A–Z Word List

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A

Above your pay grade, out of your league It doesn't add up I'm all ears Ambiguous, borderline, equivocal, gray area, iffy, in-between, noncommittal, on the fence, vague, unclear Appointment vs. Reservation Arm's length As far as Assume vs. Presume At the end vs. In the end At stake Atmosphere, mood, vibe At all Awkward

B

Baffle, Bewilder, Dumbfounded Band-aid Solution vs. Stopgap Base, basis, ground, reason, evidence Bear with me Believe vs. Believe in Belong I've been better Better off Borderline, ambiguous, equivocal, gray area, iffy, in-between, noncommittal, on the fence, vague, unclear I was not born yesterday Bottoms up, hit rock bottom, bottom out, get to the bottom of, the bottom line, from the bottom of my heart It's a bummer I don't want to be a burden I don't buy it

C

Call (It's your call) Call it a night Care for Care to Carry Catch (What's the catch?) Catchy Chicken out, play chicken Civil, civilization, civilize, civility, civic, civilian Click Clock 관련 표현: around the clock, on/off the clock, against/beat/race the clock, the clock is ticking, like clockwork, clock in/out, set the clock back/forward Come across Come again? Come around Come by I have a prior commitment Compliment vs. Complement Compromise Compulsive vs. Impulsive Condescending vs. Presumptuous Conceive Condemn vs. Condone Connecting the dots Conscious vs. Subconscious vs. Unconscious Consist (of, in, with) Correspond, correspondence, correspondent, corresponding(ly) Contain Count on Cover the bases Creepy, eerie, spooky Cross the line Cut it out, knock it off, stop it, quit it, that's enough, could you stop that?

D

Dark horse, in the dark, dark period, a shot in the dark, dark side, go dark, after dark, before dark Defect, flaw, imperfection Desert, refuse, lead, present Discretion, Discreet, Discrete Discretion, Latitude, Leeway, Wiggle room Doubt vs. Suspect Down 동사 Downside, drawback Dual vs. duel Dumbfounded, Baffle, Bewilder

E

Ease Edge, edgy Eerie, creepy, spooky Elaborate Elephant in the room Empathetic vs. Sympathetic That's enough, cut it out, knock it off, stop it, quit it, could you stop that? Equivocal, ambiguous, borderline, gray area, iffy, in-between, noncommittal, on the fence, vague, unclear Evade vs. Invade Evidence, base, basis, ground, reason Exhaust

F

Facilitate Fair enough Far-fetched vs. Stretch Figure out, I figured, That figures, Go figure Final say vs. Last word vs. Last words For a fact For good vs. Once and for all Flatter Flaw, defect, imperfection Flicker Foreign Forthcoming Fuss

G

Get over vs. Get over with Give or take Give up vs. Give in Give someone the benefit of the doubt Given, Provided that Go south Go to great lengths Got you Grate Gray area, ambiguous, borderline, equivocal, iffy, in-between, noncommittal, on the fence, vague, unclear Ground, base, basis, reason, evidence off guard, on guard, let your guard down, lower your guard, drop your guard, guarded

H

Have at it Head start Hear me out Not if I can help it Hindsight Hit the spot Humor me

I

I didn't see that coming I know, right? vs. Tell me about it Iffy, ambiguous, borderline, equivocal, gray area, in-between, noncommittal, on the fence, vague, unclear Ignorant Imperfection, defect, flaw Impose (I don't want to impose) Impulsive vs. Compulsive In a sense In the bus vs. On the bus In the end vs. At the end Indulge Indulge me Intact vs. Tacit Intense vs. Intensive Intense vs. Tense vs. Tension Inter- vs. Intra- Invade vs. Evade Invaluable, Infamous, Inflammable, Inhabitable, Inimitable I will be the judge of that I'll pass

J

K

Kick in, kick off, kick out, kick back, kick the habit, get a kick out of, have a kick, kick someone when they're down, kick-start, kick up a fuss Knock it off, cut it out, stop it, quit it, that's enough, could you stop that? Know vs. Know of Not that I know of

