcome visitors in a friendly wayinhospitable to Some governments are
inhospitable to aid workers.
248. above done in an honest way, according to the rules or law:
board The bidding process was completely fair and above board.
249. hush money nounINFORMAL
money paid to someone to prevent them from disclosing embarrassing or discreditable information.

hush money by Trump to the former pornostar.

"he used it as hush money for his mistress"

250. fixer someone who is skilled at arranging for things to happen, sometimes in a way that is dishonest:

Cohen was Trump fixer.

They chose him because of his reputation as a fixer and an expert at handling difficult situations.
251. windbag a person who talks too much about boring things
Synonym
gasbag informal
252. tweed a thick material made from wool of several different colours:

920
Ross: (covering with his hand Chandler's face, like pretending he's not there) (to Monica) There're these two
professors who are joining my department and I have to meet them here and show them around campus.
Monica: What's so bad about that?
Ross: It's I just know they're gonna be a couple of windbags wearing tweed jackets with suede elbow patches.

a tweed jacket
a tweed skirt and sensible shoes
253. to play fast and to not be careful about what you do, especially by not obeying the law or a rule They played fast and loose
loose with with investors' money
something
920
Professor Spafford: I'm also allergic to peanuts, and cashews, and almonds, and filberts...
Ross: So basically all nuts?
Professor Spafford: Interestingly... no.
Charlie: Kinda playing fast and loose with the word "interesting".
254. turn sb in to go to bed I think I'll turn in early tonight:

920
(Joey enters, wearing a bathrobe)
Joey: (sounds tired) Hey you guys, I'm turning in. Have fun.
255. you're on ! INFORMAL
said by way of accepting a challenge or bet.

101
[Scene: Barbados, Monica and Chandler's Room. They both enter from Ross's room. Monica still has her big,
frizzy hair.]
Monica: Oh, the way you crushed Mike at ping pong was such a turn-on.You wanna...? (plays with her finger
on Chandlers chest)
Chandler: You know, I'd love to, but I'm a little tired.
Monica: I'll put a pillowcase over my head.
Chandler: You're on!

"I'll give you £50 for your bike." "You're on!"

256. who am i to talk ? 101
Joey: Well, I only said that because of Ross, you know. Then I saw him kissing Charlie...
Rachel: What? Ross and Charlie? (Joey nods) Wow! She's really making her way through the group, huh? Ah,
who am I to talk?
257. to man If you man something such as a place or machine, you operate it or are in charge of it.

101
Monica: I can't believe this. Rachel and Joey?
Chandler: How about the dinosaur twins in the other room? No-one is manning that wall!

French soldiers manned roadblocks in the capital city. [VERB noun]

...the person manning the phone at the complaints department. [VERB noun]
The station is seldom manned in the evening.
258. kick off : to remove one's shoes by making a kicking motion :
your shoes
101
Monica: I think I hear curtains closing...
Phoebe: We've got shoes being kicked off over here.

She kicked off her shoes and started to dance.

259. have had it to not be willing to continue to deal with someone or something:
with
101
Monica: Not until you said it. Somebody switch! (Chandler makes a clicking sound with his fingers and Phoebe runs to
the other wall. Monica returns to Chandlers wall.) Wait a minute... Ross and Charlie, Joey and Rachel, Phoebe and
Mike! We're the only people leaving with the same person we came with.
Chandler: That's not true. I came with Monica and I'm leaving with Weird Al.
Monica: Okay, I've had it with the hair jokes. Tomorrow morning, before we leave, I'm going to the salon.

I've had it with this job - I'm quitting.

260. for all one Said when one is uncertain or has limited details about something. I haven't talked to Marie in weeks, so, for all I know,
knows she's not even coming to the dinner party tonight. See also: all, know.

101
Ross: (knocks on door) Rach, you there? (Joey and Rachel both get up from the bed)
Joey: Oh my God, it's Ross. What are we gonna do?
Rachel: Oh, ju-ju-just stay calm. Just be calm. For all he knows we're just hanging out together. Right? Just be
nonchalant. (Joey like stands at attention with his chest forward and his hands on his sides, looking up at the ceiling
with his lips pouted.) That's not nonchalant!
261. nonchalant behaving in a calm manner, often in a way that suggests you are not interested or do not care:
adj
101
Ross: (knocks on door) Rach, you there? (Joey and Rachel both get up from the bed)
Joey: Oh my God, it's Ross. What are we gonna do?
Rachel: Oh, ju-ju-just stay calm. Just be calm. For all he knows we're just hanging out together. Right? Just be
nonchalant. (Joey like stands at attention with his chest forward and his hands on his sides, looking up at the ceiling
with his lips pouted.) That's not nonchalant!

a nonchalant manner/shrug
Synonymscarefreecareless (NO WORRY) literarycasualhappy-go-lucky
262. one thing 101
led to Rachel: (still searching) Oh, I know... I know it's been really hard for you.
another Ross: Anyway, one thing lead to another, and... oh... before you know it, we were kissing. I mean, how angry do you
think Joey is gonna be?
263. you'd think —used to say that one believes that something is true or should be true, that a particular situation exists or should
exist, that something will happen or shouldhappen, etc. You would think (that) the school would have dictionaries in
the classrooms.

