FWADE
WADE THROUGH BOOK : read it despite dullness. the students wade
through thier book.
WADE INTO : attack energetically. the pakistan wade into indian
territory.
WAGE
WAGE WAR : fight a war. it is many years now since war was waged
in pakistan.
WAIT
WAIT ON TABLE : to serve food. the campers took turns waiting on table.
WAIT UPON :attend to. the waiters wait upon their patrons.
WAIT UP :stay out of bed. do not wait up for me. i will be late tonight.
WALK
WALK OUT :to go on strike. when the company wouldd not give them
higher pay , the workers walkked out.
WALK THE FLOOR : to walk one direction and then the other across
the floor. mr rakesh walked the floor, trying to reach a decision.
WALK OFF : depart; leave. he walked off from the meeting.
WALK OUT ON : to abandon. he's walked out on his wife/ responsibilities.
WALK INTO: thrash; abuse. please do not walk into the child.
TO WALK THE STREETS : to be prostitute. in this town , many
girls of well-to-do families walk the streets.
A WALK OVER : an easy victory. D.C.M team gave a walk over to our team.
WALL
GO TO THE WALL : to be defeated in competition. severall small
firms went to the wall in the past financial year.
PUSH TO THE WALL : to force to give place. please don't push me
to the wall.
WANE
ON THE WANE : becoming less. his power in one the wane.
WAR
WAGE WAR : conduct war. pakistan waged a war against india in 1965.
WAR TO THE KNIFE : a bitter and ruthless struggle.it was war to
the knife between the two women who loved him.
WAR OF NERVES : threats of war. pakistan is always waging a war
of nerves on india.
WARM
WARM UP : to become friendly and interested. it takes an hour or
so far some children to strangers.
WASH
WASH DOWN : eat hard food with drinks. wash down your food with
tea or coffee.
WASH OUT :remove by washing. i have washed out the ink stain on
your coat.
WASH ONE'S HANDS FOR : to give up altogether. i have washed my
hands of the whole business.
WASH ONE'S HAnDS OF : to withdraw from or refuse to be
responsible. we washed out hands of politics long ago.
WATCH
WATCH OUT : to be careful . watch out, the police are coming.
ON THE WATCH : in a state of watchfulness. the police are on
the watch for thieves.
WATCH OVER : to take care; to guard. please trust in god, and
he will watch over you.
WATCH UP :sit up at night. i have watched up many nights.
WATER
UNDER WATER :below the surface. there is much under water.
LIKE WATER : copiously . don't waste money like water.
HOLD WATER : to be correct. your theory does not hold water.
IN HOT WATER : in trouble. mohan, as usual , is in hot water these days.
HOLD WATER : to have effect; to be justified. your argument
does not hold water.
OF THE FIRST WATER : to the greatest degree. the defendant is a
liar of the first water.
WAY
IN A WAY : accoring to one's view point. in a way,driver's not
to blame for the accident.
GET OUT OF THE WAY : obstruct or the reverse. please get out of my way.
HAVE ONE'S OWN WAY : do as one wishes. i want to go to bombay,
and i mean to havve my own way.
IN A BAD WAY : in a bad physical. he is in a bad way these days.
BY THE WAY : incidentally. by the way, i am leaving early morning.
UNDER WAY : beginning; starting; moving. we have several plans under way.
ONE THE WAY : comming; about the happen; being prepared. there
is a new baby on the way in out family.
MAKE WAY :retire from office. he shall make way for a younger man.
BY WAY OF :for, or as it for, the purpose of. he did by the way
of helping me.
WAYS AND MEANS : methods of providing money ,resources.you must
find the ways and weans of establishing a factory. you must use any
ways and means you can think of.
COME WAY : to become available to, possible for. he takes every
oppurtunity that comes his way.
WEAL
WEAL AND WOE:in happiness or sorrow. books area delightful
source of consolation in weal and woe.
WEAR
WEAR AWAY :impair. the day began to wear away.
WEAR OFF : diminish and finally disappear. the effects of the
drug will soon wear off.
WEAR OUT : render useless by wear. my coat is worn out.
WEAR AND TEAR:wastage.you must provide for the wear and tear of
your machinery.
WEAVE
GET WEAVING :to start working or moving quickly. we'll have to
get weaving if we want to catch the train.
WELL
WELL UP : knowing a great deal. he's very well up in antiques, you know.
WELL SET UP :fit; physically well constructed. she was a well
set up woman of fifty.
AS WELL: also. please come early, and bring your uncle as well.
WELL FAVOURED : handsome. a well favoured man opened the door.