L

Lame Lapse Last word vs. Last words vs. Final say Latent vs. Patent Latitude, Leeway, Discretion, Wiggle room Lead, refuse, desert, present Leave it to you vs. Leave you to it Let alone Let bygones be bygones Liability (I hope I'm not a liability to you) Lift Light (shed light on, bring to light, come to light, see ~ in a new light, in (the) light of) Likewise Limitation, shortcoming, weakness Live up to vs. Measure up to Look at/to/up/into/out/after/down on/up to/forward to/for/over/back/ahead/around Lose track of ~ Lost cause Low key vs. low profile Lucrative

M

Make the most of (it) Make up Manage Match(to, with, against, up) Measure up to vs. Live up to Mediocre Meet vs. Meet with Meticulous I'm in the middle of something On mind vs. In mind Mood, atmosphere, vibe

N

Noncommittal, ambiguous, borderline, equivocal, gray area, iffy, in-between, on the fence, vague, unclear Sorry to be a nuisance

O

Obnoxious Occasion (What's the occasion?) Occur Odd Odds Off (I'm a little off today) On someone's account, on account of On that note On the bus vs. In the bus On the fence, ambiguous, borderline, equivocal, gray area, iffy, in-between, noncommittal, vague, unclear On top of Once and for all vs. For good One day vs. Someday One way or another Out of your league, above your pay grade

P

Particular I wouldn't put it past someone Past (Let me get past) Patent vs. Latent Patronize Physical Point-blank Preempt Present, refuse, desert, lead pressure (I feel a lot of pressure) Presume vs. Assume Presumptuous vs. Condescending Pretend, Pretense, Pretension(s), Pretentious, Pretext Provided that, Given Push it Push someone's buttons Put off Put up with Put words in someone's mouth

Q

Quit it, that's enough, cut it out, knock it off, stop it, could you stop that?

R

Rain check Read between the lines Reason, base, basis, ground, evidence Recourse Recurring vs. Repetitive Red herring Refer to Refuse, desert, lead, present Register Relate, related, relatable Reservation vs. Appointment Respectful vs. Respected Respectively Revolving door Ring a bell Rise vs. Raise Run into

S

Sale (For sale vs. On sale) Shake it off Shame – it’s a shame Shit hits the fan, when the Shortcoming, limitation, weakness Silver lining, silver spoon, silver platter Slippery slope Snap So be it Soft spot Speaking of which Spooky, creepy, eerie Make a statement Still Stop it, quit it, that's enough, cut it out, knock it off, could you stop that? Stretch vs. Far-fetched Stopgap vs. Band-aid Solution Subconscious vs. Conscious vs. Unconscious Subtle Suit (동사), suit yourself, suit someone down to the ground 등 Suit (명사), strong suit, follow suit 등 Suppose (I think vs. I suppose) Susceptible Suspect vs. Doubt Sympathetic vs. Empathetic

T

Tacit vs. Intact Talk some sense into someone Talk someone into / Talk someone out of Tell me about it vs. I know, right? Tend to Tense vs. Tension vs. Intensive Term (On good terms, Come to terms with, Short term / Long term, Terms and conditions, In terms of) Tied vs. tied up Tolerate Touch base (with someone) Try to vs. try -ing My two cents

U

Unconscious vs. Conscious vs. Subconscious Under the impression Underwater 동사 + Up Use, make use of, I could use, could use some, be used to -ing, used to V

V

Vague, ambiguous, borderline, equivocal, gray area, iffy, in-between, noncommittal, on the fence, unclear Very Vibe, atmosphere, mood

W

Wary Weakness, limitation, shortcoming What's in it for you? What's it to you? What makes you...? When it comes to... Wiggle room, Discretion, Latitude, Leeway Worth Worth vs. Worthy vs. Worthwhile Would

X

Y

You're reaching

Z

Zero-sum