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nothing special :  The hotel we stayed in was nothing to write home about.

safe : We're home free. I don't think they're going to catch us now.

in our organization(ourselves) : At my last company, we did all our design in-house.

eating a lot : I'm going to have to ask my brother to leave. He's eating me out of house and home.

deal with your own problems : You should put your own house in order before you try to give me advice.

deal with corruption inside the goverment : The new Prime Minister has promised to clean house when he takes power next month

remined me. made me really deeply : A friend of mine had a terrible car accident when he was drunk. It brought home to me  the dangers of drinking and driving.

really well : They only just met but they're getting along like a house on fire.

free : Coffee's on the house today! It's one year since we opened up and we're celebration.

just like home : It was a beautiful cabin. A real home away from home.

loves to stay hom : I'm such a homebody these days. I never feel like going out.

home made beer : Would you like a bottle of my homebrew?

good at : My son is so at home with computers - I envy him.

almost finished : Don't give up now. We're in the home stretch.

Do you know anyone who could give my old computer a home?

cozy, comfortable : You've made your apartment look really homey.

comes out : appears

turned in : identified a person to the police or authority

turn into : become(something different)

crave : has an extremely strong physical desire for

hook on : enjoy something so much that you want to do it as much as possible

cold turkey : all at once

lose track of the time : get so involved that you forget what time it is

willpower : ability to control one's desires

become cut off from : stop communication with

cut down on : reduce, make smaller

drag onself away : stop doing something(even though you don't want to)

withdrawal : uncomfortable physical symptoms while giving up an addiction

all-consuming : of total interest(use up)

detrimental : harmful

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put something out : stop something burning.

to let it slide(=let it go) : not deal with a comment or an issue

rubs me the wrong way : annoy, irritate

so as not to : in order to avoid doing something negative
so as to = in order to(purpose)

come to think of it : I just thought of something related to our conversation

fed up : be tired of or disgusted with something or someone

can see your point : admit that someone has said something you agree with

in hindsight : looking back at the past and judging your behaviour

up in arms : become very angry

do without : live without, manage without

look down on : feel or act as if someone is inferior (<-> look up to)

swallowed my pride : do something that makes you feel ashamed

taken a back : be very surprised because something bad happened

the bottom line : the basic truth, the main point, most important think

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    I was a party last week. You know how I get up in arm when people around me smoke. I always sneeze, and anyway, I'm afraid of second-hand smoke
    Well, these people started to light up in the living room, and I was so taken back that I got up and asked them to go outside. You should have seen how they looked at me! One of them said that she was fed up with always being sent outside to smoke. I didn't want to get into an argument, so I let it slide and didn't say anything. But the guy spoke up and said that it was time for people to be more polite to smokers. He said that he was tired of being look down on, that nonsmokers have this superior attitude.
    I swallow my pride and said I was sorry if I had sounded rude because I didn't mean to be. I told them that I was allergic to smoke, and knew that other people in the room didn't like the smoke either. I just wanted them to go outside so as not to bother anyone. Well, they just turned around and went outside. I have to admit that I didn't like their attitude. They really rub me the wrong way.
    When will smokers ever realize that they aren't welcome anymore because they pollute our air? the bottom line is good health, isn't it?

-Prepositions + whom/which
 In "extra information" clasuses you can use a preposition before whom and which
 
- All of/most of   + whom/which
  mone of/many of/much of/(a) few of/some of
  any of/half of/each of/both of/neither of
  either of/one of/two of

  He tried on three jackets, none of which fit him.
  They've got three cars, two of which they never use.
  Sue has a lot of friends, many of whom she went to school with.
  Two men, neither of whom I had seen before, came into my office.
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This is a photograph of our friends.   We went on vacation with them
=> This is a photograph of our friends, who we went on vacation with.

The wedding took place last Friday.  Only menbers of the family were invited to it.
=> The wedding, which only members of the family were invited on, took place

I've just bought some books about astronomy.  I'm very interested in astronomy.
=> I've just bought some books about astronomy which I'm very interested in.

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They gave us a lot of information. Most of it was useless.
=>They gave us a lot of information, most of which was useless.

There were a lot of people at the party. I had met only a few of them before.
=>There were a lot of people at the party, only a few of whom I had met before.

I have sent him two letters. Neither of them has arrived.
=>I have sent him two letters, neither of which has arrived.

Norman won $50,000. He gave half of it to his parents.
=>Norman won $50,000, half of which he gave to his parents.

Ten people applied for the job. None of them were qualified.
=>Ten people applied for the job, none of whom were qualified.

Tom made a number of suggestions. Most of them were very helpful.
=> Tom made a number of suggestions, most of which were very helpul

Mouse : small object that you use to select things
   using computer : Mouses, Mice
   using animal : (only) Mice

field : an area on the screen where you type in information

screen : the part of the monitor that you look at

modem : a thing that sends information from one computer to another using telephone lines.

monitor : the part of the computer that is like a TV

to surf : to look at information on the Internet

headphone : the part that you put on your ears to listen

to download : to copy something from the Internet to your computer

PC : personal computer; an individual computer

cursor : a small blinking thing that shows you where you are on the screen

website : a location or address on the World Wide Web

icon : a small picture on the screen

to click : to push the button on the mouse

computer virus : instructions in the computer that can destroy information

The Internet : connects millions of computers in the world

laptop : a computer small enough to carry around

word processing : a program for writing letters, etc.

e-mail : electronic mail; mail sent by the computer

keyboard : what you use to type on

It seems like a roller coster ^^