Intensity or Emphasis

He was running like the devil to catch the last bus of the night.

We won't be having lunch for another hour, but if you're hungry now, I've got some snacks to take the edge off.

The manager offered extra time off to take the sting out of the mandatory overtime.

When calculating the dimensions of the room, we followed the measurements according to Cocker, as outlined in his book on arithmetic.

They supported him all the way through his challenging recovery process.

She was now committed to the band, body and soul.

They devoured the cake, eating it neck and crop, leaving no slices behind.

正好在中间, 恰好位于中心

The car hit the pothole and the tire blew out, leaving us smack dab in the middle of the road.

汽车撞到了坑洼，轮胎爆了，把我们正好留在了路中间。

His estimate for the project completion date was right on the nose; it finished exactly when he predicted.

He was induced to part out and out with all the money.

She laughed the hell out of that joke, couldn't stop giggling for hours.

She's a New Yorker through and through, with her accent and love for the city.

I'm telling you for the thousandth time, I had nothing to do with it.

I got stuck in the mother of all traffic jams.

He studied the shit out of that textbook before the exam.