ඇමරිකානු ඉංග්‍රීසි පාඩම - අංක.08

අටවෙනි පාඩම ආරම්භ කරමු.

(to) beat around the bush - කියන තියෙන දෙයක් කෙලින් කියන්නේ නැතිව වෙන වෙන දේවල් කියමින් වටේ යන එකට තමයි මෙහෙම කියන්නේ (to talk around the subject; to avoid getting to the point)

• Kara beat around the bush for an hour, then finally told us she needed a ride to Kennedy Airport.
• If you want something, tell me. Don't beat around the bush!

dime a dozen - සාමන්‍ය දේවල්/ විශේෂත්වයක් නැහැ‍/සුලභයි (so plentiful as to be nothing special; common)

• Reality TV shows are a dime a dozen these days.
• There are so many Starbucks coffee shops in Manhattan, they're a dime a dozen. 
• If you're looking for a new suit, you shouldn't have a problem. Clothing shops in this town are a dime a dozen.

Good for you! - ප්‍රශංසාවට ලක් කිරීම (Good job! Well done!)

• You won $100,000 on the TV game show Jeopardy? Good for you!
• You passed your math test? Good for you!

hard times - කෙනෙක් යම් අසනීපයකට ලක්වීම, මුදල් අතින් හිඟපාඩුවට ලක්ව තිබීම, එහෙමත් නැත්නම් හිත‍වතෙකු අහිමිව දුකට පත්ව තිබීම හෝ වෙනයම් අසීරුවකට ලක්ව තිබෙන කාලයකට මෙලෙස හදුන්වයි.
(a time of difficulty)

• Since his wife left him for her dentist, Dan has been going through hard times.
• Nancy's family is going through hard times. Her father just lost his job.

(to be) in good spirits - සතුටින් පසුවනවා යන අරුත පෙන්වීමට යොදාගනී (happy; in a good mood)

• After she won the tennis tournament, Elizabeth was in good spirits.
• Sam was in good spirits after receiving his Christmas bonus.
• I'm in good spirits today because I got a promotion at work.

made of money - ලොකු ධනවතෙක් යන්න දක්වයි  (very rich)

• My neighbor is re-modeling his house to look like Versailles. He doesn't have good taste, but he certainly is made of money .
• Max should be willing to loan you $10,000 to start your new business. He's made of money.
• Renting an apartment on Park Avenue in Manhattan is difficult, unless you're made of money.

(to) make a splash - යමක් සම්බන්ධයෙන ජනප්‍රියත්වය ඉක්මනින් ලබා ගැනීම පෙන්වීමට මෙය යොදා ගනු ලැබේ. (to win popularity quickly)

• Nicole's beautiful cousin Cecilia from Santo Domingo really made a splash at the high school dance.
• Those new jeans really made a splash. All the kids are wearing them. 
• Ted performed at his high school dance. He knew he'd made a splash when all the girls started singing along.

(to) pay (someone) back - ලබා ගත් ණයක් නැවත ගෙවීම (to repay a loan or debt)

• Nicole paid her friend back the $10 she borrowed.
• You can borrow $50, but don't forget to pay me back!

pipe dream - ඉටු කර ගත නොහැකි බලාපොරොත්තුවලට මෙසේ හදුන්වයි (an unrealistic hope)

• Susan would like to move to New Zealand and write romance novels, but she knows that's just a pipe dream.
• You want to become a famous actor on Broadway? That sounds like a pipe dream.
• Susan thinks that Ted's plan to become a famous rock star is a pipe dream.

(to) shell out - ගෙවීම පිළිබදව තමයි පවසන්නේ හැබැයි වටිනාකමට වැඩියෙන් යන්න දැක්වීමට යොදා ගන්න පුළුවන් (to pay (often more than one would like))

• Bob shelled out $5,000 for Nicole's piano lessons before she decided she'd rather play the flute.
• How much am I going to have to shell out to get two ticket to the Rolling Stones concert?
• Nicole wants to attend Yale, but her parents don't want to shell out $100,000 for the tuition.

(to) take (something) by storm - මේකෙනුත් කියන්නේ ජනප්‍රියත්වය ඉක්මනින් දිනා ගැනීම ගැනම තමයි (to win popularity quickly)

• The play "The Producers" really took New York by storm.
• That new restaurant really took Chicago by storm!
• My friend's daughter paints beautiful pictures. In a few years, she'll take the art world by storm.

(that's or those are) the breaks - සිදුවන යම් අසුභදායක දෙයක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඔබට කිසිවක් කළ නොහැකි බව කියා පෑමට යොදා ගත හැක. (when something bad happens and you can't do anything about it)

• By the time we got to the theater, the new Harry Potter movie was already sold out. Oh well, that's the breaks!
• Your glasses fell on a rock and broke while you were fishing? Those are the breaks!

wise guy [slang] - අපි සමහර වෙලාවට කියන්නේ "මිනිහා හරි පණ්ඩිතයෙක්", ඒ කියන්නේ ඔහු හරි නුවණක්කාරයෙක් කියන එක නෙමෙයි අර ඕනවට වඩා උදුම්මගෙන ඉන්න එක හරි ඊට සමාන දේවල් කරන කෙනාට කියන්නේ. අන්න ඒකම තමයි මෙයිනුත් කියන්නේ. ඒ වගේම අනුන් සම්බන්ධයෙන් නිරතුරුවම සමච්චලයට කථා කරන අයටත් මෙය යොදා ගන්න පුළුවන් (a smart aleck; one who makes a lot of
sarcastic comments)

• When Mrs. Lee asked Joey what he wanted to be when he grew up, he said, "An adult." She told him not to be such a wise guy.
• That clerk in the video store is a real wise guy. He's always making nasty comments about the customers.
• Being a wise guy can be fun, but it might not make you popular with your teachers.

man of the hour - මෙයින් පවසන්නේ ඒ අවස්ථාවේ, හෝ ආසන්නම මොහොතේ වඩාත් අවධානය දිනා ගත් තැනැත්තා පිළිබදවයි.

1. A man in whose honor a gathering is held.

2. A man who is currently an object of public attention.

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