Every Saturday I’ll give you a couple of idioms to learn. An idiom is a saying or phrase whose meaning cannot be taken from the literal meanings of the words.
write off: a reduction in the value of an asset or earnings; cancelling an item in an account book.
Example:
Can we write off those overdue accounts from last year?
figure out: arrive at a solution or find an answer by thinking about the situation.
Example:
Have you figured out the new software yet?