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11 ноября 2022 08:15

📒hang out (2)




📖Meaning
to spend time in a certain place, or with certain people

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 After school, most of the kids hang out in front of the mall.

💬 I'm worried about my son. He's started hanging out with kids who smoke and drink.
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10 ноября 2022 08:13

📚dig one's own grave




✍🏾Meaning
If you dig your own grave, you do something unwise that will result in your own failure or downfall in the future.


❗️For example

🔸Anyone who eats too much and doesn't exercise is digging their own grave.

🔸Jim lost his job, but he dug his own grave by being late all the time.
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09 ноября 2022 11:10

📒take on (2)




📖Meaning
to give someone a job

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 We need to take on two more workers in the warehouse.

💬 I promised to take Francine's sister on if we needed another typist.
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07 ноября 2022 20:00

📚Never say die!




✍🏾Meaning
You can say "Never say die!" if you want to tell someone to keep trying while there's still a chance of success.


❗️For example

🔸We were two goals down with only a few minutes to go, but our captain wouldn't give up. He was shouting, "Come on, guys! Never say die!"

🔸After falling off his surfboard for the hundredth time, Craig climbed back on and said with a laugh, "Never say die!"
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06 ноября 2022 19:34

📒get back (2)



📖Meaning
If you get something back, it is returned to you after you've lent it, lost it, or had it stolen.

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 If you leave something in a taxi, you might get it back if you call the taxi company.

💬 I'm never lending money to Dave again. Last time it took six months to get back the hundred dollars I lent him.
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05 ноября 2022 20:29

📚for my money




✍🏾Meaning
You can say "for my money" to mean the same as "in my opinion".


❗️For example

🔸For my money, the best restaurant in town is the "Ahaan Aroy" Thai restaurant in Prescott Street.


🔸Leo reckons Sony make the best TVs, but for my money the new Panasonics are much better than Sonys.
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04 ноября 2022 16:04

📒run against



📖Meaning
to compete with someone in an election

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 John McCain ran against Barack Obama in the 2008 U.S. presidential election, and he lost.

💬 There's no point running against the president of this country. The elections are not free and fair and the same man always wins.
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03 ноября 2022 12:13

📚time and time again



✍🏾Meaning
If you've done something time and time again, you've done it many times, or you've done it repeatedly.


❗️For example

🔸I've told Terry time and time again not to call me before ten in the morning, but he still does it!

🔸We love that restaurant. We've been there time and time again and we still like going there.
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02 ноября 2022 09:08

📒take on (1)



📖Meaning
If you take on something like a job, a responsibility, or anything involving a challenge, you agree to do it.

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 Jim took on too much work, and he made himself sick with worry when he couldn't cope with it all.

💬How much profit will we make if we take this printing job on?
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31 октября 2022 20:09

📚think the world of



✍🏾Meaning
If you think the world of someone, you admire and respect them very much.


❗️For example

🔸If there's one person most of us think the world of, I guess it'd be Nelson Mandela.

🔸You're a wonderful teacher Miriam, and your students think the world of you, so please don't quit your job.
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30 октября 2022 20:28

📒bring up (2)



📖Meaning
to raise a new topic for discussion, or to mention a particular subject or issue in a conversation

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 You should bring that issue up in the next staff meeting.

💬 When travelling in a foreign country, you shouldn't bring up topics like religion or politics.
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29 октября 2022 20:16

📚right down your alley | right up your alley



✍🏾Meaning
If something is right down your alley, or right up your alley, it would be perfect for you or ideal for your skills and interests.


❗️For example

🔸I've found a job that should be right down Lou's alley. It's writing for a baseball magazine, so he could use his writing skills and his knowledge of baseball.

🔸I thought a tour of Aztec archeological sites would be right up your alley, Mary-Lou.
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28 октября 2022 14:15

📒describe as




📖Meaning
to say that something is a certain kind of thing or that someone is a certain type of person

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 Would you describe your music as rock or pop?

💬 I'd describe Uncle Ted as a fairly typical middle-aged man.
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26 октября 2022 22:40

📚the ball's in your court



✍🏾Meaning
If someone you're negotiating with says "the ball's in your court", they think it's your turn to make a move or make an offer.


❗️For example

🔸We've offered him ten thousand dollars a month, so the ball's in his court now.

