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English Audio Request

bananaman
126 Words / 2 Recordings / 2 Comments

Saved By The Bell:
Saved at the last possible moment.

Scapegoat:
Someone else who takes the blame.

Scot-free:
To escape and not have to pay.

Sick As A Dog:
To be very sick (with the flu or a cold).

Sixth Sense:
A paranormal sense that allows you to communicate with the dead.

Skid Row:
The rundown area of a city where the homeless and drug users live.

Smell A Rat:
To detect somone in the group is betraying the others.

Smell Something Fishy:
Detecting that something isn't right and there might be a reason for it.

Son of a Gun:
A scamp.

Southpaw:
Someone who is left-handed.

Spitting Image:
The exact likeness or kind.

Start From Scratch:
To do it all over again from the beginning.

Recordings

Comments

LeftRight
July 21, 2010

This is my first time contributing, so I hope I did things right!

soynerd
Aug. 3, 2010

I think it's great you're working on learning English idioms. It would be far more effective, however, to also learn a few example sentences in which these are used, to provide some context.

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