TO BE WELL OFF :to be happily; comfortable. i am quite well off.
WELL OF : rich. he is very well of.
WELL-TO-DO:rich. mohan belongs to a well-to-do family.
WEST
GO WEST : useless; become destroyed. my old shes has gone west.
WHALE
HAVE A WHALE OF A TIME : to enjoy oneself very much. we had a
whale of a time at the party.
WHAT
WHAT ABOUT : about or concerning what."i want to talk to you."
"what about"?"
WHAT FOR : why. " i have to go back in to town"-" what for?"
WHAT'S the MATTER : what's wrong. he looks pale; what's the
matter with him?
KNOW WHAT'S WHAT :be able to discriminate between what is of
value and use, and what is not . you won't deceive rajesj, he knows
what is what.
TELL YOU WHAT : i make this suggestion. i tell you what -let's go
to calcutta.
WHAT'S HIS NAME : a substitution for a name one has forgotten.
this afternoon i met that tall man with white hair-old what's his
name.
WHEEL
PUT A SPOKE IN ONE'S WHEEL : interfere with one's plans. if that
man is intending to marry babeeta, her father will soon put a spoke in
his wheel.
WHETHER
WHETHER OR NO : whether or not. i could not decide whether or
no to return home.
WHILE
WHILE BACK : at a time several weeks or months in the past. we
had a good rain a while back, but we need more now.
A LITTLE WHILE : a short time. we'll telephone you in a little while.
WHISTLE
AS CLEAN AS A WHISTLE :very clean or cleanly. everything in
her kitchen was a clean as a whistle.
WHISTLE FOR : to ask for with no hope of getting. if you want
me to give to rs five thousands, you can whistle for it.
WHITE
WHITE NIGHT : a sleeping night. we passed a white night.
WHITE AS A SHEET : colourless; extremely pale. when he heard
the news , he turned as white as a sheet.
WIDE
WIDE AWAKE : aware; alert; entirely awake. he is a very wide
awake young man where business is concerned.
WILD
WILD GOOSE CHASE : a practical hopeless search or other
enterprise. madan has gone to the fair to find his sisterr,but it's a
wild goose chase.
RUN WILD : to behave without control or discipline. they let
their children run wild.
SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE : to spread extremely fast. the news of
the invasion spread like wildfire.
WILL
HAVE ONE'S WILL : obtain what one desires. the children have their will.
A WILL OF ONE'S OWN :spirit; determination; of one's own. my son
is only a month old, but he's already shown that he has a will of his
own.
WILLY- NILLY :whether one wishes or not. he had to go willy-nilly.
WIN
WIN LAURELS: gain honour. tagore won laurels in the field of
english literature.
WIND
GO LIKE WIND : swiftly. an aeroplane always goes like the wind.
IN THE WIND : an indicated possibility. it is in the wind that
hee will be next prime minister.
TO SEE WHICH WAY THE WIND BLOWS : to see where the advantage
lies.let us see which way the wind blows.
RAISE THE WIND : to get enough money. i will buy some shares in
his company if i can raise the wind.
TO SAIL CLOSE TO THE WIND :to take risk. he sails very close to
the wind in his business.
TO WIND UP : to conclude. i shall have to wind up my business from south.
WIPE
WIPE OUT :destroy utterly. the whole building has been wiped out
but by the earthquake.
TO WIPE ONE'S EYES :to pacify; to comfort. the money will wipe his eyes.
WISH
WISH TO GOODNESS :wish to god; hope to goodness and trust to goodness.
WISHFUL THINKING : brief founded one wishes rather than facts.
WORD
EAT ONE'S WORDS : to admit humbly that one was mistaken in
saying something. i'll make him eat his words.
WORD FOR WORD literally; exactly. madan tried to translate the
sentence word for word.
IN A WORD : to sum briefly. in a word, i don't like him.
SAY THE WORD : i'm ready to obey your wishes. if you'd like to
go with me, say the word.
WORDS FAIL ME : i cannot describe my feeling. words fail me when
i think of what you have done!
HAVE WORDS : to argue or quarrel. he's in a foul mood- i think
they've been words.
IN SO MANY WORDS : verbally and explicitly. she told me, in so
many words, that she ahs leaving for delhi tomorrow.
MAN OF WORD :who keeps promise. raj is a man of word.
WORD PERFECT : exact; absolutely accurate. the film is word
perfect in his part.
WORK
SET TO WORK : to start work. i'll have to set to work on this
mending this evening.
WORK UP : create by degrees. he worked up to a very fine business.