🔸They know our position, so the ball's in their court. If they want to pursue the matter, they'll have to make the next move.
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25 октября 2022 11:52

📒dig in



📖Meaning
to start eating with enthusiasm, or gusto

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 As soon as I put the food on the table, all the kids starting digging in.

💬 The pizza's here you guys! Come and dig in!
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10 ноября 2022 21:15

💠 flake 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
an unreliable person who says they'll do something, but then doesn't do it


❕For example

🔺Lenny's such a flake! This is the third time he hasn't come after we'd planned to meet.

🔺John called in sick again today. He's such a flake.
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09 ноября 2022 20:56

📒 Truth has no answer




📖Meaning
It is difficult to argue against facts. We cannot refute what is true.
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08 ноября 2022 19:10

💠 rubbish 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
to make very negative comments, to strongly criticise


❕For example

🔺British newspapers nearly always rubbish local sports teams when they don't do well in international competitions.

🔺Why does that guitarist in Oasis always rubbish other bands? I don't think I've ever heard him say anything nice about another band, except for The Beatles.
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07 ноября 2022 11:58

📒 Rags to rags in three generations




📖Meaning
The first generation in a family makes money (goes from rags to riches); the second generation holds or keeps the money; and the third generation squanders or loses the money (and so goes back to rags).

✍Note
rags (noun) = old, tattered clothes | generation (noun) = all of the people born and living at about the same time; a set of members of a family born and living at about the same time
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06 ноября 2022 09:01

💠 pig (2) 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
a police officer


❕For example

🔺Dominic says the pigs always give him a hard time because he's a young black guy and he likes wearing good clothes and lots of jewellery. They think he's a drug dealer.


🔺If Frank finds out that Ian's been talking to the pigs, he'll beat the crap out of him.
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05 ноября 2022 07:09

📒 Dead men tell no tales




📖Meaning
People who are no longer living cannot give evidence.

✍Note
tell tales (verb) = talk or gossip about something secret
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03 ноября 2022 19:39

💠 sharp 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
well-dressed


❕For example

🔺Bernie looks real sharp in his new suit.

🔺If Glen spent a bit more on clothes, he could look really sharp.
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02 ноября 2022 21:32

📒 Barking dogs seldom bite



📖Meaning
Don't be afraid of dogs that bark or people that threaten you (say they will do something bad to you) - in both cases they rarely take action.

✍Note
bark (verb): (of a dog) make a sharp, loud, explosive sound | seldom (adverb): rarely, almost never | bite (verb): (of an animal) use the teeth to attack and cut | This proverb is also found as: "Barking dogs never bite."
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01 ноября 2022 12:54

💠 fix (2) 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
a dose of an illegal drug, especially one that is injected with a syringe


❕For example

🔺The police found a syringe and some white powder near the girl's body and concluded that she'd had a fix and then died from a drug overdose.

🔺Drug users need to have clean syringes for every fix to prevent the spread of AIDS, but some people in the government try to stop them from getting clean syringes.
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31 октября 2022 10:48

📒 It's a man's world




📖Meaning
Everything in life is arranged to the advantage of men. Life is tough for women.
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30 октября 2022 12:25

💠 vegetable 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
a person with severe brain damage


❕For example

🔺Poor Glen has been a vegetable since his terrible accident. He can't move and he can't communicate because of all the damage to his brain.

🔺One of my school friends is a vegetable. He overdosed on heroin and his brain didn't get any oxygen for a long time, and most of his brain cells died.
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28 октября 2022 21:01

📒 He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea



📖Meaning
The sea is supremely powerful, and can be a terrifying and awe-inspiring place.

✍Note
pray (verb) = ask for help from God; give thanks to God | This saying may be more easily understood if rephrased as: "The person that wants to learn to pray should go to sea."

🌟Origin
This quotation from Welsh poet George Herbert (1593 - 1633) - "He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea" - reflects seafarers' long-standing conviction that at sea we find the ultimate in awe and terror.
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27 октября 2022 05:59

💠 jab 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
an injection with a hypodermic syringe


❕For example

🔺I went to see my doctor yesterday to get a flu jab.

🔺It's time for our kids to get another set of vaccination jabs. I'll take them to the clinic in the morning.
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26 октября 2022 05:05

📒 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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24 октября 2022 22:16

💠 uptight 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
tense, anxious


❕For example

🔺Why is Eddie so uptight all the time? It's like he's got all this anger and fear stuck inside and he can't let it out.

🔺Jane's one of those uptight people who make you feel uncomfortable just by being around them.
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