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05 августа 2023 18:33
📒deter from
📖Meaning
to make someone less likely to do something, or to discourage someone from doing something
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 The terrorist attacks deterred many people from visiting the country, and many tourists cancelled their bookings.
💬 Did the stock market collapse of 2008 deter you from investing in shares again?
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04 августа 2023 20:31
💠 bimbo 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a pretty, but empty-headed, young lady
❕For example
🔺Linda says most of the women who marry professional golfers or footballers look like bimbos whose main interest in life is shopping.
🔺Cindy said she wasn't a bimbo, and proved it by saying the word itself reflected the oppressive stereotyping that attractive women were still subject to despite the gains made by the feminist movement.
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03 августа 2023 18:15
📒pass out (1)
📖Meaning
to give something to each person in a group
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 We passed out programs as audience members arrived at the concert.
💬 Election officials will pass out voting instructions to all the voters.
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03 августа 2023 05:52
📚beat the rap
✍🏾Meaning
If someone beats the rap, they avoid being found guilty of a crime.
❗️For example
🔸Everyone knows that Jimmy the Snitch did the robbery in Green St., but he beat the rap because he's in with the cops.
🔸Henry was charged with drunk driving, but his lawyer helped him beat the rap on some technical detail.
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02 августа 2023 09:35
📒 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
📖Meaning
It's better to have one of something for certain than to run after two of the same thing and not be sure of getting them.
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01 августа 2023 09:09
📚run rings around | run circles around
✍🏾Meaning
If you run rings around someone, or run circles around them, you do something much better than they do.
❗️For example
🔸The Democrat candidate ran rings around the Republican candidate in their debate on the economy.
🔸We watched this dance contest and some kid from Brixton ran circles around a guy from Chelsea.
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31 июля 2023 07:49
📒 Practice makes perfect
📖Meaning
The more you do something, the better you become at it. Regular exercise of a skill or activity helps you become expert at it.
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30 июля 2023 08:05
📚eyes like a hawk
✍🏾Meaning
If someone has eyes like a hawk, they have very good eyesight and they notice everything.
❗️For example
🔸One of the president's bodyguards is over sixty, but he's still got eyes like a hawk. Just last year he spotted a guy pulling out a gun fifty yards away, and saved the president's life by pushing him to the ground.
🔸You need eyes like a hawk to be a line judge at Wimbledon, especially these days when the top tennis players hit the ball so fast.
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29 июля 2023 05:30
📒 Truth has no answer
📖Meaning
It is difficult to argue against facts. We cannot refute what is true.
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26 июля 2023 06:37
📒see to
📖Meaning
If you see to something, you take responsibility for it and make sure it's done.
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 The police chief promised he'd see to it that whoever was behind the attacks would be caught and punished.
💬 That's a nasty cut. You'd better go to the hospital and have it seen to.
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24 июля 2023 19:50
💠 empty-nester 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a parent whose children have grown up and left home
❕For example
🔺After spending many years raising their children, Kevin and Joan are now empty-nesters after their youngest daughter went to live with some friends.
🔺We're still getting used to being empty-nesters. The house seems so quiet all the time.
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23 июля 2023 20:16
📒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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22 июля 2023 08:31
💠 beat it 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
go away
❕For example
🔺Some kids were smoking in the carpark, but when one of them saw a teacher coming they grabbed their stuff and beat it.
🔺When Peter came back from the bathroom, some guy was talking to Leanne. Peter said, "Beat it, pal! She's with me."
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21 июля 2023 11:54
📒go after (2)
📖Meaning
to try to get something
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Are you planning to go after Alex's job when he retires?
💬 If Rupert thinks there's a chance to take over a profitable company, he'll go after it with everything he's got.
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20 июля 2023 17:34
📚talk turkey
✍🏾Meaning
If you talk turkey, you discuss something seriously, usually to do with business or money.
❗️For example
🔸After the owner had shown him around the apartment, Shane decided it was just what he wanted, so he said, "OK, I'm interested. Let's talk turkey."
🔸I started to say something about the deal, but Mr Hamilton said, "Not now, my boy. We never talk turkey at the dinner table."
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05 августа 2023 07:49
📚bark up the wrong tree
✍🏾Meaning
If you're barking up the wrong tree, you're looking for something in the wrong place or going about something in the wrong way.
❗️For example
🔸The police think the drugs are being brought in by the mafia, but they're barking up the wrong tree. They should be looking much closer to home.
🔸She's barking up the wrong tree if she's interested in Gavin. Doesn't she know he's gay?
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04 августа 2023 13:02
📒 Appearances are deceptive
📖Meaning
The way something or someone looks from outside may give us the wrong impression.
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02 августа 2023 18:49
💠 ape | apeshit 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
(in phrases go ape and go apeshit) wild excitement or great anger
❕For example
🔺The guys in the band ran onto the stage, and all their fans went ape.
🔺When he saw the damage the kids had done to his car, Larry went apeshit and threatened to beat them up.
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01 августа 2023 17:36
📒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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31 июля 2023 18:30
💠 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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30 июля 2023 18:48
📒write down
📖Meaning
to write something on a piece of paper
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 After chatting to the girl for a while, Shane wrote down his name and number on a piece of paper and gave it to her.
💬Most insurance companies will try to find any reason they can to avoid paying out claims to their customers.
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29 июля 2023 17:30
💠 E | ecstasy 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
an illegal amphetamine-like drug
❕For example
🔺Lots of people took E, or ecstasy, back in the eighties, before it was known to be dangerous.
🔺E is still used by a few reckless club-goers who are willing to risk damaging their brain in order to feel good for a couple of hours.
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25 июля 2023 09:17
📚a bad hair day
✍🏾Meaning
If you're having a bad hair day, everything seems to be going wrong for you.
❗️For example
🔸Poor Sue's in a terrible mood. I think she's having a bad hair day.
🔸I knew it was going to be a bad hair day when my car wouldn't start.
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24 июля 2023 09:45
📒 It is best to be on the safe side
📖Meaning
1) Don't take risks. Be careful and cautious.
2) It's best to be sure. It's best to be absolutely certain.
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23 июля 2023 11:10
📚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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21 июля 2023 18:30
📒 The pen is mightier than the sword
📖Meaning
This proverb suggests that written material like books or poetry has more influence than fighting or war. We may also understand from it that ideas (as often set down in writing) are more effective than violence.
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20 июля 2023 17:45
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20 июля 2023 08:40
💠 empty-nester 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a parent whose children have grown up and left home
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