To elaborate: When you look into the future, it can be overwhelming. Learning English can seem like a huge challenge, but if you only think about what you need to accomplish today, it seems easier.

Science fiction term for passing through a solid object. The scientific term is "tunneling".

The MPAA assigns ratings to movies based on what ages should be allowed to see it. G is for children, R is for 17 and older. Unrated means that the movie wasn't submitted to the MPAA (usually because it would get the strongest rating)

It usually means to clear your body while sleeping. If you are very drunk, you can "sleep it off" and be sober in the morning.

It's a very good feeling, in a visceral (physical) way. It would be a rush to win the gold medal at the olympics.

I should probably put in a tag that my experience is mostly with California dialect. I've only heard "sacked" in British TV shows, but obviously I don't know if it is used in the rest of our country.

In football, sacked is when the quarterback is tackled before he can pass the ball. Americans will say fired or canned when losing their job.

Detox usually means to get all the drugs/alcohol out of your system. He's using it to mean forget about work...get all the stress out of his system. Quarters is a drinking game. Someone bounces a quarter on the table and tries to land it in a

Initiation is what Whitney has to do to become a part of their group. It can also be known as "hazing". "Be the truck": Yes, mentally believe that you are the truck.

I think you just need to add "does": Just as China has its Dragon and Indonesia has its bird-like Garuda, so too does Singapore has its Merlion . I'd personally just get rid of the "so too". "...bird-like Garuda,