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Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Idioms D

deal with = manage a problem; take care of a situation.
In business, sometimes it's very difficult to deal with the pressure of a deadline.

*deadline = the date or time when something must be finished.
Life is very difficult sometimes. You just have to deal with it!

do (food) = have food (usually lunch) and meet to discuss something important.
They do lunch every Friday.

do in = to kill or be killed
Although he tried to fight them off, the man was done in by his captors.

do over = do something again; repeat.
George got really angry when he forgot to save his work on his computer and then had to do it over.

draw attention to = to have other people look at something or someone
He enjoys drawing attention to himself by showing everyone how good he is at rollerblading.

drive (someone) crazy = to cause problems; to make someone angry or mad.
Her husband drives her crazy when he reads the morning newspaper and doesn't talk to her.
due to - because of; for this reason
We have to take a different highway every day due to the collapse of the bridge.

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