MLU3rd U1

tending to do things very quickly, without thinking carefully first, or showing this quality [= impulsive]

if an unpleasant feeling or problem festers, it gets worse because it has not been dealt with

to suddenly give someone a lot of work, problems etc to deal with

to look quickly at something, or to look at something from behind something else, especially something that you are not supposed to see [↪ peep]

to tell someone officially that something they have done is very wrong

to throw or put something somewhere with a careless movement and some force [= chuck]

happening or done quickly and immediately

• 1. very distant
• 2. spread out over a very large area

To speak to someone in private.

• have a word in someone's ear
• have a word in your shell-like

• informal to try to persuade someone to do business with you, buy something etc
• pitch for business/contracts/custom etc
• Booksellers are keen to pitch for school business.
• pitch to
• For many companies, pitching to investors has become almost a full-time job.
• sales reps pitching new gadgets

• (idiomatic) To furnish someone with sufficient relevant information and include them in the decision-making process.
• antonym:
• keep someone in the dark

(idiomatic) Directly from the source; firsthand.

If two or more people are at cross purposes, they do not understand each other because they are talking about different subjects without realizing this

If someone has got the wrong end of the stick, they have misunderstood what someone has said to them.

in a quiet voice so that no one can hear you

behaving in a confident way, so that people notice you

the stock market is said to be bearish when prices are expected to fall, and people sel la lot of shares as a result

to talk a lot without making any clear or important points

a failure

if there is a scarcity ofsomething, there is not enough of it