NO98 Lyrics

9747: The new vice-president was promised that he would have a voice in developing the company's international expansion.
9748: Those college students are campaigning to have a voice in the administration of their college.
9749: I'm sorry that you want your chair back. I took you at your word when you said that I might have it, and subsequently I sold it.
9750: Did you take your uncle at his word when he offered to buy you a car?
9751: Webster had a sudden attack of appendicitis and had to go under the knife at once.
9752: Leslie looks much better since he went under the knife.
9753: My boss wanted me to interview that diplomat at his office, but I decided that a meeting in a bar would serve my turn better.
9754: We want to visit the museum in Italy in the worst way.
9755: My partner, I recently learned, is dishonest, and I want out now.
9756: If you offer Higgins more money than he is getting from our competitor, I'm sure he'll buy it.
9757: A: Mr. President, I suggest that we offer a prize to the best typist in our office.
B: I'll buy that.
9758: How many votes can that candidate for Congress line up?
9759: Rob is going to schedule the Vice President to speak at our annual convention if he can line him up. [get something or somebody for a specific purpose]
9760: Despite the disturbing hecklers in the audience, the seasoned lecturer never lost his cool.
9761: Although the party of tourists was in danger from a threatened avalanche, their guide never lost his cool.
9762: That firm is looking for a new accountant. At present the salary to be paid is left open.
9763: As to your wish to have an extra secretary, let's leave it open until the next fiscal year.
9764: Some of the great Renaissance painters turn me on, but some of the modern ones turn me off. [to repulse, disgust]
9765: The postwar stock market offered some very good buys, but many investors missed the boat.
9766: Ethan was a friend of that rich man and presumably could have been his lawyer, but somehow Ethan missed the boat.
9767: Who dreamed up the idea of painting our living room walls a bright red?
9768: Let's go to the Automobile Show and see the new car styles that Detroit has dreamed up.
9769: If that student didn't have a good excuse for being absent, he would dream one up.
9770: When I ran into that married man stepping out with a young girl, I threw him a curve by asking about his wife. [confuse, deceive, surprise]
9771: Our meeting was progressing very well until a disgruntled employee threw us a curve by demanding that we hire more staff members.
9772: Me invest in that speculative oil company? Not on your life! [absolutely not, no way]
9773: That commission's report on our urban ghettos [highly populated area of a city inhabited mainly by people of the same ethnic or minority group ] covers a lot of ground. [Cover ground: talk about the important facts and details of something]
9774: In his first lecture on Plato, our philosophy teacher covered a lot of ground.
9775: Sorry I can't have lunch with you today, I'm minding the store while the others go and watch the World Cup finals. [Mind the store: manage the store, serve customers]
9776: Before the meeting started, the committee chairman pleaded with its members not to make waves but to come to an agreement on the proposed law under discussion. [Make waves: caused problems, made a disturbance]
9777: Why did you have to make waves when her husband was about to sign for a new car?
9778: Because the prisoner was insulting, the judge threw the book at him with heavy sentences of both fines and imprisonment. [Throw the book at: quarrel with someone and treat them harshly]
9779: Remember when you were arrested for speeding, and the magistrate [civil officer who has the authority to administrate the law] threw the book at you?
9780: Having been absent from our last Board meeting, I would like to have you clue me in on what happened. [clue me in: tell me, inform me]
9781: Last week our florist died suddenly, and now his business is up for grabs. [Up for grabs: available, can be bought]
9782: Did you know that Senator Stone is retiring and that his seat is up for grabs?
9783: Let's get rid of that new salesman. He does not pull his weight around here. [Did his part, contributed all he could]
9784: You must keep more regular hours if you want to pull your weight in this organization.
9785: After his blunder that cost his company thousands of dollars, Jones landed on his feet by securing a very important contract for the firm. [land on one's feet: come out of a bad situation successfully]
9786: After you risk all your money on speculative stocks, you still expect to land on your feet, don't you?