101
Ross: You know, I gotta go find him. He's gotta be here someplace.
Rachel: You would think!
264. (lose) a feeling of embarrassment or worry that prevents you from saying or doing what you want:
inhibition
920
Joey: Hey, that's why I didn't invite you. you have to calm down, alright... go, go get yourself a drink or something...
Monica: Oh yeah that's what you want - my inhibitions lowered.

After a couple of drinks he lost his inhibition and started talking and laughing loudly.
She was determined to shed her inhibitions and have a good time.
265. to pry 1 [intransitive] to try to find out details about someone else's private life in an impolite way
I DON'T WANT TO PRY,BUT I need to ask you one or two questions.pry into reporters prying into the affairs of
celebrities

920
Charlie: Yes! And while that is everything one looks for in a boyfriend, he had a lot of issues...
Ross: (very interested) Oh! like what?! (Charlie looks at him confused, but smiling) Oh I'm sorry, I don't mean to pry...
it's just that this must be what regular people experience when they watch "Access Hollywood".
266. intermisssion a short period between the parts of a play, film, concert, etc.

920
Bitter lady: Well, I bet you are all thinkin' "Now would be a really great time for an intermission", huh?

[ U ] USa period between parts of a game when the players rest and peoplewatching can leave their seats:
The Sonics led by only two points at intermission.
267. disparage v to criticize someone or something in a way that shows you do not respect or value him, her, or it:
The actor's work for charity has recently been disparaged in the press as an attempt to get publicity.
Synonym
belittle
268. broad n woman

920
269. scalp the skin on the top of a person's head where hair usually grows:

101
Monica: What do you think?
Chandler: I think.... I think I can see your scalp.

a dry/oily/itchy scalp
Some tribes used to collect scalps to prove how many of the enemy they had killed in battle.
270. roam v to walk or travel without any real purpose or direction:

101
(Switch to Phoebe and Mike, who are kissing)
Phoebe: Uhm... You know, once we're in the air and the captain turns off the seatbelt sign... you feel free to roam
about my cabin...

[ I ] Our dog just likes to roam.

271. i can't think 101
of anything Ross: Hey, if there is ever, anything I can do for you...
Joey: I can't think of anything.
272. strap on (slang, vulgar)
a pair such as a pair of testicles
Verb. strap on a pair. To be brave; to show some courage, especially in a situation where one has so far failed to do so.

101
Mike: Oh, err... no, she's not here yet. You know, I think I'm just gonna take off and break up with her over the phone...
Phoebe: Yeah, you can't do that! Oh, come on Mike, strap on a pair.Why don't you just tell her that we got back together.
You know, women appreciate honesty. We also appreciate gentle spanking once in a while. Just F.Y.I.
273. purebred A purebred animal is one whose parents and ancestors all belong to the same breed:
adj
101
Mike: One more thing... There... might be a picture of Precious on my coffee table.
Phoebe: Her name is Precious? Is she a purebreed or did you pick her up at the pound?

...purebred Arab horses.

274. rattle a toy that makes a noise like a series of knocks:

101
Ross: (gasps) Hi... There she is. Hi Emma. Oh my God, I missed you. (kisses her) Oh Emma, I missed you so much. Hey...
Did you have a good time with grandma Green? Huh? Did she give you a bottle of anti-depressants again to use as a
rattle? (to Rachel)

The baby was waving around a plasticrattle.

275. untangle to remove the knots from an untidy mass of string, wire, etc. and separate the different threads
v
101
Chandler: If I untangle you, will you please get rid of the corn rose?
Monica: (looking disappointed) I guess so...
Chandler: (trying to untangle her) Some of these look a little frayed.
276. frayed with the threads at the edge coming loose:
adj frayed cuffs

101
Monica: (looking disappointed) I guess so...
Chandler: (trying to untangle her) Some of these look a little frayed.
277. gnaw v to bite or chew something repeatedly:
/nɑːw/
101
Chandler: If I untangle you, will you please get rid of the corn rose?
Monica: (looking disappointed) I guess so...
Chandler: (trying to untangle her) Some of these look a little frayed.
Monica: Yeah, I tried to gnaw myself free.

Babies like to gnaw hard objects when they're teething.

A dog lay under the table, gnawing on a bone.

2-
(FEEL WORRIED)
to make you feel worried or uncomfortable:
I've been gnawed by guilt about not replying to her letter yet.
The feeling that I've forgotten something has been gnawing at me all day.
278. to sag to drop down to a lower level in the middle:

During heavy load periods,

transmission circuits often become heavily loaded, causing the wires to
heat, expand, and consequently sag.

The shelf sagged under the weight of the heavy books.

a sagging roof/floor/bed
279. roost n,v a place, such as a branch of a tree, where birds rest or sleep
roost
verb [ I ] US /rust/
In the city, pigeons roost on the ledges of buildings.
280. Rocky Road If you are on a rocky road, you are experiencing a difficult period and have a lot of problems:
Analysts predict a rocky road ahead for the economy.
281. perspired or polite word for sweat (= to pass liquid through the skin):
He was perspiring in his thick woollen suit.
The journalists and camera crews began to perspire in the heat as they stood waiting for the president to appear.

CASSIE It's just my palms are so perspired.

