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30 ноября 2022 19:49

📒 All things are difficult before they are easy




📖Meaning
The implication is that we should be patient with learning, and with learners. It takes time to learn to do things. What seems easy to us now may have been difficult at first.
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29 ноября 2022 10:22

💠 old bat 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
an unpleasant old woman


❕For example

🔺The old bat who lives downstairs called the cops when we were having a party.


🔺We used to think Mrs Jones was just another bad-tempered old bat, but she's actually a lovely lady when you get to know her.
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28 ноября 2022 10:56

📒 The tide must be taken when it comes




📖Meaning
We should use all opportunities when they come, before it's too late.
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27 ноября 2022 10:13

💠 posh 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
high-class, stylish


❕For example

🔺Sarah's got a really posh accent. She must be from an upper-class family.

🔺I don't understand why Joanne wants to stay in posh hotels all the time. It's such a waste of money!
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25 ноября 2022 21:33

📒 Riches have wings




📖Meaning
Money can disappear easily. Money is like a bird with wings: it can fly away if you are not careful.
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24 ноября 2022 19:22

💠 xerox 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
to photocopy something


❕For example

🔺Hey, Judy. Have you xeroxed the report yet?

🔺How long would it take to xerox fifty pages?
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23 ноября 2022 22:45

📒 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder



📖Meaning
Different people see beauty in different ways. What one person finds beautiful may not appeal to another person.
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22 ноября 2022 20:18

💠 loaded (1) 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
wealthy, rich


❕For example

🔺All those Wall Street bankers are really loaded.

🔺Even though he's loaded, Rupert is very stingy with his money.
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21 ноября 2022 04:02

📒 All cats are grey in the dark




📖Meaning
The implication is that beauty, or physical appearance, is unimportant.
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19 ноября 2022 21:13

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19 ноября 2022 11:30

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18 ноября 2022 21:25

📒 A word to the wise is enough



📖Meaning
A very brief warning or explanation is enough for an intelligent person.
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17 ноября 2022 19:07

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17 ноября 2022 07:21

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16 ноября 2022 20:54

📒 You can't tell a book by its cover



📖Meaning
You cannot judge what something or someone is like by looking at the exterior.
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29 ноября 2022 20:58

📒expose to (1)




📖Meaning
If you expose someone to something, you introduce them to something they might not otherwise see or experience.

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 We try to expose our students to art, music and literature that they wouldn't normally come across.

💬 It's a good idea for young staff to be exposed to various work environments.
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28 ноября 2022 20:20

📚a white lie




✍🏾Meaning
If you tell a white lie, you say something that isn't true in order to be polite or so as not to hurt someone's feelings.


❗️For example

🔸Sometimes it's better to tell a white lie than to tell someone a painful truth.

🔸I really didn't want to go to my boss's dinner party, so I told a white lie and said I had to go to a friend's wedding party that night.
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27 ноября 2022 21:36

📒zero in on




📖Meaning
If you zero in on something, you focus on it or put your attention on it.

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 The police tracked many suspects in the drug gang before they zeroed in on the gang's leader and arrested her.

💬 Before the missile was fired, it's built-in computer zeroed in on the target.
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26 ноября 2022 21:31

📚like a fish out of water



✍🏾Meaning
You feel like a fish out of water if you're surrounded by people who are different to you, and it's making you feel a little uncomfortable.


❗️For example

🔸I was the only black person in a church full of white people, and I felt like a fish out of water at first. But lots of people came up and talked to me after the service, and I soon felt quite at home.

🔸Sayoko travels to a lot of unusual places. She says feeling like a fish out of water is sometimes interesting.
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25 ноября 2022 09:52

📒pass on



📖Meaning
If you pass something on, you give it to another person after receiving it yourself.

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 You should wear a mask over your mouth so that you don't pass on the disease.


💬 After taking your piece of cake, pass the plate on to the next person.
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24 ноября 2022 11:21

📚know your stuff



✍🏾Meaning
If you know your stuff, you're very good at what you do, and you know a lot about it.


❗️For example

🔸The technician who looks after the computers at our office really knows her stuff. She's great!


🔸When it comes to growing vegetables, Uncle Ken sure knows his stuff. He's been growing veggies in his back garden for forty years!
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23 ноября 2022 12:19

📒queue up




📖Meaning
If you queue up, you join a line of people waiting for their turn to do something.

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 When we went to the bank we had to queue up at the counter.

💬 Don't you hate it when you've been queuing up for a ticket, and they run out just before you get to the counter?
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21 ноября 2022 20:56

📚just what the doctor ordered




✍🏾Meaning
You can say something was just what the doctor ordered when it was exactly what was needed.


❗️For example

🔸That was a great meal, Ken. Just what the doctor ordered!

🔸Kathie said she had a great time at the beach. After all those problems at work it was just what the doctor ordered.
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20 ноября 2022 12:22

📒clean out (2)



📖Meaning
If you have been cleaned out, all your money has been taken by someone, or spent on something.

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 Putting a deposit on this new apartment has just about cleaned us out.

💬 The settlement Cherie got for their divorce has nearly cleaned Bob out.
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19 ноября 2022 21:11

💠 rock 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
to be great, excellent


❕For example

🔺House" is one of the best TV shows ever! It totally rocks!

🔺My kids really love their new computer. Little Tommy said, "It rocks, Dad!"
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19 ноября 2022 11:25

📚a queer fish




✍🏾Meaning
If someone's a queer fish, they are a bit strange and can sometimes behave in an unusual way.


❗️For example

🔸Your great grandfather was a queer fish, Johnny. He used to write funny poems and then he'd read them aloud to everyone on the train on his way to work.

🔸Some of the characters described as "queer fish" in old novels might be called "weirdos" these days.
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18 ноября 2022 07:42

📒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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17 ноября 2022 19:04

💠 can (1) 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
to reject or criticize something or someone


❕For example

🔺The show's ratings were so bad that the network canned it after just a few episodes.

🔺The English media cans the national football team whenever they lose a game.
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17 ноября 2022 07:20

📚(have) egg on your face




✍🏾Meaning
You will have egg on your face if you've said or done something wrong, and it's made you feel embarrassed or stupid.


❗️For example

🔸Stan had egg on his face after saying he could easily do fifty push-ups, and then giving up after doing just twenty.

🔸The police force had egg on its face because they arrested and beat up an innocent guy who had the same name as a suspect they were looking for.
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16 ноября 2022 09:57

📒put through (2)



📖Meaning
to pay for someone's education through school, college, university, etc.

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 It's costing her a lot of money to put herself through law school.

💬How much does it cost to put a kid through college these days?
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