Nghĩa là gì: adjacence

adjacence /ə'dʤeisəns/ (adjacency) /ə'dʤeisənsi/

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all that jazz

all related things, other similar topics They were talking about UFO's and all that jazz.

all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

do not work too long, take time for recreation, take time to smell... When I picked up my overtime cheque, Karen reminded me that All work and no play... .

as slow as molasses in January

only a dead snail is slower The building approached its completion as slow as molasses in January.

hit the jackpot

be very lucky or successful She hit the jackpot when she went to Las Vegas last weekend.

in a jam

in trouble He is really in a jam now that his car is not working properly.

jack me around

tell me lies, play games Don't jack me around, man. I need to know who took my car.

jack-of-all-trades

a person who can do many things We gave him a job because we needed a jack-of-all-trades around the factory to look after the many repairs.

jack up

raise prices The gas station jacked up their prices during the snow storm.

jam

play jazz, practise music in a small group After the concert, a few musicians started to jam.

jam/jam out

not come to the party etc., back out Kai jammed last night because her cousin came to visit her.

jam on the brakes

quickly put the brakes on in a car to stop He jammed on the brakes and was able to avoid hitting the child.

jam-packed

crowded, full The train that we took this morning was jam-packed with people.

jam session

informal practice session for musicians, jam After the symphony rehearsal, a few of us had a jam session.

jam tart

a phony person, a pretender That jam tart! He teaches writing but he hasn't written anything.

jazz up

brighten up, add more noise or movement or color They really jazzed up the community center for the party tonight.

naked as a jay bird

no clothes on, bare naked, in the nude A boy had taken my clothes, so there I stood, naked as a jay bird!

quicker than you can say Jack Robinson

very quickly The ghost was gone - quicker 'n you can say Jack Robinson!

snatch victory from the jaws of defeat

win when it appears that you will lose, mount a comeback The opinion polls showed we were losing, but we snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.

traffic jam

traffic that is not moving, many vehicles on one road I was late for class because of a traffic jam. Honest!

banjax

to ruin [Mainly Irish use]

banjaxed

1. ruined, defeated; originally Anglo-Irish use, popularized by the UK radio/TV presenter Terry Wogan with his book of the same name
2. drunk, by extension of meaning 1.

benjamin

a one-hundred dollar bill

bojangle

to act crazy and mess up; to make a fool of oneself:"She's straight bojanglin' by trying to get wit' my boy!"

Def Jam

1. a great record.
2. one of the first big labels for rap artists, founded by Rick Rubin, led by Russels Simmons

do a jack

to commit a robbery

el jale

the job

Elijah Muhammad

Elijah Poole, a Georgia-born ex-factory worker who founded the black muslim movement Nation of Islam in Detroit in 1930, also known as Honorable Elijah Muhammad

fake jacks

to front, to fake moves

ganja

see marijuana

jack

1. to rob someone face to face
2. to serve a prison sentence
2. nothing;"I ain't got jack to give you"
3. police

jack roll

to rob the helpless

jacker

short for carjacker

jailbait

anybody who is at least five years younger than you are. The word is from old taxi drivers who date young high school girls and when high school guys go out with junior high school students

Jakes

the police

James Brown

one of the funkiest and most sampled men alive

jammy

1. penis
2. gun

janky

1. bad, flawed (northern California)
2. good, smooth (souther California)

jawn

1. another word for joint, a marijuana cigarette
2. any type of thing, as in;"Yo, check this jawn out"

newjack

newcomer or novice; when referring to an idividual, implies that he hasn't proven himself:"He was a newjack hustler" -- Ice-T (Newjack hustler [??])

solja rags

camouflage

whockerjawed

damaged, jammed, or out of alignment

whopperjawed

out of place, crooked: "That looks whopperjawed"

naked as a jaybird

Idiom(s): (as) naked as a jaybird

Theme: Nakedness

naked.
• "Billy," called Mrs. Franklin, "get back in the house and get some clothes on. You're as naked as a jaybird."
• Tom had to get naked as a jaybird for the doctor to examine him.

jazz sth up

Idiom(s): jazz sth up

Theme: EXCITEMENT

to make something more exciting, colorful, or lively. (Slang. Said especially of music.)
• When we play the music this time, let's jazz it up a bit.
• I think we need to jazz up this room. It looks so drab.

jack sb up

Idiom(s): jack sb up

Theme: MOTIVATION

to motivate someone; to stimulate someone to do something. (Slang.)
• The mail is late again today. We'll have to jack those people up at the post office.
• I guess I'll have to jack up the carpenter again to repair my stairs.

have a glass jaw

Idiom(s): have a glass jaw

Theme: VULNERABILITY

to be susceptible to collapsing when struck on the head. (Informal. Said only of boxers who are frequently knocked down by a blow to the head.)
• When the prizefighter was knocked out in his third fight, the newspapers said he had a glass jaw.
• Once a fighter has a glass jaw, he's finished as a boxer.

get sb out of a jam

Idiom(s): get sb out of a jam

Theme: RELEASE

to free someone from a problem or a bad situation. (Informal.)
• I like John. He got me out of a jam once.
• I would he glad to help get you out of a jam.

get out of a jam

Idiom(s): get out of a jam

Theme: ESCAPE

to get free from a problem or a bad situation.
• Would you lend me five dollars? I need it to get out of a jam.
• I need some help getting out of a jam.

before you can say Jack Robinson

Idiom(s): before you can say Jack Robinson

Theme: SOON

almost immediately. (Often found in children's stories.)
• And before you could say Jack Robinson, the bird flew away.
• I'll catch a plane and be there before you can say Jack Robinson.

get into a jam

Idiom(s): get into a mess AND get into a jam

Theme: TROUBLE

to get into difficulty or confusion. (Informal.)
• Try to keep from getting into a mess.
• "Hello, Mom," said John on the telephone. "I'm at the police station. I got into a jam."