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10 февраля 2024 18:31
💠 lardass 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
an overweight person, esp. one with large buttocks
❕For example
🔺Madge has become such a lardass since she stopped exercising and started eating too much.
🔺Bill and Jill get on really well. They're both lardasses who love watching TV all day and eating snacks non-stop.
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08 февраля 2024 08:26
📚(like) water off a duck's back
✍🏾Meaning
You can say an insult or criticism is like water off a duck's back if it doesn't upset you.
❗️For example
🔸I asked Amy if she got upset when journalists wrote negative things about her, and she said she didn't care what they wrote - it was like water off a duck's back.
🔸Terry said he was too sensitive about criticism and he wanted to be like one of those people for whom it's like water off a duck's back.
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07 февраля 2024 09:38
📒 Opportunity only knocks once
📖Meaning
We should take an opportunity (or chance) when it comes. According to this saying, it will not come again.
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06 февраля 2024 10:46
📚zero tolerance
✍🏾Meaning
If something is given zero tolerance, it won't be accepted even once.
❗️For example
🔸Because of the school's zero-tolerance policy, our boy was expelled for smoking just one cigarette.
🔸How can a society based on Christian morals and forgiveness of sin have a zero-tolerance approach to petty crime?
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05 февраля 2024 07:22
📒 Graves are of all sizes
📖Meaning
People die at all ages; no one is too young to die.
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04 февраля 2024 10:39
📚with flying colours | colors
✍🏾Meaning
If you pass a test with flying colours, you pass it easily and get high marks.
❗️For example
🔸Our daughter Rosie was really worried about her history exam, but in the end she passed it with flying colours. We're very proud of her.
🔸I was given a tough assignment at work this week, and today the boss told me it was really just a test. He also said I passed with flying colors.
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03 февраля 2024 07:24
📒 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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01 февраля 2024 19:39
📒speak up (1)
📖Meaning
to speak louder
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 I'm sorry, but I can't hear you. Would you mind speaking up a bit, please?
💬 If you can't hear her, just ask her to speak up a little.
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31 января 2024 21:55
💠 yummy 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
delicious
❕For example
🔺I peeled a big juicy mango, chopped it up, and then covered the pieces with coconut yoghurt. It was really yummy!
🔺Jenny said they had this amazing fruit in Thailand called durian. It has a tough skin covered with sharp spikes, and it smells pretty bad, but inside there's this incredibly yummy flesh that tastes a bit like rich, creamy custard.
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30 января 2024 19:53
📒stand by (1)
📖Meaning
If you're standing by, you're ready to do something or help somebody.
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 The airport's rescue team stands by around the clock in case there is a fire or a plane crash.
💬 A doctor is always standing by at the boxing stadium in case one of the fighters needs medical attention.
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29 января 2024 21:46
💠 wrecked 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
very drunk, very intoxicated
❕For example
🔺Fred came home about 2 a.m. and slept with his clothes on. He was totally wrecked.
🔺He got so wrecked last night from drinking vodka that he can't even remember what he did.
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28 января 2024 19:23
📒juice up
📖Meaning
to make something more exciting, more impressive, or more powerful
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 We need to juice up our marketing campaign with some really exciting and sexy advertisements.
💬 The television network has employed a team of script writers to juice the show up because it's losing more and more viewers.
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27 января 2024 21:58
💠 limo 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
limousine
❕For example
🔺Are we going to rent a limo and a driver for the wedding?
🔺The limo's got a TV, a computer, and a bar in the back, and about six people can sit in there.
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10 февраля 2024 09:27
📒 Necessity is the mother of invention
📖Meaning
If we absolutely need to do something that has never been done, we will find a way to do it. It is this need or necessity that forces people to invent things.
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08 февраля 2024 20:50
📒go down (2)
📖Meaning
to be received in a certain way, or to create a certain reaction
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 I think your speech went down really well. People looked really interested.
💬 The manager's request that workers help the company by doing overtime for no pay didn't go down very well.
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07 февраля 2024 20:53
💠 merry 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
slightly and happily drunk
❕For example
🔺We all got a little merry at the Christmas party, but luckily the booze ran out before anyone got properly drunk.
🔺After his third glass of wine he began to feel quite merry.
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06 февраля 2024 19:34
📒go down (3)
📖Meaning
When the sun or the moon goes down, it gets lower and lower in the sky until it disappears below the horizon.
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 What time does the sun go down?
💬 We sat on the beach and watched the sun go down.
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05 февраля 2024 20:17
💠 intro 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
introduction
❕For example
🔺When you read the book, don't skip the intro. It gives a lot of useful background information.
🔺What did you think of the intro to the song? Do you think it went on too long, or was it just about right?
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04 февраля 2024 20:00
📒make over (1)
📖Meaning
to officially transfer ownership of something to someone
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Frank made most of his estate over to an educational foundation for homeless kids.
💬 Margaret agreed to make her collection of paintings over to the town's art gallery.
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03 февраля 2024 18:54
💠 geezer 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
an old person
❕For example
🔺I'm late because I got stuck behind some old geezer at the bank who took ages to sort out his stuff.
🔺One day I'll be one of those old geezers who sit in the park all day playing chess and checkers.
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01 февраля 2024 09:18
📚now or never
✍🏾Meaning
If you say it's now or never, you mean that something has to be done now or it can't be done at all.
❗️For example
🔸The band is going to break up after this tour, so if you want to see them perform, it's now or never.
🔸It was my last day with the company, so it was now or never. I went up to Jenny and asked her out on a date.
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31 января 2024 08:17
📒 Crime doesn't pay
📖Meaning
If you engage in illegal activities, you will not make money in the long run.
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30 января 2024 13:50
📚from time to time
✍🏾Meaning
If you do something from time to time, you do it occasionally, but not very often.
❗️For example
🔸We usually stay home on Friday nights, though from time to time we'll go to see a movie.
🔸Most of the artists we represent these days are nothing special, but from time to time we'll get one with real talent and originality.
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29 января 2024 10:54
📒 If you play with fire you get burned
📖Meaning
If you fool around with something that is potentially dangerous, you must expect to get harmed.
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28 января 2024 10:15
📚safe and sound
✍🏾Meaning
If you are safe and sound, nothing has harmed you even though you could have been in danger.
❗️For example
🔸It was a dangerous journey but luckily we all got back safe and sound.
🔸The package took a long time to get here, but it arrived safe and sound in the end.
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27 января 2024 09:25
📒 Many a true word is spoken in jest
📖Meaning
Something said as a joke may often contain wisdom and truth.
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25 января 2024 19:49
📒get away
📖Meaning
to leave a place
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 I had the fish on the line, but just as I was getting it out of the water, it fell back in and got away.
💬 I wanted to join you for dinner, but I just couldn't get away. There was too much going on in the office.
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