Common Phrases 30.

Loose cannon
31. Wicked
1. What the heck is going on? 32. You bet

2. To rub elbows 33. You're telling me!

3. Drop-dead gorgeous 34. Chick flick
4. Off the record 35. A bunch of
5. Don’t quote me on that 36. To hit the spot
6. Kiss and fly 37. Heads up
7. To insinuate 38. My bad
8. Jonesing 39. Play by ear
9. In no time 40. Quality time

10. Uptight 41. Top notch

11. Pig out 42. Zero tolerance
12. Pass the buck 43. There's no such thing as a free lunch
13. Hyped (adj.) 44. Gotta go 45. Take it easy

14. Hit the books

15. No rush 1. How is it going?
16. to go cold turkey 2. Long time no see!
17. Wuss 3. What have you been up to?
18. pushover 4. Can’t complain
19. squeaky clean 5. How do you know?
20. swaning 6. That’s a good one = That’s a good joke!
21. bestie 7. It’s very kind of you
22. Showoff 8. Thank you anyway
23. Full of crap 9. Thank you in advance!
24. Hotshot 10. No worries
25. Douchebag 11. What’s going on?

26. Douche 12. Did I get you right?

27. Train wreck 13. Don’t take it to heart
28. A-Game 14. I didn’t catch the last Word
29. Rip-off 15. Sorry, I wasn’t listening
16. It doesn’t matter
17. Fingers crossed! 1
8. Oh, that. That explains it.
19. Things happen
20. Sorry to bother you
21. I’ll be with you in a minute
22. Where were we?
23. I’m sorry, I didn’t catch you
24. Lucky you!
25. I freaked out = to become very angry,
scared or excited
26. Good for you!
27. You’ve got to be kidding me!
28. Cheer up!
29. Come on, you can do it!
30. Keep up the good work!
31. It's not the end of the world
32. That’s lit! = That’s amazing!
33. There you go!
34. Not a bit!
35. There is no room for doubt
36. I’ll text you!
37. It’s not worth it!
38. You rock!
39. You should go the extra mile…
40. Step up your game = Start performing
better
41. Pull yourself together = Calm down and
behave normally
42. You sold me! = You convinced me on
something
43. Couldn’t care less = used to express
total lack of interest in something
44. This is a no-brainer = Easy decision
45. You screwed up
46. You are driving me nuts!
47. Can you cover me? = Can you work in
my place?
48. I’d better be going
49. Thank heavens it’s Friday
50. Take care!
IDIOMS
1-. Beat around the Bush: not avoid the
main topic. Hey, stop beating around the
Bush
2-. Best of both worlds
3.-Bitte off more than you can chew:
take a lot of responsabilities you cant really
handle.
4.-Blessing in disguise: something is bad at
first sight, but it actually good, take it easy
this is a blessing in disguise./ that was a
blessing in disguise.
5-. Dont judge a book by its cover
6.- in the heat of moment; to say bad
words
7.- let the cat out of the bag: reveal info,
that was previously concealed
8-. Miss the boat: miss the chance, Dont
miss the boar
9-. Once in blue moon: somthinh happens
rarely
10.- take these with a grain of salt: dont
take the things
11-.Be up in the air: something is not sure
yet…. But still is up in the air
12-. Stab someone in the back. : to do
something harmful to somebody who
trusted you
13-. Sit tight: nothing else you can do,
and wait
14-. Face the music: face the realiy
15-. Rule of thumb:
16-, look like a million dollars
17. get over something: sobreponerse
18. crunch time: dead ine
19-. Get out of hand: no control, lose
control
20. get out of your system: hacer algo
que hace tiempo tenias ganas/ just get
it out of your system
21. hang in there: wait and look.
22. Someone didnt dare turn to
someone/ some situation
23. Someone Turned the tables around
by…saying..(ejemplo) she had a
problem and she wanted Peter to help
her throught it.
24. se les dio: the advise they were
given was very help
Me diste: the the gift you were given
me.
A. I'm sure they have been looking for
those bank robbers.
1B. I'm sure they will have
been looking for those bank robbers.
2A. I'm sure they had been looking for
those bank robbers.
2B. I'm sure they would have
been looking for those bank robber
SLANG
. to bail = to leave abruptly
2. to feel blue = to feel sad
3. buck = dollar
4. by the skin of my teeth = just barely
5. creep = strange person
6. stalker = somebody who is constantly
following you in a n annoying way
7. coach potato = a lazy person who
spends the bulk of their time engaged in
things that can be done while sitting on a
couch
8. to crash = to fall asleep abruptly
9. down to Earth = and adjective for
practicality and lack of pretense 1
10. for real = a proclamation of honesty
11. cold shoulder = a metaphor for
deliberately ignoring someone
