keep posted

کسی را درجریان کاری قرار نگه داشتن

to provide up to date information

EXAMPLE 1:  Keep me posted about your plans for the summer. If you're going to be at your cottage on the lake, I'd love to come visit.

EXAMPLE 2: Good luck selling your house and keep me posted! I'd love to know how much you get for it.
 

in person

شخضاً و رودر رو

personally; in one's physical presence

EXAMPLE 1:  Tim hoped that he and Svetlana would get along as well in person as they did over the Internet.

EXAMPLE 2: After hearing so much about Donna's boyfriend, I'm looking forward to meeting him in person.
 

in any case

قطعاً

whatever the fact is; certainly

EXAMPLE 1:  We can either go to the new Star Wars movie or see a play tonight. In any case, you'll need to be at my house by six o'clock.

EXAMPLE 2: You'll probably be too tired on Sunday to come over. In any case, give me a call in the morning to discuss.

give (sb) a ring

به کسی تلفن کردن

to telephone someone

EXAMPLE 1: Give me a ring tomorrow so we can discuss plans for this weekend.

EXAMPLE 2: If you're free on Saturday, give me a ring and we can go to the movies.
 

get the hang of (sth)

قلق چیزی را بدست آوردن

to learn how to do something; to acquire an effective technique

EXAMPLE 1: Billy had trouble learning how to ride a bike, but after a few months he finally got the hang of it.

EXAMPLE 2: When I went snowboarding for the first time, I kept falling down. But after a while, I got the hang of it.
 

at first

در ابتدای

in the beginning

EXAMPLE 1: Nicole didn't like Don Quixote at first, but after 200 pages she started to get into it.

EXAMPLE 2: Don't get discouraged if you don't succeed at first. The important thing is that you keep on trying!
 

turn off

منزجر شدن نسبت به کسی

to cause to feel dislike or revulsion

EXAMPLE 1:  I used to be friends with Monica, but she gossiped all the time and it really turned me off.

EXAMPLE 2: At first, Sara really liked Jacob. But when he started talking about all his ex-girlfriends, she was really turned off.
 

rule of thumb

حساب سرانگشتی

a useful principle

EXAMPLE 1: When cooking fish, a good rule of thumb is 10 minutes in the oven for each inch of thickness.

EXAMPLE 2: "Ted, as a rule of thumb, you should always plan to study for your chemistry tests for at least two hours."
 

pull an all nighters

تا صبح برای انجام کاری بیدار ماندن

to stay up all night to do work

EXAMPLE 1: Ted pulled an all-nighter to study for his chemistry test and ended up falling asleep in class the next day.

EXAMPLE 2: I've got a 20-page paper due tomorrow morning, and I haven't even started writing it yet. I guess I'll be pulling an all-nighter!