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31 июля 2024 10:28
📒knock out (1)
📖Meaning
If you are knocked out, you are hit so hard that you lose consciousness.
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in the eighth round and won the fight.
💬 He slipped over in the bathroom and knocked himself out.
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30 июля 2024 10:24
📚yellow journalism
✍🏾Meaning
Journalism in which sensational stories are used to boost sales, or biased reporting is used to change the reader's views on an issue. Both of these are unethical.
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🔸 Have you noticed how, during a war, normally trustworthy professionals start writing the worst sort of yellow journalism to justify their government's actions?
🔸Joe: "Is there any difference between yellow journalism and propaganda?" Kate: "I think yellow journalism can be even more dangerous than propaganda if it's being presented as objective reporting by well-known journalists."
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29 июля 2024 12:35
📒run off with
📖Meaning
If you run off with somebody, you leave home secretly in order to be with them.
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💬 Anna ran off with her sweetheart Lucas after their parents had tried to stop them from seeing each other.
💬 Can you believe it? Stan has run off with his secretary and they're living in Hawaii.
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28 июля 2024 09:35
📚hit the hay | hit the sack
✍🏾Meaning
If you hit the hay, or hit the sack, you go to bed.
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🔸 It's after midnight so it's time I hit the hay.
🔸You look really tired. What time did you hit the sack last night?
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27 июля 2024 10:19
📒hold up (2)
📖Meaning
to support something and stop it from falling down
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Miyoko was so tired after climbing the mountain that I had to hold her up.
💬 There are several strong beams holding up the roof.
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25 июля 2024 11:33
📒Never spur a willing horse
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Don't urge someone who is already working well to work harder and faster. If you do, he may work less hard or be less eager.
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24 июля 2024 09:07
💠 indie 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
rock music not released by major music labels
❕For example
🔺The indie scene began back in the late 70's and early 80's with bands like Joy Division and The Slits.
🔺 Steve reckons the best indie band of all time is Radiohead.
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23 июля 2024 11:15
📒 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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22 июля 2024 13:32
💠 mosh pit 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
an area in front of the stage at a rock concert where people dance energetically, or "mosh"
❕For example
🔺The best concert I've ever been to was a Nirvana gig in the early nineties when Kurt Cobain jumped into the mosh pit.
🔺 Keep an eye on the kids in the mosh pit in case any of them faints or gets hurt.
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21 июля 2024 11:22
📒 A bad penny always turns up
📖Meaning
Bad or nasty people have a habit of showing up or returning.
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20 июля 2024 05:21
💠 hang | hang out 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
to spend time with
❕For example
🔺I'm goin' down the park to hang with my friends.
🔺 Hey, you girls. Why don't you hang out with me and the guys for a while?
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18 июля 2024 11:59
📒iron out
📖Meaning
If you iron out the last details of a deal, you sort out the final problems or issues.
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 If we have any differences or issues, we'll have to iron them out before we sign a deal.
💬 Ronaldo's manager and the club are ironing out a couple of final issues, but they should have everything sorted out soon.
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17 июля 2024 10:31
📚quaking in your boots
✍🏾Meaning
If you're quaking in your boots, you are very frightened.
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🔸 This big, ugly dog was growling at me and baring its teeth. I was quaking in my boots, I can tell you!
🔸Our sergeant was a scary guy. He could make a new army recruit quake in his boots just by looking at him.
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14 июля 2024 23:45
📒apply to
📖Meaning
If something applies to you, it is relevant to you or you are affected by it.
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Some young people from rich families seem to think that the law doesn't apply to them.
💬 The company's new regulations on sexual harassment apply to everybody, from the CEO to the cleaners.
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13 июля 2024 13:28
📚the moment of truth
✍🏾Meaning
The moment of truth is a time when the truth about something is revealed, or when an important decision is made.
❗️For example
🔸 We're getting our exam results today so the moment of truth is nearly here.
🔸We've been at the tennis tournament all weekend, and now we're watching the last game in the last match, so the moment of truth is here at last.
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30 июля 2024 22:23
📒Least said soonest mended
📖Meaning
When we do or say something bad to someone, a long apology and discussion does not help. In such a case, the less we say the better.
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29 июля 2024 21:11
💠 admin 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
administrator, administration, person or department that runs an organisation
❕For example
🔺If you're having trouble logging on, contact your service provider's admin staff.
🔺 Why does this dumbass forum's admin dork keep deleting my excellent posts? Is it coz of my slang?
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28 июля 2024 19:50
📒None so deaf as those who will not hear
📖Meaning
Nobody is deafer than the person who decides he does not want to listen. Often used in reference to prejudice and intolerance.
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27 июля 2024 20:52
💠 queer 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
homosexual, gay
❕For example
🔺I had an uncle who was queer, though he only came out and told us he was gay when he was in his sixties.
🔺 Did you know there are queer sheep? They are male sheep who only have sex with other male sheep, and they show no interest at all in female sheep.
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24 июля 2024 22:27
📚(have) egg on your face
✍🏾Meaning
You will have egg on your face if you've said or done something wrong, and it's made you feel embarrassed or stupid.
❗️For example
🔸 Stan had egg on his face after saying he could easily do fifty push-ups, and then giving up after doing just twenty.
🔸The police force had egg on its face because they arrested and beat up an innocent guy who had the same name as a suspect they were looking for.
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23 июля 2024 21:48
📒dig up
📖Meaning
If you dig up something, you get it from under the ground by digging.
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 The police dug up the murder victim's body and took it away for examination.
💬 My dog loves digging up bones that I bury in the garden for him.
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22 июля 2024 22:48
📚young blood
✍🏾Meaning
If you say "young blood", you mean young people who have fresh, new ideas and lots of energy.
❗️For example
🔸 The company is successful because they're always bringing in young blood, and this helps them keep up with the latest fashions and ideas.
🔸The trouble with the seniority system is that it keeps young blood out of decision-making positions.
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21 июля 2024 23:07
📒keep in
📖Meaning
to make someone stay in a place like a school or a hospital
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 My grandma said her teachers didn't keep naughty kids in after school to punish them. They just hit them.
💬 I went to the hospital because I wasn't feeling well, and they kept me in overnight for observation.
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20 июля 2024 22:40
📚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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17 июля 2024 21:40
📒 He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea
📖Meaning
The sea is supremely powerful, and can be a terrifying and awe-inspiring place.
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15 июля 2024 20:25
💠 ripped (1) 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
to have well-defined muscles
❕For example
🔺After I'd been working out in the gym for a year or so, people started saying, "You're gettin' ripped, dude."
🔺 We watched a show about prisons last night, and I swear every single guy in there was ripped.
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14 июля 2024 11:16
📒 Practice makes perfect
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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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