12. plead the fifth = references the fifth
amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which
allows a witness in court to refuse
questions on the grounds that they risk self-
incrimination
13. screw up = to make a mistake, i.e.
mess up
14. sweet = an adjective that describes
something that is good, or nice
15. tight = an adjective that describes
closeness between competitors, i.e. a tight
competition
16. to trash = can be used as an
intransitive verb for destruction
17. to wrap up = to finish
18. to hang out = to spend time relaxing
19. wheels = car
20. babe = if you refer to someone as a
babe, it means that you think they’re hot
and attractive
21. to get busted = to get caught
 22. to have a blast = to enjoy doing
something 23. epic fail = complete disaster
Could have, should
have, would have
These past modal verbs are all used
hypothetically, to talk about things
that didn't really happen in the past.
Could have + past participle
1: Could have + past
participle means that something
was possible in the past, or you had
the ability to do something in the
past, but that you didn't do it. (See
also modals of ability.)
 I could have stayed up late, but I
decided to go to bed early.
 They could have won the race, but
they didn't try hard enough.
 Julie could have bought the book, but
she borrowed it from the library
instead.
 He could have studied harder, but he
was too lazy and that's why he failed
the exam.
Couldn't have + past
participle means that something
wasn't possible in the past, even if you
had wanted to do it.
 I couldn't have arrived any earlier.
There was a terrible traffic jam (= it
was impossible for me to have arrived
any earlier).
 He couldn't have passed the exam,
even if he had studied harder. It's a
really, really difficult exam.
2: We use could have + past
participle when we want to make a
guess about something that happened
in the past. (See also modals of
probability.) In this case, we don't
know if what we're saying is true or
not true. We're just talking about our
opinion of what maybe happened.
Why is John late?
 He could have got stuck in traffic.
 He could have forgotten that we were
meeting today.
 He could have overslept.
We can also choose to use might
have + past participle to mean the
same thing:
 He might have got stuck in traffic.
 He might have forgotten that we were
meeting today.
 He might have got stuck in traffic.
Should have + past participle
1: Should have + past
participle can mean something that
would have been a good idea, but that
you didn't do it. It's like giving advice
about the past when you say it to
someone else, or regretting what you
did or didn't do when you're talking
about yourself.
Shouldn't have + past
participle means that something
wasn't a good idea, but you did it
anyway.
 I should have studied harder! (= I
didn't study very hard and so I failed
the exam. I'm sorry about this now.)
 I should have gone to bed early (= I
didn't go to bed early and now I'm
tired).
 I shouldn't have eaten so much cake!
(= I did eat a lot of cake and now I
don't feel good.)
 You should have called me when you
arrived (= you didn't call me and I
was worried. I wish that you had
called me).
 John should have left early, then he
wouldn't have missed the plane (= but
he didn't leave early and so he did
miss the plane).
2: We can also use should have +
past participle to talk about
something that, if everything is
normal and okay, we think has
already happened. But we're not
certain that everything is fine, so we
use 'should have' and not the present
perfect or past simple. It's often used
with 'by now'.
 His plane should have arrived by now
(= if everything is fine, the plane has
arrived).
 John should have finished work by
now (= if everything is normal, John
has finished work).
something or not (volition), we can
also use would have + past
participle to talk about something
you wanted to do but didn't. This is
very similar to the third conditional,
but we don't need an 'if clause'.
 I would have gone to the party, but I
was really busy.
(= I wanted to go to the party, but I
didn't because I was busy. If I hadn't
been so busy, I would have gone to the
party.)
 I would have called you, but I didn't
know your number.
(= I wanted to call you but I didn't
know your number, so I didn't call
you.)
 A: Nobody volunteered to help us
with the fair
B: I would have helped you. I didn't
know you needed help.
(= If I had known that you needed
help, I would have helped you.)

