English Vocabulary: Idioms, Meanings, Synonyms, and More

Posted on May 1, 2024 in English

  1. Idioms:
    Expression, figure of speech
  2. Meanings:
    Significance or intentions
  3. Learn by Heart:
    To memorize
  4. Put One’s Foot in It:
    To say something that embarrasses someone
  5. Get on One’s Nerves:
    Irritate or annoy
  6. Go in One Ear and Out the Other:
    To quickly forget something
  7. Synonym:
    Word with the same meaning as another word
  8. Doze Off:
    Fall asleep
  9. Figure Out:
    Work out
  10. Hang Out With:
    Spend time with
  11. Look Forward To:
    Feel excited about something happening in the future
  12. The Grass Is Always Greener on the Other Side:
    Other people’s situations always seem better than your own even though that is not true
  13. Action Speaks Louder Than Words:
    What someone does means more than what they say
  14. False Friend:
    A word that is often confused with a word in another language with a different meaning because the two words look similar
  15. Translate:
    To change words into a different language
  16. Actually:
    In fact, really
  17. Exit:
    Act of leaving
  18. Ignore:
    Pay no attention to
  19. Quiet:
    Not loud, making no noise
  20. Sympathetic:
    Sensitive
  21. Tremendous:
    Enormous, huge
  22. It’s a No Brainer:
    It’s easy to decide what to do.
  23. It Bugs Me:
    It annoys me.
  24. It Beats Me:
    I have no idea.
  25. Just Kidding Me:
    I was only joking.
  26. Syllable:
    A single unit of speech 
  27. Stress:
    The way that a syllable is pronounced with greater force than other syllables
  28. Prefix:
    Group of letters added to the beginning of a word 
  29. Affordable:
    Not expensive
  30. Assertive:
    Behaving confidently
  31. Disability:
    Incapacity
  32. Entertaining:
    Enjoyable, amusing
  33. Promise:
    Word of honor
  34. Relieved:
    Happy that something unpleasant has not happened
  35. Awesome:
    Amazing
  36. Downside:
    Disadvantage
  37. Recall:
    Remember
  38. Trendy:
    Fashionable
  39. Weird:
    Strange/odd
  40. Well-Known:
    Famous
  41. Unaffordable:
    Very expensive
  42. Predictable:
    Expected or foreseen
  43. Unpredictable:
    Unforeseeable
  44. Likely:
    Probable
  45. Unlikely:
    Improbable
  46. Chilly:
    Cold temperature/ weather
  47. Warm:
    Moderately hot
  48. Awful:
    Very bad, terrible
  49. Great:
    Excellent or amazing
  50. Agree:
    See eye to eye
  51. Disagree:
    Differ, oppose
  52. Alike:
    Similar
  53. Die Out:
    Become less common and stop existing
  54. Take Over:
    Replace something 
  55. Do Away With:
    Stop using something
  56. Carry On:
    Continue doing something
  57. Get On:
    Deal with something successfully
  58. Talking Someone Into:
    Persuade someone to do something
  59. Get Something Across:
      Communicate successfully
  60. Go Out With:
    To date, to spend time with somebody and have a romantic relationship
  61. Cope With:
    To deal with a situation
  62. Come Across:
    Find something by chance
  63. Work Out:
    Solve a problem or manage to do something
  64. Keep Up:
    To continue doing something
  65. Pay Off:
    Be worth the effort
  66. Cognate:
    Cognate words have the same origin
  67. Turn Up:
    To appear, arrive
  68. Keep Waiting:
    To make someone stay in one place until you are ready to see or talk to him/her
  69. Deadline:
    Final date
  70. In Two Weeks´ Time:
    Two weeks from now
  71. The Last Minute:
    Final moments before something
  72. Ahead of the Schedule:
    Earlier than something
  73. Time to Spare:
    Time when you are not working
  74. Rush:
    Hurry
  75. In the Nick of Time:
    Just in time
  76. Get Behind:
    To fail to do something as quickly as expected
  77. Catch Up On:
    Do tasks which should have been done earlier
  78. Slow Down:
    To be less active and relax more
  79. From Time to Time:
    Occasionally but not regularly
  80. Take Your Time:
    Spend as much time as you need
  81. At Times:
    Sometimes
  82. Fly:
    Go very quickly
  83. Filling:
    A small amount of plastic used to fix a tooth
  84. Faces:
    Have to deal with
  85. Leading:
    Most important
  86. Odd:
    Strange
  87. Nails:
    Small and pointed piece of metal
  88. Gathered:
    Collected
  89. Due:
    Caused by
  90. Weird:
    Very unusual or peculiar
  91. Surroundings:
    Everything that is around 
  92. Terrifying:
    Extremely frightening
  93. Trick:
    Illusion
  94. Underestimate:
    Think something is less than it really is
  95. Pace:
    Walk back and forth
  96. Disrespectful:
    Lack of respect or politeness
  97. Cheeky:
    Slightly rude or showing not respect, in a funny way
  98. Grumpy:
    Easily annoyed or complained
  99. Mood:
    The way you feel at a particular time
  100. Mood Swings:
    Change in mood
  101. Moody:
    To become angry easily
  102. Get Away With:
    To succeed in avoiding punishment
  103. Peer Pressure:
    Influence from members of one’s friends group
  104. Mature:
    To become more developed mentally and emotionally
  105. Have Rows:
    A noisy argument 
  106. Tell Off:
    To speak angrily because someone has done something wrong
  107. Leave Alone:
    Leave a person without other people
  108. Privacy:
    Right to keep personal matters and relationships secret
  109. Raising Teenagers:
    Rear children or kids
  110.       Untidy:
    Not well organized
  111.       Hard-Working:
    Diligent
  112.       Do Well In:
    Thrive or be successful
  113.       Risk-Taking:
    Courting danger or loss
  114.       Make a Mistake:
    Commit an error
  115.       Responsibility:
    Duty or obligation to complete a task
  116.       Pressure:
    Attempt to persuade or coerce (someone) into doing something.
  117.       Procrastinator:
    Someone who keeps delaying things that must be done:
  118.       Focused:
    Concentrated on
  119.       Achieve:
    To succeed in something
  120. Fear:
    Emotion you have when you are frightened by something
  121. Let Them Down:
    Disappoint
  122. Go Off:
    Make a noise, ring
  123. Scrap:
    Small portion of, fragment
  124. Due In:
    Expected by a given date
  125. Beating:
    Defeating, take action before something happens
  126. Cheap:
    Inexpensive
  127. In Control:
    Directs, manages
  128. Agenda:
    List of things to be done
  129. Absorbing:
    Understanding
  130. Dismissed:
    Decided something is not worth considering
  131. Active:
    Likely to erupt
  132. Behind:
    Responsible for
  133. Get It:
    Understand
  134. Obsession:
    A thing that you think about all the time
  135. Motto:
    A phrase that shows what someone believes and how they behave
  136. Punctuality:
    The state of being on time
  137. In Reverse:
    In the opposite order
  138. Resolutions:
    Promises to yourself to do or not to do something
  139. Headed:
    Go in a particular direction
  140. Stare At:
    Look at someone
  141. Massive:
    Very large in size
  142. Thrilling:
    Extremely exciting
  143. Drag:
    To move something by pulling it along a surface
  144. Cause:
    An organization that people support
  145. Ingenious:
    Very clever
  146. Pops Into:
    Enters
  147. Due In:
    Expected
  148. Rubbish:
    Very bad
  149. Chunks:
    Amounts