English Language
22 июня 2024 21:04
📚dressed (up) to the nines
✍🏾Meaning
If you are dressed to the nines, or dressed up to the nines, you are wearing very smart clothes for a special occasion.
❗️For example
🔸Have you seen Harry? He's dressed to the nines and he looks amazing.
🔸Everyone was dressed up to the nines for the Academy Awards, with the men in tuxedos and the women in evening gowns.
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20 июня 2024 08:02
📒 The early bird catches the worm
📖Meaning
Birds that wake early in the morning will find worms to eat, but birds that wake late will find no worms. The saying suggests that the same is true for us in life. If we do something early, before other people, we will be successful.
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19 июня 2024 23:34
📚x-rated
✍🏾Meaning
If something is x-rated, it is classified as pornographic and therefore not suitable for young people.
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🔸One of the first x-rated movies to get a general release was "Last Tango in Paris" with Marlon Brando.
🔸I checked the brower's history and saw that my teenage son had been looking at x-rated websites, as all healthy, normal boys do.
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18 июня 2024 21:20
📒help out
📖Meaning
If you help someone out, you do something to help them.
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Scouts are taught to help out old people.
💬 We need someone to help us out with the housework.
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17 июня 2024 20:36
📚a piece of cake
✍🏾Meaning
If you say that something is a piece of cake, you mean that it is extremely easy.
❗️For example
🔸I finished my exam 30 minutes early. It was a piece of cake!
🔸Compared to learning Japanese, learning Indonesian was a piece of cake. It's a much simpler language.
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16 июня 2024 19:01
📒 No man is an island
📖Meaning
Human beings do not (or should not) live in isolation. All people are interconnected. A person is not like an island, standing alone and surrounded by sea.
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15 июня 2024 21:18
📚an end in itself
✍🏾Meaning
If something is an end in itself, it's done for its own pleasure or benefit rather than for some other purpose like making money.
❗️For example
🔸Billy says playing music in a band is an end in itself for him, but I think he does it to meet girls.
🔸People used to think education was an end in itself, but these days kids study in order to make lots of money when they graduate.
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12 июня 2024 20:35
📚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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11 июня 2024 22:38
📒 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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10 июня 2024 20:05
📚as soon as possible | asap
✍🏾Meaning
If you do something as soon as possible (sometimes abbreviated to "asap"), you do it at the first possible opportunity.
❗️For example
🔸She said she'll be here as soon as possible, so there's no point calling her again. She's coming as quickly as she can.
🔸I'm in a meeting now, but I'll call you back asap.
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09 июня 2024 20:55
📒 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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08 июня 2024 20:15
📚for my money
✍🏾Meaning
You can say "for my money" to mean the same as "in my opinion".
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🔸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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22 июня 2024 10:50
💠 once-over 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a quick inspection or search
❕For example
🔺Before paying for the car, I had a mechanic give it a quick once-over to make sure it was in good condition.
🔺The army recruits were given the once-over by a doctor. He checked their heart, lungs, eyesight, hearing, reflexes and their private parts.
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20 июня 2024 21:34
📒talk down to
📖Meaning
If you talk down to someone, you speak to them as if they are inferior to you or less important than you.
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 I hate the way Sandra talks down to people if she thinks they aren't well-educated.
💬 Make sure you don't talk down to people just because they haven't had as much good fortune in their lives as you have.
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20 июня 2024 06:14
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19 июня 2024 11:04
💠 yakuza 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a Japanese criminal organisation, or a member of such an organisation
❕For example
🔺Many members of the yakuza have amazing tattoos that cover nearly every part of their body.
🔺Everyone knew Hideki was a yakuza because the tip of his left little finger had been cut off.
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18 июня 2024 12:27
📒 There is safety in numbers
📖Meaning
You are safer as part of a group of people than as an individual. Being in a group makes people more confident about taking action.
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17 июня 2024 09:28
💠 airhead 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a silly, stupid person
❕For example
🔺Joel says only airheads watch the shopping channel.
🔺Just because I'm a blonde woman who likes shopping and going to the gym some people call me an airhead, and I'm not!
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16 июня 2024 11:05
📒head off (1)
📖Meaning
to leave a place
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 We'll have to head off early if we want to get there by midday.
💬 I'd better head off. It's getting late and I've got an early start in the morning.
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15 июня 2024 07:51
💠 jollies 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
fun, thrills, enjoyment
❕For example
🔺I can't see the attraction myself, but Bill says he gets his jollies from building and flying model planes and helicopters.
🔺A lot of young people get their jollies from doing adventure stuff like white-water rafting and bungee-jumping.
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13 июня 2024 19:49
📒 Life is what you make it
📖Meaning
It is up to you to make of your life what you want.
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13 июня 2024 08:49
📒turn off
📖Meaning
to stop a machine or an appliance from working by using a button or a switch
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Don't forget to turn off the air conditioner before you leave the house. We shouldn't be wasting energy.
💬 Do you turn all your lights off at night, or do you leave some of them on?
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12 июня 2024 09:01
💠 bring out (1) 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
to release a new product
❕For example
🔺They'll be bringing out their latest range of graphic software in the spring.
🔺It's not enough to bring good products out. You also need to market them properly.
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11 июня 2024 10:10
📒take out (2)
📖Meaning
to remove something from a container, a pocket, a bag, etc.
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Jimmy unzipped his bag and took out his football boots.
💬 Take the meat out of the freezer two hours before you want to cook it.
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10 июня 2024 12:54
💠 fall apart 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
If something falls apart, it breaks into pieces or parts start falling off.
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🔺My old shoes are falling apart, so I'll have to get some new ones.
🔺If the model plane falls apart, get some stronger glue and put it together again.
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09 июня 2024 10:03
📒factor in
📖Meaning
to include a certain item when calculating or planning something
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Don't forget to factor in transport costs when you make the quotation.
💬 You need to factor the political situation in when deciding on a country to invest in.
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08 июня 2024 10:35
💠 dag 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
an unfashionable or socially awkward person
❕For example
🔺It's weird how Greg's one of the coolest guys in the school, but his brother's such a dag.
🔺Try not to be such a dag, Kenny. And stop wearing those daggy old clothes while you're at it.
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