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"very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid and ephemeral than ordinary language" (Random House Unabridged Dictionary) - learn ~600 slang expressions

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an expression "whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements… or from the general grammatical rules of a language"
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take out
[take out] {v. phr.} 1. To ask for and fill in. * /Mary and John took out a marriage license./ 2. To begin to run. *  […]
take sides
[take sides] {v. phr.} To join one group against another in a debate or quarrel. * /Switzerland refused to take sides in the  […]
Bill Watterson, "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip
I liked things better when I didn't understand them.
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[O] "Oh"
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bring out
[bring out] {v.} 1. To cause to appear; make clear. * /His report brought out the foolishness of the plan./ * /Brushing  […]
in the spotlight
[in the spotlight] {adv. phr.} In the center of attention, with everybody watching what one is doing. * /It must be  […]
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