#️⃣#Kill /kɪl/ #verb
💢be killed instantly/outright (=immediately)
🔹The driver was killed instantly.
🔹Bleach kills household germs.
🔹Smoking kills.
💢kill yourself:
🅰️to cause your own death:
🔹You’re going to kill yourself on that bike.
🔹After her husband died, Mary tried to kill herself.
🅱️to work very hard to achieve something, in a way that makes you ill or tired:
🔹It’s not worth killing yourself over it.
💢kill yourself to do something
🔹He about killed himself to make the business go.
💢to make something stop operating or fail:
🔹Joe pulled in and killed the engine.
🔹The out-of-town shopping centre will kill local trade.
🔹kill your speed (=drive slowly)
💢#informal to be very angry with someone:
🔹Mom will kill me if I’m late.
💢it kills somebody to do something
🔹It kills me to see him working so hard.
🔹What happened next? The suspense is killing me.
💢would/could kill for something (also would kill to do something) ➡️ to want something so much that you will do almost anything to get it or do it:
🔹I could kill for a smoke right now.
🔹In those days, actors would kill to break into film.
💢my head/back etc is killing me #spoken ➡️ used to say that a part of your body is hurting a lot:
🔹I’ve walked miles and my feet are killing me.
💢kill time/an hour etc ➡️ to spend time doing something which is not important, while you are waiting to do something important or waiting for something else to happen:
🔹With time to kill, he took a cab to the centre.
💢to make someone laugh a lot
🔹 kill yourself laughing
🔹They weren’t bothered – in fact, they were killing themselves laughing.
💢it won’t/wouldn’t kill somebody (to do something) #spoken used to say that someone could easily do something, and ought to do it:
🔹It wouldn’t kill you to help out once in a while.
💢(even) if it kills me #spoken ➡️ used to emphasize that you are determined to do something, even though it is very difficult:
🔹I’m completing this course, even if it kills me.
💢kill something off #phrasal_verb:
1️⃣to cause the death of a lot of living things SYN destroy:
🔹Pollution is rapidly killing off plant life.
2️⃣to stop or remove something completely SYN destroy:
🔹These figures kill off any hope that the economy is poised for recovery.
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💢be killed instantly/outright (=immediately)
🔹The driver was killed instantly.
🔹Bleach kills household germs.
🔹Smoking kills.
💢kill yourself:
🅰️to cause your own death:
🔹You’re going to kill yourself on that bike.
🔹After her husband died, Mary tried to kill herself.
🅱️to work very hard to achieve something, in a way that makes you ill or tired:
🔹It’s not worth killing yourself over it.
💢kill yourself to do something
🔹He about killed himself to make the business go.
💢to make something stop operating or fail:
🔹Joe pulled in and killed the engine.
🔹The out-of-town shopping centre will kill local trade.
🔹kill your speed (=drive slowly)
💢#informal to be very angry with someone:
🔹Mom will kill me if I’m late.
💢it kills somebody to do something
🔹It kills me to see him working so hard.
🔹What happened next? The suspense is killing me.
💢would/could kill for something (also would kill to do something) ➡️ to want something so much that you will do almost anything to get it or do it:
🔹I could kill for a smoke right now.
🔹In those days, actors would kill to break into film.
💢my head/back etc is killing me #spoken ➡️ used to say that a part of your body is hurting a lot:
🔹I’ve walked miles and my feet are killing me.
💢kill time/an hour etc ➡️ to spend time doing something which is not important, while you are waiting to do something important or waiting for something else to happen:
🔹With time to kill, he took a cab to the centre.
💢to make someone laugh a lot
🔹 kill yourself laughing
🔹They weren’t bothered – in fact, they were killing themselves laughing.
💢it won’t/wouldn’t kill somebody (to do something) #spoken used to say that someone could easily do something, and ought to do it:
🔹It wouldn’t kill you to help out once in a while.
💢(even) if it kills me #spoken ➡️ used to emphasize that you are determined to do something, even though it is very difficult:
🔹I’m completing this course, even if it kills me.
💢kill something off #phrasal_verb:
1️⃣to cause the death of a lot of living things SYN destroy:
🔹Pollution is rapidly killing off plant life.
2️⃣to stop or remove something completely SYN destroy:
🔹These figures kill off any hope that the economy is poised for recovery.
#Vocabulary
#Essential_English_words
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