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- He bent over backwards to help Bob find a new job.
- Luckily, Jane stood up for me when the teacher accused me of cheating.
- I'm afraid I can't make it today. Can I give you a rain check?
- If we go shopping on our way home from the lecture, we can kill two birds with one stone.
- I hit the roof when my son told me he was going to get married at the age of 17!
- We killed time by playing some video games.
- I tried to keep abreast of the situation in my home town.
- Bye! I've got to hit the books because I have a test tomorrow.
- I was just crunching the numbers and I'm afraid we don't have enough money.
- I have to go to the supermarket. It looks like we are running out of food.
- I was going out of my mind thinking about what could have happened to Tom.
- I went over to Nancy's house to keep her company.
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- He bent over backwards to help Bob find a new job. Bend over backwards: make every effort possible
- Luckily, Jane stood up for me when the teacher accused me of cheating. Stand up for someone: defend someone
- I'm afraid I can't make it today. Can I give you a rain check? Give a rain check: promise to do something later that you can't do now
- If we go shopping on our way home from the lecture, we can kill two birds with one stone. Kill two birds with one stone: do two things with one action
- I hit the roof when my son told me he was going to get married at the age of 17! Hit the roof: become very angry
- We killed time by playing some video games. Kill time: waste time
- I tried to keep abreast of the situation in my home town. Keep abreast: to keep up to date, remain informed about
- Bye! I've got to hit the books because I have a test tomorrow. Hit the books: study
- I was just crunching the numbers and I'm afraid we don't have enough money. Crunch numbers: calculate finances or statistics
- I have to go to the supermarket. It looks like we are running out of food. Run out of: have very little of something and needing more, usually used with basic supplies like food, gas, money etc.
- I was going out of my mind thinking about what could have happened to Tom. Go out of your mind: become crazy
- I went over to Nancy's house to keep her company. Keep someone's company: provide friendship to someone
