MY STUDENTS IN VETA

Do you know these "Hs"?

HACK

*CAN/CAN'T HACK IT.

To be able /not able to manage in a particular situation.

-He had to leave the job because like other persons he could also not hack it.

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HACKED OFF

*Adj-{not before noun}.

FED UP, EXTREMELY ANNOYED.

-I was really hacked off yesterday.

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HACKLES

Raise sb's hackles.

To make sb angry.

-Wrecking up the dead past you are just raising my hackles.

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HAIR

Get in sb's hair.

To annoy sb by always being near them, asking them questions, etc.

-Now go from here, don't get in my hair.

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**Keep your hair on.

Used to tell sb to stop shouting and become calm when they are angry.

-When we were told to keep our hair on by the director, there was a complete silence.

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***Not harm/touch a hair of sb's head.

To not harm sb physically in any way.

-Be sure when he knows you are my friend, he will not touch a hair of your body.

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****Not turn a hair.

To show no emotion when sth surprising, shocking etc happens.

-He did not turn a hair when I told him that India had lost the final match.

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*****Make sb's hair stand on end.

To shock or frighten sb.

-The last scene of the movie Bhool Bhoolaiya made my hair stand on end.

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HALF

*And a half.

Bigger, better, more important, etc. than usual.

-That was a game and a half.

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**Go halves with sb.

To share the cost of sth equally with sb.

-We go halves on all the bills.

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@Half a loal is better than no bread.

Something is better than nothing.

-Half a loaf is better than no bread, so you should be grateful to God for whatever he has given you.

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