Blow up

means “to ruin/destroy”

• You’ve blown up my party. Why did you quarrel in front of my guests?
• The project blew up because of the bad weather. It was canceled.
• You have blown up the entire plan. Why did you tell her the secret?

means “to be angry”

• What? You blew up in front of your boss?
• I’m sure she’d blow up if she discovers that her husband is secretly in debt.
• Ho! Chill! You don’t have to blow up.     (this is just my own sentence guyz, it means “Hey relax, why are you so angry?)

Other Meaning:

literally means “to destroy by explosion”

• The restaurant blew up and police said that it is due to a faulty electrical connection.
• The demolition team blew up the entire building.

also means “to inflate”

• Let’s blow up your balloon Kevin.

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Not at all

means certainly not

• I’m not angry. Not at all. But I hate him. (haha..he really is angry.)
• I don’t care if he has a new girlfriend. I’m not affected. Not at all.

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up to the minute

fresh, most recent

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foul play

illegal activity
bad practice
murder

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• The teacher was wondering why his students got high scores during the test. He was suspecting it was a foul play.
• The police are considering foul play behind the murder.

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never mind

– don’t worry or be troubled

– it’s not important, don’t regard it

“I usually say never mind when I ask about something and I realize that I already knew the answer.”

“I say never mind when the other person was not able to hear me clearly and if he’ll ask me to repeat for the third time or so then I’d be impatient so I’d just drop i t..haha..”

Because that time I’d be thinking, “Never mind, you’re not listening anyway.”

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