to attend (a meeting) = to be present at
I guess that ...(US) = I think that ...
a hotshot (US, fam) = an important person,
a V.I.P.
to sell door to door
a guy (US, familiar) = a man
a doll (US, familiar) = a girl, a woman
folk
(US, familiar) = people
a snap (US, familiar) = something easy to
do
It looks real serious (US, familiar) =
it looks really serious
to deposit money <>to withdraw
money
a deposit <>a withdrawal
a depositor
to pour = to flow (water, money ...)
to line up (US) = to queue
up (UK)
to figure out (US) = to imagine
to be willing to (to accept) <> to
be reluctant to (to refuse)
to borrow money from <> to lend
money to (a loan)
Democracy is the salt of the earth = It is
absolutely essential
go-go
<> safe (from go-go girl, in a bar)
foolproof
(adj) = which cannot go wrong
cf
: waterproof, fireproof,
dustproof, bulletproof,
return
= profits
Hope
you can make it
= Hope you can manage
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