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2019-02-28 10:21:56 turn something over 

🗨 to give someone the right to own something, or the responsibility for something such as a plan, business, piece of property, etc.: 

turn something over to somebody

 Local police have turned the case over to the FBI.

turn something over to somebody

🗨  to give someone the right to own something, or to make someone responsible for dealing with something.

He’ll turn the shop over to his son when he retires.

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turn the matter/problem/responsibility etc over to somebody

I’m turning the project over to you.

• I turned him over to find he was already dead.

Within a few years the increased prosperity of the yard had so impressed John Shuttleworth that he turned the business over to him.

• Graeme did all the cooing at first but has now turned his saucepans over to his talented young apprentice, Steve Webb.

• Some lawmakers have even called for turning its functions over to private industry.

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2019-02-18 20:44:03 stand out 

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🗨 to be very easy to see or notice:

 We want the picture on the cover to stand out.

 At six foot seven, Rich really stands out in a crowd.

stand out a mile/stand out like a sore thumb

 His bright green jacket stood out a mile.

🗨 to be clearly better than other similar people or things: 

stand out as something

 Owen stands out as the best young player in the game.

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2019-02-18 16:33:50 Describe your hometown

My hometown is Mashhad. It is a city in northeast of Iran. Mashhad is known as a place of religious journey. It's centered on the vast Holy shrine of Imam Reza. Despite it's religious place, it also includes places where you can go to visit. There are a number of large parks in Mashhad, the tombs of historical celebrities and the tomb of Nader Shah and koohsangi parks are in Mashhad. The Koohestan parke-e-shadi complex includes a zoo where many wild animals are kept and it attracts many visitors to Mashhad. Moreover, some points of interest lie outside the city. About 40 kilometres outside of Mashhad is a small town named Tus. The author of the epic poem, The Shahnameh( the Persian book of kings), Ferdowsi died there and his remains have rested in Tus ever since.

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2019-02-18 14:37:52 Put up money/$500/$5 million 

🗨 to give an amount of money for a particular purpose:

 Part of that money is being put up by local businessmen.

 Local residents have put up a reward for information about the crime.

Malcomson put up the money to start the partnership "Ford and Malcomson" and the pair designed a car and began ordering parts. 

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2019-02-18 13:48:04 Go through something

🗨 Look AT/FOR SOMETHING
 go through something to look at or for something carefully:

 I went through all of our closets and I still can’t find my tennis racket.

Malcomson put up the money to start the partnership "Ford and Malcomson" and the pair designed a car and began ordering parts. However, by February 1903, Ford and Malcomson had gone through more money than expected, and the manufacturing firm of John and Horace Dodge, who had made parts for Ford and Malcomson, was demanding payment.

she started to go through the bundle of letters.

Crews carefully go through the wreckage of a home explosion.

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2019-02-17 21:23:48 Civil engineers create, improve and protect the environment in which we live. They plan, design and oversee construction and maintenance of building structures and infrastructure, such as roads, railways, airports, bridges, harbours, dams, irrigation projects

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They also design and build tall buildings and large structures that can withstand all weather conditions.

Generally, civil engineers fall into two types: consulting engineers and contracting engineers. Consultants are responsible for the design work of projects and work predominantly in an office. Contractors then take the designs and implement them during construction. Contractors work on site, managing the construction of the structure.

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2019-02-13 22:32:01 get something off one's chest.

🗨 unburden oneself; to confess something; to criticize or make a personal complaint to someone.

You will feel better if you get it off your chest. I have to get this off my chest.

I thought these meetings would help the kids get some of their worries off their chests.

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