eat one’s heart out • eat your heart out eat one’s heart out—be unhappy and miserable, usually for a long period of time: Raleigh, in prison, was eating his heart out in the desire for freedom. eat your heart out—(humorous) is used to say that one is even better than the (famous) person mentioned: Choi Min-sik gives what I think is the greatest performance ever, so eat your heart out De Niro, Brando, and Pauly Shore. eat someone alive • eat someone up eat someone alive—(coll., also: eat someone for breakfast) 1. rebuke or criticize smb. severely: The evolutionists will eat me alive for this, but doesn’t the intricate design of our world allow for the possibility of a creator? 2. overwhelm, harm, or thoroughly defeat a person: Yes, they ate us alive but allow me to lay down some reasons why it was still an awesome game that we played! eat someone up—1. (coll.) acclaim a person’s stage perform- ance: Wait until you see the way they’re going to eat me up in the court scene in “Saint Elba.” 2. = eat someone alive 2: Others would not fail to make themselves greater or stronger by eating up their neighbors. 3. (of jealousy, desire, etc.) torment a person (often Passive): His drawings and a school essay hinted at the despair that was eating him up . eat someone out • eat someone out of house and home eat someone out—(coll., also: eat someone alive) rebuke or criticize a person severely: I learned some supervisory skills since one time our captain came in and started eating me out for a maintenance problem. eat someone out of house and home—said humorously of peo- ple or animals that eat a lot of food in smb.’s home (thus ru- ining the person): “Looks like the party is in full swing.” “Yeah. And they’re eating me out of house and home .” economic system • economical system economic system—the system concerned with economics of a country: What has gone wrong with the economic system during the last ten years? economical system—a system which does not require a lot of money to operate: This system was extremely economical be- cause it ran on half-price electricity. effect something • have an effect upon something effect something—cause smth. to happen; act so as to bring smth. about: Who are the people that effect changes in our society? have an effect upon something—affect or influence smth.: We could investigate different seasons of the year and see if this had an effect upon the results. either … or • whether … or either … or—is used to indicate that there is a choice be- tween two options: The centre is located favorably in terms of transport facilities and can be reached either by car or by pub- lic transport. whether … or —is used to introduce two equal possibilities: Whether by car or by public transport—due to our central location there are various possibilities to reach us. either way • every way either way —whichever course of action one chooses (out of two alternatives): We could have the car fixed here or get it towed home; either way it will be very expensive. every way —(also: every each way) 1. in every direction: I pon- dered over it, and turned it every way in my mind. 2. in every manner; in every respect: Her mind was every way equal to her person. electric car • electric motor car electric car —a car that utilizes energy stored in recharge- able battery packs: Electric cars have major limitations; they don’t go very fast, and they can’t go far without a battery charge. electric motor car —1. = electric car: My guess is that, all other things equal, the electric motor car would pull out ahead of an internal combustion engine…. 2. a self-propelled electric railroad vehicle: Several railroads operate electric motor cars in suburban passenger train service. embark for something • embark on something embark for something—start a voyage to a place: I shall stay in the seaport overnight before embarking for the United States. embark on something—(liter.) start smth. new, usually im- portant or difficult: Mary embarked on her marriage with many hopes and fears. embarrassed at something • embarrassed with something embarrassed at something —feeling unease or mental discom- fort about smth.: She’s embarrassed—embarrassed at being so successful in a profession where so many fail. embarrassed with something—1. hindered in one’s move- ments or experiencing physical difficulties because of smth.: Seeing he was embarrassed with his luggage, I offered to help him. 2. = embarrassed at something: Many kids don’t want to be embarrassed with being escorted out, even if it’s a friendly escort. Empire State, the • Empire State of the South, the Empire State, the—(U.S.) a nickname of the state of New York: The saloon men of Tennessee have not, perhaps, the lit- erary finish of their brethren in the Empire State . Empire State of the South, the—(U.S.) a nickname of the state of Georgia: Georgia is now known as the Empire State of the South as it is the largest state east of the Mississippi River. employment agency • employment office employment agency —a private business that finds employers for those seeking them: “Employment agencies ” have been characterized as “a class who trade on the needs of the inex- perienced searcher for employment.” employment office—(UK) a government office concerned with advising and finding work for the unemployed: She had gone to the employment office to inquire about becoming a nurse. end in something • end with something end in something—1. (of things) have smth. at the end: The fish resembles an eel with a broad head and a tail, which ends in a point. 2. finally result in smth.: Hegemonies are impos- sible, and attempts at them certain to end in armament races and finally in war. end with something—1. = end in something 1: The Phoenix Bird has shining eyes of blue, and its beak ends with a sharp point. 2. = end in something 2: With job alerts to keep you in the know, your job search is sure to end with a great new job. 3. finish in smth.: The millennium has ended with war and the 20th century has seen more deaths from war than ever be- fore. 4. finish by saying smth.: I should like to end with re- minding members of the purpose of this club. 5. terminate smth.; put an end to smth.: London will demonstrate that there is a new way to finish with terrorism. See also: end up in something / end up with something. – 111 – end in something