| A | B |
|---|
| She quit smoking cold turkey. | She stopped smoking all at once. |
| I need to warm up before I jog. | I need to do stretching exercises before I jog. |
| He is burned out. He needs to take a vacation. | He is very tired and stressed from his job. He needs to take a vacation. |
| The light bulb burned out. | The light bulb doesn't work anymore. |
| count on me! I will help! | Depend on me! I will help! |
| Oops! I let the cat out of the bag. She found out about the surprise party. | Oops! I told the secret. She found out about the surprise party. |
| We don't see eye to eye on politics. | We don't share the same opinion on politics. |
| One side effect of the pain medicine is that you will be sleepy. | One effect of taking the pain medicine is that you will be sleepy. |
| I'm not sure what I want to do. I need to sleep on it. | I'm not sure what to do. I need to think about it. |
| She blacked out after her blood was drawn. | She passed out after her blood was drawn. |
| There was a blackout during the windstorm. | The power went out during thw windstorm. |
| When I was a kid, I used to get my older sister's hand-me-downs. | When I was a kid, I used to get my older sister's old clothes. |
| The big cheese makes the decisions. | The boss makes the decisions. |
| My big brother tried to boss me around when we were young. | My big brother tried to tell me what to do when we were young. |
| I opened a can of worrms when I asked my boss for a raise. | I caused some trouble when I asked my boss for a raise. |
| We're not spring chickens anymore! | We're not young anymore! |
| I've got spring fever! It's so hard to work and study! | I want to be outside and enjoy the spring weather! It's so hard to work and study! |
| It's time to spring into action! | It's time to take action! |
| I try to be green. | I try to do things to help the environment (ex. reycle). |
| Let's catch up. I haven't seen you in a long time. | Let's meet and tell each other what has been going on in our lives. |
| Let's get together tomorrow for coffee. | Let's meet tomorrow for coffee. |
