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11 августа 2023 17:43
📚friends in high places
✍🏾Meaning
If you have friends in high places, you know people in powerful positions in business or government.
❗️For example
🔸You'll need friends in high places if you want to get to the top.
🔸Martin mightn't be the most brilliant man, but he'll do well because he's got plenty of friends in high places.
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10 августа 2023 09:51
📒talk out of
📖Meaning
If you talk someone out of something, you persuade them not to do it.
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 My uncle is a drug addict, and there's nothing I can say to talk him out of it. He says he's too old to stop now.
💬My family tried to talk me out of becoming a musician, but I wouldn't change my mind. I was determined to have a career in music.
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09 августа 2023 08:03
💠 screw (3) 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
an exclamation used to express anger
❕For example
🔺She was trying to call the company about her internet access problem, but after being on hold for fifteen minutes she said "Screw it!" and hung up the phone.
🔺"Screw you!" yelled Pat after another driver cut in front of his car.
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07 августа 2023 19:16
📒turn over (1)
📖Meaning
to change the position of something so that the side facing down is now facing up
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 After passing out the exam papers, I told my students to turn them over and start work.
💬 Turn over the piece of paper and see what it says on the back.
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06 августа 2023 19:22
💠 rock bottom 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
the lowest possible level, a low-point in someone's life
❕For example
🔺Confidence in the economy is at rock bottom. Everyone's worried about losing their job or seeing their company go bankrupt.
🔺George hit rock bottom after losing his job, his savings and his family, and realized that he'd lose his life too if he didn't stop drinking.
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05 августа 2023 18:33
📒deter from
📖Meaning
to make someone less likely to do something, or to discourage someone from doing something
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 The terrorist attacks deterred many people from visiting the country, and many tourists cancelled their bookings.
💬 Did the stock market collapse of 2008 deter you from investing in shares again?
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04 августа 2023 20:31
💠 bimbo 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a pretty, but empty-headed, young lady
❕For example
🔺Linda says most of the women who marry professional golfers or footballers look like bimbos whose main interest in life is shopping.
🔺Cindy said she wasn't a bimbo, and proved it by saying the word itself reflected the oppressive stereotyping that attractive women were still subject to despite the gains made by the feminist movement.
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03 августа 2023 18:15
📒pass out (1)
📖Meaning
to give something to each person in a group
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 We passed out programs as audience members arrived at the concert.
💬 Election officials will pass out voting instructions to all the voters.
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03 августа 2023 05:52
📚beat the rap
✍🏾Meaning
If someone beats the rap, they avoid being found guilty of a crime.
❗️For example
🔸Everyone knows that Jimmy the Snitch did the robbery in Green St., but he beat the rap because he's in with the cops.
🔸Henry was charged with drunk driving, but his lawyer helped him beat the rap on some technical detail.
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02 августа 2023 09:35
📒 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
📖Meaning
It's better to have one of something for certain than to run after two of the same thing and not be sure of getting them.
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01 августа 2023 09:09
📚run rings around | run circles around
✍🏾Meaning
If you run rings around someone, or run circles around them, you do something much better than they do.
❗️For example
🔸The Democrat candidate ran rings around the Republican candidate in their debate on the economy.
🔸We watched this dance contest and some kid from Brixton ran circles around a guy from Chelsea.
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31 июля 2023 07:49
📒 Practice makes perfect
📖Meaning
The more you do something, the better you become at it. Regular exercise of a skill or activity helps you become expert at it.
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30 июля 2023 08:05
📚eyes like a hawk
✍🏾Meaning
If someone has eyes like a hawk, they have very good eyesight and they notice everything.
❗️For example
🔸One of the president's bodyguards is over sixty, but he's still got eyes like a hawk. Just last year he spotted a guy pulling out a gun fifty yards away, and saved the president's life by pushing him to the ground.
🔸You need eyes like a hawk to be a line judge at Wimbledon, especially these days when the top tennis players hit the ball so fast.
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29 июля 2023 05:30
📒 Truth has no answer
📖Meaning
It is difficult to argue against facts. We cannot refute what is true.
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11 августа 2023 11:55
💠 ratty (2) 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
easily annoyed or upset, irritable
❕For example
🔺Laura got drunk last night, and now she's got a hangover and she feels a bit ratty.
🔺I had a really bad day at work today, so sorry if I seem a little ratty tonight.
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10 августа 2023 19:09
📒 I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet.
📖Meaning
Before complaining, we should think of the context.
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09 августа 2023 19:36
📚a pat on the back
✍🏾Meaning
You've given someone a pat on the back if you've told them they've done something well, or done a good job.
❗️For example
🔸Don't you think Salim deserves a pat on the back for his report? Why don't you tell him it was excellent work?
🔸Our boss doesn't often praise us for our work, so if he gives you a pat on the back for something, you've really earned it.
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08 августа 2023 09:29
📒 He that wills the end wills the means
📖Meaning
If you are determined to do something you will find the way to do it.
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07 августа 2023 06:32
📚call it a day
✍🏾Meaning
If you call it a day, you stop doing something that's usually related to work.
❗️For example
🔸We couldn't do any more work because of the rain, so we called it a day and went home.
🔸After running a hotel for nearly thirty years, we decided to call it a day and do something else.
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06 августа 2023 07:38
📒 A just war is better than an unjust peace
📖Meaning
Fighting between countries for a fair and good cause is better than no fighting in a situation that is unfair.
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05 августа 2023 07:49
📚bark up the wrong tree
✍🏾Meaning
If you're barking up the wrong tree, you're looking for something in the wrong place or going about something in the wrong way.
❗️For example
🔸The police think the drugs are being brought in by the mafia, but they're barking up the wrong tree. They should be looking much closer to home.
🔸She's barking up the wrong tree if she's interested in Gavin. Doesn't she know he's gay?
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04 августа 2023 13:02
📒 Appearances are deceptive
📖Meaning
The way something or someone looks from outside may give us the wrong impression.
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03 августа 2023 06:03
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02 августа 2023 18:49
💠 ape | apeshit 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
(in phrases go ape and go apeshit) wild excitement or great anger
❕For example
🔺The guys in the band ran onto the stage, and all their fans went ape.
🔺When he saw the damage the kids had done to his car, Larry went apeshit and threatened to beat them up.
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01 августа 2023 17:36
📒knock back (1)
📖Meaning
to take a drink, usually alcoholic
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Every day after work, Steve and his mates knock back a few beers.
💬 The bartender poured Amy a whisky soda and she knocked it back and asked for another one.
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31 июля 2023 18:30
💠 joint (2) 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a prison, a jail
❕For example
🔺My cousin Henry has been in the joint for the last three years, but he might get out on parole next year.
🔺After he got out of the joint, Sammy had a lot of trouble finding a job. Most people won't hire someone who just got out of jail.
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30 июля 2023 18:48
📒write down
📖Meaning
to write something on a piece of paper
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 After chatting to the girl for a while, Shane wrote down his name and number on a piece of paper and gave it to her.
💬Most insurance companies will try to find any reason they can to avoid paying out claims to their customers.
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29 июля 2023 17:30
💠 E | ecstasy 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
an illegal amphetamine-like drug
❕For example
🔺Lots of people took E, or ecstasy, back in the eighties, before it was known to be dangerous.
🔺E is still used by a few reckless club-goers who are willing to risk damaging their brain in order to feel good for a couple of hours.
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