1. Have half a mind
Meaning : Something that you say to a child who you are threatening with punishment.
Sentence 1: It's the second time this month I've caught you smoking. I've half a mind to report you to you
parents!
Sentence 2: I've have a mind to tell her to rewrite the whole report it's so bad!
2. Iron out
Meaning : To use flatiron to make cloth flat or smooth / To ease a problem; to smooth out a problem
Sentence 1: I will iron the drapes out, so they will hang together. I ironed out the drapes.
Sentence 2: It's only a little problem. I can iron it out quickly. We will iron out all these little matters first.
3. Will away
Meaning : To give something away in a will.
Sentence 1: The old man simply willed all his money away. He said he wouldn't need it when he was dead.
sentence 2: She had willed away all of her treasures to her grandchildren.
4. Arise from
Meaning : To get up from something / To be due to something; to be caused by something.
Sentence 1: What time did you arise from bed?
Sentence 2: This whole problem arise from your stubbornness.
5. Hard put
Meaning : Able to do something only with great difficulty.
Sentence 1: I'm hard put to come up with enough money to pay the rent.
Sentence 2: I get hard put like that about once a month.
6. Pass along
Meaning : To get or hand something to someone
Sentence 1: Would you kindly to pass this along to Hillary?
Sentence 2: Please pass along my advice to Wally over there.
7. Slide by
Meaning : To get along with a minimum of effort.
Sentence 1: She didn't do a lot of work, she just slide by.
Sentence 2: Don't just slide by. Put in some effort.
8. Spring back
Meaning : To jump, bounce or recoil back to a place.
Sentence 1: The cat spring back to its original place on the top of the table.
Sentence 2: The lid spring back to a closed position.
9. Much less
Meaning : And do not even do this
Sentence 1: When our headlights flashed, the deer barely blinked, much less moved.
Sentence 2: They can hardly keep their Internet site running, much less guard against hackers.
10. So far, so good
Meaning : All is going well so far
Sentence 1: We are half finished with our project. So far, so good.
Sentence 2: The operation is proceeding quite nicely, so far so good.
