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English word |
English Definition |
English Example sentence |
| 1 |
to tease ~ |
to laugh or make fun of someone |
He was the only kid with red hair, so his classmates teased
him. |
| 2 |
to sulk |
to feel depressed and to show it |
After his girlfriend left him, he sulked around for a few
weeks. |
| 3 |
to binge drink |
to drink heavily in order to feel drunk |
She liked to binge drink on the weekends. |
| 4 |
to brag about ~ |
to tell everyone about an accomplishment, proudly |
He bragged about his fancy car so much, everyone got tired of
hearing about it. |
| 5 |
to chew with one’s mouth open |
to eat and chew without closing your lips |
I always chewed with my mouth open, and my mother always
scolded me. |
| 6 |
to turn ~ full blast |
to increase the volume of music to the upper limit |
They turned the stereo full blast and began dancing around the
room. |
| 7 |
to be condescending |
to speak in a way that makes people feel they are inferior to
you |
He was a vegan, so he was very condescending when he spoke to
people who ate meat. |
| 8 |
to slurp ~ |
to drink something while making a loud sound with your
lips |
In Japan, it is polite to slurp your ramen or udon. |
| 9 |
to snort ~ |
to inhale something loudly and forcefully |
He snorted the aroma of the freshly-baked pizza. |
| 10 |
to backwash |
to drink something in such a way that some liquid that was in
your mouth falls back into the cup or bottle |
He backwashed into the water, so it became cloudy. |
| 11 |
to belch |
to burp loudly |
He belched after the large meal, to everyone's
embarrassment. |
| 12 |
to pick one’s nose |
to stick your finger into your nostril to clean it |
When he thought nobody was watching, he picked his nose. |
| 13 |
one’s pet peeves |
things that you think are annoying, which other people may not
think are annoying |
My pet peeves include wet doorknobs in public bathrooms and
athletic socks. |
| 14 |
a hypocrite |
a person whose actions and words do not match |
He is such a hypocrite; he smokes a lot, but he always tells me
not to smoke. |
| 15 |
to double-park |
to park a car in such a way that it takes up two spaces |
The old woman double-parked accidentally, as her eyesight was
bad. |
| 16 |
to double-dip |
to immerse food into a reserve of sauce a second time after
having taken one bite |
Double-dipping is strictly forbidden when eating
kushi-katsu. |
| 17 |
to be impulsive |
to think and then act with very little delay |
He was very impulsive; when he got hungry he would just eat
whatever he could find. |
| 18 |
a smart alec |
a person who tries to show they are intelligent with little
regard for others' feelings |
He was a smart alec, always saying insulting things to point
out other peoples' errors. |
| 19 |
to snoop on ~ |
to try and discover someone's activities or secrets |
He snooped on his sister by reading her diary. |
| 20 |
to be pessimistic |
to feel hopeless about the future |
He was pessimistic, so he never imagined he could get married
or start a family. |
| 21 |
to fiddle with ~ |
to adjust something casually and with little knowledge of how
it works |
I fiddled with the TV antenna until I got a strong signal. |