Episode 44 Phrases from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Part 2

Today we are going to review some more phrases from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Remember none of the vocabulary from this week is magical and many of these phrases are commonly used by native speakers. Vocabulary 'The nerve of him' - we use this to say 'how dare he' or 'I can't believe he did that' but especially for things that we think that person doesn't really have a right to do or say. 'Collecting for something' - it's very common in the UK to see people collecting money for charities. 'In broad daylight' - we use this phrase to emphasise that something is happening during the day that we think is really shocking, either because we think it should only happen at night, or because we think it shouldn't happen in public 'Gazed open mouthed' - just describes when somebody is watching something in shock 'Mr Dursley stopped dead' - when someone or something stops very suddenly and surprisingly 'Fear flooded him' - that feeling of fear when it rushes across your body 'He thought better of it' - we use this when we have an idea (usually a bad idea) and suddenly stop ourselves 'Snapped at her' - we use this to describe when we speak angrily to somebody 'On the contrary' - we might also say 'on the other hand' it means opposite to what we think Examples: I thought he was the most powerful superhero, on the contrary, compared to Iron Man, he was nothing. I thought he was the smartest wizard, on the contrary, he seemed to have terrible judgement and skills. 'His face split into a wide smile' - a way to describe someone showing us their big smile