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snap out of it (also snap out of something)

to stop experiencing something unpleasant or stop behaving in a negative way:

hit verb (TO ARRIVE AT A PLACE]

to arrive at a place or position:

hit it off informal [BECOME FRIENDS]

to like someone and become friendly immediately:

hit the market/shops/shelves

to become available for people to buy:

hit a wall

to reach a point at which no more progress can be made:

hit it big

to become very successful:

hit the buffers mainly UK informal

to suddenly stop being successful or stop happening:

hit the ground running informal

to immediately work hard and successfully at a new activity:

hit the headlines

to receive a lot of attention in news reports:

hit the jackpot

to achieve financial success:

hit the wall US

to be a financial failure:

crisis-hit

experiencing or having experienced a dangerous or difficult situation, especially a difficult financial situation

hit-or-miss also hit-and-miss,

as likely to be bad as to be good, esp. because of not being planned or organized well

one-hit wonder

a performer of popular music who makes one successful recording but then no others

junction (US usually intersection)

a place where things, especially roads or railways, come together:

T-junction

a place where one road meets another without crossing it, forming the shape of a letter T

box junction (US box)

a place where two roads cross, marked with a square of yellow lines painted in the centre, that you can drive over only when the road in front is clear

junction box [ELECTRICAL}

Puszka elektroinstalacyjna - a box in which electrical wires can be safely joined together

Spaghetti Junction [Birmingham]

a place near Birmingham, England, where many roads cross each other

Spaghetti Junction

any very busy and complicated road system

staggered junction

a place where several roads meet a main road at a slight distance apart so that they do not all come together at the same point

snap sb's head off

to answer someone in an unreasonably angry way:

snap to it

used to tell someone to do something more quickly:

slump verb (REDUCE SUDDENLY)

(of prices, values, or sales) to fall suddenly:

slump verb (SIT/FALL)

to sit or fall heavily and suddenly:

slump [PERIOD OF BAD STATE IN ECONOMY]

a period when an industry or the economy is in a bad state and there is a lot of unemployment

slump noun (FOOD)

a dish consisting of cooked fruit with a thick bread-like mixture on top, cooked in a flat saucepan on top of the cooker:

slump verb (BEND)

to stand or sit bent over, with the head and shoulders forward; slouch:

slouch [GARBIC SIE]

to stand, sit, or walk with the shoulders hanging forward and the head bent slightly over so that you look tired and bored

be no slouch

If you say that someone is no slouch at a particular activity, you mean that they work hard at it and produce good results:

sweeten verb (TO MAKE TASTE SWEET)

The apple mixture can be sweetened with honey.

sweeten verb (MORE PLEASANT)

to make something more attractive:

sweeten verb [MAKE HAPPIER]

to make a person or a mood happier or friendlier

sweeten the pill US (UK sugar the pill)

to make something bad seem less unpleasant:

dollop - noun

a small amount of something soft, especially food:

hob - noun UK (US stovetop)

the top part or surface of a cooker on which pans can be heated:

hob - noun UK old-fashioned

in the past, a metal shelf next to a fireplace where pans were heated

immense - adj. [EXTREMELY LARGE]

extremely large in size or degree

immense - adj. [SLANG - EXTREMELY GOOD]

extremely good

hall noun (STUDENT BUILDING) (also UK halls); (US residence hall)

a college or university building where students live:

dining hall

a large room in a school or other building, where many people can eat at the same time

town hall noun (MEETING) - US

a public meeting at which a politician or official speaks about his or her policies and answers questions from members of the public:

hall pass - noun [LEAVE A CLASSROOM]

an official piece of paper, etc. that gives a student permission to leave their classroom during a class:

hall pass - noun [DO WHATEVER YOU LIKE]

permission to do whatever you like or to have an easy time

run amok

to be out of control and act in a wild or dangerous manner:

hall test [MARKETING]

a method used by companies for testing a product or advertisement in which they invite a group of people into a room and ask them their opinions of it

layoff noun (WORK)

the act of ending a worker's job, sometimes temporarily, usually because there is not enough work to do

layoff noun [PERIOD OF NOT WORK]

a period when someone is not working because their job ended or they were forced to leave it

layoff noun (FOOTBALL)

in football, a short gentle pass into a space that another player from your team can run forward into, then move forward with the ball or shoot towards the goal without slowing down or stopping

snail - noun [SLIMAK]

a small creature with a soft, wet body and a round shell, that moves very slowly and often eats garden plants

snail mail - noun informal humorous

letters or messages that are not sent by email, but in the post

steep adjective (NOT GRADUAL)

(of a slope) rising or falling at a sharp angle:

steep adjective [VERY QUICKLY FROM HIGH TO LOW OR OPPOSITE]

A steep rise or fall is one that goes very quickly from low to high or from high to low

steep adjective (PRICES - TOO MUCH) informal

(especially of prices) too much, or more than is reasonable:

steep - verb [STAY IN LIQUID]

to cause to stay in a liquid, especially in order to become soft or clean, or to improve flavour

steep sth/sb in sth

If something or someone is steeped in something, they are completely surrounded by or involved in it, or know a lot about it:

scholar [PERSON WHO STUDIES]

a person who studies a subject in great detail, especially at a university:

scholar [GOOD AT LEARNING]

someone who is intelligent or good at learning by studying:

scholar [SCHOLARSHIP]

A scholar is also a student who has been given a college or university scholarship (= money to pay for studies).

scholarship [DETAILED STUDY]

serious, detailed study

a huge/sharp/steep learning curve

a situation in which someone has to learn a lot in a short period of time:

soar verb (RISE QUICKLY)

to rise very quickly to a high level:

soar [REACH A GREAT HEIGHT]

If you say that a mountain, building, or other object soars, you mean that it has great height:

soar verb (FLY)

SZYBOWAĆ - (of a bird or aircraft) to rise high in the air while flying without moving the wings or using power:

glider [AIRCRAFT]

an aircraft that has long fixedSZYBOWIEC - wings and no engine and flies by gliding

glider [SEAT]

a seat for one or two people that swings backwards and forwards, usually used on a porch (= a raised, covered area outside at the front or side of a house)

glider [SWING]

a children's swing (= a hanging seat on which you can move backwards and forwards) for two people

hang-glider

a very small aircraft without an engine, consisting of a frame covered in cloth, from which the pilot hangs

glide verb (MOVE EASILY)

to move easily without stopping and without effort or noise:

glide noun [PHONETICS]

a sound that is similar to a vowel but marks the start of a syllable: