English Language

21 июня 2017 20:26

Idiom of the Day

🔰the upper crust

☑️Meaning: If you are one of the upper crust, you are a member of society's highest class.

✨For example:

➖If Laura was really part of the upper crust, she wouldn't need to borrow money all the time, would she?

➖Marge does a great imitation of an upper-crust "society queen". It's really funny, and her upper-crust accent is perfect.

💥Note:
If used to modify a noun or a noun phrase, a hyphen should be added, as in "upper-crust party".
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19 июня 2017 07:19

‍ Idiom of the Day

🔰the ball's in your court

☑️Meaning: If someone you're negotiating with says "the ball's in your court", they think it's your turn to make a move or make an offer.

✨For example:

🔹We've offered him ten thousand dollars a month, so the ball's in his court now.

🔹They know our position, so the ball's in their court. If they want to pursue the matter, they'll have to make the next move.

💥Origin: Metaphorical, from sports such as tennis and badminton in which players take turns to hit a ball over a net into each other's end of the court.
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17 июня 2017 05:39

Phrasal Verb of the Day

💥laze around

☑️Meaning: to relax and do very little

✨For example:

➖My son would laze around in front of the TV all day if we let him.

➖Instead of doing exciting things like kite-surfing and jet-skiing, my daughter just lazed around the pool tanning herself and chatting on her phone.
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15 июня 2017 08:12

Slang of the Day

💥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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11 июня 2017 14:58

Idiom of the Day

🔰an even break

🇺🇸American English
☑️Meaning: If you get an even break, you get a fair opportunity to succeed in your ambition or to achieve your goals.

✨For example:

🔹All Monica needs is an even break and she could be one of the country's top models.

🔹He says he's never had an even break in life and that's why he's never achieved much.

📝Variety: This idiom is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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09 июня 2017 20:31

Idiom of the Day

📗get a word in edgeways | edgewise

☑️Meaning: If you can't get a word in edgeways, you can't say anything because someone else is talking so much.

✨For example:

🔹Cindy got so excited when she was talking that nobody else could get a word in edgeways.

🔹I'd go to the meetings more often if I could get a word in edgeways.

📝Note: The American form of this idiom is "to get a word in edgewise".
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07 июня 2017 15:33

Idiom of the Day

🔰a necessary evil

☑️Meaning: If you say something is a necessary evil, you don't like it but you understand that it has to be accepted sometimes or it has to exist.

✨For example:

💥Sandra says money's a necessary evil. She thinks it causes many problems, but she can't imagine how the world could work without it.

💥My brother regards exercise as a necessary evil. He hates doing it, but he knows he has to do it if he wants to stay healthy.
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03 июня 2017 13:46

Idiom of the Day

🔰wide of the mark

☑️Meaning: If something is wide of the mark, it isn't true or accurate, or it misses the target.

✨For example:

🔹The manager expected sales to double this year, but his prediction was wide of the mark. They only increased by ten per cent.

🔹Ronaldo's first shot was wide of the mark, but his second one went right into the back of the net for a goal.
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30 мая 2017 14:55

Slang of the Day

🔰meathead
Offensive

☑️Meaning: a stupid person

✨For example:

🔹How did a meathead like that guy get elected to represent the people in his state?

🔹I was watching the tennis yesterday and some meathead yelled out just as Rafael was serving. The security guys found him and threw him out.
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28 мая 2017 20:24

Slang of the Day

🔰jailbait
American and Australian English

☑️Meaning: someone below the legal age of consent

✨For example:

🔹He claims he had no idea the girl was jailbait, and insists that she told him she was nineteen years old.

🔹One of the greatest novels in the English language is about a man who falls for a girl even though he knows she's jailbait. It's called "Lolita".

💧Origin: From the fact that in many countries an adult having sexual contact with an underage partner can be given a jail sentence. The underage partner is "bait" that could lead to jail.

📍Variety: This slang term is typically used in American and Australian English but may be used in other varieties of English too.

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22 мая 2017 20:17

Phrasal Verb of the Day

🔰end in

✨Meaning: to have a certain result at the end of something

💧For example:

end in sth 👉The two countries couldn't agree on how to solve the problem, so the negotiations ended in a stalemate.

end in sth 👉The U.S. government's policy of making alcohol illegal in the 1920's ended in failure and an increase in organised crime.
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18 мая 2017 15:16

Slang of the Day

🔰pain | pain in the arse | pain in the backside
British and Australian English

☑️Meaning: someone or something that's annoying or troublesome

✨For example:

🔹Pete's new girlfriend is a real pain. She's got this annoying voice, and she never stops talking.

🔹These staff meetings are such a pain in the backside. I don't even know why we have to come.

📜Variety: This slang term is typically used in British and Australian English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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14 мая 2017 14:52

Idiom of the Day

📜a quick fix
📍INFORMAL

☑️Meaning: If something is a quick fix, it's a quick and easy, but usually short-term, solution to a problem.

