call of nature humorous (to urinate or defecate) Excuse me for a minute; I must answer a call of nature before we leave. There was no bathroom, so he disappeared behind the bushes to answer the call of nature. Please stop the car somewhere; I need to answer the …
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write in (to send a letter or electronic message to television company or other organization) We asked our readers to write in and give us their views. A lot of people wrote in to the program to ask for more details. envocabulary.com
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write down (to write something on a piece of paper in order to remember or record it) Let me write down the phone number before I forget it. This is my new address – do you want to write it down? I wrote down every word the teacher said. …
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gut feeling (inner sense, a feeling based on intuition) I have a gut feeling that this year is going to be a good one. My gut feeling was that Tim was a good person. She had a gut feeling there was something seriously wrong. envocabulary.com
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rain cats and dogs informal (rain very hard) The sky suddenly went dark, and it started to rain cats and dogs. They had to cancel the match, because it was raining cats and dogs. envocabulary.com
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