Tham khảo tài liệu 'english skills - speak english 1 part 21', ngoại ngữ, kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Lesson 23 ộOữ MS A 5URPRÍ5Ê VÍ5ÍTỠR Bob sformer boss Peter from the furniture store comes to visit. He offers Bob his old job back but Bob s not interested. Peter Hi Bob. I was just in the neighborhood so I thought I d stop by. Bob Come on in. Take a cookie. Peter Thanks. I m glad to see you re not holding a grudge against me for firing you. Bob Not at all. At first it burned me up. But I feel better now. Peter Good. I m glad you have no hard feelings. How would you like your old job back Bob What happened to your wonderful new manager Peter She drank at work. By five o clock she d be lying under a dining room table three sheets to the wind. Yesterday I finally got rid of her. Bob Let me get this straight. You replaced me with some crazy woman who got plastered every day on the job Peter Yeah I lost my head. Bob I don t think you lost your head. I just think you ve got rocks in your head 139 Peter Bob I m trying to level with you. I never should ve let you go. Bob No use crying over spilt milk. Peter So you ll come back and work for me Bob Not on your life Susan and I are very well off now. We just sold our new company for a small fortune -------------------- IDIOMS - LESSON 23 at first - see Lesson 16 to burn someone up - to make someone angry Example 1 Jenny didn t vote for Nicole. That really burns Nicole up. Example 2 I can t believe Kristen and Andrew didn t invite US to their wedding. That really burns me up come on in - enter Example 1 Come on in the door s open Example 2 If nobody answers the door when you ring tonight just come on in. Note This is a more conversational way of saying come in. to get plastered slang - to get drunk Example 1 Harold got plastered at the wedding and fell into the wedding cake. Example 2 That s your fifth martini. What are you trying to do get plastered Synonyms to get loaded slang to get sloshed slang to get rid of - to free oneself of to throw out Example 1 We finally got rid of our spider problem but now we have ants. Example
