in one’s something mode

phr. behaving in a specified mode. (The something can be replaced by work, sleep, hungry, angry, etc.) Todd is always in his play mode when he should be working.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Edita	-	Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Lithuanian
HÉCtor	EK-tor	Spanish
Doroteja	-	Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian
Teresa	[tə'ri:zə]
Gudrun	GOOD-roon (German)	Norse Mythology, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German
Charlotte	shar-LOT (French), SHAHR-lət (English), shahr-LAW-tə (German), shah-LOT (Swedish), shahr-LAWT-tə (Dutch)	French, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch