Features of Academic Language by Diane P Tutin

"How about you?"

cm104 — 2025-12-02 19:05:07 UTC

What's up?

gh105 — 2025-12-02 19:05:11 UTC

Killing two birds with one stone

td106 — 2025-12-02 19:05:19 UTC

2025-12-02 19:05:22 UTC

"raining cats and dogs"

"I couldn't care less"

dg109_3 — 2025-12-02 19:05:25 UTC

Beating around the bush

td106 — 2025-12-02 19:05:34 UTC

run an errand

dtutin — 2025-12-02 19:05:34 UTC

in the same boat

es128 — 2025-12-02 19:05:49 UTC

running late

dtutin — 2025-12-02 19:05:52 UTC

"Do you mind?"

cm104 — 2025-12-02 19:05:54 UTC

break a leg

mm151_2 — 2025-12-02 19:06:02 UTC

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

gh105 — 2025-12-02 19:06:03 UTC

Holy cow!

br107_1 — 2025-12-02 19:06:25 UTC

"eating crow"

2025-12-02 19:06:26 UTC

cm104 — 2025-12-02 19:06:29 UTC

no yeah

the devil is beating his wife

dg109_3 — 2025-12-02 19:06:33 UTC

yeah no

es128 — 2025-12-02 19:06:56 UTC

I'm up for it

es128 — 2025-12-02 19:07:01 UTC

real quick

cm104 — 2025-12-02 19:07:01 UTC

I'm down

es128 — 2025-12-02 19:07:04 UTC

put the fries in the bag

br107_1 — 2025-12-02 19:07:34 UTC

unlucky with cards lucky in love

es128 — 2025-12-02 19:07:40 UTC

Lady Luck

es128 — 2025-12-02 19:07:43 UTC

working hard or hardly working

dg109_3 — 2025-12-02 19:07:46 UTC

head in the clouds

cm104 — 2025-12-02 19:08:12 UTC

You've got to be kidding

br107_1 — 2025-12-02 19:08:13 UTC

In a nutshell

lc114_1 — 2025-12-02 19:08:29 UTC

traffic jam

no103 — 2025-12-02 19:08:35 UTC

Let's circle back

td106 — 2025-12-02 19:08:45 UTC

a bone to pick

mm151_2 — 2025-12-02 19:08:58 UTC

live laugh love

cm104 — 2025-12-02 19:09:07 UTC

hook up/link up

2025-12-02 19:09:11 UTC

head in the clouds

gh105 — 2025-12-02 19:09:23 UTC

grin and bear it

no103 — 2025-12-02 19:09:31 UTC

a dime a dozen

em124_2 — 2025-12-02 19:09:32 UTC

jack of all trades, master of none

dg109_3 — 2025-12-02 19:09:34 UTC

Pain in the butt

lc114_1 — 2025-12-02 19:09:38 UTC

when in rome

gh105 — 2025-12-02 19:09:45 UTC

ants in the pants

es128 — 2025-12-02 19:09:50 UTC

round of applause

2025-12-02 19:09:52 UTC

liar liar pants on fire

es128 — 2025-12-02 19:09:54 UTC

crib

es128 — 2025-12-02 19:10:01 UTC

under the weather

em124_2 — 2025-12-02 19:10:11 UTC

parental units

es128 — 2025-12-02 19:10:12 UTC

bro

mm151_2 — 2025-12-02 19:10:15 UTC

yolo

es128 — 2025-12-02 19:10:24 UTC

im not a cop

nt102 — 2025-12-02 19:10:27 UTC

let me live

es128 — 2025-12-02 19:10:31 UTC

sus

br107_1 — 2025-12-02 19:10:32 UTC

hop in the shower

gh105 — 2025-12-02 19:10:37 UTC

granola

es128 — 2025-12-02 19:10:41 UTC

Give me a break!

dtutin — 2025-12-02 19:10:44 UTC

brainrot

gh105 — 2025-12-02 19:10:55 UTC

rage bait

lc114_1 — 2025-12-02 19:11:12 UTC

grow up

es128 — 2025-12-02 19:11:18 UTC

It's all Greek to me

em124_2 — 2025-12-02 19:11:29 UTC

I pinky promise or poke a needle in my eye

es128 — 2025-12-02 19:11:59 UTC

deadass

2025-12-02 19:12:03 UTC

are we for real.

td106 — 2025-12-02 19:12:09 UTC

born yesterday

gh105 — 2025-12-02 19:12:10 UTC

cost an arm and leg

lc114_1 — 2025-12-02 19:12:14 UTC

I'm dead/I'm crying

td106 — 2025-12-02 19:12:30 UTC

break a leg!

es128 — 2025-12-02 19:12:30 UTC

im crying

mm151_2 — 2025-12-02 19:12:31 UTC

holding space

td106 — 2025-12-02 19:12:34 UTC

call it a day

lc114_1 — 2025-12-02 19:12:37 UTC

under wraps

dg109_3 — 2025-12-02 19:12:44 UTC

kick the bucket

gh105 — 2025-12-02 19:12:47 UTC

fake news

cm104 — 2025-12-02 19:13:04 UTC

piggybacking off of that

nt102 — 2025-12-02 19:13:05 UTC

so far so good

lc114_1 — 2025-12-02 19:13:06 UTC

hot button issues

cm104 — 2025-12-02 19:13:11 UTC

last straw

lc114_1 — 2025-12-02 19:13:24 UTC

you'll be the guinea pigs for this lesson plan

es128 — 2025-12-02 19:13:31 UTC

bit the dust

dg109_3 — 2025-12-02 19:13:37 UTC

cut corners

gh105 — 2025-12-02 19:13:40 UTC

lock in

br107_1 — 2025-12-02 19:13:43 UTC

speak of the devil

lc114_1 — 2025-12-02 19:13:52 UTC

hop on

dtutin — 2025-12-02 19:13:59 UTC

I bombed that test

es128 — 2025-12-02 19:14:06 UTC

devil's advocate

cm104 — 2025-12-02 19:14:18 UTC

getting dragged

2025-12-02 19:14:37 UTC

lol, lmao, rofl, fyi, tmi

es128 — 2025-12-02 19:14:40 UTC

off the dome

gh105 — 2025-12-02 19:14:45 UTC

out of pocket

no103 — 2025-12-02 19:15:02 UTC

cancelled

td106 — 2025-12-02 19:15:03 UTC

icebreaker

lc114_1 — 2025-12-02 19:15:07 UTC

on the tip of my tongue

gh105 — 2025-12-02 19:15:13 UTC

boyfriend/girlfriend

es128 — 2025-12-02 19:15:30 UTC

triggered

aa137_1 — 2025-12-02 19:15:39 UTC

call it a day

gh105 — 2025-12-02 19:15:46 UTC

lowkey/highkey

lc114_1 — 2025-12-02 19:15:55 UTC

hang in there

gh105 — 2025-12-02 19:15:59 UTC

chopped

td106 — 2025-12-02 19:16:07 UTC

unc

td106 — 2025-12-02 19:16:11 UTC

long story short

gh105 — 2025-12-02 19:16:15 UTC

huzz

br107_1 — 2025-12-02 19:16:20 UTC

on a real

td106 — 2025-12-02 19:16:36 UTC

ragebaiting

aa137_1 — 2025-12-02 19:17:22 UTC

bases loaded

em124_2 — 2025-12-02 19:17:32 UTC

get to third base

gh105 — 2025-12-02 19:18:41 UTC

say less

es128 — 2025-12-02 19:20:46 UTC

when pigs fly

es128 — 2025-12-02 19:22:09 UTC