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18 октября 2023 19:40
📒 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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17 октября 2023 20:28
📚keep your nose clean
✍🏾Meaning
If you keep your nose clean, you stay out of trouble by making sure you don't do anything wrong.
❗️For example
🔸Our son Michael is in trouble with the police again. I really wish he'd learn to keep his nose clean.
🔸It's important for sport's stars to keep their noses clean because they make a lot of money for endorsing products, and they could lose this income if they got into trouble with the law.
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16 октября 2023 19:37
📒 People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
📖Meaning
This saying warns us against hypocrisy. We should not criticize other people for things we do ourselves.
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15 октября 2023 18:47
📚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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14 октября 2023 20:56
📒 Poor men go to heaven as soon as rich
📖Meaning
God makes no distinction between people with money and people without money.
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12 октября 2023 08:12
💠 screw (2) 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
to cheat or swindle someone
❕For example
🔺We knew we were being screwed, but what could we do? This was the only hotel around with vacant rooms, so they could charge whatever they liked.
🔺George reckons the taxation system screws people who work hard and set up small businesses.
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11 октября 2023 10:44
📒ask out
📖Meaning
If you ask somebody out, you ask someone you like to go on a date with you.
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 It took Juan a long time to build up the courage to ask Mariella out, but at last he did and she said yes. Juan was so happy he couldn't help smiling.
💬 If you like her, why don't you ask her out for dinner? The worst that can happen is that she says no or makes an excuse.
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10 октября 2023 07:51
💠 loony 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a crazy or silly person (n.) | crazy or silly (adj.)
❕For example
🔺My new job in an advertising agency is weird. I feel like I'm working with a bunch of loonies.
🔺Harry loves those loony Japanese TV shows with people doing loony stuff like eating spiders and drinking blood.
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09 октября 2023 10:30
📒get off (1)
📖Meaning
to leave a means of transport such as a bus or a train
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 We got off the train as soon as it stopped.
💬 You'll have to get off the bus at the railway station and then get the train.
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08 октября 2023 10:35
💠 nix 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
to cancel something, to stop something from happening
❕For example
🔺The slowing economy meant that many companies had their plans for expansion nixed when they couldn't get the loans they needed.
🔺Kelly's parents nixed the idea of a slumber party when she said some boys would come as well.
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07 октября 2023 10:42
📒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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05 октября 2023 19:48
📚a pat on the back
✍🏾Meaning
You've given someone a pat on the back if you've told them they've done something well, or done a good job.
❗️For example
🔸Don't you think Salim deserves a pat on the back for his report? Why don't you tell him it was excellent work?
🔸Our boss doesn't often praise us for our work, so if he gives you a pat on the back for something, you've really earned it.
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04 октября 2023 19:44
📒 All that glitters is not gold
📖Meaning
The attractive exterior of something is not a good indicator of its real nature. It may look valuable, but not be valuable.
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03 октября 2023 04:55
📚fresh as a daisy
✍🏾Meaning
If you feel as fresh as a daisy, you feel energetic and lively.
❗️For example
🔸I might look awful first thing in the morning, but after a cup of tea and a bit of meditation I'm as fresh as a daisy.
🔸George looked terrible when he got to work, so Annie said, "Fresh as a daisy this morning, are we?" and George just grunted.
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18 октября 2023 11:30
📒model on
📖Meaning
to use something or someone as an example to copy when making something or doing something
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 The Indian legal system was modelled on the British system.
💬 Many young singers and dancers still model themselves on Michael Jackson.
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17 октября 2023 10:38
💠 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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16 октября 2023 08:06
📒get at (2)
📖Meaning
to mean or to imply something
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 I didn't understand what she was getting at.
💬 In this song I think he was getting at the fact that we all need to take responsibility for our actions.
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15 октября 2023 10:51
💠 axe | ax (2) 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a musical instrument, esp. a jazz musician's guitar, trumpet or saxophone
❕For example
🔺Louis grabbed his axe, stood in front of his band, and started to play.
🔺Eddie could play that ax all night long.
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14 октября 2023 11:25
📒drop off (2)
📖Meaning
to fall asleep
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 My mum often drops off in her favourite chair in front of the TV, and we have to wake her up when it's time to go to bed.
💬 If you're driving and you start to feel sleepy, stop and rest. If you drop off behind the wheel, you could kill yourself and a lot of other people.
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12 октября 2023 17:08
📚 leave well enough alone | let well enough alone
✍🏾Meaning
If you leave well enough alone, or let well enough alone, you don't try to improve or change something that's already good enough.
❗️For example
🔸The kids seem happy enough now so let's just leave well enough alone and forget about finding a new school for them.
🔸Unless there's a problem, I'd suggest you just let well enough alone and let your staff get on with their work.
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11 октября 2023 20:17
📒 Money isn't everything
📖Meaning
There are other important things in this world, not just money.
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10 октября 2023 20:45
📚 caught red-handed
✍🏾Meaning
If someone is caught red-handed, they are caught in the act of doing something wrong such as cheating or stealing.
❗️For example
🔸I used to cheat in exams until I was caught red-handed by my teacher. I stopped doing it after that.
🔸How can you say you didn't steal the book? You were caught red-handed walking out of the store after you'd hidden it under your jacket.
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09 октября 2023 19:03
📒 If the stone fall upon the egg, alas for the egg! If the egg fall upon the stone, alas for the egg!
📖Meaning
Life just isn't fair, and this realistic Arab proverb recognizes that. The stone will always break the egg. Life's like that!
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08 октября 2023 20:37
📚talk turkey
✍🏾Meaning
If you talk turkey, you discuss something seriously, usually to do with business or money.
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🔸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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07 октября 2023 20:06
📒 Truth will out
📖Meaning
In the end, what is true will come to be known. The truth always appears eventually, despite all efforts to hide it. It is impossible to keep something secret forever.
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05 октября 2023 08:45
💠 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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04 октября 2023 07:52
📒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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02 октября 2023 18:32
💠 bull dyke 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a lesbian (see note below) who is very manly in appearance and behaviour
❕For example
🔺My sister is a bull dyke and she's in a gang of women who ride big motorbikes and wear leather jackets.
🔺We saw all sorts of interesting people in the Gay Mardi Gras parade, including drag queens, leather guys and bull dykes.
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