English Language

16 октября 2017 00:45

Phrase of the day

📒I can't put my finger on it📒

📝We use this expression to say that we can't explain or fully understand something.

Written: ✖️Spoken: ✔️Formal: ✖️Informal: ✔️

💥Example1️⃣
🅰️She looks different, doesn't she?
🅱️Yes, I can't put my finger on it. Has she changed her hair?

💥Example 2️⃣
🅰️Why don't you like Sam?
🅱️I don't know. I can't put my finger on it. I just feel we can't trust him.
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15 октября 2017 21:47

Slang of the Day

🔰redneck
🇺🇸American English Offensive

✔️Meaning: a lower-class white person from a rural background

📌For example:

🔺We were driving through Alabama when we saw some rednecks riding in the back of a pick-up truck drinking whiskey from a bottle.

🔺If it wasn't for the redneck vote, the Republicans wouldn't have won the election.

✨Origin: Originally referred to working-class white people from the southeastern states of the USA. These people often worked outside as farmers or labourers, and they'd often have red necks as a result of sunburn.

💥Variety: This slang term is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.

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15 октября 2017 15:49

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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13 октября 2017 08:03

‍ Idiom of the Day

💥vim and vigor

💢Meaning: If you have vim and vigor, you have lots of energy and enthusiasm for life.

❗️For example

🔺Our grandmother is always full of vim and vigor when we go to visit her.

🔺If you want to have lots of vim and vigor when you get older, you need to eat good food and get plenty of exercise when you're young.
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09 октября 2017 10:44

Idiom of the Day

💥quick as a flash | quick as a wink | quick as lightning

💢Meaning: If you're as quick as a flash, or quick as a wink, or quick as lightning, you're very quick.

❗️For example:

🔺Jimmy knew the answer and, quick as a flash, he put up his hand.

🔺Rafael is a big guy for a tennis player, but he's as quick as lightning when he's running around the court.
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07 октября 2017 19:24

Slang of the Day

💥wicked
🇬🇧British English


💢Meaning: very good, excellent, outstanding

❗️For example:

🔺We saw this new band last night and they were wicked. Go and see them next time they play.

🔺Where'd you get the jacket, Dave? It's wicked.

👁‍🗨Variety: This slang term is typically used in British English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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07 октября 2017 11:28

Slang of the Day

🔰hooky | hookey
🇺🇸American English

☑️Meaning: (in phrase play hooky) to stay away from school or work without permission

✨For example:

🔹Let's play hooky tomorrow and go watch the golf. Things are pretty quiet at work anyway.

🔹When I was a kid, I was caught playing hookey when school inspectors nabbed us at the mall.

💥Variety: This slang term is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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06 октября 2017 05:01

Slang of the Day

💥nab

☑️Meaning: to catch someone doing something wrong

❗️For example:

🔺Drug testers have nabbed another professional cyclist for taking steroids.

🔺Some kids were nabbed while stealing sweets from the store.
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05 октября 2017 06:19

Idiom of the Day

🔰yellow-bellied

☑️Meaning: If someone is yellow-bellied, they are not brave, or they are cowardly.

❗️For example:

🔺Tony's father called him yellow-bellied when he was a five-year-old boy because he didn't want to ride a horse. Tony has never forgotten it.

🔺The whole country behaved like yellow-bellied cowards when they let a small group of cheats steal the national election.
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01 октября 2017 06:38

Idiom of the Day

🔰can't see the forest for the trees
🇺🇸American English

Ⓜ️eaning: If you can't see the forest for the trees, you can't see the whole situation clearly because you're looking too closely at small details, or because you're too closely involved.

►For example:

🔺I don't think we can see the forest for the trees at this stage, so let's get an outsider to take a look at the project and give us a progress report.

🔺Mark is so focused on product details that he can't see the forest for the trees when it comes to the overall needs of the company.

💥Note: The British and Australian equivalent is "can't see the wood for the trees".

