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15 ноября 2022 20:19

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15 ноября 2022 09:31

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14 ноября 2022 20:37

📒 Facts are stubborn things



📖Meaning
We cannot avoid the truth, even when it is not what we want to hear or express.
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13 ноября 2022 19:59

📒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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12 ноября 2022 20:38

📚time after time




✍🏾Meaning
If you do something time after time, you do it again and again, or repeatedly.


❗️For example

🔸We've told our son time after time to call us if he's going to be late, but he still forgets sometimes.

🔸Tiger wins major tournaments time after time. He really is a champion.
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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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15 ноября 2022 20:16

💠 ill 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
good, excellent


❕For example

🔺The new Neo album is ill, man!

🔺Corrie's new jacket is ill. Where can I get one?
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15 ноября 2022 09:30

📚a blessing in disguise




✍🏾Meaning
You can say something is a blessing in disguise if it appears to be bad at first, but it results in something very good in the end.


❗️For example

🔸Being caught in that traffic jam was a blessing in disguise. If I hadn't missed the flight, I would have been on that plane when it crashed.

🔸His accident was a blessing in disguise because it gave him lots of time to think about his life while he was recovering, and as a result he made some important changes that improved his life.
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14 ноября 2022 12:26

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13 ноября 2022 10:57

💠 vac (1) 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
vacation, holiday


❕For example

🔺Are you going overseas in the long vac?

🔺I'm looking for a job over the vac. Any ideas?
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12 ноября 2022 10:30

📒 Man proposes, God disposes



📖Meaning
Human beings can make any plans they want, but it's God that decides their success or failure.
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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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