OUT OF WORK : unemployed. he has been out of work for a month.
WORK OUT : to solve; as a problem; to exhaust by working as a
mine; to effect or produce a result. our reformation was not working
itself out.
WORK WITH : things or persons. the other clerks will not work
with this one.
MARK SHORT WORK OF : finish quickly. the new girl makes short
work of the washing.
WORK ON : is to continue working. let the builders work on till sunset.
WORK OFF : get rid of. work off all worries.
WORLD
A MAN OF THE WORLD :an experienced person. ramesh is a man of the world.
ALL THE WORLD OVER :everywhere; univerrsally. a girl who is
pretty and charming is most popular all the world over.
ALL THE WORLD AND HIS WIFE :all the people there are; everyone.
all the world and his wife seem to be present.
THINK THE WORLD OF : to be very fond of. he thinks the world of his wife.
OUT OF THIS WORLD :unbelievably marvellous. his cooking is just
out of this world.
WORM
WORM IN :insinuate. now he has made a fortune, he will, i
expect, try to work his way into society.
WORM OUT : discover by persistent questioning. by the end of the
mouth he had wormed out her secret.
WORN
WORN OUT : very tired. his wife is worn out after looking after
the children.
WORSE
THE WORSE FOR WEAR : tired. you look a bit the worse for wear
after last night's party.
WORST
DO ONE'S WORST : to do the most evil thing that one can do. do
your worst-you'll never manage to defeat me.
WORTH
WORTH A CENT :worth anything; of an value. the book was old and
it was not worth a cent.
WORTH WHILE : worth spending time or trouble over. i would try
to see the business, but it isn't worth while.
WRAP
WRAPPED UP IN : entirely devoted. he is wrapped up in his business.
WRAP UP : to finish completely. i went to aberdeen to wrap up
my firm's deal with oil companies.
WRITE
WRITE OFF : to destroy completely or damage it beyond repair.
he wrote his car off in a bad accident.
WRITE UP : a report or stay in a newspaer. there was a write up
of the accident in the newspaper.
WRONG
GET WRONG : to misunderstand. i must have got it wrong- i
thought you were coming tomorrow.
GO WRONG : to make a mistake. where did i go wrong in that sum?
IN THE WRONG :guilty of an error or injustice. she is completely
blameless. you are the one who's in the wrong!
WADE THROUGH BOOK : read it despite dullness. the students wade
through thier book.
WADE INTO : attack energetically. the pakistan wade into indian
territory.
WAGE
WAGE WAR : fight a war. it is many years now since war was waged
in pakistan.
WAIT
WAIT ON TABLE : to serve food. the campers took turns waiting on table.
WAIT UPON :attend to. the waiters wait upon their patrons.
WAIT UP :stay out of bed. do not wait up for me. i will be late tonight.
WALK
WALK OUT :to go on strike. when the company wouldd not give them
higher pay , the workers walkked out.
WALK THE FLOOR : to walk one direction and then the other across
the floor. mr rakesh walked the floor, trying to reach a decision.
WALK OFF : depart; leave. he walked off from the meeting.
WALK OUT ON : to abandon. he's walked out on his wife/ responsibilities.
WALK INTO: thrash; abuse. please do not walk into the child.
TO WALK THE STREETS : to be prostitute. in this town , many
girls of well-to-do families walk the streets.
A WALK OVER : an easy victory. D.C.M team gave a walk over to our team.
WALL
GO TO THE WALL : to be defeated in competition. severall small
firms went to the wall in the past financial year.
PUSH TO THE WALL : to force to give place. please don't push me
to the wall.
WANE
ON THE WANE : becoming less. his power in one the wane.
WAR
WAGE WAR : conduct war. pakistan waged a war against india in 1965.
WAR TO THE KNIFE : a bitter and ruthless struggle.it was war to
the knife between the two women who loved him.
WAR OF NERVES : threats of war. pakistan is always waging a war
of nerves on india.
WARM
WARM UP : to become friendly and interested. it takes an hour or
so far some children to strangers.
WASH
WASH DOWN : eat hard food with drinks. wash down your food with
tea or coffee.
WASH OUT :remove by washing. i have washed out the ink stain on
your coat.
WASH ONE'S HANDS FOR : to give up altogether. i have washed my
hands of the whole business.
WASH ONE'S HAnDS OF : to withdraw from or refuse to be
responsible. we washed out hands of politics long ago.
WATCH
WATCH OUT : to be careful . watch out, the police are coming.
ON THE WATCH : in a state of watchfulness. the police are on
the watch for thieves.
