Phrases & Expressions

To begin a family by having children.

• They want to start a family soon.
• Many couples start a family in their thirties.

To stay overnight at someone's home.

• Can I stay over?
• She stayed over at her friend's.

To leave a vehicle, step or raised surface by stepping down from it.

• Mind the gap when you step off the train.
• He stepped off the bus and looked around.

To move your foot across something on the ground instead of walking on it.

• Please step over the cable carefully.
• She had to step over the puddle.

To stay in one place or nearby for a period of time.

• Stick around after the meeting and we'll have a coffee.
• He stuck around for a while to help us clean up.

A short experience of something that shows you what it is like.

• This is my first taste of living abroad.
• He wanted a taste of city life before choosing a university.

A difficult phase of behavior for two-year-old children.

• We are in the terrible twos now.
• Every toddler goes through the terrible twos in a different way.

Very dense fog.

• There was thick fog on the road.
• The plane couldn't land in thick fog.

In the amount that a person likes, especially of salt, pepper or sugar.

• Season the stew with salt and pepper to taste.
• Add sugar to taste before serving the lemonade.

To throw something away; to discard.

• Toss out the old newspapers.
• It's time to toss out these old shoes.