We can also use this to talk about

something that would have happened
if everything was fine, but hasn't
happened.

 Lucy should have arrived by now, but

she hasn't.

Would have + past participle

1: Part of the third conditional.

 If I had had enough money, I would

have bought a car (but I didn't have
enough money, so I didn't buy a car).

2: Because 'would' (and will) can also

be used to show if you want to do

Ok Isabel, first of all I’d like to
thank you for your hard work on
the event, the fashion show and …
what else did you do? Well, the
presentation.
Of course, yes the presentation.
And now, ladies and gentlemen
the moment you’ve all been
waiting for. Shhh! Can you be
quiet please? It is with great
pleasure that I announce the
colour of this year’s summer
collection will be … lime
green! Come on! Clap a little bit!
I’m very proud of everybody who
was involved.
Well thank you Jonathan, I
appreciate it.
I have received an email from Mr
Poitier, our client … I’m afraid it’s
bad news.
Dear Mr Jonathan and team,
Thank you very much for the incredible
presentation last night.
However, after very careful
consideration we have decided not to
place and order at this time.
Merci beaucoup.
Mr J P Poitier.
He’s not gonna sign the contract,
he’s backing out of the deal.
You can’t be serious Jonathan.
We took a gamble, we put all our
eggs in one basket and this time,
we failed … but that’s the nature of
business, you know, sometimes
you win, sometimes you lose.
Did he give any reasons why he’s
not signing the contract?
He didn’t really give a reason.
Ok, one second. Hello, put me
through to Mr Poitier please,
now! I’m really sorry to hear we
won’t be working together, but in
your email, you didn’t really give
us a reason and we’ve put a lot of
effort and a lot of money and
resources into this presentation
and this event so … I just wanted
to know why, really. Oh, ok take
care. Bye Mr Poitier, bye
Ok, how do I explain this …
well, to put it in a nutshell, we’re
not professional enough to work
with them.
What? We’ve been in this
business for 20 years!
He did mention a few things that
went wrong at the event.
A few things that went wrong at
the event … A few things that went
wrong at the event … A few things
that went wrong at the event …
Isabel, who was in charge of fixing
the palm trees, was it you?
No. Who was it?
I’m afraid it was Richard’s job.
Richard!
Well, I’ll deal with him on Monday,
but right now we need to make
sure that they enjoy themselves as
much as possible, ok? Make sure
they have plenty of champagne
and food, specially Mr Poitier, ok?
Yeah, I’ll take care of him. And I’m
gonna see if I can pull a few
strings and get us out of this mess,
ok? Ok Jonathan.
I’m a bit worried, cause I’ve been
checking the accounts this
morning and … I’m afraid to say one week. We need to get into this
that we’re in the red. business Jonathan.
What? In the red? I think we should strike while the
You’ve got something between iron is hot. Let’s take advantage of
your teeth. Oh. It’s a this new trend, let’s order some
strawberry What happened to our crocodiles and let’s get selling
marketing budget them. Get Richard in here, get the
Well, you’re not gonna like this, team in here, we’re gonna have a
but I’m afraid that Richard blew the meeting and we’re gonna turn this
whole marketing budget. business around.
Right, we’re gonna have to let Hi! Mr Poitier. We have a new
Richard go,I knew it was a bad business plan so we don’t need
idea to hire him. your contract, ok?So, go screw
Maybe I should’ve been more yourself, alright? “What! How dare
specific on how much he was you?” Yeah you heard me! Go and
allowed to spend, maybe I wasn’t screw yourself, alright? I don’t
clear enough. want to work with you again! Sorry
Hello? Oh hi Janine, yes, how are Mr Poitier!
you? Really? Are you sure about
this? Thank you so much for
calling me, ok, I’ll see you at lunch
time. Ok, bye.
Right, that was Janine from Social
Media. Ok, do you remember
those photos that we were taking
at the event with the models, in the
swimming pool, posing with the
crocodiles …
Our community manager decided
to post one of them on our
Instagram account … Spit it
out! This photo has gone
absolutely viral. Apparently our
customer service team is
completely snowed under with
emails.
Apparently this inflatable
crocodiles are selling like
‘churros’.Sorry, they’re selling like
hotcakes. The sales have
completely gone through the roof in