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Bursh up on something Review something. One has learned in the past.

Ive been asked to repeat my speech on Mark Twain. Its been over a year since I gave it, however, so Ill have to brush up on my notes. All of a sudden Suddenly, quickly, without advance warning It started out to be a beautiful day. Then, all of sudden it became claudy and begin to rain. Had better Should, ought to Id better go now or Ill be late for class Be about to do something Be on the point of doing something Helen was about to leave when the telephone rang It/that goes without saying It/that so obvious that doesnt even have to be mentioned, crystal clear Frank is an extremely hard worker. It goes without saying that his employers are very pleased with him. Whats the matter Whats wrong? Whats going on? Whats the matter with Alice? She looks angry. Every now and then Occosionaly, once in a while Every now and then I like to walk along the beach get away from the world, and forget my problems. In advance A head of time The new musical comedi is very popular and if you want to see it you must buy your tickets three monts in advance Be broke Be without money, penniless, flat-pocked. Barry couldnt take Sheilah to the movies last night for the simple reason that he was broke. Do without Manage without something If there is no sugar for our coffee, well do without. Feel up to Feel able (in health, ability) to do something I ought to the Cambells party this evening but frankly I dont feel up to it, Im tired. Every other Alternate (selang seling) Our Geometri-class meets every other day, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. See about Take on the responsibility of, arrange for (mengurusi), to see something, to attend to something, be responsible for Lets have a picknic next Sunday. Ill see about the food All along All the time, from the start I was sure all along that Carla would change her mind and go with us Do someone good Be good for someone Take there vitamins, theyll do you good Do ones best to Try very hard, make greatest effort that one is capable of I dont understand this new plan of operation very well myself but Ill do my best to explain it to you Take after someone Resemble someone in appearance personality, or character Peter doesnt seem to take after either of his parents, the person he resemble most is his uncle John. (know/learn) by heart By memorization When I was ten years old, I learned Lincolns Gettybury address by heart Quite a few Many I have only two recordings by Elvis Presley but I have quite a few by the Beatles On the other hand Looking at the the matter Bert is extremely intelligent, on the other hand, he is a very lazy student and therefore get low grade Take a dim view of Disapprove of, have a negative opinion of something something Clara approves of many things her sister does, but she takes a dim view of the way Edith is raising her children (frow on : mengerutkan dahi) Talk something over Discuss Tim always talks things over with his parents before he makes an important decision On time At the scheduled time Our train arrived on time, not a minute early nor a minute late (talk/argue) till one be blue At the point where one can say no more in convinge someone of in the face something Bobs father talked to him till he was blue in the face but it did no good, the boy refused to go on to the university

Out of the question Imposible, not to be considered. What you suggest is out of the question. The executive committee cannot appoint a president one must be elected by the entire membership of the association No wonder Its not surprising Its no wonder that Jerrys exhausted, he walked 20 miles.

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