continue the conversation, continue talking to you Visiting with Sally is easy. She carries the conversation!
leftovers
food not eaten at the previous meal After the Christmas feast they ate leftovers for a few days.
Lovers' Leap
a cliff where lovers jump into a canyon together Let's drive up to Lovers' Leap and look at the stars.
movers and shakers
owners, investors, wheeler-dealer We invited all the big investors: the movers and shakers.
strike up a conversation
begin a conversation with a stranger Uncle Ho is sociable. He strikes up a conversation with anyone.
arsy-versy
backwards or upside down
candy ravers
younger members of the raver subculture:"There were just some candy ravers there last night"
adverse to
1. unfavourable to对…不利 The judgement was adverse to the plaintiff.判决不利于原告。 2.contrary to与…相反 His opinion is adverse to mine.他的观点同我的相反。
vice versa
conversely反之亦然;反过来也是如此 The man blames his wife and vice versa.这人责备他的妻子,他妻子反过来又责备他。 Students should learn from teachers and vice versa.学生应当向教师学习,教师也应当向学生学习。 visit with 644 1.chat or talk with与…聊天 Don't visit with your friend on the telephone.不要跟朋友在电话里聊天。 2.visit访问;看望 We hope you will visit with us sometime.我们希望你什么时候来我们这儿作客。 She loves visiting with her neigh bours on Sundays.她喜欢在星期天和邻居聊天。
chapter and verse
Idiom(s): chapter and verse
Theme: DESCRIPTION
detailed, in reference to sources of information. (A reference to the method of referring to biblical text. Fixed order.) • He gave chapter and verse for his reasons for disputing that Shakespeare had written the play. • The suspect gave chapter and verse of his associate's activities.
conversation piece|conversation|piece
n. Something that interests people and makes them talk about it; something that looks unusual, comical, or strange. Uncle Fred has a glass monkey on top of his piano that he keeps for a conversation piece.
in reverse|reverse
adj. or adv. phr. In a backward direction; backward. John hit the tree behind him when he put the car in reverse without looking first.The first of the year Bob did well in school but then he started moving in reverse.
lovers' lane|lane|lovers
n. A hidden road or walk where lovers walk or park in the evening. A parked car in a lonely lovers' lane often is a chance for holdup men.
make conversation|conversation|make
v. phr. To talk with someone just so that there will be talk. John made conversation with the stranger so that he would not feel left out.Mary didn't really mean what she said about Joan. She was only making conversation.
n. phr. The twenty-fifth wedding anniversary of a couple; the twenty-fifth anniversary of a business or an association, etc. "The day after tomorrow is Mom and Dad's silver anniversary," Sue said to her brother. "I hope you have a nice present picked out."
adversary
adversary the Adversary Satan
conversation
conversation In addition to the idiom beginning with conversation, also see make conversation.
conversation piece
conversation piece An unusual object that arouses comment or interest, as in That bust of Aunt Nettie is ugly but it's an excellent conversation piece. In the early 1700s this same term was used for a particular kind of painting that represented a group, often a family, arranged as though they were conversing with one another. Later in the century the term was extended to any object that stimulates conversation.
lovers' lane
lovers' lane A secluded road or area sought out by lovers seeking privacy. For example, The police loved to embarrass youngsters parked in lovers' lane. [Late 1800s]
make conversation
make conversation Engage someone in talking purely for its own sake, make small talk, as in She had a real talent for making conversation with strangers. [c. 1920]
reverse
reverse reverse (one's) field To turn and proceed in the opposite direction.
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