English expressions

Expression	Definition
A liability waiver is a legal document that a person who participates in an activity may sign to acknowledge the risks involved in their participation.
A pigeon-hole messagebox	(commonly referred to as a pigeon-hole or pidge, a cubbyhole (often shortened to 'cubby') or simply as a mailbox
A relic of us
Affinity
all over the shop	everywhere; in a disorganised or confused state.
Allude
alluding
Ambitious	having a strong wish to be successful, powerful, or rich
Analysis paralysis
And so forth/And so on	You use and so on or and so forth at the end of a list to indicate that there are other items that you could also mention.
And to my understanding
Are you comfortable with that?
Arrogant/Haughty
Aspirational
Back and forth	moving first in one direction and then in the opposite one
Backoff
Bail
Ball and court notion	“The Ball is in your court” means that it's someone else's turn to make a move. Example of use: “It's not Daniel's fault the deal isn't finished, he made the last offer. The ball is in Harry's court now.
Be on right track
Better safe than sorry
Boil it down	To reduce a problem to its simple essentials
Bouncing around
Bow out	Withdraw or retire from an activity or role
Burden
by the book	Strictly according to the rules
call-out	an instance of being summoned to deal with an emergency or do repairs
Catch you later
Caveat	a warning to consider something before taking any more action, or a statement that limits a more general statement
chandelier	چلچراغ لوستر
Chase up
chime in
Clumsy
Cohort	a group of people with a shared characteristic
Cohort?
Commit to that decision
Company mothership
Compromised solution
Consensus
Consolidation	the process of becoming or being made stronger and more certain
Consolidation
Contingent	a group of people representing an organization or country, or a part of a military force
Conventional booth
Could you refresh my memory?
Crème de la crème
Delved in
Dig up the details	To discover secret or forgotten facts by searching very carefully
Doubling up	to share something, especially a room, with someone else / to receive or use two of something
Drill down into
Enablement
Entitlement
Executor on will
Finger cross
Fireside	The area round a fireplace (used especially with reference to a person's home or family life)
Flesh out	to add more details or information to something
Fluk?
For now it's all there is
Friction
Friction
Frustrate	to make someone feel annoyed or less confident because they cannot achieve what they wan
Get my head around...
Get out of my head
Ginger lumberjack
Give it a go
Give it a go
Give us grief
Grab some water
Guesstimation	It is defined as an estimate made without using adequate or complete information, or, more strongly, as an estimate arrived at by guesswork or conjecture
Gut feel
Hang around with sb	to spend time with someone
Hang on!
head off
Hodgepodge
Hold your horses	used to tell someone to stop and consider carefully their decision or opinion about something
Holistically
Hurdle
Hydrate
I can relate to the pain
I don’t think so
I got push back on that
I hear what you are saying
I leave my pistol at home
I missed the boat	To fail to take advantage of an opportunity
I second that	The slang meaning is 'I agree' or 'I support that'.
I second that
I sense the mockery in your voice
I was starting to flag after the ninth mile.
I would argue that ...
Idempodent
If that’s a true statement
In tandem
Indulge
Interject	to say something while another person is speaking
Intermittent
Is that clear as mud?	very difficult to understand
is there a problem between the chair and the keyboard
It certainly is!
It's not the end of the world
I’m tempted to
Jokes aside
Juggle
Jumper	A knitted garment typically with long sleeves, worn over the upper body.
Just in case	To protect against something bad that could happen: I'll take my umbrella too, just in case.
Keen
Keep it in line
Keep you posted
kill string by name. kill string by nature
Let's assume yes
Level up
Lift off
loan shark	a moneylender who charges extremely high rates of interest, typically under illegal conditions
Long story short	used when you do not tell all the details
loose end	a detail that is not yet settled or explained.
Lost track
lurk	be or remain hidden so as to wait in ambush for someone or something
Maybe I'm thinking too far ahead
mid-market	The middle market, or mid-market, is a reference to the size of a company usually in terms of its revenue and/or asset base. There is no universally accepted revenue range that defines middle market companies. Some financial professionals use a range of $5 million to $500 million in revenue, while others use $100 million to $1 billion.
mishmash
Move on to pasatures new
Muggy
Mumbo bumbo jargon
Muscle car
museum curator
My Internet cut off for a second
N.B.	notabene (formal archaic) nota bene (archaic literary) please note
Niche technology
No news good news
Nudge
One thing to bear in mind
Oops!
Overkill
Party hasn't started to him
Per se	by or in itself or themselves; intrinsically
Phase out
Piggyback
Pinpoint	Find or identify with great accuracy or precision
Pinpoint	To find out or say the exact position in space or time of something
Plank?
Play both sides of the fence
Please hold off
Pods	are almost entirely self-contained spaces that give the solitary worker a private area to concentrate, away from the office's distractions and noises
Popcorn	Where participants speak out-loud and Round Robin - where participants work in silence and pass their ideas to the next person in turn
Probate
Procure
Pulling teeth from the side
Put into the laundry
Put that action on me
Putting the cart before the horse	to do things in the wrong order
Rabbit hole	Used to refer to a bizarre, confusing, or nonsensical situation or environment
reach out if needed
Recall
Reckon	to think or believe
Rehearsal	a practice or trial performance of a play or other work for later public performance.
Relish
Reluctant	Unwilling and hesitant; disinclined.
Remediate
Repeat it in my own words
Retaliation
Riot
Rough and tumble
Same deal
SB	small business, 0~200 employees
Scrab the bottom of the barrel
Scramble	to move or climb quickly but with difficulty, often using your hands to help you
Seem iffy	not certain or decided
Self-esteem	عزت نفس
Shoutouts and props
Sign off	The conclusion of a letter, broadcast, etc.
Sit this one out	to not be involved in something
Slice and dice
Slick	smooth and glossy.
So says the great professor of all there is to know
Sore point
Sorry for the mouth full
Sorry! My bad!
Sorry/Excuse for the interruption
Sorry/Excuse to interrupt
Sort out
Sounds like a plan
Sounds reasonable
Spin up
Spin-off	to produce something additional, often something not originally planned
spit out
Stambling in the dark?
Staring blankly	In a way that shows no understanding, interest, or emotion
Step stone
Succinct	said in a clear and short way; expressing what needs to be said without unnecessary words
Suppress (səˈpres)
sweet deal	A beneficial business arrangement. The benefits package that the company offered proved to be a really sweet deal.
that makes so much sense in hindsight
That was a close one	Used when something bad almost happened, but you managed to avoid it
That's a (small) win
That's a plus
The conversation was flagging.
The Kookaburra Room	is our fully furnished Art Therapy and Counselling Room
The next bit
There goes that theory
There is a catch here	It means there is a complication
There's no harm to do ...
There's no way around that	There's nothing we can do about it
Thinking out loud	to automatically say what you are thinking
This body of work
Time's up
to become tired,weaker, or less effective
tomato/tomato saying
Touch base	Briefly make or renew contact with someone
Under the hood
uplift
Uplift -> brown paper bag talk
Uptake	the action of taking up or making use of something that is available
Waffle
We are on the back foot	To be on the back foot means to be put in a defensive position, to be in retreat, to be knocked off balance. Primarily used in British English, on the back foot is a phrase that is most probably derived from the sport of cricket.
We need to address that
We're looking promising
Wrap it up
Yawn	to open the mouth wide and take a lot of air into the lungs and slowly send it out, usually when tired or bore
Your audio is cutting

