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Peter: Bob, I’m trying to level with you. I never should’ve let
you go.

Bob: Nouse crying over spilt milk.

Peter: So you'll! come back and work for me?

Bob: Not on your life! Susan and I are very well off now. We
just sold our new company for a small fortune!

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IDIOMS — LESSON 23

at first — see Lesson 16

(to) burn someone up — to make someone angry
EXAMPLE 1: Jenny didn’t vote for Nicole. That really burns Nicole up.
EXAMPLE 2: I can’t believe Kristen and Andrew didn’t invite us to their
wedding. That really burns me up!

come on in — enter
Examp.e 1: Come on in, the door’s open!
EXAMPLE 2: If nobody answers the door when you ring tonight, just come
on in.
Note: This is a more conversational way of saying “come in.”

(to) get plastered [slang] — to get drunk
ExampLe 1: Harold got plastered at the wedding and fel) into the wed-
ding cake.
Exampte 2: That’s your fifth martini. What are you trying to do, get
plastered?

Synonyms: to get loaded [slang]; to get sloshed [slang]

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(to) get rid of — to free oneself of; to throw out
Exampte 1: We finally got rid of our spider problem, but now we have ants.
EXamMPLe 2: I’ve got too many old magazines and newspapers in my of-
fice. I need to get rid of some of them.

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