| Words & Phrases |
Paraphrasing |
| *rub someone the wrong way |
anger or irritate someone ←→the right
way cf. go against the grain |
| apologize |
express regret for something that one has
done wrong |
| pick up on |
become aware of something |
| downright |
utter, complete |
| *brusque |
curt, terse, abrupt, offhand, cool in manner,
blunt, outspoken |
| curt |
brusque, terse, rude, impolite |
| face-to-face |
eye-to-eye |
| *come off |
give a specified impression |
| *We've all been there. |
We all had the same experience. |
| cordial |
warm and friendly |
| innocuous |
not harmful or offensive |
| *cranky |
bad-tempered, cross, eccentric |
| *come (a)cross as |
give a specified impression as cf.
come across as a good listener |
| sarcastic |
scornful, mocking, jeering, ironic |
| boil over |
become so excited or tense as to lose control |
| patch 〜 up |
repair the damage to something, especially
hastily |
| work things out |
solve something, plan something in detail |
| defuse |
reduce the danger or tension in a difficult
situation |
| sign off |
conclude a letter |
| inhibit |
make someone unable to act in a relaxed and
natural way |
| be miffed |
offended or irritated |
| disrupt |
disturb or interrupt |
| damage |
cf. do (cause) damage to × give damage
on [to] |
| *junk mail |
unsolicited advertising material received
by mail |
| zap |
destroy uttely or obliterate |
| haunt |
be persisitently present in the mind |
| LOL |
laughing out loud or lots of laughs |
| *a Smiley |
an emoticon showing a smiling face |
| emoticon |
a representation of a facial expression used
in e-mail to convey the writer's feelings |
| a stomachache |
a pain in the abdomen |
| frantic |
panic-striken, at one's wit's end, worried
or distraught with fear, anxiety |
| viable |
capable of surviving or living successfully |
| sever |
divide by cutting, put an end to |
| queasy |
slightly nervous or worried |
| plunder |
forcebly steal goods from, especially in
time of war or civil disorder |
| e-mail |
e-mail →countable noun cf. mail→uncountable
noun |