tailieunhanh - NTC's Pocket Dictionary of Words and Phrases part 8

NTC's Pocket Dictionary of Words and Phrases part 8. The small but very concise NTC's Pocket Dictionary of Words and Phrases offers 6,000 basic and common English words plus 6,000 basic and common English idioms and phrases. You will find this portable title essential in the classroom, at home, or traveling, when you need help to recall word and phrase meanings. | be on something be on something 1. to be resting on something. 2. to be taking medication. 3. taking an illegal drug or controlled substance and acting strangely. be on the safe side and be safe to be safe to be cautious to do something just in case it is necessary to be very well prepared. be onto someone to have figured out what someone is doing to have figured out that someone is being dishonest. be onto something to have found something useful or promising to be on the verge of discovering something. be out in the open 1. to be visible in an open space to be exposed in an open area. 2. for something to be public knowledge. be out of something 1. to be gone to have left someplace to be absent from a place. 2. to have no more of something. be out on strike Go to be out on strike . be out on strike and be out on strike to be away from one s job in a strike or protest. be poles apart to be very different to be far from coming to an agreement. These poles are the extreme points like the North Pole and the South Pole of the earth. be putty in someone s hands for someone to be easily influenced by someone else excessively willing to do what someone else wishes. be racked with pain suffering from severe pain. be safe Go to be on the safe side. be swimming in something to be engulfed by an excess of something as if it were a flood. be the death of one yet these kinds of problems will be one s ruin death or downfall. be the death of someone or something to be the end of someone or something. be the teacher s pet to be the teacher s favorite student. To be treated like a pet such as a cat or a dog. be through with someone or something to be finished with someone or something. be up for something 1. for someone to be mentally ready for something. 2. for something to be available for something such as auction sale etc. be used to doing something . jus t@. to be accustomed to doing something to be comfortable with doing something because it is familiar. be used to someone or