A liability waiver is a legal document that a person who participates in an activity may sign to acknowledge the risks involved in their participation.

A pigeon-hole messagebox

(commonly referred to as a pigeon-hole or pidge, a cubbyhole (often shortened to 'cubby') or simply as a mailbox

A relic of us

Affinity

all over the shop

everywhere; in a disorganised or confused state.

Allude

alluding

Ambitious

having a strong wish to be successful, powerful, or rich

Analysis paralysis

And so forth/And so on

You use and so on or and so forth at the end of a list to indicate that there are other items that you could also mention.

And to my understanding

Are you comfortable with that?

Arrogant/Haughty

Aspirational

Back and forth

moving first in one direction and then in the opposite one

Backoff

Bail

Ball and court notion

“The Ball is in your court” means that it's someone else's turn to make a move. Example of use: “It's not Daniel's fault the deal isn't finished, he made the last offer. The ball is in Harry's court now.

Be on right track

Better safe than sorry

Boil it down

To reduce a problem to its simple essentials

Bouncing around

Bow out

Withdraw or retire from an activity or role

Burden

by the book

Strictly according to the rules

call-out

an instance of being summoned to deal with an emergency or do repairs

Catch you later

Caveat

a warning to consider something before taking any more action, or a statement that limits a more general statement

chandelier

چلچراغ لوستر

Chase up

chime in

Clumsy

Cohort

a group of people with a shared characteristic

Cohort?

Commit to that decision

Company mothership

Compromised solution

Consensus

Consolidation

the process of becoming or being made stronger and more certain

Consolidation

Contingent

a group of people representing an organization or country, or a part of a military force

Conventional booth

Could you refresh my memory?

Crème de la crème

Delved in

Dig up the details

To discover secret or forgotten facts by searching very carefully

Doubling up

to share something, especially a room, with someone else / to receive or use two of something

Drill down into

Enablement

Entitlement

Executor on will

Finger cross

Fireside

The area round a fireplace (used especially with reference to a person's home or family life)

Flesh out

to add more details or information to something

Fluk?

For now it's all there is

Friction

Frustrate

to make someone feel annoyed or less confident because they cannot achieve what they wan

Get my head around...