282. it's store marriage Story :
bought It's... (long pause, as if trying to recall a line in a play) Pecan. CHARLIE Did you make it? CASSIE I don't know. No!
It's store bought. You know Joan's on Third?
283. undramatically Marriage story :
I want a... I don't know, I'm trying to say this as undramatically as possible. I want an ENTIRELY different kind of life.
284. retainer A retainer is a fee that you pay to someone in order to make sure that they will be available to do work for you if
you need them to:

Marriage Story :
Here's the fact Jack: I charge 950 dollars an hour, Ted is 400, so if you have a stupid question, call Ted. 52. Ted
smiles at Charlie. Charlie looks sick. JAY MAROTTA To start we'll need a twenty-five thousand dollar retainer--

I'll need a five-hundred-dollar retainer.

Liz was being paid a regular monthly retainer.
Synonyms: fee, advance, deposit, partial payment
285. to serve sb 9. VERB
(law) When the police or other officials serve someone with a legal order or serve an order on them, they give or send
the legal order to them.
[law]Immigration officers tried to serve her with a deportation order. [VERB noun + with] Police said they had been
unable to serve a summons on 25-year-old Lee Jones. [VERB noun + on] [Also VERB noun]Synonyms: deliver to,
give to, present with, hand over to More Synonyms of serve

Marriage Story :
JAY MAROTTA So you got married here, your kid was born here and she served you here? CHARLIE Yeah. But we
LIVED in New York. (pause) Why? Is there a problem?
286. to validate Marriage Story :
your ticket It happens all the time. If you have a ticket I can validate your parking.
(your parking)
287. bossy always telling other people what to do
288. prepare for Marriage Story :
sth but
hope for I'm in a hotel right now-- BERT Hotel doesn't look good. CHARLIE To who? BERT The court. CHARLIE You just said we
another weren't going to go to court. 79. BERT Of course, of course. We prepare to go to court hoping that we don't go to
court.
289. malpractice failure to act correctly or legally when doing your job, often causing injury or loss:

Marriage Story :
My lawyers wouldn't let me sign anything. CHARLIE It's not up to them. It's up to us. It's OUR divorce. NICOLE They
say I could later sue them for malpractice.

They are accused of medical/financial/electoral malpractice.

290. conflate v If you conflate two or more descriptions or ideas, or if they conflate, you combine them in order to produce a single
one.

Marriage Story :
CHARLIE I think you're conflating two different things. Mary Ann has nothing to do with LA. NICOLE I'm conflating,
mother****er. Watch me conflate!

[formal]
Her letters conflate past and present. [VERB noun]
Unfortunately the public conflated fiction with reality and made her into a saint. [VERB noun + with]
The two meanings conflated
291. self- only interested in yourself and your own activities
absorbed
adj Marriage Story :
What are you so angry about? NICOLE Ugh, my ****ing ex-husband. I spend so much time feeling guilty, but he's so
self-absorbed it's pointless. It's a game I'm playing with myself.
292. to set a Establish a usage, tradition, or standard to be followed in the future. For example, He set a precedent by having the
precedent chaplain lead the academic procession. The word precedent here signifies a previous instance or legal decision upon
which future instances are based, a usage dating from the early 1400s.

Marriage Story :
BERT And you're in a bind because you've shown that you're willing to fly out here and rent an apartment to see your
son-- CHARLIE You told me to do that! BERT I know that. CHARLIE And I'm doing that because I want to see my kid.
Not to set a precedent. BERT Yes, but unfortunately you are setting a precedent. And a judge may look at it that way
293. maddening making you angry:
adj
Marriage Story :
Well, the way this is going, we might have to go to court. BERT (CONT'D) 99. CHARLIE Are you aware how maddening
you sound?

She has a maddening habit of interrupting me when I'm talking to her.

294. at sb's because someone has asked or ordered you to do something:
behest/at
the behest Marriage Story :
of sb Over the next ten years she was subsequently offered parts in movies, TV shows, most of which she turned down at
Charlie's bequest to be a mother and to act in his plays

The budget proposal was adopted at the mayor's behest.

295. juice box

Juice box is offered with the kids meals

marriage story
296. slob If you call someone a slob, you mean that they are very lazy and untidy.

Marriage Story :
CHARLIE You're a slob. I made all the beds, closed all the cabinets, picked up after you like an infant--

[informal,disapproval]
My boyfriend used to call his brother a fat slob.
297. pick up after tidy up things left strewn around by (someone).
sb
Marriage Story :
CHARLIE You're a slob. I made all the beds, closed all the cabinets, picked up after you like an infant--
298. go by sth to base an opinion, decision, or judgment on something:

marriage story :
NICOLE You know, like if you're at a restaurant and you say, "Should we go by the glass or get a bottle?" EVALUATOR
(O.S.) You get a bottle. NICOLE Sometimes! Sometimes I go by the glass. You know, it depends...

What do you go by when you're deciding whether or not to employsomeone?

Going by what she said yesterday, I would say she's about to resign.
If past experience is anything to go by, he'll completely ignore oursuggestions and then change his mind at the last
minute.
299. wiped out informal
extremely tired:

marriage story :We were going to bring him to dinner, but he's wiped out. Do you want to take him?

After that five-mile run I was completely wiped out.

300. unwarranted not having a good reason and therefore annoying or unfair:
adj
the aluminum tariffs imposed by the US are unwarranted.