👁‍🗨Variety: This idiom is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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27 сентября 2017 08:39

Idiom of the Day

🔰I owe you one!
❗️INFORMAL

Ⓜ️eaning: You can say "I owe you one!" when someone has done something for you and you'd be happy to return the favour one day.

►For example:

🔺Thanks for helping me out, Bob. I owe you one!

🔺"I owe you one!" said Malik after I'd told him to sell his shares just before the market collapsed.
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23 сентября 2017 07:40

Idiom of the Day

◾️hit the nail on the head

Ⓜ️eaning: If you hit the nail on the head, you describe the exact nature of something such as a problem, a solution, or a situation.

〰For example:

🔺Bernie hit the nail on the head when he said the team's problem is that the players don't have confidence in one another.

🔺You really hit the nail on the head when you said that Gina needs to stop worrying about making mistakes when she speaks English.
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21 сентября 2017 00:08

Idiom of the Day

💥hot under the collar

Ⓜ️eaning: If you are hot under the collar, you feel angry or annoyed about something.

❕For example:

🔺The coach was getting hot under the collar because he thought the referee was making unfair decisions against his players.

🔺We could see Matt was getting hot under the collar because of what Ken was saying, so we changed the subject.

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19 сентября 2017 06:48

Idiom of the Day

💥a one-track mind

Ⓜ️eaning: If someone has a one-track mind, they spend most of their time thinking about one subject.

✨For example:

🔺Brian's had a one-track mind since he started his own company. All he thinks about now is business and making money.

🔺Mark's upset because Jenny said he's got a one-track mind and he's always thinking about sex.
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15 сентября 2017 18:04

‍ Word of the Day

📌stupefy /ˈstuːpəˌfaɪ/ verb
stupefies; stupefied; stupefying

Learner's definition of STUPEFY
[+ object]
☑️: to shock or surprise (someone) very much : to cause (someone) to become confused or unable to think clearly — usually used as (be) stupefied
▪️I was stupefied by their decision.

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The baby was stupefied by the kiss.

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15 октября 2017 21:53

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15 октября 2017 21:44

‍ Word of the Day

💢lousy /ˈlaʊzi/ adjective
lousier; lousiest


Learner's definition of LOUSY
1️⃣ informal : bad or poor
🔺She got lousy grades in high school.
🔺I like the work, but the pay is lousy.
🔺He was a lousy husband.
✔️: of poor quality : not good or skillful
▪️They did a lousy job.
▪️a lousy cook/driver
▪️a lousy performance
❗️— often + at or with
🔺He is lousy [=terrible] at sports/math/cooking.
🔺She's lousy with kids.

2️⃣ : not well or healthy
🔺We could see that she was feeling lousy. [=feeling ill]
🔺He drank too much and felt lousy the next morning.

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The man is a lousy cook.

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15 октября 2017 08:45

Slang of the Day

💥 dicey
/ˈdaɪsɪ/
💯Meaning: risky, unsafe, dangerous

❗️For example:

▪️Skating on an ice-covered lake in spring is always a bit dicey.

▪️Marty was warned that the investment was dicey, but he went ahead and put money into the business anyway. Luckily for Marty, the company did very well.
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11 октября 2017 09:30

Slang of the Day

💥tee off
🇺🇸American English

💢Meaning: to make someone angry, to annoy

❗️For example:

🔺He really teed his girlfriend off when he said he couldn't go out because he had to watch a football game on TV.

🔺Ken teed me off when he said he couldn't pay back the money he owed me.

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07 октября 2017 19:50

Slang of the Day

💥wicked
🇬🇧British English


💢Meaning: very good, excellent, outstanding

❗️For example:

🔺We saw this new band last night and they were wicked. Go and see them next time they play.

🔺Where'd you get the jacket, Dave? It's wicked.

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07 октября 2017 11:31

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07 октября 2017 10:36

Idiom of the Day

🔰a slap on the wrist

💢Meaning: ➡️If someone gives you a slap on the wrist, they give you a mild punishment for making a mistake or doing something wrong.

