Learning by doing. They say it's the best way, so why not choose some these words and practice them today? After all, who said learning English should be hard work?
- ahold
- assuage
- balls-to-the-wall
- bask
- be/take a weight off your mind idiom
- bread
- bread and circuses idiom
- break
- break the ice idiom
- calm
- calm (sb) down
- chill
- chill out
- chillax
- compose
- cool
- cool (sb) down/off
- cool it idiom
- cool your jets idiom
- de-stress
- decompress
- decompression
- defuse
- ease
- ease up/off
- emollient
- float therapy
- gather your wits idiom
- get
- get away
- get away from it all idiom
- hang/stay loose idiom
- home
- humor
- icebreaker
- keep your shirt on idiom
- kick
- kick back
- let/blow off steam idiom
- lie down
- lighten
- lighten sth up
- lighten up
- loose
- lull
- lull sb into sth
- make yourself at home idiom
- mellow
- melt
- pacification
- pacifier
- pacify
- placate
- placatory
- placebo
- pour
- pour oil on troubled waters idiom
- propitiate
- propitiation
- propitiatory
- put
- put sth up
- put your feet up idiom
- quiet
- recompose
- relax
- relaxant
- relaxation
- relaxer
- relaxing
- sedate
- self-soothe
- settle
- settle (sb) down
- shirt
- shower
- simmer
- simmer down
- slow
- slow down
- soften
- soothe
- soother
- steady
- steam
- still
- take things easy idiom
- take/need a cold shower idiom
- thaw
- thing
- unbend
- unwind
- weight
- wind
- wind down
- wit
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