6. Module - NCE

Walk off with

Thieves walked off with two million dollars' worth of jewelry.

Tip over

Be careful! If you do that again, you'll tip the chair over.

Sort out

I'm sorry but it's a real mess here. I'll try to sort things out and call you back later.

Pull over

The police signaled him too pull over.

Pull in

His Tv show was pulling in huge audiences.

Pop up

• I Hadn't seen her for ages but she eventually popped up in Munich.
• It was really strange setting her again after all that time.

Move out

They're not happy sharing a flat, so one of them will have to move out.

Move on (to)

I think that's all we can do for the moment. Let's have a break before we move on to the next item on the agenda.

Look into

Police are looking into the disappearance of two young girls.

Go through

Dave went through his pockets for the keys but he couldn't find them.

Get away with

I don't know how the company manages to get away with paying clerical staff such low wages.

Drop off

She usually drops the children off at school on her way to work.

Count for

I don't think that first impressions count for something, don't you?

Come up with

Is that the best idea you can come up with?

Bring out

The herbs really bring out the flavour of the meat.

Try your hand at sg

You ought to try your hand at portrait painting.

Break even

The firm should reach break even point by the end of the year.

Dream your life away

She would just sit in her chair, dreaming her life away.

(be in/go into) freefall

Since the president resigned, the economy has been in freefall.

Get in touch with sb

Friendsinc. is a great way to get in touch with old school friends via the internet.

(be) in the red

These car payments have put me in the red again.

Make headlines

The break-up of their marriage made headlines last year.

(be) over the moon

She's absolutely over the moon about her new job.

Score a hat-trick

Saunders scored a hat-trick in United's last game.

Shower sb with sg

Childless herself, she'd shower my kids with toys.

Take on board

The authorities refuse to take any of our suggestions on board.

Strike it rich/lucky

With her last book, she really struck it rich. Also strike it lucky.

Tight-fisted

Jim's too tight-fisted to give money to charity.

Go bust

Dad lost his job when the firm went bust.

In the hot seat

The minister was in the hot seat at today's news conference.

Your take on sg.

What's your take on awarding compensation?

Would-be

A would-be actor/contestant

Unfair dismissal

He sued his former employers for unfair dismissal.

Sole beneficiary

He was the sole beneficiary of his father's will.

Prenuptial agreement

Many Hollywood actors make prenuptial agreements before they got married.

Plead with

Rob pleaded with Ann to come home.

• Make a key/major breakthrough
• Scientists have made a key breakthrough in the treatment of cancer.

Launch in a crackdown (on)

The police have l launched a major crackdown on drunk driving.

Jostle for position

The photographers were jostling for position as the stars arrived.

• Have a good grasp of
• You have a good grasp of English.

Good luck to him/her!

If she wants to enter competition, good luck to her I'm not interested.

Go into decline

During the 1920s, the city went into decline.

Entitled to

Mothers were entitled to a maternity allowance of £25 a week.

Claim back your expenses

Don't forget to claim back your expenses when you get back to the office.

Award damages

He was awarded damages of £15000.

And so on and so forth

She was telling me about her illnesses, her operations and so on and so forth.

minted coin

What were first minted in ancient Lydia about 2600 years ago?

Broke

An English backpacker, who was so broke that he slept on a friend's floor.

worthless

pricey

bust

A company goes 'bust' when it cannot continue because it has no more money.

shattered

subsidy

breaks even

It doesn't make a profit.

bribe

is in the red

ransom

flashy

tight-fisted

stingy

miserly

pull in

contestant

lavish

...and the formats for the show more lavish and imaginative.

lifelines

...with the contestant in the hot seat having three lifelines if they're stuck.

take away

...where the computer takes away two wrong answers...

equally simple

The big prize money that attracted viewers to the show founded by an equally simple idea.

would-be

...would-be contestants paid a small charge to call telephone hotlines to enter their names for the show.

ingenious

This ingenious formula proved so successful that...

confess

Unfortunately, the show's producers were more suspicious and Lertlak later confessed to noticing the highlights around the correct answer.

expire

Paddy Spooner, who has only a week left in Australia before his visa expires...

struck

convict

stunned

look on

flip coin

midair

klaxon

ingenuity

struck it rich

pop up

rookie

novel way

doggedness

outline

budding

law-abiding

In Japan, a country which has long been famous for its peaceful, law-abiding citizens, one robber burst into a shop and demanded money.

lid

tug

sue

scalding

entitled to

What was stella entitled to, if anything, in your opinion?

institution

If so, what kind of institutions tend to be sued?

damages

The judge awarded him damages.

booth

He claimed that the ticket booth was too small for him to work in comfortably.

oil tycoon

She was working as a dancer when she met an elderly Texas oil tycoon.

prenuptial agreement

She didn't have a prenuptial agreement her late husband.

contested

This claim was contestedby the man's son, who said he was the sole beneficiary of his father's will.

sole beneficiary

This claim was contestedby the man's son, who said he was the sole beneficiary of his father's will.

expenditure

Overall, there has been a decrease in expenditure on entertainment, whereas spending on lotteries and football pools has increased.

admission

The biggest increase was on cinema admissions, which more than trebbled from $2 to 4.25.

treble

The biggest increase was on cinema admissions, which more than trebbled from $2 to 4.25.

soar

The number of people taking their cars to work has soared recent years.

plummet

Numbers using the railways have plummeted.

proportion

...and similar proportion was spent on leisure services.

transport fares

The public transport fares for young people are subsidised by the government.

subsidised

The public transport fares for young people are subsidised by the government.

conversely

Controversely, boys spent one and half times more than girls on leisure goods and services.

Imprecisely

Expressing quantities imprecisely.

A dash of

I would like a black coffee with just a dash of milk.

Vast number of

A vast number of people in this country still do not have access to the internet.

• A great deal
• The council has spent a great deal of time looking our latest offer.

Greedy

I can't believe anyone can be so greedy! He ate an enormous portion of potatoes, and still had dessert!

Fundraiser

Bulk

In the US will give away the bulk of their personal fortunes for fear of spoiling their children.

Restrict to

Of course, affluenza is not restricted to the US-rich people are everywhere.

Precautions

Endemic as affluenza may well be, it is nothing compared with the behaviour of the super-wealthy as they take precautions against the condition affecting their offspring.

Duty

Addles

Money addles the brain.

Brat

Hollywood brats

• Content to
• When parents are content to show their love posthumously.

Demise

There is a valuable lesson to be learnt from his demise.

Enterpreneur

The new rich were enterpreneurs.