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English Idioms :: an arm and a leg
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anrial.html - {v. phr.} To be extremely expensive. * /My new house has cost us an arm and a leg and we're almost broke./ |
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English Idioms :: anchor
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anrial.html - See: AT ANCHOR. |
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English Idioms :: and all
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anrial.html - {informal} And whatever goes with it; and all that means. * /We don't go out much nowadays, with the new baby and all./ * /Jack's employer provided the tools and all./ |
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English Idioms :: and how!
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anrial.html - {interj.}, {informal} Yes, that is certainly right! - Used for emphatic agreement. * /"Did you see the game?" "And how!"/ * /"Isn't Mary pretty?" "And how she is!"/ Syn.: YOU BET, YOU SAID IT. Compare:: BUT GOOD. |
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English Idioms :: and so on
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anrial.html - And more of the same kind; and further amounts or things like the ones already mentioned. * /The costumes were red, pink, blue, purple, yellow, and so forth./ Compare: WHAT HAVE YOU. |
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English Idioms :: and the like
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anrial.html - {n. phr.} Things of a similar nature. * /I like McDonald's, Wendy's, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and the like./ * /When I go out to the beach flake towels, a mat, suntan lotion, and the like./ |
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