face for radio

an ugly face (because a radio presenter is never seen by the audience)

The latest bus driver has a face for radio.

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gunslinger

an armed criminal( from a broad term referencing the old west, sometimes used for bandits and outlaws)

Stay away from that gunslinger.

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in a fog

in a state of mental confusion

Your son was in a fog because he was drunk last night.

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make waves

to cause a disturbance, to cause trouble

Don't make waves if you want to get through the difficulties.

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flattened fauna

a dead animal (or dead animals) in the road

Although deer make up the smallest number of the reported flattened fauna, they are one of the most infamous examples because they instinctively run in the direction of the hazard.

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evergreen

1. something that remains perennially fresh, or interesting, something enduring

2. an article that is billed as news but is really penetrating analysis (from the notion that such material is perdurably useful)

I just had to call bullshit on the latest evergreen article the collage's paper published.

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liberate

to steal or appropriate something

He must have attempted to liberate a frozen dinner from their house, because they jumped down his throat the next day.

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