❗️For example:

🔺The tribunal didn't think it was a serious offence, so they just gave him a slap on the wrist. All he got was a warning.

🔺Some of our players got a slap on the wrist for getting to the training session late. The coach warned them not to be late again and then made them do twenty push-ups.
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05 октября 2017 19:37

Slang of the Day

📌geezer
Offensive

📝Meaning: an old person

📍For example:

🔺I'm late because I got stuck behind some old geezer at the bank who took ages to sort out his stuff.

🔺One day I'll be one of those old geezers who sit in the park all day playing chess and checkers.
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03 октября 2017 06:47

Slang of the Day

💥quarterback
🇺🇸American English

Ⓜ️eaning: to lead and make decisions

❗️For example:

🔺We need someone who can quarterback the sales team when they go to trade fairs.

🔺Who's going to quarterback Monday's staff meeting?

🛡Origin: From American football, or gridiron, in which the quarterback is the player who leads the team during offensive moves.

👁‍🗨Variety: This slang term is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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29 сентября 2017 08:08

Slang of the Day

📌hoops
🇺🇸American English

Ⓜ️eaning: the game of basketball

►For example:

🔺Every day after work I hook up with my friends down at the court and we shoot some hoops.

🔺My little bro' practices hoops every day after school. He wants to be an NBA star.

👁‍🗨Variety: This slang term is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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25 сентября 2017 08:16

Slang of the Day

🔰dork
🇺🇸American English Offensive

Ⓜ️eaning: a socially awkward person

〽️For example:

🔺My son is upset because some kids at school called him a dork.

🔺You call my little brother a dork again and I'll beat the crap out of you! You got that?

☑️Note: This word is usually used among young people, and has a similar meaning to "geek", "dweeb", "nerd", etc.

👁‍🗨Variety: This slang term is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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21 сентября 2017 22:03

Slang of the Day

💥bottom
Offensive

Ⓜ️eaning: a man who takes the passive role in gay or homosexual sex

❗️For example:

🔺Joey made a page about himself on a gay community website and it said he preferred bottoms aged 20 to 40.

🔺When Pedro was in a gay bar he met a guy he really liked, but it soon became clear that they were both bottoms.

🗨Note: This is a common gay slang term and it means a man who prefers to be "on the bottom", or to take the passive role, in gay sex. A man who prefers to be "on top", or to take the active role, is called a "top".
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20 сентября 2017 04:29

Slang of the Day

💥Yikes!

Ⓜ️eaning: interjection expressing surprise or shock

✨For example:

🔺When Sally saw her phone bill, she said, "Yikes! How could it be that much?"

🔺While Bill was driving home, he nearly hit a car that pulled out in front of him. "Yikes! That was close!"
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17 сентября 2017 13:36

Slang of the Day

🌀hip

Ⓜ️eaning: trendy, stylish, fashionable among young people

➰For example:

🔺It's hip for young guys to look cute and a bit "fem" these days, so many are taking good care of their skin and spending a lot on clothes and haircuts.

🔺When we were young smoking was hip, but these days it's not so hip to smell of cigarettes and damage your lungs.

🛡Origin: Many etymologists believe that the terms hip, hep and hepcat (e.g., jazz musicians' now cliched "hip cat") derive from the west African Wolof language word hepicat, which means "one who has his eyes open". (from Wikipedia)
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15 сентября 2017 12:30

Idiom of the Day

💥on the back burner

☑️Meaning: If a plan or a project is on the back burner, it isn't being worked on at present, but it might be completed in the future.

🔺For example:

▪️Plans for the new factory have been put on the back burner until the economy improves.

▪️It's a great idea, but we're too busy to look into it now so we'll put it on the back burner for a while.

🌀Origin: Probably metaphorical, from cooking and the fact that most stoves have front and back burners. Front burners are used for things that need attention now, while back burners are for things that don't need much attention just now.
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