Reacting or Demanding: English Vocabulary List

used to tell someone to change their life style and start doing more exciting or important things

"Get a life now!"

"Instead of constantly complaining about others, you should really get a life and find some hobbies."

to tell a person to stop making noise or stop talking, especially if they are being loud or annoying

"Please put a sock in it, I am trying to sleep."

"Would you please put a sock in it because I am trying to concentrate on my homework here."

used to tell someone to leave immediately

"Beat it — you are not welcome here."

"She told the persistent salesperson to beat it after the third unsolicited visit that week."

used to wish a person good luck, particularly before their performance

"Break a leg tonight!"

"Before she went on stage for her audition, her friends all told her to break a leg."

used to tell someone that they should stop saying or doing a particular thing

"Come off it! You are joking, right?"

"Come off it! You are joking, right? Because that sounds completely unbelievable to me."

used to tell a whining person that one does not care

"Cry me a river — everyone has problems!"

"He expected sympathy for a minor inconvenience, but his colleague simply said cry me a river and walked away."

used to tell a person to stop talking about unimportant or incorrect things

"Cut the crap — just tell me what happened."

"The director told the consultants to cut the crap and present only the data that actually mattered."

used to tell a person to stop doing something or talking about a certain subject that is annoying one

"Give it a rest."

"Please give it a rest; your constant complaining is becoming very tiresome for everyone."

used to show one's disbelief or disagreement about what someone has just said

"Give me a break!"

"You expect me to believe that story? Give me a break, that's ridiculous!"

used to show one's indifference toward one's actions or mood

"You go hang yourself."

"When his demands were refused, he angrily told them to go hang themselves."

used to tell a person to go and leave one alone

"You go to Devil."

"After the argument, she told him to go to the Devil and never speak to her again."

used humorously when one is about to attempt to do something foolish or dangerous, often to showoff or outdo someone

"Hold my beer, watch."

"He confidently declared, 'Hold my beer,' before attempting the daring skateboard jump."

used to express contempt, dismissal, or refusal toward someone

"Kiss my ass — I quit!"

"He was so furious with the unfair treatment that he told his manager to kiss his ass on the way out."

used to express one's desire to stop someone from doing something

"No, you don't."

"Seeing her reach for the fragile vase, he quickly said, 'No, you don't!'"

used to tell someone to stop talking

"None of your lip."

"The teacher told the disruptive student that she wanted none of his lip and to sit quietly."

used to ask a person to pay attention to one's words and believe them

"Read my lips — I am not doing it."

"Read my lips: there will be no further extensions to this deadline under any circumstances."

used to tell someone to not spit when they are talking

"Say it, do not spray it — step back a little!"

"He leaned in too close during the presentation and someone muttered say it, do not spray it."

used to tell someone to ignore or disregard something that was just said

"Scratch that. Forget what I said."

"Scratch that. Forget what I said because I have changed my mind about the whole plan."

used when urging a person to quickly say the thing they seem embarrassed or frightened to share

"Spit it out! Tell me the truth."

"Spit it out! Tell me the truth because I know you are hiding something from me."

used to tell someone to stop bothering one and leave one alone

"Take a hike — I do not want to see you here again."

"The security guard told the trespasser to take a hike and escorted him off the premises."

to go away and leave a person alone

"You take a walk."

"If you can't be civil, then I suggest you take a walk and leave me in peace."

used to tell someone to take care of themselves when saying goodbye to each other

"Take it easy. Do not work too hard."

"Take it easy. Do not work too hard because you need to rest and relax sometimes, too."