Expressions

English Expressions, Idioms & Phrasal Verbs | Meanings, Examples & Usage

Phrasal-verb Anger

to feel extremely angry

"She boiled with rage after hearing the insult."

Idiom Courage

to be very confident and not shy at all

"She walked into the meeting bold as brass."

Idiom Engineering

a sudden and unexpected event

"The project cancellation came as a bolt from the blue."

Phrasal-verb Relationship

to form a very close emotional relationship with someone

"Parents bond deeply with their newborns through love and care."

Idiom Friendship

A strong connection of trust and affection between friends.

"Their bond of friendship grew stronger over the years."

Phrasal-verb Friendship

to develop a close relationship through shared interests or experiences

"We bonded over our love for traveling."

Phrasal-verb Friendship

to form a close relationship by sharing experiences or emotions

"We bonded through our shared struggles in college."

Phrasal-verb Family

to develop a close emotional connection with someone

"Parents should spend time to bond with their children."

Phrasal-verb Travel

to reserve accommodation at a hotel or place

"We booked into a nice resort by the beach for our holiday."

Idiom Literature

knowledgeable from studying rather than experience

"He’s book smart but lacks practical experience."

Idiom Crime

to officially charge someone with a crime

"The police booked him for theft."

Phrasal-verb Booking

to reserve all available places or tickets

"All the hotels were booked up weeks before the holiday."

Idiom Literature

to mark the beginning and end of something

"Her career was bookended by two great performances."

Idiom Education

a person who loves reading

"He’s such a bookworm; he spends all his free time in the library."

Idiom Economics

A period of great prosperity followed by a sharp decline.

"The real estate market often experiences boom and bust cycles."

Phrasal-verb Growth

to grow or expand rapidly

"The tech sector has boomed out in the last few years."

Phrasal-verb Finance

to increase optimism or trust in the economy

"Positive trade data helped boost confidence among entrepreneurs."

Phrasal-verb Economy

to increase public trust in the economy

"Lower interest rates can boost consumer confidence and spending."

Phrasal-verb Finance

to increase a country's holdings of foreign currencies

"The rise in exports helped boost foreign reserves significantly."

Phrasal-verb Innovation

to encourage new ideas and technologies

"Investing in education can boost innovation and productivity."

Phrasal-verb Investment

to make investors feel more positive about investing

"Strong GDP growth can boost investor confidence in the market."

Phrasal-verb Industry

to increase efficiency and output of workers or industries

"New technologies are helping factories boost productivity."

Phrasal-verb Industry

to increase or enhance something such as production or growth

"The new incentives will boost up industrial productivity."

Phrasal-verb Monetary policy

to increase a country's foreign currency holdings

"The central bank is working to boost up foreign reserves through remittances."

Phrasal-verb Marketing

to increase the number of products sold

"The new marketing plan aims to boost up sales during the holiday season."

Phrasal-verb Computing

to start a computer or device and load its operating system

"When I boot into Linux, the system loads all my development tools automatically."

Phrasal-verb System error

to restart continuously due to a system error

"After the update, my phone got stuck in a boot loop."

Phrasal-verb Startup

to start a computer or operating system

"It takes a few seconds to boot up the laptop."

Idiom Business

to build a business using limited resources without external funding

"Many successful founders bootstrapped their startups in the early days."

Idiom Business

To build a company using only personal finances.

"They decided to bootstrap the business instead of seeking investors."

Idiom Business

building a business without external funding

"He started his company through bootstrapping, using only his savings."

Idiom Emotions

extremely bored

"I was bored to death during the long lecture."

Idiom Culture

Having lived all one’s life in a particular place and influenced by its culture

"She’s a Dhaka born and bred woman."

Idiom Agriculture

To have bad manners or lack social etiquette.

"Close the door! Were you born in the barn?"

Idiom Farming

born into a wealthy or royal family

"He was born in the purple, so wealth was never an issue."

Idiom Wealth

to start life poor but become rich through hard work

"He’s the kind of man who wants to born poor, die rich."

Idiom Money

to be born into a rich family

"He never worked a day in his life because he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth."

Idiom Friendship

a very close and trusted friend

"We’ve been bosom friends since childhood."

Idiom Friendship

very close and intimate friends

"They have been bosom friends since childhood."

Phrasal-verb Work

to do a job badly or carelessly

"He completely botched up the report."

Idiom Cybersecurity

a network of computers infected with malware that are controlled remotely by a hacker

"The hacker used the botnet to launch a massive DDoS attack on the server."

Phrasal-verb Control

to suppress or hide emotions deeply inside

"He tends to bottle down his anger instead of talking about it."

Phrasal-verb Emotional expression

to keep emotions hidden instead of expressing them

"She tends to bottle emotions instead of talking about them."

Phrasal-verb Self-control

to keep your emotions hidden inside instead of expressing them

"He tends to bottle his emotions up instead of talking about them."

Phrasal-verb Self-control

to keep emotions inside instead of expressing them

"He tends to bottle in his sadness rather than share it."

Phrasal-verb Emotion

to decide not to express your feelings because of fear or shyness

"He wanted to tell her how he felt but bottled out at the last moment."

Phrasal-verb Emotion

to lose courage and avoid doing something because of fear

"He was going to confess his feelings but bottled out of it at the last moment."

Phrasal-verb Emotion

to collapse mentally or emotionally due to pressure

"He finally bottled under the pressure of constant deadlines."

Phrasal-verb Self-control

to hide or control your emotions instead of expressing them

"He tends to bottle up his anger instead of talking about it."

Idiom Emotions

to keep feelings inside and not express them

"He tends to bottle up his emotions, which isn't healthy in the long run."