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15 августа 2017 03:13

Slang of the Day

💥armpit

☑️Meaning: a very unpleasant place

📌For example:

🔹This town is smelly, dirty, ugly and hot. No wonder it's called the armpit of America.

🔹Gerry reckons the town he was born in is the armpit of the universe, but it can't be that bad.
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14 августа 2017 06:49

Phrasal Verb of the Day

📔opt for

✔️Meaning: If you opt for something, you choose it from a range of possible options.

〽️For example:

▪️opt for sth
🔺My husband opted for early retirement because he didn't want to work until he was 65 years old.

▫️opt for sth
🔺 Many companies now opt for outsourcing if they need something like intranet-based real-time workflow management.
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13 августа 2017 04:06

Idiom of the Day

📗carte blanche
〽️FORMAL

☑️Meaning: If you give someone carte blanche, you give them freedom to do whatever they want in a situation.

✨For example:

▪️The boss has given us carte blanche to redecorate the offices.

▪️The president gave his generals carte blanche to fight the war however they wished.

🎯Origin: Originally borrowed from French. A literal translation would be "white (or blank) paper".
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10 августа 2017 20:26

Idiom of the Day

📗save the day

✔️Meaning: If you save the day, you do something to ensure success or to solve a serious problem.

🔺For example:

▪️It looked like we were going to lose the game, but Ronaldo saved the day by kicking two late goals.

▪️Then a guy rides in on a white horse and saves the day by killing the bad guys and rescuing the girl.
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08 августа 2017 18:54

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08 августа 2017 05:35

Phrasal Verb of the Day

🚩jam into

✔️Meaning: to force too many things or people into a small space

💧For example:

🔺jam sth into sth How did you jam all that stuff into one small suitcase?

🔺jam sb into sth In Tokyo, subway attendants jam as many passengers as possible into each carriage.

✨Note: "Jam in" has the same meaning.
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07 августа 2017 04:14

Slang of the Day

🔰gutted
🇬🇧British English

☑️Meaning: very upset, devastated

✨For example:

🔺Poor Harry was gutted when his girlfriend left him.

🔺David broke his toe just before the final of the rugby World Cup, and he couldn't play. He was gutted.

✔️Variety: This slang term is typically used in British English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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06 августа 2017 08:51

Slang of the Day

🔰hot (1️⃣)

☑️Meaning: stolen

🔺For example:

▪️It's not easy to sell a hot car. The police send out lists of stolen vehicles to car dealers.

▪️Those computers usually cost about two thousand dollars, so if you only paid five hundred, it must be hot.
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04 августа 2017 20:39

Word of the Day

𝐍𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄 /ˈnɛtl̟/ verb

𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬; 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐝; 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠

📌Definition of NETTLE
[+ object]
✔️: to make (someone) angry

🔺The mayor's recent actions have nettled some members of the community.

🔺It nettles him that his younger coworker got a promotion before he did.

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04 августа 2017 05:51

Idiom of the Day

📗the gift of the gab | the gift of gab

☑️Meaning: If you've got the gift of the gab, or the gift of gab, you have the natural ability to talk in a way that people find entertaining or persuasive.

✨For example:

▪️All good salespeople have the gift of the gab, so people trust them and believe whatever they say.

▪️If you want to be a politician, you'll do much better if you were born with the gift of gab.

✔️Note: "The gift of the gab" is used more in British and Australian English, while "the gift of gab" is used more in American English.
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03 августа 2017 04:02

Idiom of the Day

📗a quick study
🇺🇸American English

✔️Meaning: If you're a quick study, you can learn new things quickly.

✨For example:

🔺Albert was always a quick study, except when it came to learning languages.

🔺I only need to show Sue how to do something once, and she gets it. She's a quick study, that girl.

⚡️Variety: This idiom is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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02 августа 2017 11:17

Slang of the Day

🔰alky | alkie | alchy
⚡️Offensive

☑️Meaning: an alcoholic

✨For example:

🔺Poor old Bob turned into an alky after his business failed.

🔺Anyone who's an alchy should try going to Alcoholics Anonymous, or AA. It's helped millions of people who've been addicted to alcohol.

✔️Note: This word is offensive, so be very careful when using it.

💥Origin: short for "alcoholic"
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01 августа 2017 03:39

Slang of the Day

🔰tipsy

☑️Meaning: slightly drunk

✨For example:

🔺The ladies at the golf club sometimes get a little tipsy if they have a couple of drinks in the clubhouse after a game.

🔺My grandfather drank alcohol, but I don't remember ever seeing him tipsy, let alone drunk.
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31 июля 2017 07:44

Slang of the Day

📌total
American and Australian English

☑️Meaning: to completely destroy, to wreck

✨For example:

➖My son was in an accident last night, and thankfully he wasn't hurt. He totalled our car, though.

➖Mandy's car was totalled when a huge tree fell on it in the hurricane.

✔️Variety: This slang term is typically used in American and Australian English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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29 июля 2017 21:47

Slang of the Day

🔰ill
🇺🇸American English

☑️Meaning: good, excellent

✨For example:

🔹The new Neo album is ill, man!

🔹Corrie's new jacket is ill. Where can I get one?

💥Note: This usage is fairly obscure U.S. teen slang and it's not widely known or understood in the larger community.

📌Variety: This slang term is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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14 августа 2017 18:11

Idiom of the Day

💥a bad hair day
❗️INFORMAL

☑️Meaning: If you're having a bad hair day, everything seems to be going wrong for you.

