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29 декабря 2022 19:05

💠 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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28 декабря 2022 13:04

📒 None so blind as those who will not see




📖Meaning
Nobody is blinder than the person who decides he does not want to see. Often used in reference to prejudice and intolerance.

✍Note
none (pronoun): no person; no one | blind (adj.): unable to see; not having the power of sight | will (verb): intend; desire [this is "will" used as a main verb, not as a modal auxiliary verb] | Also: "There's none so blind as those who will not see."
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27 декабря 2022 11:59

💠 tight (2) 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
close, friendly


❕For example

🔺Jim and Tony have been tight ever since they started playing golf together.

🔺My cousin and I used to be tight, but we don't see each other so much since he got married.
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26 декабря 2022 12:50

📒 You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink



📖Meaning
You can show people the way to find something or to do something, but you cannot force them to act after that.
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25 декабря 2022 12:03

💠 beat it 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
go away


❕For example

🔺Some kids were smoking in the carpark, but when one of them saw a teacher coming they grabbed their stuff and beat it.

🔺When Peter came back from the bathroom, some guy was talking to Leanne. Peter said, "Beat it, pal! She's with me."
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24 декабря 2022 12:16

📒 If you can't beat 'em, join 'em



📖Meaning
If you cannot win against someone or something, it may be easier or better to join forces with them.
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23 декабря 2022 11:40

💠 cop out 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
to not do something you should do because of fear of failure


❕For example

🔺My friend Clive could have been a great concert pianist, but he copped out and became a piano teacher instead.

🔺Brenda should have gone on the TV show to promote her new book, but she copped out because she was so nervous. She made up some excuse about feeling sick.
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21 декабря 2022 21:29

📒 It was the last straw that broke the camel's back




📖Meaning
There is a limit to everything. We can load the camel with lots of straw, but finally it will be too much and the camel's back will break. And it is only a single straw that breaks its back - the last straw. This can be applied to many things in life. People often say "That's the last straw!" when they will not accept any more of something.
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20 декабря 2022 20:22

💠 ute 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
a pickup truck


❕For example

🔺After shooting two kangaroos, Bruce threw them into the back of his ute and drove back to town.

🔺Nearly every farmer in Australia owns a ute.
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18 декабря 2022 22:02

📒 He who hesitates is lost



📖Meaning
The person who waits too long loses the opportunity; or, more seriously, delay or indecision may have disastrous results.

✍Note
hesitate (verb) = pause or wait before doing something
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17 декабря 2022 20:33

💠 mag 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
a magazine


❕For example

🔺Have you got some mags to read on the plane?

🔺Fiona loves to sit down after dinner with a nice glass of wine and a pile of fashion mags.
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16 декабря 2022 19:59

📒 Beauty is only skin deep




📖Meaning
Physical beauty is superficial. A pleasing exterior is no guide to a person's interior or character.

Note: skin (noun) = the layer of tissue covering the body of a person or animal | deep (adj.) = going far down from the surface | skin deep (adj.) = superficial; not deep; on the surface
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15 декабря 2022 08:11

💠 virus 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
a harmful computer program that can spread from one machine to another


❕For example

🔺Most viruses are spread when sent as email attachments, and they're activated when the recipient clicks on the program's icon.

🔺If you want to avoid the hassle of dealing with computer viruses, get a Mac computer. Very few viruses target Macs.
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14 декабря 2022 12:40

📒 Any port in a storm




📖Meaning
In times of danger, any shelter is better than none. In an emergency, we have to accept whatever solution presents itself (for the time being).

🔖Note
port (noun) = harbour; a place on the coast where ships can find protection from rough seas

✨Origin
For ships at sea (especially) in older days, a bad storm could be very dangerous, and at such times they had to find shelter in "any port", even one that they would not normally have entered.
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13 декабря 2022 12:46

💠 meathead 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
a stupid person


❕For example

🔺How did a meathead like that guy get elected to represent the people in his state?

🔺I was watching the tennis yesterday and some meathead yelled out just as Rafael was serving. The security guys found him and threw him out.
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28 декабря 2022 21:36

📚in the dark



✍🏾Meaning
If you're in the dark about something, you don't know about it.


❗️For example

🔸The company is going to cut some jobs, but they're keeping the workers in the dark so they won't cause trouble.