People need to be protected against such unwarranted intrusions into their private lives by journalists.
301. to levy (of a government or organization) to demand an amount of money, such as a tax, from a person or organization:
A new tax was levied on consumers of luxury goods.
The City Council can levy a fine of $250 for a first offence.
302. ebb and PHRASE
flow You can use ebb and flow to describe the way that something repeatedly increases and decreases or rises and falls.
...the ebb and flow of feeling and moods.
303. zip wire a long thick wire attached between two points, one higher than the other, that you can move along quickly while
hanging from a small wheel, as entertainment or as a way of travelling above and across something:
The elevated zip line will take guests on a 50-mph ride across the forest canopy.
I hit the end of the zipline and forgot to grab on to the end ropes quick enough.
304. pick up to relocate :
sticks
https://youtu.be/e9XNbz-CX5w
1:48
305. take sth in to deal with a problem or difficulty calmly and not to allow it to influence what you are doing:
stride When you become a politician, you soon learn to take criticism in stride.
306. brush up on C1
sth/ sth up to improve your knowledge of something already learned but partly forgotten:
I thought I'd brush up (on) my French before going to Paris.
307. to spectate to watch an activity, especially a sports event, without taking part
308. onlooker someone who watches something that is happening in a public place but is not involved in it:
A crowd of curious onlookers soon gathered to see what was happening.
309. janitorial adj relating to the job of being a janitor (= a person employed to look after a large building):
He does janitorial work at a hospital.
janitorial services/supplies
310. Dementia ...
311. muffled A muffled sound is quiet or not clear:
sound
Journalist speaking to Trump sounded muffled cause he was putting a mask.
https://youtu.be/x2U9EjZb8t0
0:28

I could hear muffled voices next door but couldn't make out any words.
The muffled roar of traffic could be heard in the distance.
312. toss-up n If you describe a situation as a toss-up, you mean that either of two possibilities is equally likely:

the fight was a toss-up between the two fighters.

It's a toss-up between Angela and Moira for the editor's job.
313. edge sb/sth ...
out
314. by all C1
accounts as said by most people:
By all accounts, San Francisco is a city that's easy to fall in love with.
315. drive a stick It means the car has a manual transmission, and the gears have to be changed using a clutch and a gear shifter (the
stick).
So driving a stick means driving a car with a manual transmission.
316. undaunted not intimidated or discouraged by difficulty, danger, or disappointment

still determined and enthusiastic, despite problems or no success:

Undaunted by the cold and the rain, people danced until 2 a.m.
The team remain undaunted, despite three defeats in a row.

Marriage Story :
NICOLE (V.O.) What I love about Charlie...
Charlie is undaunted. He never lets other people's opinions or any set-backs keep him from what he wants to do.
317. get it over complete an unpleasant or tedious but necessary task promptly
with
Marriage Story :
NICOLE (V.O.) Charlie eats like he's trying to
get it over with and like there won't be enough food for everyone.

"come on, let's get it over with"

318. (energy)- -conscious combines with words such as ' health', ' fashion', 'politically', and 'environmentally' to form adjectives
conscious adj which describe someone who believes that the aspect of life indicated is important.
We're all becoming increasingly health-conscious these days.

NICOLE (V.O.) He's energy conscious.

319. to darn (a hole to repair a hole or a piece of clothing with long stitches across the hole and other stitches across them:
in clothes)
marriage story :
NICOLE (V.O) He is very self-sufficient -- he can darn a sock and cook himself
dinner and iron a shirt.

She still darns the holes in her socks.

320. tantrum a sudden short period of angry, unreasonable behavior, especially in a child
321. safety net

1-
a net put below people performing at a great height to catch them if they fall

2-
a system to help those who have serious problems and no other form of help:
The welfare system was set up to provide a safety net for the poor.
322. indulge sb C2 [ I or T ]to allow yourself or another person to have something enjoyable, especially more than is good for
you:
The soccer fans indulged their patriotism, waving flags and singing songs.
I love champagne but I don't often indulge myself.
We took a deliberate decision to indulge in a little nostalgia.
323. come to have no significant or successful result in the end.
nothing
Marriage Story :
I made noises about wanting to move back to LA, but it came to nothing
324. put sb off 3 put somebody off to make someone wait because you do not want to meet them, pay them etc until later SYN stall
When he calls, put him off as long as you can.

Marriage Story :
We'd come here on holidays because he liked my family, but whenever I suggested we do a year or something, he'd
put me off
325. lifeline

a rope that is thrown to someone who is in the water, especially the sea, and is in danger

Marriage Story
and it
shot in LA and it paid so much and it was like there was a little life- line thrown to me "Here is a bit of earth that's
yours.
326. funnel sth to send something directly and intentionally:
No one knows who has been funnelling weapons to the terrorists.

Marriage Story :
BUT then he realized about the money and told me I could funnel it back into the theatre company.
327. not that I 00:06:25,126 --> 00:06:26,961
can see a laptop computer
58
00:06:27,045 --> 00:06:30,423
and then the silverware in here.
59
00:06:31,382 --> 00:06:32,509
Anything else?
60
00:06:33,551 --> 00:06:35,470
Not-Not that I can see.
328. furtive sneaky
329. push mower a machine used for cutting the grass on lawns
330. power cord

cable connecting the computer to the electrical supply; aids in delivering

electrical power to the main computer
331. Consignement a store that sells secondhand items (typically clothing and accessories) on behalf of the original owner, who
Shop receives a percentage of the selling price.