Get out of my head

Ginger lumberjack

Give it a go

Give us grief

Grab some water

Guesstimation

It is defined as an estimate made without using adequate or complete information, or, more strongly, as an estimate arrived at by guesswork or conjecture

Gut feel

Hang around with sb

to spend time with someone

Hang on!

head off

Hodgepodge

Hold your horses

used to tell someone to stop and consider carefully their decision or opinion about something

Holistically

Hurdle

Hydrate

I can relate to the pain

I don’t think so

I got push back on that

I hear what you are saying

I leave my pistol at home

I missed the boat

To fail to take advantage of an opportunity

I second that

The slang meaning is 'I agree' or 'I support that'.

I second that

I sense the mockery in your voice

I was starting to flag after the ninth mile.

I would argue that ...

Idempodent

If that’s a true statement

In tandem

Indulge

Interject

to say something while another person is speaking

Intermittent

Is that clear as mud?

very difficult to understand

is there a problem between the chair and the keyboard

It certainly is!

It's not the end of the world

I’m tempted to

Jokes aside

Juggle

Jumper

A knitted garment typically with long sleeves, worn over the upper body.

Just in case

To protect against something bad that could happen: I'll take my umbrella too, just in case.

Keen

Keep it in line

Keep you posted

kill string by name. kill string by nature

Let's assume yes

Level up

Lift off

loan shark

a moneylender who charges extremely high rates of interest, typically under illegal conditions

Long story short

used when you do not tell all the details

loose end

a detail that is not yet settled or explained.

Lost track

lurk

be or remain hidden so as to wait in ambush for someone or something

Maybe I'm thinking too far ahead

mid-market

The middle market, or mid-market, is a reference to the size of a company usually in terms of its revenue and/or asset base. There is no universally accepted revenue range that defines middle market companies. Some financial professionals use a range of $5 million to $500 million in revenue, while others use $100 million to $1 billion.

mishmash

Move on to pasatures new

Muggy

Mumbo bumbo jargon

Muscle car

museum curator

My Internet cut off for a second

N.B.

notabene (formal archaic) nota bene (archaic literary) please note

Niche technology

No news good news

Nudge

One thing to bear in mind

Oops!

Overkill

Party hasn't started to him

Per se

by or in itself or themselves; intrinsically

Phase out

Piggyback

Pinpoint

Find or identify with great accuracy or precision

Pinpoint

To find out or say the exact position in space or time of something

Plank?

Play both sides of the fence

Please hold off

Pods

are almost entirely self-contained spaces that give the solitary worker a private area to concentrate, away from the office's distractions and noises

Popcorn

Where participants speak out-loud and Round Robin - where participants work in silence and pass their ideas to the next person in turn

Probate

Procure

Pulling teeth from the side

Put into the laundry

Put that action on me

Putting the cart before the horse

to do things in the wrong order

Rabbit hole

Used to refer to a bizarre, confusing, or nonsensical situation or environment

reach out if needed

Recall

Reckon

to think or believe

Rehearsal

a practice or trial performance of a play or other work for later public performance.

Relish

Reluctant

Unwilling and hesitant; disinclined.

Remediate

Repeat it in my own words

Retaliation

Riot

Rough and tumble

Same deal

SB

small business, 0~200 employees

Scrab the bottom of the barrel

Scramble

to move or climb quickly but with difficulty, often using your hands to help you

Seem iffy

not certain or decided

Self-esteem

عزت نفس

Shoutouts and props

Sign off

The conclusion of a letter, broadcast, etc.

Sit this one out

to not be involved in something

Slice and dice

Slick

smooth and glossy.

So says the great professor of all there is to know

Sore point

Sorry for the mouth full

Sorry! My bad!

Sorry/Excuse for the interruption

Sorry/Excuse to interrupt

Sort out

Sounds like a plan

Sounds reasonable

Spin up

Spin-off

to produce something additional, often something not originally planned

spit out

Stambling in the dark?

Staring blankly

In a way that shows no understanding, interest, or emotion

Step stone

Succinct

said in a clear and short way; expressing what needs to be said without unnecessary words

Suppress (səˈpres)

sweet deal

A beneficial business arrangement. The benefits package that the company offered proved to be a really sweet deal.

that makes so much sense in hindsight

That was a close one

Used when something bad almost happened, but you managed to avoid it

That's a (small) win

That's a plus

The conversation was flagging.

The Kookaburra Room

is our fully furnished Art Therapy and Counselling Room

The next bit

There goes that theory

There is a catch here

It means there is a complication

There's no harm to do ...

There's no way around that

There's nothing we can do about it

Thinking out loud

to automatically say what you are thinking

This body of work

Time's up

to become tired,weaker, or less effective

tomato/tomato saying

Touch base

Briefly make or renew contact with someone

Under the hood

uplift

Uplift -> brown paper bag talk

Uptake

the action of taking up or making use of something that is available

Waffle

We are on the back foot

To be on the back foot means to be put in a defensive position, to be in retreat, to be knocked off balance. Primarily used in British English, on the back foot is a phrase that is most probably derived from the sport of cricket.

We need to address that

We're looking promising

Wrap it up

Yawn

to open the mouth wide and take a lot of air into the lungs and slowly send it out, usually when tired or bore

Your audio is cutting

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