9787: Ames is a hard man to get to know since he is so taciturn and secretive.
9788: We like our new neighbors but we can't seem to get through to them. [be in communication with, establish communication with]
9789: That elderly teacher doesn't hold with some of the more radical educational experiments in visual education. [Agree with, support]
9790: Do your parents care about your smoking?
9791: Those neighbors of ours with their noisy radios and TV sets definitely bug us. [Annoy, bother, irritate]
9792: Our neighbors complained that our late parties were bugging them.
9793: When Johnson called his boss a liar, he was certainly asking for a punch in the nose.
9794: Joan has the job of baby-sitting for that New York family and lives in. [residence located in the same place where one works]
9795: Where can we find a cook today who will live in?
9796: To be a good administrator you have to have what it takes.
9797: Because my lawyer didn't have what it takes, he lost my case.
9798: After that stranger's insulting remark, his victim waded into him and knocked him down. [start energetically, roll back one's sleeves and start working]
9799: I have a lot of unanswered correspondence that I have to wade through. [pave the way with a required effort, advance in an awkward manner]
9800: The auditors had to wade through a number of their client's account books.
9801: After severe losses sustained during the economic depression, it took that automobile company five years to get out from under. [ escape a situation that one doesn't like]
9802: They've just doubled that storekeeper's rent. Since he is already nearly bankrupt, how can he possibly get out from under?
9803: After the vocalist had sung her number, the audience gave her a great big hand.
9804: In his current review, that drama critic gives a big hand to a revival of "Hamlet".
9805: That stenographer is always goofing off in the company cafeteria instead of getting my letters typed. [play, fool around, horse around]
9806: How do you expect this business to make any money if you keep goofing off every afternoon?
9807: When Stanley told his fellow employee that she didn't know what work was all about, she told him to come off it. [leave the subject, drop it, forget it]
9808: I got tired of Joan's boasting of her rich relations, and told her to come off it.
9809: Only when he is working in the theater does Smith believe that he is doing his thing. [act according to one's own self-image ]
9810: In demonstrating against the war, those students were doing their thing.
9811: Today at student dances rock-and-roll music is the in-thing. [fashion, fad]
9812: It's the in-thing today to campaign against air pollution.
9813: An accountant can help you with your income-tax declaration; but see a lawyer about making your will, that's his baby. [Something that he is very attached to or interested in]
9814: When Susan complained to the saleslady about an imperfection in a dress that had been sold to her, the saleslady said: "That's not my baby. See the Complaint Department."
9815: Before we submit our plan for sales reorganization to our board of directors, let's have a dry run of the presentation first. [a practice session in preparation for a public performance]
9816: The Dean called for a dry run of the graduation ceremonies scheduled for Commencement Day.
9817: That piano student can play the most popular tunes by ear.
9818: Since matters arose at the business meeting that I hadn't been briefed on, I decided to play it by ear rather than show my ignorance by asking a lot of questions. [wait and see how a situation develops, wait and decide later (depending on what happens in the meantime) ]
9819: When Oscar reported for work drunk, his boss told him that if he ever got out of line again he would be fired. [inappropriate, unsuitable, not fitting ]
9820: "Get out of line just once more and I'll expel you from school," the principal told the insolent high school student.
9821: That Wall Street clerk gets a moderate salary, but he has several fringe benefits such as free lunches, life insurance, and a yearly bonus. [benefit that an employee receives in addition to a salary ]
9822: It's hard to attract employees nowadays without offering them fringe benefits.
9823: Since the out-of-town salesman didn't have a partner for the company dance, his a__ociate fixed him up with a nice young lady. [succeeded in providing him with something good through use of one's influence and personal connections]
9824: We decided to fix up the old house ourselves.
9825: "You mean these aren't real diamonds?" exclaimed the estranged wife. "Oh, how I've been had!" [was had: was deceived, was cheated]
9826: The irate customer complained about being overcharged at the supermarket and a__erted that she'd been had.