409
00:28:46,842 --> 00:28:48,969
- What are you talking about?
- I bought it.
410
00:28:49,052 --> 00:28:50,846
You bought it? From where?
411
00:28:50,929 --> 00:28:52,431
Killer Sills'.
412
00:28:52,514 --> 00:28:53,932
Ki... What is that?
413
00:28:54,015 --> 00:28:55,392
Consignment shop out the way.
332. club v to beat a person or an animal, usually repeatedly, with a heavy stickor object:

558
00:43:04,824 --> 00:43:06,492
What about me? Am I good?
559
00:43:07,243 --> 00:43:09,036
Yeah. Of course you are.
560
00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:10,830
I clubbed an old man.

He was clubbed over the head.

The alligators are then clubbed to death.
333. flunk v to fail an exam or course of study:

776
00:58:43,845 --> 00:58:48,850
Yeah, Christian got him that van
for his 16th if he got all B's.
777
00:58:49,351 --> 00:58:52,520
He flunked, but he got to keep it anyway.

I flunked my Biology exam.

Synonymsbombfail
334. short-handed (33) (adj.) not having as many workers or people who can help as you need

911
01:11:03,000 --> 01:11:04,251
You carry this one, okay?
912
01:11:07,630 --> 01:11:09,382
- Why?
- 'Cause we're shorthanded.
335. on you 911
01:11:03,000 --> 01:11:04,251
You carry this one, okay?
912
01:11:07,630 --> 01:11:09,382
- Why?
- 'Cause we're shorthanded.
913
01:11:09,465 --> 01:11:10,675
Which is on you.
336. sleep one off TO sleep all day to avoid a hangover
Man I was ****ed up last night so I gotta sleep one off
337. Cloak of Invisibility 923
Joey: All right, let's do it! 5 hour flight with Charlie, have a couple of drinks, get under that blanket and do
what comes naturally.
Ross: It's a blanket Joe, not a cloak of invisibility!
338. pasty adj /peisti/ (of someone's face or skin) very pale and unhealthy looking:

923
Joey: I know, there are gonna be some pasty folks by the pool tomorrow! (A woman goes towards them)

He's an unattractive man with long greasy hair and pasty skin.
339. honest mistKE 923
Phoebe: Oh, I should go, too. Oh, now... tomorrow do you guys wanna share a cab to the airport or should
Mike and I just meet you there.
(Everyone looks at her)
Phoebe: Mike?? Who's Mike?
David: Mike is your ex... uh... boyfriend!
Phoebe: That's right! Oh, yeah... Well, I've totally forgotten about im! AH! That's-That's... a blast from the past!
David: It's ok. Ho-honest mistake.
340. in time eventually;
You'll forget her in time (= in the future).

923
Phoebe: I'm sooo sorry!! I just... I keep thinking about Mike! I'm crazy about David, and we're having so much
fun together. Why-Why do I miss Mike? That's-that's gonna go away, right?
Monica: I guess, in time.
341. hung up on 923
something/someone David: (to Chandler) Well, Phoebe's still pretty hung up on that Mike, uh?
Chandler: I wouldn't read too much into it.
342. read too much into to believe that an action, remark, or situation has a particular importance or meaning, often when this is not
sth / read sth into true:
sth
923
David: (to Chandler) Well, Phoebe's still pretty hung up on that Mike, uh?
Chandler: I wouldn't read too much into it. (she called him Mike , her ex)
David: Still you know, a girl calls you by your ex-boyfriend's name, that-that's not a good thing, right?

Don't read too much into her leaving so suddenly - she probably just had a train to catch.
343. glad I can help 923
David: Why not? It's brilliant! (talking to an imaginary Mike) Goodbye Mike, we'll see you at the wedding,
fella! (pause) well, we probably won't invite you to the wedding... (to Chandler) Thank you, Chandler.
Sincerely.
Chandler: Well, you're welcome! Glad I could help.
344. thong 1-
thong noun [C] (UNDERWEAR)
a piece of underwear or the bottom part of a bikini with a very narrow part at the back that does not cover
the bottom
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

2-
thong noun [C] (SHOE)
US and Australian Englisha type of open shoe with a strap that goes between the big toe and the toenext to it

923
(Charlie comes out the bathroom)
Joey: Hey, hey! You said you're gonna wear a thong, where's the thong?
Charlie: (laughing) I didn't mean a thong... I meant thongs...
345. hit the beach 923
Charlie: So you'll be ok?
Joey: Yeah, yeah. I've got tons of stuff I could do. I'm gonna hit the beach, go swimming...
346. glee happiness, excitement, or pleasure:

923
Chandler: (smiling cheekily) I do! Want a hint? huh? "I do" (Monica looks confused, so Chandler repeats) "I
do".
Monica: Ok, I'm sensing that this is some kind of word play, because you are pink with barely controlled glee.

She opened her presents with glee.