💧For example:

🔹Poor Sue's in a terrible mood. I think she's having a bad hair day.

🔹I knew it was going to be a bad hair day when my car wouldn't start.
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14 августа 2017 06:17

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11 августа 2017 23:45

Slang of the Day

🔰Mickey Finn | Mickey | mickey

☑️Meaning: a drink to which a drug has been added to make the drinker sleepy or unconscious

🔺For example:

▪️Date rape has become more common since the drugs used to make Mickey Finns have been easier to get.

▪️When I was in the Philippines, some guy slipped me a mickey and robbed me.
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10 августа 2017 08:46

Slang of the Day

🔰nerd
Offensive

☑️Meaning: a studious person with few social skills

〽️For example:

🔺The nerds at our school spent lunchtime in the library or in the computer lab.

🔺Bill might have been a nerd in high school, but he's certainly done well in his career.
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08 августа 2017 17:43

Word of the Day

𝐒𝐎𝐅𝐓 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐓 /ˈsɑːft ˈspɑːt/ noun
▫️plural soft spots

✅Definition of SOFT SPOT
[count]

1️⃣ : a strong liking for someone or something — usually singular
🔺He has a soft spot for children. [=he likes children very much]
🔺She has a soft spot for chocolate ice cream.

2️⃣ : a weak point that can be attacked
🔺They found a soft spot in the enemy's defenses.
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08 августа 2017 05:29

Idiom of the Day

📗safe and sound

☑️Meaning: If you are safe and sound, nothing has harmed you even though you could have been in danger.

✨For example:

▪️It was a dangerous journey but luckily we all got back safe and sound.

▪️The package took a long time to get here, but it arrived safe and sound in the end.
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06 августа 2017 16:47

Idiom of the Day

📗the cream of the crop

✔️Meaning: If something or someone is in the cream of the crop, they are among the best of a class of things or people.

⚡️For example:

▪️The cream of the crop of this year's high-school graduates will get into the best universities, as usual.

▪️We're only interested in the cream of the crop, so don't send us any second-rate samples.

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05 августа 2017 00:03

Idiom of the Day

🔰pay through the nose
❕INFORMAL

☑️Meaning: If you pay through the nose for something, you pay more than the usual price for it.

✨For example:

▪️I know I pay through the nose for my dental work, but the dentist I see is supposed to be the best, so I don't mind paying more than usual.

▪️We had to pay through the nose for our room because it was a long weekend and most of the hotels were fully booked.

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04 августа 2017 05:58

Saying of the Day

🍂It is best to be on the safe side

📕Possible interpretation: 1) Don't take risks. Be careful and cautious. 2) It's best to be sure. It's best to be absolutely certain.

💧For example:

🔸My doctor says he doesn't think I've broken any bones but it's best to be on the safe side and have an x-ray.

🔸I feel pretty healthy but just to be on the safe side I asked my doctor for a check-up.

✔️Note: The phrase "(just) to be on the safe side" is often used alone, as above.
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04 августа 2017 00:30

Slang of the Day

🔰junkie | junky

☑️Meaning: a drug addict; a person obsessed with something

✨For example:

🔺A lot of junkies are still being sent to jail instead of being given treatment to overcome their addiction.

🔺It's sad to see people who start out in politics with high ideals turn into power junkies. They'll do anything to stay in power, from rigging elections to arranging violence to intimidate their opponents.

✔️Note: 1. When used in relation to drugs, "junkie" is usually applied to users of hard drugs only, like heroin, crack cocaine or amphetamines. 2. Also used in phrases such as power junkie, sugar junky, sci-fi junkie, computer-game junky, TV junkie, and so on.
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02 августа 2017 17:25

Word of the Day

📒Expostulate
✏️to reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done; remonstrate
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02 августа 2017 06:22

Idiom of the Day

📗put someone's nose out of joint

📍INFORMAL

✔️Meaning: If you put someone's nose out of joint, you upset them by not treating them with as much respect or consideration as they think they deserve.

📌For example:

🔺Brad had his nose put out of joint when he saw that he didn't get top billing on the movie poster. George's name was written above Brad's name.

🔺Our little boy had his nose put out of joint when we got a bicycle for his sister, so we got him one as well.
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31 июля 2017 17:20

Idiom of the Day

🔰under wraps

☑️Meaning: If something is under wraps, it's being kept secret.

✨For example:

🔺The organisers keep the name of the winner under wraps until it's announced on the show.

🔺Our new products are always under wraps until their official launch because we don't want other companies seeing them and copying them.

✔️Note:
The most common collocation for this idiom is "to keep (something) under wraps".
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29 июля 2017 21:54

Idiom of the Day

📗safe and sound

✔️Meaning: If you are safe and sound, nothing has harmed you even though you could have been in danger.

✨For example:

➖It was a dangerous journey but luckily we all got back safe and sound.

➖The package took a long time to get here, but it arrived safe and sound in the end.

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29 июля 2017 10:58

Idiom of the Day

🔰show your true colours | show your true colors

☑️Meaning: You show your true colours if you show what you're really like, or you reveal your true character.

✨For example:

🔹Bob always acts like he's a strong, brave guy, but when the hurricane hit he showed his true colors. He was too scared to go check on old Mrs Flowers, our next-door neighbour.

🔹The players showed their true colours when they came back from three goals down to win the match.

💥Note: 1. "Show your true colours" is British spelling and "show your true colors" is American spelling. 2. Variations on this idiom include "see somebody in their true colours" and "show somebody in their true colours".
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