Comic strip by Ed Stein to learn English while enjoying

I ran like hell: corrí como un rayo

15        hell 

            Some people use like hell to emphasize how strong an action or quality is. (INFORMAL)

                It hurts like hell.

                I missed her like hell.

            PHR: PHR after v  emphasis  

I figured that: pensé que, estimé que,  pensaba, creía 

    11    figure   figures   figuring   figured 

            If you figure that something is the case, you think or guess that it is the case. (INFORMAL)

                She figured that both she and Ned had learned a lot from the experience.

            VB 

           

    12    figure   figures   figuring   figured 

            If you say `That figures' or `It figures', you mean that the fact referred to is not surprising. (INFORMAL)

                When I finished, he said, `Yeah. That figures'.

                Work it out and you'll find it figures.

            VB