347. just so I know 923
Monica: Chandler, we have talked about this. You are not supposed to give people advice! Now couldn't you
just have made some sort of inappropriate joke?
Chandler: I did! A penis one! Look, just so I know, what was so wrong about what I said?
348. lust after sb to feel sexual desire for someone you are not having a sexual relationship with:

923
Rachel: Ooh! You guys are so lucky you are here with people, you known it's such a romantic place. That's all,
I just wish I could (looks at Joey who is at the check in desk) share that with a guy.
Phoebe: Not Joey.
Rachel: Not Joey, no, I was just lusting after Chandler.

She's been lusting after Dave for months.

349. monsoon the season of heavy rain during the summer in hot Asian countries:

923
Rachel: (looking out the window) What's with the rain, Geller? I mean, when I signed up for Dino Week, nobody
said anything about it being monsoon season.
Charlie: Actually the wet season is June to December.
Rachel: It's not the time Charlie.

The failure of the monsoon would destroy harvests on which a billionpeople rely.
350. outbid bid higher than others :
to offer a higher price than someone else, especially at an auction

923
Chandler: (at the laptop) Oh, no, no, no dear God, no!
Joey: Oh what, did someone outbid you for the teapot? (Chandler looks annoyed at him and Joey leans in to
him) Oh! Secret teapot?
351. meddler a person who tries to change or have an influence on things that are not their responsibility:

923
Monica: Phoebe is going to say "Yes" to David. See, that's what happens when you meddle in people's lives!
Chandler: Phoebe is going to say "yes"? That's, that's great!
Monica: No it's not, b'cause she's still in love with Mike!
Chandler: And there's not chance that will work?
Monica: No, I called him. It's not gonna happen.
Chandler: (pointing at her) Oooooooh! Meddler! Meddler!

Critics of the war are hypocritical meddlers.

He is a troublemaker, an unwelcome meddler.
352. (knew) all along informal
all the time from the beginning while something was happening :

923
Ross: My wife had a workout friend she went to the gym with everyday for a year. She didn't get any fitter.
Charlie: Right and then everybody finds out and they're like: "Oh, I knew all along"

• It was something he knew all along.

Chapman had known all along that the plan wouldn't work.
We had to admit that Dad had been right all along.
353. make the best of 923
a sth bad Ross: And then, you try to make the best of a bad situation, so you float the idea of a threesome?
Charlie: I didn't do that.
354. spit it out an informal way of telling someone to say something they are unwilling to say :

923
Monica: Oh my God, he's gonna do it now. Please, I cannot watch this, let's go.
Chandler: I think we have some time. Have you ever heard him talk? (doing David) "Uh, Phoebe, uh, I would be
honoured, uh..." Spit it out, David!
355. just so I know 923
Phoebe: I love you. But I never needed a proposal from you. I just needed to know that we were headed
somewhere, you know, that we had a future.
Mike: We can have any future you want.
(they hold their hands, gazing at each other)
David: Ok, I'm gonna take off.
Phoebe: David, I'm so sorry, I'm sorry.
David: Just so I know, if I had asked first...
Phoebe: Yeah, I might have said yes, but that would have been wrong.
356. of the top of my 920
head
357. windbag ...
358. more trouble than informal (also not worth the trouble)
it's worth
If something is more trouble than it's worth or is not worth the trouble, it is not important or useful enough to
make an effort doing it:
It's more trouble than it's worth to take it back to the shop and ask for a replacement.
It's not worth the trouble of applying for that job. You have no chance of getting it.
359. Line up with To be in agreement or accordance with something; to concur with or corroborate some piece of information.
something Her testimony lines up with the defendant's alibi. That's right, sir, Tom's estimates line up perfectly with my own
calculations. 5.
360. to mouth (a word) to move the lips as if speaking a word:
(along with sb (a I mouthed a single word, "Please."
singer))
923
Ross: Yeah?
Charlie: You blew them away!
Ross: Oh, I can't tell you how great it was to look at the crowd and see your face! I mean... uh, did you know
you were (giggles) mouthing the words along with me?
361. a snorkel a tube that lets you breathe while swimming under water by keep in gone end in the mouth while the other
snorkling ends sticks up above the surface of the water
snorkeling

923
(Joey is sitting in an armchair and wearing a diving mask. He pulls out a grape from a bunch of fake grapes on
the coffee table, puts it on the snorkel's breathing tube and blows it out, then giggles to himself)
Charlie: (walking in) Hey! There you are!
Joey: Hey! (stands up) As soon as it stops raining we have got to go snorkeling! Some kid told me about the
sea turtle and, if you blow bubbles in its face, it chases ya! (smiles ecstatic)

noun [ U ] US /ˈsnɔr·kə·lɪŋ/
We went snorkeling off the coast of Key West.
362. have a lot on your to have a lot of work to do or a lot of problems to deal with :
plate
923
Ross: Ooh, well. Ah, I kinda have got a lot on my plate right now, not that I wouldn't love a weekend in the
country with a strange man. (Mr. Oberblau giggles)
363. shindig informal
a noisy event or situation, especially a large, energetic party, celebration, etc.:
They're going to their neighbours' for a shindig.
364. grisly adj extremely unpleasant, especially because death or blood is involved:
The 55-year-old Canadian had suffered a grisly death.
a grisly murder
Synonyms
365. blister n

tnbila AR
C2
a painful swelling on the skin that contains liquid, caused usually by continuous rubbing, especially on your foot, or by
burning:

New shoes always give me blisters.

