Corny - If jokes, films, stories, etc. lack new ideas and sincerity and therefore not amusing or interesting, they are corny.
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The Holiday
The following excerpt is taken from Nancy Meyers’ movie [...]
Shred - a very small amount of something
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Sex and the City
Carrie Bradshaw(Sarah Jessica Parker) used “a shred of feeling” in her conversation with Stanford Blatch(Willie Garson) in first episode [...]
Repair- If you repair something wrong or harmful that has been done, you do something to make it right.
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Bold and the beautiful:
Stephen: I hope I can repair your son’s opinion of me.
Jackie: Well, he’ll think far better of you if you treat his mother kindly.
It means living or staying in a different place from the person that you are married to or have a close relationship with.
Usage:
When you’re apart you rely so heavily on the phone.
Pro: In favor of
Usage:
Are you pro or anti (= Do you support or are you against) the new bill?
Needless: Completely unnecessary
Usage:
All that needless worrying over what I’d say to him at the party, and he wasn’t even there!
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Alone: Only or without any others
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She alone must decide what to do (= no one else can do it for her).
These facts alone (= even if nothing else is considered) show that he’s not to be trusted.
He won’t get the job through charm alone (= he will need something else).
The airfare alone would use up [...]
Absolute: Not dependent on anything else
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Her contribution was better than most, but in absolute terms (= without comparing it with anything else) it was still rather poor.
Magic: Happening in an unusual or unexpected way, or easily or quickly.
Usage:
There’s no magic solution to the problem.
There’s no magic formula for winning - just lots of hard work.
Prima facie: At first sight (= based on what seems to be the truth when first seen or heard)
Usage:
There is prima facie evidence that he was involved in the fraud.