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26 ноября 2023 09:53
💠 ratty (2) 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
easily annoyed or upset, irritable
❕For example
🔺Laura got drunk last night, and now she's got a hangover and she feels a bit ratty.
🔺I had a really bad day at work today, so sorry if I seem a little ratty tonight.
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25 ноября 2023 08:58
📒drop off (1)
📖Meaning
to drive someone to a place they need to go to and leave them there
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Every morning I drop my kids off at school on my way to work.
💬 Sergio stopped at the mall and dropped off his mother, and then drove on to the golf course.
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23 ноября 2023 19:44
📚on the strength of
✍🏾Meaning
If you do something on the strength of certain advice or information, you do it because the advice or information suggests doing it.
❗️For example
🔸I saw the movie on the strength of what Rod had said. I wouldn't have seen it if he hadn't said it was good.
🔸They gave me an interview on the strength of a recommendation from my tutor at university.
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22 ноября 2023 18:24
📒 Truth needs no colours
📖Meaning
Facts are facts. What is true is true, and it does not need decoration.
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21 ноября 2023 15:47
📚upset the applecart
✍🏾Meaning
If you upset the applecart, you do something that causes trouble or upsets someone's plans.
❗️For example
🔸The Stones upset the applecart by pulling out of the music festival. They were going to be the main act.
🔸Kelly's sister really upset the applecart when she told Kelly that she'd seen her husband waiting for someone in a hotel lobby when he was supposed to be in New York.
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20 ноября 2023 19:19
📒 Still waters run deep
📖Meaning
Some rivers have rough surfaces with waves. That's usually because the water is shallow and there are rocks near the surface. But deep rivers have no rocks near the surface and the water is smooth and still. "Still waters run deep" means that people who are calm and tranquil on the outside, often have a strong, "deep" personality.
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19 ноября 2023 19:18
📚save the day
✍🏾Meaning
If you save the day, you do something to ensure success or to solve a serious problem.
❗️For example
🔸It looked like we were going to lose the game, but Ronaldo saved the day by kicking two late goals.
🔸Then a guy rides in on a white horse and saves the day by killing the bad guys and rescuing the girl.
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18 ноября 2023 19:38
📒 Out of office, out of danger
📖Meaning
The implication is that people in high government or official jobs are not safe. They will be safe only when they leave their job.
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16 ноября 2023 08:53
💠jam (2)🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
to play music informally
❕For example
🔺After the concert, we went to a jazz club and jammed all night with some old musician friends.
🔺When she was young, Judy learned how to play the drums by jamming with other musicians.
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15 ноября 2023 08:56
📒know of
📖Meaning
If you know of something, you are aware of it.
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Does anyone know of a good dentist around here? I really need to have a tooth pulled out.
💬 The police want people to tell them about anyone they know of who's selling illegal drugs to school kids.
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14 ноября 2023 07:56
💠weirdo🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a strange, eccentric or weird person
❕For example
🔺Back when me and my friends were teenage punk rockers, my grandpa used to say we looked like "bloody weirdos".
🔺Have you ever seen the weirdos who go to those evangelical Christian meetings? They have fits and speak in tongues and play with snakes and do other weird stuff.
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13 ноября 2023 05:42
📒let out (3)
📖Meaning
to rent a room or a building to somebody
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 She makes some extra money by letting out her spare room to a student.
💬 Why don't you let the house out when you're not living there?
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12 ноября 2023 07:27
💠runs🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
(as in the runs) a case of diarrhea
❕For example
🔺I've had the runs all day. It must be the seafood we ate last night.
🔺Gillian had everyone screaming with laughter when she told us about her bus trip across India while she had the runs.
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11 ноября 2023 07:50
📒go through (2)
📖Meaning
to live through a bad time or a difficult situation
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 He just went through one of the most difficult periods in his life.
💬 We've been going through a recession for a year or so, but hopefully the economy will improve soon.
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25 ноября 2023 18:37
📒 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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23 ноября 2023 07:51
💠juicy🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
very interesting in a scandalous or lurid way
❕For example
🔺I love reading Lucy's blog about Hollywood movie stars. It's full of juicy gossip about the private lives of all the biggest stars.
🔺Harry writes a newspaper column about juicy scandals in Washington. There's corruption and crime and drugs and sex, and it's great fun to read, of course.
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22 ноября 2023 09:13
📒fob off (2)
📖Meaning
to try to make someone stop complaining or stop bothering you by telling them something that isn't true, or by giving them an excuse
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 After I complained about getting tinned peas, the manager of the restaurant tried to fob me off with some excuse about fresh peas not being in season.
💬 The workers refused to be fobbed off with a vague promise of bigger bonuses in future if profits improved.
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21 ноября 2023 06:15
💠goose (1)🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a silly or stupid person
❕For example
🔺Who was the goose who left the air conditioner on in the office all night?
🔺Some goose who works at the bank put the wrong date on my new credit card.
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20 ноября 2023 07:42
📒print out
📖Meaning
to make a printed copy of a document
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Could you print out the contract and leave it on my desk, please?
💬 Print a test copy out and let me check it before you send the file to the printers.
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19 ноября 2023 08:12
💠wasted (2)🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
to be very intoxicated from the use of alcohol or drugs
❕For example
🔺That guy is totally wasted! He can hardly stand up.
🔺Jimmy and his three best friends got in his car after Jimmy had smoked some dope and drunk some vodka. He was so wasted that he nodded off and drove into a tree, and Jimmy and his friends were killed.
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18 ноября 2023 09:26
📒inject into
📖Meaning
to add something positive in order to make something work better
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 The band had become a bit flat, but the introduction of a percussionist injected some much-needed dynamism into their sound.
💬 The government is trying to inject some confidence into the market.
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16 ноября 2023 18:26
📚jump the gun
✍🏾Meaning
If you jump the gun, you start doing something too soon.
❗️For example
🔸If you're in a debate, wait until you're invited to speak and don't jump the gun by speaking before you should.
🔸The company jumped the gun and released the product before the public was ready for it.
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15 ноября 2023 15:34
📒 Death is a remedy for all ills
📖Meaning
When we die, all our problems are solved.
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14 ноября 2023 18:45
📚weather a storm
✍🏾Meaning
If you weather a storm, you survive a dangerous event or deal with a difficult situation.
❗️For example
🔸Everyone waited to see if the president could weather the storm caused by his son's arrest for using illegal drugs.
🔸Poor Mandy had to stand there and weather the storm as her boss shouted insults at her for letting him forget something.
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13 ноября 2023 16:01
📒 Crime doesn't pay
📖Meaning
If you engage in illegal activities, you will not make money in the long run.
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12 ноября 2023 18:23
📚under a cloud
✍🏾Meaning
If someone is under a cloud, they are suspected of having done something wrong.
❗️For example
🔸Ever since the rumours of corruption started, the president has been under a cloud and he probably won't win another election.
🔸Henry has been under a cloud since the money disappeared and he bought a new car.
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11 ноября 2023 18:48
📒 There is truth in wine
📖Meaning
When people are drunk, what they say is often true. People often speak the truth when they lose their self-control.
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