See to it

See to it that the curtains are closed. (verify, make sure) Please see to it that no one comes in without identification.

He asked for some help with the orders..could you see to it? (see to sb/sth: deal with sth/sb that need to be delt with or waiting to be dealt with)

Could you see your way to letting us borrow the machine on Wednesday? (agree to do or allow sth)

I'm feeling a bit of feverish, Ihope it's not the start of flu. (Ill) Have you seen that feverish activity in ..? (beofre Noun, excited or active)

Don't tip your chair back like that, you'll fall. If you put too many books on one end of the shelf, it'll tip up. The table tipped and all our drinks fall on the floor. (One side higher)

The child picked up the box and tipped the toys out all over the floor. He tipped his breakfast cereal into a bowl. (pour)

He is being tipped as the next PM; He is being tipped to win the... (information..is likely to be successful or achieve sth)

Be careful not to tip that cup of coffee over. (to fall/cause to fall onto one side).

Shapely nylon-clad legs (sb dressed, sth covered)

My arguments with the boss got worse and worse, and it all culminate in my deciding to change jobs. (culminate in/ with: ends with sth, or having developed untill it reach this point)

His eyes gleamed with/in triumph; it polilshed the table till it gleamed.

Take the road which skirts (round) the village, not the one goes through it. (to avoid, along the edge of sth). Though the government has promised to deal with the drog abuse, it has been accused of skirting round the issue. (it's a bit of sore point)

ghostly figure (pale and transparent), ghostly voice (not lound or clear)

A rotting branch protruded from the swam like a ghostly arm.

I'm swamped with work at the moment. (too much). Foreign cars have swamped the FR market. Don't let feelings of depression swamp you.

He scrutinized the men's face, trying to work out who was lying. (examine sth very carefully to find info).

The pie looks tempting; It's telmpting to blame the TV for the increase in crime.

The (tempting) offer of a free...temped her into buying a ...; They tempted him to join the company by offering...; I was sorely tempted to say exactly what I thought of this offer.

You're a sight for sore eyes. (pleased to see, attractive)

The boss reamed them out for sleeping on the job. (tell sb off severly because you stronglt disapprove of their behaviours) The teacher told hom off for swearing. (speak angrily to sb..dure to sth wrong done)

He had occasionlly dallied with the idea of starting his own biz, but he had never actually done anything about it. (consider, imagine sth but not in serious way.)

He had been lied to and stabbed in the back by people that he thought were his friends. (do sth harmful to sb who trusted you)

It was scorching hot in the grren house; scorching summer; (ver hot).

Many people crave public attention. (have a strong / uncontrollable want for sth).