WATCH OVER : to take care; to guard. please trust in god, and
he will watch over you.
WATCH UP :sit up at night. i have watched up many nights.
WATER
UNDER WATER :below the surface. there is much under water.
LIKE WATER : copiously . don't waste money like water.
HOLD WATER : to be correct. your theory does not hold water.
IN HOT WATER : in trouble. mohan, as usual , is in hot water these days.
HOLD WATER : to have effect; to be justified. your argument
does not hold water.
OF THE FIRST WATER : to the greatest degree. the defendant is a
liar of the first water.
WAY
IN A WAY : accoring to one's view point. in a way,driver's not
to blame for the accident.
GET OUT OF THE WAY : obstruct or the reverse. please get out of my way.
HAVE ONE'S OWN WAY : do as one wishes. i want to go to bombay,
and i mean to havve my own way.
IN A BAD WAY : in a bad physical. he is in a bad way these days.
BY THE WAY : incidentally. by the way, i am leaving early morning.
UNDER WAY : beginning; starting; moving. we have several plans under way.
ONE THE WAY : comming; about the happen; being prepared. there
is a new baby on the way in out family.
MAKE WAY :retire from office. he shall make way for a younger man.
BY WAY OF :for, or as it for, the purpose of. he did by the way
of helping me.
WAYS AND MEANS : methods of providing money ,resources.you must
find the ways and weans of establishing a factory. you must use any
ways and means you can think of.
COME WAY : to become available to, possible for. he takes every
oppurtunity that comes his way.
WEAL
WEAL AND WOE:in happiness or sorrow. books area delightful
source of consolation in weal and woe.
WEAR
WEAR AWAY :impair. the day began to wear away.
WEAR OFF : diminish and finally disappear. the effects of the
drug will soon wear off.
WEAR OUT : render useless by wear. my coat is worn out.
WEAR AND TEAR:wastage.you must provide for the wear and tear of
your machinery.
WEAVE
GET WEAVING :to start working or moving quickly. we'll have to
get weaving if we want to catch the train.
WELL
WELL UP : knowing a great deal. he's very well up in antiques, you know.
WELL SET UP :fit; physically well constructed. she was a well
set up woman of fifty.
AS WELL: also. please come early, and bring your uncle as well.
WELL FAVOURED : handsome. a well favoured man opened the door.
TO BE WELL OFF :to be happily; comfortable. i am quite well off.
WELL OF : rich. he is very well of.
WELL-TO-DO:rich. mohan belongs to a well-to-do family.
WEST
GO WEST : useless; become destroyed. my old shes has gone west.
WHALE
HAVE A WHALE OF A TIME : to enjoy oneself very much. we had a
whale of a time at the party.
WHAT
WHAT ABOUT : about or concerning what."i want to talk to you."
"what about"?"
WHAT FOR : why. " i have to go back in to town"-" what for?"
WHAT'S the MATTER : what's wrong. he looks pale; what's the
matter with him?
KNOW WHAT'S WHAT :be able to discriminate between what is of
value and use, and what is not . you won't deceive rajesj, he knows
what is what.
TELL YOU WHAT : i make this suggestion. i tell you what -let's go
to calcutta.
WHAT'S HIS NAME : a substitution for a name one has forgotten.
this afternoon i met that tall man with white hair-old what's his
name.
WHEEL
PUT A SPOKE IN ONE'S WHEEL : interfere with one's plans. if that
man is intending to marry babeeta, her father will soon put a spoke in
his wheel.
WHETHER
WHETHER OR NO : whether or not. i could not decide whether or
no to return home.
WHILE
WHILE BACK : at a time several weeks or months in the past. we
had a good rain a while back, but we need more now.
A LITTLE WHILE : a short time. we'll telephone you in a little while.
WHISTLE
AS CLEAN AS A WHISTLE :very clean or cleanly. everything in
her kitchen was a clean as a whistle.
WHISTLE FOR : to ask for with no hope of getting. if you want
me to give to rs five thousands, you can whistle for it.
WHITE
WHITE NIGHT : a sleeping night. we passed a white night.
WHITE AS A SHEET : colourless; extremely pale. when he heard
the news , he turned as white as a sheet.
WIDE
WIDE AWAKE : aware; alert; entirely awake. he is a very wide
awake young man where business is concerned.
WILD
WILD GOOSE CHASE : a practical hopeless search or other
enterprise. madan has gone to the fair to find his sisterr,but it's a
wild goose chase.
RUN WILD : to behave without control or discipline. they let
their children run wild.
SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE : to spread extremely fast. the news of
the invasion spread like wildfire.
