crunchy v.s crispy

Crunchy is the word we use to describe the sound of something heavy and thick being ground or chewed. (Imagine the sound you hear in your head when you eat nuts or French bread. Or the sound you hear when you drive a car over thick gravel and you can hear the rocks breaking. That's a "crunchy" sound.)

Crispy is the word we use to describe the sound of something light and thin when it is being ground or chewed. (For example, the sound you hear when you bite a cookie or biscuit. Or what happens to bread if you leave it in the toaster too long. It comes out "crispy.") 



Apple - either; Chocolate - neither; Dorito - either (crispy more usual); Popcorn - crunchy; toast - either, but not often either; Fries - crispy, some cereals - crunchy; cold iceberg lettuce - crisp

Perhaps the more flat, thin, and paper-like (two-dimensional) a thing is, the more likely it will be crisp, not crunchy. crisp often connotes something more delicate than crunchy does. It's closer in meaning to brittle. crunchy often connotes something solid and sturdy in comparison. 
the snow under your feet when the air is still and extremely cold - The snow crunches under foot.
In autumn the dead leaves crunch under foot.
the air on a cool autumn day - feels brisk or crisp
a food item that has cooked much too long - fried to a crisp
the sound of two automobiles ramming into one another (an accident) - Crunch!
the way a person responds to a question when annoyed or slightly angry - crisply 
CJ

look the part,

You'd never guess he's a CEO. He doesn't look the part at all.  他看起來不像那個樣
look the part 看起來適合某個角色。
如：In order to look the part of a host, I dressed up. 

惹人生氣

惹毛我了

tick someone off 
It really ticks me off when people talk so loudly in the library. Don't they realize that other people are trying to study?
What ticks you off, Sharon?

You're getting on my nerves.
Many things can “get on your nerves.” You can use this valuable phrase to describe all of the the things that are bothering you, such as homework, your little brother, the weather, your crazy aunt, the hole in your jeans, or the fact that you can’t find your favorite show on television.
My mom keeps calling me every day. Doesn’t she understand that I’m in college? I don’t need to talk to her all the time anymore. She’s really getting on my nerves .
Jimmy is so annoying. He always puts his hand on my shoulder when he’s talking to me. It really gets on my nerves.


jump on my back

a cash discount, 現金價

I got a cash discount.  現金價

put one in one's place, 注意你的身份

She denied my invitation to the party. It was obvious she was putting me in my place.
put one in one’s place.字義為把某人放在自己的地方，喻: 請注意自己的身份，不應有非份之想。

affect V.S effect

How do tax cuts affect the economy?
affect (v.) 指影響一件事情的動作。如：The divorce affects our kids；effect (n.) 指影響的結果。如：The effects of radiation on humans。輻射對人的影響。


Grammar Girl
So, most of the time, affect with an a is a verb and effect with an e is a noun


Rare Uses of Affect and Effect

So what about those rare meanings that don't follow the rules I just gave you? Well, affect can be used as a noun when you're talking about psychology--it means the mood that someone appears to have. For example, "She displayed a happy affect." Psychologists find it useful because they know that you can never really understand what someone else is feeling. You can only know how they appear to be feeling.

And, effect can be used as a verb that essentially means "to bring about," or "to accomplish." For example, you could say, "Aardvark hoped to effect change within the burrow."

jump ship. 跳槽

A headhunter persuaded John to jump ship. 
Jump ship跳槽; 典故為當討海人經歷枯燥乏味的生活後，跳上岸另謀出路。

called my attention 引起注意

Reader Alex has called my attention to a strange new usage with the wordexcited: