1. American expressions

2. Health and exercises Work out Put on weight Lay off Work off Be in shape Cool down Catch one’s breath Be on a diet Build up Warm up

3. Active lifestyle Early bird Night owl Live it up Live in the fast lane Night on the town Bed down Hit the sack Make out Throw a party Party animal

4. Clothing Go with Put on Dress up Get dressed Take off/ strip off Wear out Grow out off Try on Bundle up

5. On the JOB Do for a living Make a living White collar Put in Clock in Get off Call it a day Close up Graveyard shift

6. Budget and Cost Be broke Get by Cut corners Do without Come to Pick up the tab For a song, be a steal Cost and arm and a leg Be a rip-0ff

7. Illness and disease Be under the weather… Be run down… Feel out of it… Catch a cold, flu… Go around… Take a turn for the worse… Get a checkup… Be laid up… Get over…

8. The Weather Cool down, cool off.. The report says that will cool off tonight Heat up… the class heat up with 35 degrees Rain cats and dogs… its raining cant and dogs right now, its terrible! Run off… it rained that the water run off the hills and flooded the city Cold spell, cold snap… on November we will have a cold spell Roll in… the cloud rolled in suddenly and dropped two inches of rain Die down… finally the rain die down Clear up… it was cloudy, but now the sky is clear up Dry up… some lakes dry up because of the sun.