WILL
HAVE ONE'S WILL : obtain what one desires. the children have their will.
A WILL OF ONE'S OWN :spirit; determination; of one's own. my son
is only a month old, but he's already shown that he has a will of his
own.
WILLY- NILLY :whether one wishes or not. he had to go willy-nilly.
WIN
WIN LAURELS: gain honour. tagore won laurels in the field of
english literature.
WIND
GO LIKE WIND : swiftly. an aeroplane always goes like the wind.
IN THE WIND : an indicated possibility. it is in the wind that
hee will be next prime minister.
TO SEE WHICH WAY THE WIND BLOWS : to see where the advantage
lies.let us see which way the wind blows.
RAISE THE WIND : to get enough money. i will buy some shares in
his company if i can raise the wind.
TO SAIL CLOSE TO THE WIND :to take risk. he sails very close to
the wind in his business.
TO WIND UP : to conclude. i shall have to wind up my business from south.
WIPE
WIPE OUT :destroy utterly. the whole building has been wiped out
but by the earthquake.
TO WIPE ONE'S EYES :to pacify; to comfort. the money will wipe his eyes.
WISH
WISH TO GOODNESS :wish to god; hope to goodness and trust to goodness.
WISHFUL THINKING : brief founded one wishes rather than facts.
WORD
EAT ONE'S WORDS : to admit humbly that one was mistaken in
saying something. i'll make him eat his words.
WORD FOR WORD literally; exactly. madan tried to translate the
sentence word for word.
IN A WORD : to sum briefly. in a word, i don't like him.
SAY THE WORD : i'm ready to obey your wishes. if you'd like to
go with me, say the word.
WORDS FAIL ME : i cannot describe my feeling. words fail me when
i think of what you have done!
HAVE WORDS : to argue or quarrel. he's in a foul mood- i think
they've been words.
IN SO MANY WORDS : verbally and explicitly. she told me, in so
many words, that she ahs leaving for delhi tomorrow.
MAN OF WORD :who keeps promise. raj is a man of word.
WORD PERFECT : exact; absolutely accurate. the film is word
perfect in his part.
WORK
SET TO WORK : to start work. i'll have to set to work on this
mending this evening.
WORK UP : create by degrees. he worked up to a very fine business.
OUT OF WORK : unemployed. he has been out of work for a month.
WORK OUT : to solve; as a problem; to exhaust by working as a
mine; to effect or produce a result. our reformation was not working
itself out.
WORK WITH : things or persons. the other clerks will not work
with this one.
MARK SHORT WORK OF : finish quickly. the new girl makes short
work of the washing.
WORK ON : is to continue working. let the builders work on till sunset.
WORK OFF : get rid of. work off all worries.
WORLD
A MAN OF THE WORLD :an experienced person. ramesh is a man of the world.
ALL THE WORLD OVER :everywhere; univerrsally. a girl who is
pretty and charming is most popular all the world over.
ALL THE WORLD AND HIS WIFE :all the people there are; everyone.
all the world and his wife seem to be present.
THINK THE WORLD OF : to be very fond of. he thinks the world of his wife.
OUT OF THIS WORLD :unbelievably marvellous. his cooking is just
out of this world.
WORM
WORM IN :insinuate. now he has made a fortune, he will, i
expect, try to work his way into society.
WORM OUT : discover by persistent questioning. by the end of the
mouth he had wormed out her secret.
WORN
WORN OUT : very tired. his wife is worn out after looking after
the children.
WORSE
THE WORSE FOR WEAR : tired. you look a bit the worse for wear
after last night's party.
WORST
DO ONE'S WORST : to do the most evil thing that one can do. do
your worst-you'll never manage to defeat me.
WORTH
WORTH A CENT :worth anything; of an value. the book was old and
it was not worth a cent.
WORTH WHILE : worth spending time or trouble over. i would try
to see the business, but it isn't worth while.
WRAP
WRAPPED UP IN : entirely devoted. he is wrapped up in his business.
WRAP UP : to finish completely. i went to aberdeen to wrap up
my firm's deal with oil companies.
WRITE
WRITE OFF : to destroy completely or damage it beyond repair.
he wrote his car off in a bad accident.
WRITE UP : a report or stay in a newspaer. there was a write up
of the accident in the newspaper.
WRONG
GET WRONG : to misunderstand. i must have got it wrong- i
thought you were coming tomorrow.
GO WRONG : to make a mistake. where did i go wrong in that sum?
IN THE WRONG :guilty of an error or injustice. she is completely
blameless. you are the one who's in the wrong!
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