I’m still on

the fence
I haven’t made
a decision
I’d feel like a
fish out of
water
 everything’s
seems unfamiliar
to me
You’re pulling
my leg
you’re only
kidding
 It was a
losing battle
 It’s probably
best to give up
 It’s bad
enough that…
 It's pretty
terrible that…
How do you
like that…
 What a
surprise
 Apparently universities has
to offer classes in English in
order to continue attracting
students from abroad, I
guess money talks
 He hired the best
lawyers and won the
case, money talks.( con
la plata baila el mono)
We need to agree about
what the problems are
if we expect to bring
about changes
Make something
happen/to cause
to occur or exist
It’s time the president
carried out her
promise to vaccinate
all school age children
 archive or
accomplish a
plan or project
More than a million
people have come
down with the virus
become sick with
a particular
illness
Municipal governments
need to come up with a
new approach to
reduce homelessness
Municipal governments
must adopt new
approach to reduce
homelessness
 No one should
have to go without
clean drinking
water
 live without
something you
need
The company recently
announced they were
laying off two hundred
employees
end the employment
of workers due to
economic conditions
For many years people
in small villages have
put up with inadequate
roads
 accept a bad
situation/ tolerate
If we’re not careful, we’ll
run out of oil before
alternative energy
sources have been
found
 use up all of
something and not
have any more of it
Before, few people could
read or write in this
country, but now
illiteracy has been nearly
wiped out
 end or destroy
something completely
so it no longer exists
 But on the
bright side…
 But the
upside…
 The good
outweighs the
bad
 there is more good in
something or someone
or a situation than bad.
It just goes to
show you…
Evidently /
clearly …
Well, that’s
another
story…
I’m not going to
talk about in
detail
 You’d think
someone could do
something to stop
it
used when talking about
something that you think
should happen but has
not happened
 I do a lot of business
travel and it’s amazing
how you run into so
many foreign things
How you
realize
 Recently I came
across the Japanese
clothing chain
UNIQLO in New York
 meet or find
someone or
something by chance
 You can count
on being able to
find a restaurant
rely on someone
or something
People can take up
tai chi from China
or capoeira form
Brazil
deal with/to enter
a profession,
business, sport
I’ve been trying to
talk them into
doing other things
I've been trying to
convince them to
do other things.
 Try some new
product out at the
electronics store
test something new or
different to see
whether it is suitable or
pleasing
he decided to
try out and
made the team
compete or audition
for a post or a place
on a team.
Many companies have
developed marketing
campaigns that go
after them exclusively
 marketing campaigns
targeted exclusively to
them (pursue someone
or something)
 Young people are
picking up values
form foreign media
 Young people are
getting values from
the foreign media
 The president is
determined to figure out
how to increase trade
with other countries
 The president is
determined to find
ways to increase trade
with other countries
 Clerks were
hanging out free
cups of Colombia
coffee
Employees distributed
free cups of coffee
from Colombia
I picked up a little
French when I
visited my uncle
 I learned a little
French when I
visited my uncle.
It would catch
on with local
shoppers
 It would become
popular with local
customers
 A lot of families
have been putting
on large purchases
Many families have been
spending a lot of money
(spread a substance on
something)
We should
check it out
We should
prove it
Manufacturers of
luxury products
cater to wealthier
consumers
 Luxury product
manufacturers are
focusing on the most
expensive consumers
 We depend more
than ever on each
other to thrive
prosper
He felt like he
was in heaven
he felt
great
 He found
some things
disorienting
 he felt
confused
She says there is
a light at the end
of the tunnel
Things will
get better
He got his feet
back on the
ground
 he stopped
feeling confused
Culture
shock
 feelings of anxiety and
confusion than people have
when they visit a foreign
country and experience a new
culture for the first time.
When he says that
she knows about
culture shock
firsthand
 from the original
source or personal
experience
Investment
 money put into a
company to encourage
growth and make a
profit
Outsource
use other countries’
services rather than
one’s own