Learn English with Toy Story (1995)

Words and phrases (15)

1. reach for the sky

   B1phrase

   Put your hands up high, said by someone with a gun.

   informal

   Reach for the sky.

   1:29

   • Example: The man with the gun shouted, "Reach for the sky!"

2. save the day

   B1phrase

   To stop something bad and make everything fine.

   You saved the day again, Woody.

   2:06

   • Example: Our team was losing, but Ana saved the day with a goal.

3. lose one's marbles

   B2phrase

   To go crazy; to stop thinking clearly.

   informal

   Is his mom losin' her marbles?

   7:42

   • Example: He talks to his car, so I think he is losing his marbles.

4. steer someone wrong

   C1phrase

   To give someone bad advice that leads to a mistake.

   informal

   Woody has never steered us wrong before.

   7:59

   • Example: Ask my dad for help; he has never steered me wrong.

5. lie down on the job

   B1phrase

   To be lazy and not do your work.

   informal

   They're not lying down on the job.

   10:56

   • Example: The other workers finished early, but he was lying down on the job.

6. with one's eyes closed

   B1phrase

   Very easily, without trying hard.

   I tell you, I could fly around this room with my eyes closed!

   18:57

   • Example: I have made this cake so often I could do it with my eyes closed.

7. to infinity and beyond

   B2phrase

   A fun shout meaning: very far, with no end.

   spoken

   To infinity and beyond!

   19:14

   • Example: The boys jumped off the bed shouting, "To infinity and beyond!"

8. with style

   B1phrase

   In a way that looks good and makes people look.

   That was falling with style.

   19:53

   • Example: He won the race with style.

9. get on someone's nerves

   B2phrase

   To annoy someone a lot.

   informal

   It's getting on my nerves!

   23:27

   • Example: That loud music is getting on my nerves.

10. be history

    B2phrase

    Gone for good, finished, no longer here.

    informal

    He's history!

    25:49

    • Example: If I lose this game again, I am history.

11. have ways of making someone talk

    B2phrase

    To say you will hurt someone so they tell a secret.

    spoken, a famous line in films about spies

    Well, we have ways of making you talk.

    44:00

    • Example: The guard smiled and said, "We have ways of making you talk."

12. there's no place like home

    B1phrase

    Your own home is better than any other place.

    A famous line from the film The Wizard of Oz.

    There's no place like home.

    45:14

    • Example: After a long trip, I lay on my bed and said, "There's no place like home."

13. there's a snake in one's boot

    B1phrase

    A funny line that a toy says when you pull its string.

    spoken

    All I can do is... There's a snake in my boots!

    59:08

    • Example: I pulled the string and the toy shouted, "There's a snake in my boot!"

14. this town ain't big enough for the two of us

    B2phrase

    One of us must leave; we cannot both stay here.

    spoken, from old western films

    This town ain't big enough for the two of us.

    1:05:57

    • Example: The two men hated each other. One said, "This town ain't big enough for the two of us."

15. stroke of genius

    B2phrase

    A very clever idea or action.

    That was a stroke of genius.

    1:07:40

    • Example: Painting the old door red was a stroke of genius.