goofed up

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means “making a serious mistake”

• My boss goofed up the project and he is blaming the junior executive for that.
• I goofed up when I sent the email to the wrong address.

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face-off

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means “confrontation”

• Welcome to the final face-off for this season’s football championship.
• I’d expect a nasty face-off if your boss discovers this.
• The most exciting part was the final face-off between Batman and Joker.
• You did it brother, mom will know about this. Prepare yourself for a face-off.

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get it

means understand

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• Did you get it?
• I still don’t get it. Please explain.
• I shouted to my grandmother but she still doesn’t get it.
• Ok. I will explain more. I hope you’ll get it this time.

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freebie

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means “a free thing”

• That toy is a freebie.
• Join the party because we’d (we would) be giving away cash prize and other exciting freebies.
• Buy the entire tool set and get a recipe book as a freebie.
• My mother prefers to buy items that comes with* a freebie.

comes with*= together with

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savvy [sav-ee]

adj. well-informed, experienced
n. practical understanding

• I have no political savvy.
• A savvy shopper handles money well.
• He is computer savvy.
• He was savvy when he asked about the global financial crisis.
• I want to be sentence savvy.
• The company has a technical savvy team.

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Have a Big Mouth

talk too much

• I hate people who have big mouths.
• Can you please shut your big mouth up?
• To have a wife with a big mouth is really a misery.

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