🔸We were completely in the dark about Mark and Jenny and we still can't believe they're getting married next month.
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27 декабря 2022 22:04

📒take off (3)



📖Meaning
to have a period of time away from work

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 My doctor says I need to take the week off and rest.

💬 Ted needs to take a few days off work to be with his wife and newborn baby.
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26 декабря 2022 21:07

📚talk through your hat



✍🏾Meaning
If you're talking through your hat, you're talking about something without knowing much about it, or you claim something is true when it isn't.


❗️For example

🔸Evan says that quantum physics proves that space and time don't really exist, but Kathy says he's talking through his hat.

🔸I proved that George was talking through his hat by checking on the internet to find out if what he said is true - and it isn't.
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25 декабря 2022 20:08

📒break out


📖Meaning
to escape from somewhere like a jail or a detention centre

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 Have you seen that movie about prisoners of war who broke out of a prison camp by digging a tunnel?

💬 The prisoners knew they'd be punished if they tried to break out.
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24 декабря 2022 21:59

📚take a break



✍🏾Meaning
If you take a break, you have a short rest while doing something like working or playing sport.


❗️For example

🔸Let's take a break for ten minutes, and when we come back we can start a new section.

🔸What do you do when you take a break? I hope you don't go outside and have a cigarette!
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23 декабря 2022 22:16

📒show off



📖Meaning
to do something to get attention or admiration, but in a way that annoys some people

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 She only bought that expensive phone to show off, you know. She can't even use it properly.

💬 The main reason they formed the band was to show off in front of the girls at school.
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22 декабря 2022 21:33

📚grease someone's palm


✍🏾Meaning
If you grease someone's palm, you pay them a bribe.


❗️For example

🔸The only way to get a government contract around here is to grease someone's palm.

🔸If you want to get out of jail, grease the warden's palm and the guards will let you escape.
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21 декабря 2022 12:32

📒find out



📖Meaning
to discover a fact or information about something

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 Could you find out how much it costs to fly to Japan?

💬 I love going to Wikipedia and finding out about all sorts of interesting subjects.
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19 декабря 2022 10:31

📚kill two birds with one stone



✍🏾Meaning
If you kill two birds with one stone, you achieve two things with the one action.


❗️For example

🔸I need to go to the bank, and if I drop the books off at the library on the way I'll be killing two birds with one stone.

🔸Jenny says that she kills two birds with one stone if she does her own housework because she gets the house clean and she gets some exercise at the same time.
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18 декабря 2022 11:15

📒line up



📖Meaning
If you line up, you join a line of people standing one behind the other, or side by side.

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 The soldiers lined up and waited for the president to come and inspect them.

💬 If you line up to get the tickets, I'll go and get some popcorn.
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17 декабря 2022 11:03

📚tie the knot



✍🏾Meaning
If you tie the knot, you get married.


❗️For example

🔸Tammy and Stevie Ray are tying the knot at the Shortside Baptist Church next Saturday, and you're all invited.

🔸Mary really wants to tie the knot, but Sam says he's not ready for marriage just yet.
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15 декабря 2022 21:12

📒make out (3)



📖Meaning
to write the details on a check or a legal document

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 Who should I make the check out to?

💬 I'm going to see my lawyer and he's going to help me make out my will.
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14 декабря 2022 22:07

📚go out on a limb




✍🏾Meaning
If you go out on a limb, you put yourself in a risky position in order to support someone or something.


❗️For example

🔸He knew it could damage his career, but Keith went out on a limb and said he supported the anti-war protesters.

🔸I don't think that saying you support gay rights means you're going out on a limb these days.
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13 декабря 2022 20:36

📒rally round




📖Meaning
If people rally round someone in need, they all do what they can to help the person.

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 After her accident, Alena's friends rallied round and helped her out by bringing food and cleaning her apartment.

💬 After her accident, Alena's friends rallied round and helped her out by bringing food and cleaning her apartment.
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12 декабря 2022 21:18

📚keep up with the Joneses




✍🏾Meaning
People who try to keep up with the Joneses are people who feel it's important to show that they're as successful as others (such as their rich neighbours, "The Joneses").


❗️For example

🔸I'm surprised that Miriam worries about keeping up with the Joneses. I thought she was more mature than that.

🔸My grandma said, "Forget about keeping up with the Joneses. The people who matter in your life will respect and love you because of who you are, not because of what you've got or what sort of car you drive."
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