Ending a sentence with period indicates that the speaker feels that there is no further need for discussion and has said all there is to say on a subject.
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Desperate Housewives
Nicollette Sheridan (Edie Britt) used the word “period” at the end of the sentence while talking to Teri Hatcher (Susan Mayer) in the popular TV [...]
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If someone or something turns up, they appear or are found, either after a long time or when you are not expecting them.
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Sex and the City
Tatum O’Neal(Kyra) used the phrasal verb “turn up” while talking to Sarah Jessica Parker(Carrie Bradshaw) in Season 6, Episode 9(A Woman’s Right to Shoes) of Sex [...]
The phrasal verb “rip off sth” or “rip sth off” means to remove a piece of clothing very quickly and carelessly.
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Sex and the City
Sarah Jessica Parker(Carrie Bradshaw) used the phrasal verb “rip off” while talking to Cynthia Nixon(Miranda Hobbes) in Season 4, Episode 15(change of a dress) of Sex and [...]
Slippery slope refers to a bad situation or habit which, after it has started, is likely to get very much worse.
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Sex and the City
Sarah Jessica Parker(Carrie Bradshaw), when out with her friends Kim Cattrall(Samantha Jones), Kristin Davis(Charlotte York), Cynthia Nixon(Miranda Hobbes) had used the phrase “Slippery slope” in Season [...]
Pull something off - to succeed in doing something difficult or unexpected
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Sex and the City
Carrie Bradshaw(Sarah Jessica Parker) used “pull off” in her conversation with Samantha Jones(Kim Cattrall), Miranda Hobbes(Cynthia Nixon) and Charlotte York(Kristin Davis) in the first episode of first season of “Sex and the City”, as shown [...]
Shred - a very small amount of something
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Carrie Bradshaw(Sarah Jessica Parker) used “a shred of feeling” in her conversation with Stanford Blatch(Willie Garson) in first episode [...]