English Language

28 сентября 2023 09:54

📚the new kid on the block


✍🏾Meaning
If an amount is a drop in the ocean, it's a very small portion of the amount that's needed.

❗️For example

🔸Have you met Brigette? She's the new kid on the block - just started working here today.

🔸Paula hates being the new kid on the block. She finds meeting lots of new people stressful, and she gets nervous when she thinks that everyone is looking at her and trying to decide if they like her.

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27 сентября 2023 10:45

📒 Would you buy a used car from this man?


📖Meaning
Do you trust this man? I don't.

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26 сентября 2023 11:22

📚a drop in the ocean


✍🏾Meaning
If an amount is a drop in the ocean, it's a very small portion of the amount that's needed.

❗️For example

🔸Our government's sending a thousand tons of food, but that's just a drop in the ocean compared to what's needed.

🔸I know twenty dollars is just a drop in the ocean, but if everyone gave that much it'd make a big difference.


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25 сентября 2023 12:05

📒 Nothing so certain as death


📖Meaning
We can be 100% sure that we will die.

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24 сентября 2023 10:09

📚a sight for sore eyes


✍🏾Meaning
If something or someone is a sight for sore eyes, you are glad to see them.

❗️For example

🔸It's been raining here for a week, so it sure was a sight for sore eyes when we saw the sun this morning.

🔸Hey, Ozzie! You're a sight for sore eyes, man. Haven't seen you for ages.


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23 сентября 2023 04:48

📒 Still waters run deep


📖Meaning
Some rivers have rough surfaces with waves. That's usually because the water is shallow and there are rocks near the surface. But deep rivers have no rocks near the surface and the water is smooth and still. "Still waters run deep" means that people who are calm and tranquil on the outside, often have a strong, "deep" personality.

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21 сентября 2023 20:37

📒run on (1)


📖Meaning
to use a particular type of fuel or a particular power source

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 Why did it take so long for the big car companies to develop and market cars that run on electricity instead of fossil fuels?

💬 My new mobile phone runs on a battery that lasts for a month before it needs recharging.

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20 сентября 2023 19:15

💠 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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19 сентября 2023 20:07

📒go after (2)


📖Meaning
to try to get something

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 Are you planning to go after Alex's job when he retires?

💬 If Rupert thinks there's a chance to take over a profitable company, he'll go after it with everything he's got.

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18 сентября 2023 18:30

💠 empty-nester 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
a parent whose children have grown up and left home


❕For example

🔺After spending many years raising their children, Kevin and Joan are now empty-nesters after their youngest daughter went to live with some friends.

🔺We're still getting used to being empty-nesters. The house seems so quiet all the time.

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17 сентября 2023 19:30

📒take up (3)


📖Meaning
to shorten a piece of clothing or a curtain to make it the right size

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 These jeans are a bit too long. Could you take them up for me?

💬 I have to take up the new curtains in the bedroom.

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16 сентября 2023 18:29

💠 zine 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
a cheaply produced magazine, usually related to music or the arts

❕For example

🔺This friend of ours has just started putting out his own zine. It's about music and the arts in Melbourne.

🔺How much do you reckon it'd cost to publish a monthly zine?

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14 сентября 2023 20:13

📒embark on


📖Meaning
to begin something, usually something that will be challenging and time-consuming

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 After quitting her job as a teacher, Sam embarked on a new career as a clothes designer.

💬 We're embarking on a campaign to encourage our young people to eat healthy food.

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14 сентября 2023 09:08

📚lend someone a hand


✍🏾Meaning
If you lend someone a hand, you help them.

❗️For example

🔸Could you lend me a hand with these bags?

🔸Sue's husband is amazing. He'll even lend a hand in the kitchen when she's cooking for a dinner party!

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13 сентября 2023 08:58

📒 All truths are not to be told


📖Meaning
Some truths are better left unspoken. It is not always necessary to repeat something even though it be true.

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27 сентября 2023 20:21

💠 dope (2) 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
a stupid person, a fool


❕For example

🔺How come those dopes who work in the U.S. Treasury didn't realise what was going on?

🔺Max says the problem with democracy is that there are too many dopes out there, and they'll only vote for someone they can relate to, meaning another dope.

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26 сентября 2023 21:30

📒crack down


📖Meaning
to start enforcing a law or a rule more strictly

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 There's too much cheating in exams, so the teachers are cracking down and expelling anyone who's caught.

💬 The police are cracking down on drunk drivers, so if you drink before you drive you might end up in jail.

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25 сентября 2023 21:39

💠 glitch 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
a fault or defect, esp. in computer software


❕For example

🔺Why does this company's software have so many glitches? Can't they test it properly before releasing it?

🔺I spent most of the morning trying to fix a glitch I found in our new software.

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24 сентября 2023 20:28

📒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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23 сентября 2023 19:22

💠 app 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
a computer software application


❕For example

🔺Check out this killer app I downloaded last night!

🔺Karen found this amazing app that makes you look really good in photos. It's great for Facebook photos and stuff.

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21 сентября 2023 20:47

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21 сентября 2023 09:36

📚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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20 сентября 2023 13:01

📒 A still tongue makes a wise head


📖Meaning
Someone who does not talk much, but listens to other people, probably has experience, knowledge and good judgement.

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19 сентября 2023 07:51

📚a voice (crying) in the wilderness


✍🏾Meaning
You're a voice in the wilderness, or a voice crying in the wilderness, if you're expressing an unpopular opinion or insight.


❗️For example

🔸When Galileo stated that the sun was the centre of the solar system, he was a voice crying in the wilderness. Most people thought he was crazy or evil, or possibly both.

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18 сентября 2023 08:26

📒 When the devil cannot come, he will send


📖Meaning
The implication is that the devil is very persistent. He will always find a way to tempt us. If the devil cannot bring temptation to us himself, he will find someone else to bring it.

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17 сентября 2023 09:13

📚above the law


✍🏾Meaning
If someone is above the law, they are not subject to the laws of a society.

❗️For example

🔸Just because his father is a rich and powerful man, he seems to think he's above the law and he can do whatever he likes.

🔸In a democracy, no-one is above the law - not even a president or a prime-minister.

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16 сентября 2023 09:43

📒 Poor men go to heaven as soon as rich


📖Meaning
God makes no distinction between people with money and people without money.

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14 сентября 2023 09:18

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13 сентября 2023 19:32

💠 ecofreak 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
a person with strong views on the importance of protecting the natural environment

❕For example

🔺Before becoming Minister for the Environment, Peter was a rock star and an ecofreak.

🔺All these ecofreaks came and lay down in front of the bulldozers to stop them from clearing the forest.

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12 сентября 2023 19:23

📒catch on (2)


📖Meaning
If you catch on, you suddenly understand something that you couldn't understand at first.

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 Not all of my students understood the idea at first, but before long they all caught on.

💬 Most scientists now accept that global warming is really happening, but it took a while for a lot of them to catch on.

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