366. on your I think it may be an issue on your end :) sorry!
end
367. the coast there is no one around in a place, so no one will see you or catch you
is clear
used to mean that someone can go somewhere or do something without being caught or seen because no one is in the
areaOK, the coast is clear—you can come out now!
368. love it to love the place your talking about
here
369. honest the defense that the offender truthfully did not know that a criminal wrong was committed :
mistake
919
Joey: Yeah, that was a disappointment...(pause) Oh, hey!D'you want to come down to the set and tell me if I'm doing ok?
Rachel: (excited) Are you serious?
Joey: Yeah!Hey, you just have to promise not to get yourself thrown out again.
Rachel: Hey, that was an honest mistake!
370. in good A person or organization in good standing is regarded as having complied with all their explicit obligations, while not
standing being subject to any form of sanction, suspension or disciplinary censure.

919
Monica: Tell them I'm a chef in a big New York restaurant!
Phoebe: And tell them that in 2 weeks I will once again be a masseuse in good standing!
371. live on o have a life with many dangers and risks, especially because you like to behave in an extreme and unusual way
the edge Despite the apparent respectability, he was a man who liked to live on the edge.

919
Ross: Oh, don't worry about it! Just use your travel insurance.
Chandler: I don't have travel insurance.
Ross: Well, this is what happens when people live on the edge!
372. mood killer Someone who can ruin your mood extremely quickly without attempting too. They just have a certain style or
attribute that kills moods.
Omg, that guy Teji is such a mood killer. Like i was going to ask this girl to the dance, he randomly came in and
asked for a condom.

919
3rd Customer: The musician right outside the restaurant...it's kind of a mood-killer!
373. wound up adj / Anxious, worried and excited :
waʊnd ˈʌp / She gets pretty wound up before a game.

919
Receptionist: Welcome to the Chestnut Inn Mr. Bing, so where are you joining from?
Chandler: New York.
Ross: (in a strange voice and eating candies) The big apple!
Chandler: I'm sorry, he's a little bit wound up, we had to stop at every maple candy stand on the way here.
374. load up on sth to gather or buy a large amount of something:

919
Ross: Dude, don't worry 'bout it! I know how we can make your money back! This is a nice hotel, you know, plenty
of amenities, we just load up on those! Like those apples. Instead of taking one, I'm... I take six!

The tourists started loading up on perfume and cosmetics.

375. toileteries objects and substances that you use in washing yourself and preventing the body from smelling unpleasant:

919
Ross: (on the phone) Hi, this is Ross Geller in suite 206. It seems you forgot a couple of things. Could you have
some complimentary toiletries sent up to my room?

Inside the bag were shampoo and other toiletries.

376. salt shaker 919
Chandler: I also got this great salt and pepper shaker from the restaurant.
377. think sth 919
through I wish I'd thought this through

to carefully consider the possible results of doing something:

I need some time to think it through - I don't want to make any suddendecisions.
378. upscale adj Upscale goods and products are of very high quality and intended to be bought by people who are quite rich:

919
Monica: Oh...Phoebe? Maybe I wasn't clear before. I really love listening to your music here, but my restaurant is
sort of an upscale place.

an upscale brand name

The old hotel has gone upscale in recent years.
379. bop v (along a If you bop, you dance.
song)
919
Monica: Ok, so that's what we're doing. You know, when I'm in the coffee house bopping along to one of your
songs, I'm wearing ear plugs.
Phoebe: Ear plugs, or cloves of garlic?

He was bopping around, snapping his fingers. [VERB adverb/preposition]

Guests bopped and jigged the night away to the disco beat. [VERB]
380. (garlic) clove

Dirs Touma AR
a small separate part of a bulb of garlic(= a plant used in cooking):

919
Monica: Ok, so that's what we're doing. You know, when I'm in the coffee house bopping along to one of your
songs, I'm wearing ear plugs.
Phoebe: Ear plugs, or cloves of garlic?

This recipe takes four cloves of garlic.

381. incessant adj never stopping, going on all the time :

919
Phoebe: Ok, well, alright, who thinks the food is fine, the music was fine, but your evening was ruined by this
incessant poll taking? (all raise their hands).
382. stick around v informal

to stay somewhere for a period of time:

919
Monica: ooohh... hey! Wanna stick around and I'll whip you up some dinner?

You go - I'll stick around here a bitlonger.

383. whip up (food) informalto make food or a meal very quickly and easily:

919
Monica: ooohh... hey! Wanna stick around and I'll whip you up some dinner?

I have just enough time to whip up an omelette.

384. my least ~ color, animal, job , etc.
favorite (sth)
922
Charlie: (to Joey) So, I have to go shopping today, which is my least favourite thing, I'm soo bad at picking out
clothes!
385. you have 922
better things Joey: Maybe you could take Charlie shopping.
to do Rachel: Oh, well...
Charlie: I'm sure you have better things to do.
386. be hung up informal
on sth to be thinking or worrying too much about someone or something

922
Joey: What's the matter, Pheebs?
Phoebe: Oh... Mike's sister just invited me to a party tonight, he's gonna be there. And she was like "Oh, don't worry! I
asked him. He's totally ok with seeing you!". So now I have to go so he'll think that I'm totally ok with seeing him!
Rachel: Which you're not, because you've totally hung up on him!

Why are you so hung up on getting everything right?

