If a friend keeps asking you to do something you do not want to do, you might ask him to leave you alone or "stop bugging me."

VOA: special.2009.06.28

That means you can give someone advice but you cannot force him to do something he does not want to do.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

Also,you can monkey around when you feel like doing something, but have no firm idea of what to do.

VOA: special.2011.03.13

Do you like it or would you prefer something shorter? A shorter name would be more convenient on a sign.

VOA: special.2009.09.20

And one day you want to go to the cemetery or something, you can't do it because you don't know where they are.

VOA: special.2010.02.01

Not so hot also is a way of saying that you do not really like something.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

You might learn that haste makes waste if you do something so fast, resulting in mistakes.

VOA: special.2011.03.27

"Shouldn't I find something to do?" "What is it that you really like to do?"

VOA: special.2009.06.12

If I say I want to touch base with you, I will talk to you from time to time about something we plan to do.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

Henry noticed this. "You don't think something has happened to her,do you?" he asked me.

VOA: special.2009.07.04

If someone does something bad to you, you should not do the same to him.

VOA: special.2009.07.26

You monkey around with something when you do not know what you are doing.

VOA: special.2011.03.13

They say that you do not need to be extremely intelligent to understand something.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

The expression means being afraid to do something you had decided to do.

VOA: special.2009.12.13