The teacher's pet

!!!The teacher's pet 

a student in a class who is liked best by the teacher and therefore treated better than the other students 

Hello, stranger

  Hello, stranger 

used to greet someone who you have not seen for a long time

dean's list

dean's list  

a list of the best students at a university  

   ‌Big Man on Campus 

an important and popular male student at a college or university, especially someone who is good at sports

padlock

padlock

  a lock that you can put on a gate, door, bicycle etc 

He undid the padlock and eased back the lid 

tree

parts of a tree: trunk, branch, leaf, blossom, roots, bark, twig 

a large area of trees: forest, rainforest, jungle
a small area of trees: wood/woods, thicket British English, copse British English
 

types of tree: evergreen, deciduous, conifer, fruit tree, hardwood tree
 

wood from trees: timber, lumber, firewoodtree

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to start to behave better

to start to behave better

mend your ways  

 turn over a new leaf  

clean up your act   

 straighten up    

 a reformed character 

  go straight  

cherry tomato

cherry tomato 

a type of very small tomato

secret

it's a secret 

 tell somebody a secret/let somebody in on a secret also  

reveal a secret formal    

keep a secret   =not tell someone about something    

your secret is safe with me  =I will not tell anyone about it  

 big secret  =an important secret, or something that is known by very few people   

  little  secret =a secret that is not very important  

  be a closely-guarded/well-kept secret  =a secret that very few people know about  

state/official secret 

 trade secret  

dark secret  = a secret about something bad  

 somebody's  innermost secrets = someone's most personal secrets

 it's no secret (that) (=everyone knows about this 

 it's an open secret (that) = 

most people know about this, although you might expect it to be a secret

carousel

carousel 

 a machine with wooden horses on it that turns around and around, which people can ride on for fun  

‌ the moving belt that you collect your bags from  

 at  an airport

outrider

outrider 

a guard or police officer who rides on a motorcycle or horse beside or in front of a vehicle in which an important person is travelling 

not confident

 not confident about talking to people

  shy       

    timid   

  coy        

  diffident    

   bashful      

Teachers

Teachers change the world one child at a time

kindness

How beautiful a day can be when kindness touches it

black ice

black ice  

an area of ice that is very difficult to seeDriving conditions are dangerous, with black ice in many areas 

cleft lip

cleft lip 

A split in someone's upper lip, that they are born with  

red hot

red hot 

used to describe an object or surface that is very hot 

white hot 

    used to describe metal that is extremely hot 

seat

back/rear/front seat =the back or front seat in a car 

 driver's seat  

passenger seat  =the seat next to the driver's seat in a car

window/aisle seat  =a seat next to the window or aisle, for example on a plane

 empty/vacant seat front-row seat  =in a theatre, sports ground etc

 good seat  =one from which you can see well

ringside seat  =a seat in the front row for a sports event, especially a boxing match  

have/take a seat   

show somebody to their seat  

book/reserve a seat  

bums on seats British English informal (=used for talking about the number of people who go to an event, especially if this is a lot of people)

tide somebody over

tide somebody over (something) phrasal verb 

to help someone through a difficult period, especially by lending them money 

Could you lend me £10 to tide me over till next week

walk on eggs / eggshells

walk on eggs /  eggshells  

  If you are  walking on eggs or eggshells you are being so careful not to offend  someone  or do anything wrong 

when my mother is staying at our house ,I feel like i'm walking on eggshells   

Bite the Dust

Bite the Dust

 went down in defeat, losing to a competitor  

Andy did exceptionally well in all of the track events, but he bit the dust in the high jump competition. Much to the disappointment of his fans, he went down in defeat, losing to a competitor from the visiting team