387. go/get places If you say that someone is going places, you mean that they are showing a lot of talent or ability and are likely to
become very successful:

922
Chandler: Oh, I can't believe my sperm have low motility because, let me tell you, when I was growing up they sure
seem to be in a hurry to get places!!

You always knew Barbara was going places; she was different.
388. tune (sb/sth) to ignore or stop listening to someone or something A bored child may simply tune out.tune somebody/something
out ↔ out
I learned to tune out the background noise.

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Doctor Connelly: Above all, even though your chances of conceiving through natural means aren't great, you never
know! So, keep having sex on a regular basis.
Chandler: Oh, DAMN IT!
(Dr. Connelly glares at Chandler)
Monica: Don't worry, after a while he'll tune it out.
389. dazzle sb 1-
C2 [ T ]If light dazzles you, it makes you unable to see for a short time:
I was dazzled by the sunlight.

2-
C2 [ T usually passive ]If you are dazzled by someone or something, you think they are extremely good and
exciting:

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Charlie: He's a pretty tough guy to impress.
Ross: Yeah, well... I think I know how to dazzle him.

I was dazzled by his charm and good looks.

390. how did go 922
with Joey: All right, so. How did it go at the fertility clinic?
391. vibes the good or bad feelings that a particular person, place, or situation seems to produce and that you react to good/bad
etc vibes

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Phoebe: So what were you doing out there, do you not like Charlie?
Rachel: She's ok, I just don't get a really good vibe from her!

I seem to've had bad vibes about you lately.

I have good vibes about this contract.
392. to to walk somewhere quickly and confidently, often in a way that annoys other people:
waltz
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Rachel: She's ok, I just don't get a really good vibe from her!
Phoebe: Why?
Rachel: I don't know, you know, just the way she waltzed in here all smart, and tall! You know, and just swept Joey off his
feet... I mean, nobody else has a chance!

You can't just waltz into my bedroom without knocking - it's private!
My idiot husband has gone and waltzed off with my car keys and left me without any way to get to work!
393. beet ‫اﻟﺷﻣﻧدر‬
a plant with a thick root, often fed to animals or used to make sugar

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Rachel: Ok, great, because I gotta get out of here, the smell of beets is killing me!
394. way to way to go
go Congratulations- good job!

I heard you girls won the contest. Way to go!

Way to go, John - you broke the chair!
395. coaster

a small piece of wood, plastic, or other material that you put a glass or cup on to protect a surface from heat or liquid

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Chandler: (bringing the beer to Zack) Zack!
Zack: Thanks! Do you have a coaster? I don't wanna make a ring.
396. to say sth to C2
sb's face If you say something unpleasant to someone's face, you say it to them directly, when you are together:

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Phoebe: (goes back in) I'm Rachel. It's so annoying when I put Emma on the phone to talk with my friends.
Rachel: (comes out again) What!?
Phoebe: (comes out too) Well, some things are just hard to say to your face.

If you've got something to say, say it to my face.

397. nymphomaniac a woman who likes to have sex very often, especially with a lot of different people
nympho
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Charlie: It's just that... I don't understand it... I mean, Phoebe likes Joey and then she comes here to buy a dress to
impress another guy...?
Rachel: Yeah! That's Phoebe. That's Phoebe. You know, she just wants them all! It's like she's a nympho!
398. stick up for sb support and defend sb if they are criticized :

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Rachel: Yeah! That's Phoebe. That's Phoebe. You know, she just wants them all! It's like she's a nympho!
Charlie: Wow!
Rachel: Yeah...
Charlie: You know, by the way. I heard you tell her not to do anything. Thanks for sticking up for me. You are such
a nice person.
399. lose face if you lose face, you do something which makes you seem weak, stupid etc, and which makes people respect you
less :

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(Phoebe walks in wearing a fancy, revealing dress, and stands before Joey)
Joey: (impressed) Wow! You look... (drops the cookie)... stop-eating hot! Which is like the highest level of hotness!
Phoebe: Are you sure? Because I'm really dreading going to this party.
Joey: Then don't go!
Phoebe: Mike knows I'm coming, and if I don't show up he'll think it's because of him! And I don't want to lose face!
That's a very serious thing in my culture.

922
David: Ah well, I-I'm seeing someone.
Phoebe: (disappointed) Oh, good for you.
David: She's also a scientist, so she's very smart and pretty and... well, it's actually because of you, really, that we're
together, I mean, I saw what you had with that Mike guy, and I just said "Boy, I want that".
Phoebe: Mike and I broke up.
David: You're kidding me. Because I'm not seeing anybody, I've just totally made that up.
Phoebe: Really?
David: Yeah, I don't know why, I'm sorry, I guess I just didn't want to lose face.

He doesn't want to back down (=accept defeat in an argument) and risk losing face.
400. upwind adv/adj 1-adverb
in the opposite direction to that in which the wind is blowing; against the wind.
"you learn how to sail upwind"

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David: Do you smell beets?
Phoebe: Oh, got it, stay upwind of me.

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adjective
situated or moving in the opposite direction to that in which the wind is blowing.
"team NZ was comfortably ahead at half way on the upwind leg"
401. downwind in the direction in which the wind blows; with the wind behind:
The smoke drifted downwind.
They live downwind of a pig-farm and sometimes the smell is awful.