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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
Give someone the benefit of the doubt
I've been better
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
It's your call
Call it a night
Care for
Care to
Carry
What's the catch?
Catchy
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
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
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
Doubt vs. Suspect
Down 동사
Downside, drawback
Dual vs. duel
Dumbfounded, Baffle, Bewilder
E
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
Fair enough
For a fact
Flatter
Flaw, defect, imperfection
Flicker
Foreign
Forthcoming
G
Get over vs. Get over with
Give or take
Give up vs. Give in
Given, Provided that
Go south
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
Iffy, ambiguous, borderline, equivocal, gray area, in-between, noncommittal, on the fence, vague, unclear
Ignorant
Imperfection, defect, flaw
I don't want to impose
Impulsive vs. Compulsive
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
I will be the judge of that
I'll pass
J
K
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
Latent vs. Patent
Lead, refuse, desert, present
Out of your league, above your pay grade
Go to great lengths
Let alone
Let bygones be bygones
I hope I'm not a liability to you
Shed light on, Bring to light, Come to light, See ~ in a new light, In (the) light of
Likewise
Limitation, shortcoming, weakness
Cross the line
Read between the lines
Lost cause
Low key vs. low profile
Lucrative
M
Make the most of (it)
Make up
Manage
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
What's the occasion?
Occur
Odd
Odds
I'm a little off today
On the fence, ambiguous, borderline, equivocal, gray area, iffy, in-between, noncommittal, vague, unclear
On top of
One day vs. Someday
On someone's account, on account of
On that note
On the bus vs. In the bus
P
Particular
I wouldn't put it past someone
Let me get past
Patent vs. Latent
Point-blank
Present, refuse, desert, lead
I feel a lot of pressure
Presume vs. Assume
Pretend, Pretense, Pretension(s), Pretentious, Pretext
Provided that, Given
Push someone's buttons
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
Reason, base, basis, ground, evidence
Recourse
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
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?
Stopgap vs. Band-aid Solution
Subconscious vs. Conscious vs. Unconscious
Suppose (I think vs. I suppose)
Susceptible
Suspect vs. Doubt
Sympathetic vs. Empathetic
T
Tacit vs. Intact
Talk someone into / Talk someone out of
Tense vs. Tension vs. Intensive
On good terms, Come to terms with, Short term / Long term, Terms and conditions, In terms of
My hands are tied vs. I'm tied up
Touch base (with someone)
Lose track of ~
Try to vs. try -ing
My two cents
U
Unconscious vs. Conscious vs. Subconscious
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...
Would
X
Y
Z
Zero-sum