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Amounts - Intensity or Emphasis

Master English idioms regarding intensity or emphasis, like "body and soul" and "take the edge off".

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like nobody's business

in a way that is very high in speed, quality, or degree

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like the Devil

in a very intense, energetic, or fast way

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to take the edge off something

to make something, particularly something unpleasant, less severe or intense

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to take the sting out of something

to take away from the intensity of something unpleasant

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according to cocker

in a proper and correct way

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all the way

in a complete manner

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body and soul

with all that one has

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neck and crop

completely and in every possible way

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smack dab

in a precise and exact way

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on the nose

used for emphasizing the correctness or accuracy of something

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out and out

in a complete and total way

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the hell out of something

used for emphasizing the intensity, speed, etc. of something

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through and through

in every single way

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for the thousandth time

used to emphasize that one has done or said something many times in the past

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the mother of all something

used to describe the intensity of something

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the shit out of somebody or something

used to emphasize that someone does something with excessive intensity or force

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