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19 февраля 2023 04:30

📒turn into



📖Meaning
to change from one thing into another

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 Isn't it incredible how caterpillars turn into butterflies, and tadpoles turn into frogs? Nature really is amazing!

💬 This guy is a great businessman. He turned a small company into a huge global corporation.
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18 февраля 2023 04:30

📚come a cropper



✍🏾Meaning
If you come a cropper, you fall over, or you make a mistake which has serious consequences for you.


❗️For example

🔸The prime minister came a cropper while coming down the steps and hurt his backside.

🔸A radio announcer really came a cropper when he made a racist remark. He lost his job and now he can't get another one.
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17 февраля 2023 04:31

📒delve into



📖Meaning
to try to find information by examining something thoroughly

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 Reporters will often delve into a famous person's past, hoping to find something sensational like an arrest record or a history of drug abuse.

💬One of the hospital's nurses has been arrested for giving secret medical records to a lawyer who was delving into someone's medical history.
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15 февраля 2023 04:31

📚a fair-weather friend



✍🏾Meaning
A fair-weather friend is a person who will only be your friend when things are going well for you.


❗️For example

🔸I had lots of friends when I was rich and successful, but when the money was gone it became clear that most were only fair-weather friends.

🔸Would she still want to know you if you were sick or in trouble, or is she just one of those fair-weather friends?
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14 февраля 2023 14:32

😃What do you want?

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14 февраля 2023 04:30

📒move up (2)



📖Meaning
to move someone to a higher position, a higher level, a higher ranking, etc.

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 Debbie's teacher said she'd made great progress this term, so she's moving Debbie up to the next grade.

💬 After winning the French Open, Rafael moved up in the rankings.
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13 февраля 2023 06:39

🤑How much money do you want to earn?

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12 февраля 2023 21:08

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12 февраля 2023 16:31

📒 There's no such thing as a free lunch



📖Meaning
We cannot get something for nothing. We must pay for everything. Nothing in life is free.

Origin
 Often attributed to the American economist and Nobel Prize winner Milton Friedman (1912-2006), this saying was around at least by the 1950s. Friedman popularized but did not originate it.

Variety
This saying is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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11 февраля 2023 17:30

❓Which is the correct answer?

These old jeans ... . It's time I got a new pair.
1. have done it
2. have got it
3. have had it

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11 февраля 2023 04:30

📚have your work cut out (for you)



✍🏾Meaning
If you have your work cut out for you, you have a difficult task to do or a challenging situation to face.


❗️For example

🔸Our son has left it to the last minute to write his essay, so now he really has his work cut out for him to get it done on time.

🔸Have you seen how good their team looks? You guys are really going to have your work cut out to beat them.
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10 февраля 2023 13:43

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09 февраля 2023 20:28

💠 dis | diss 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
to show disrespect to someone by saying or doing something insulting


❕For example

🔺Make sure you don't dis any of these guys or they could get really mad with you.

🔺This guy said I dissed him, but I didn't show him any disrespect. I just didn't treat him like he was better than me.
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08 февраля 2023 18:39

📚a quick study



✍🏾Meaning
If you're a quick study, you can learn new things quickly.


❗️For example

🔸Albert was always a quick study, except when it came to learning languages.

🔸I only need to show Sue how to do something once, and she gets it. She's a quick study, that girl.
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07 февраля 2023 17:50

📒read into



📖Meaning
to believe you've found more meaning in what someone says or does than others have found

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 You're reading too much into what he said. I don't think he meant to insult you.

💬 A lot can be read into what someone says, but it doesn't mean that it's all true.
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18 февраля 2023 16:30

💠 old school | old-school 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
from a previous period, and usually highly-regarded


❕For example

🔺I like the Nintendo games that are old school the best, like Mario.

🔺That song is an example of old-school rap at its best!
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17 февраля 2023 16:30

📒 Brevity is the soul of wit



📖Meaning
The real art of speaking (especially when speaking humorously) is to use as few words as possible.
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15 февраля 2023 16:30

💠 take 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
stolen money or goods


❕For example

🔺The take from the bank robbery was about ten thousand dollars.

🔺The cops have caught the thieves, but they're still looking for the take.
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14 февраля 2023 16:30

📒 Rome wasn't built in a day



📖Meaning
All things take time to create. And great things like the city of Rome take a very long time. So we shouldn't expect to accomplish something or achieve success immediately.
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14 февраля 2023 04:51

❤️❤️‍🔥❤️❤️‍🔥❤️❤️‍🔥 ❤️❤️‍🔥❤️❤️‍🔥❤️❤️‍🔥❤️❤️‍🔥❤️❤️‍🔥❤️❤️‍🔥Happy Valentine's day ❤️❤️‍🔥❤️❤️‍🔥❤️❤️‍🔥❤️❤️‍🔥❤️❤️‍🔥❤️❤️‍🔥❤️❤️‍🔥❤️❤️‍🔥❤️❤️‍🔥

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13 февраля 2023 16:30

💠 ivories (1) 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
teeth


❕For example

🔺Those Hollywood movie stars have beautiful ivories. They must spend a fortune on dentists.

🔺I've been brushing my teeth twice a day for forty years, but my ivories don't look anything like Brad's. What have I been doing wrong?
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13 февраля 2023 04:30

📚a done deal



✍🏾Meaning
A done deal is an agreement or a decision that is final.


❗️For example

🔸It's a done deal so we can go ahead and start planning the details.

🔸No-one knew about it, but the contract has been a done deal since the senator spoke to the minister last month.
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12 февраля 2023 17:02

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12 февраля 2023 04:31

📒get over



📖Meaning
to recover from something like an illness or a shock

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 How long did it take you to get over the illness?

💬 Tony was heartbroken when his girlfriend left him, and it took him ages to get over it.
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11 февраля 2023 16:30

💠 junkie | junky 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
a drug addict; a person obsessed with something


❕For example

🔺A lot of junkies are still being sent to jail instead of being given treatment to overcome their addiction.

🔺It's sad to see people who start out in politics with high ideals turn into power junkies. They'll do anything to stay in power, from rigging elections to arranging violence to intimidate their opponents.
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10 февраля 2023 17:30

📒 Soon learnt, soon forgotten



📖Meaning
Something that is easy and quick to learn is easy to forget.
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10 февраля 2023 03:30

📒wait on (2)



📖Meaning
to wait for the results of something, or for information about something, before deciding what to do next

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 The investigators are waiting on the toxicology results before making their final report.

💬 Her family is in the next room waiting on the test results.
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09 февраля 2023 09:56

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08 февраля 2023 04:07

📒 Pay beforehand was never well served


📖Meaning
If you pay for a service before you receive it, you will not get good service.
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07 февраля 2023 03:34

💠 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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