✨For example:

🔹Tania wants to lose weight, but she wants a quick fix like taking a pill instead of eating better and exercising more.

🔹I can tie your car's exhaust pipe up with a bit of wire, but it's just a quick fix. You'll have to get it fixed properly as soon as possible.
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12 мая 2017 18:10

Phrase of the day

📜Can't complain
☑️We use this expression to reply to a question asking how something is, to say there are no big problems.

Written: Yes📍Spoken: Yes📍Formal: No📍Informal: Yes

💧Example 1
🅰️How are you these days? I haven't seen you for ages.
🅱️Can't complain. Still walking five miles a day and going to the gym.

💧Example 2
🅰️How's the course going?
🅱️Can't complain. I keep doing the homework..
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08 мая 2017 12:43

Slang of the Day

🔰weirdo

☑️Meaning: a strange, eccentric or weird person

💧For example:

🔹Back when me and my friends were teenage punk rockers, my grandpa used to say we looked like "bloody weirdos".

🔸Have you ever seen the weirdos who go to those evangelical Christian meetings? They have fits and speak in tongues and play with snakes and do other weird stuff.
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20 июня 2017 21:26

Slang of the Day

🔰hooky | hookey
🇺🇸American English

☑️Meaning: (in phrase play hooky) to stay away from school or work without permission

✨For example:

🔹Let's play hooky tomorrow and go watch the golf. Things are pretty quiet at work anyway.

🔹When I was a kid, I was caught playing hookey when school inspectors nabbed us at the mall.

💥Variety: This slang term is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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17 июня 2017 05:45

Slang of the Day

🔰chockablock | chock-a-block | chock-full

☑️Meaning: completely full of people or things, crammed full

✨For example:

➖My suitcase is chockablock with clothes and books and shoes and stuff. I couldn't possibly get anything else in there.

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15 июня 2017 17:17

Idiom of the Day

💥red tape

☑️Meaning: Strict adherence to rules and regulations so that a procedure seems to take longer than necessary.

✨For example:

➖It takes a long time to set up a company in some countries because of all the red tape involved in getting government permits.

➖It took two weeks to get visas for our aid workers because of all the red tape.

📌Origin: Probably related to the fact that bundles of official government documents are often tied together with red tape.
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14 июня 2017 04:29

Idiom of the Day

🔰on the ball
INFORMAL

☑️Meaning: If you're on the ball, you're alert and you know what's going on around you.

✨For example:

🔹I didn't get much sleep last night so I'm not really on the ball today.

🔹My brother is always on the ball, so it's hard to trick him or catch him unawares.
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11 июня 2017 06:07

Slang of the Day

🔰jab

☑️Meaning: an injection with a hypodermic syringe

✨For example:

▪️I went to see my doctor yesterday to get a flu jab.

▪️It's time for our kids to get another set of vaccination jabs. I'll take them to the clinic in the morning.
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09 июня 2017 06:04

Phrasal Verb of the Day

💥end up

☑️Meaning: If you end up being somewhere, or doing something, it's because of decisions you've made in the past.

💧For example:

✨end up
🔹 If Jimmy keeps taking drugs, he'll end up in jail or dead.

✨end up doing sth
🔹 If you don't study hard, you could end up doing a job you don't like much.
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05 июня 2017 15:43

Slang of the Day

🔰upchuck
🇺🇸American English

☑️Meaning: to vomit, throw up

✨For example:

🔘I ate so much chocolate cake that I nearly upchucked the lot right there.

🔘The last time Jimmy got drunk he upchucked all over the back seat of his friend's car. His friend wasn't too happy about it.

✅Variety: This slang term is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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01 июня 2017 18:49

Phrasal Verb of the Day

🔰cross out

☑️Meaning: If you cross something out, you draw a line through it with a pen or a pencil, usually because it's wrong or is no longer necessary.

💧For example:

✨cross sth out
🔹If you make a mistake, cross it out and write down what you think is correct instead.

✨cross out sth
🔹When guests arrive, cross out their names on the guest list so that we know they're here.

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30 мая 2017 14:46

Idiom of the Day

🔰the worse for wear

☑️Meaning: If something is the worse for wear, it has been damaged by being used a lot. If a person is the worse for wear, they don't feel well.

✨For example:

🔹Don't you think we should have the sofa recovered? It's looking a little the worse for wear.

🔹Tom looks a bit the worse for wear this morning. I bet he was out drinking with his buddies last night.
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24 мая 2017 18:33

Idiom of the Day

🔰up to your neck | up to your eyeballs

☑️Meaning: If you're up to your neck in something, or up to your eyeballs in something, you've got too much of it and it's become a problem.

✨For example:

🔹I'm up to my neck in emails and I don't think I can get away at the moment.

🔹Christmas is the worst time at the animal shelter. We're always up to our eyeballs in stray dogs and cats.
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20 мая 2017 07:26

Idiom of the Day

📗young at heart

☑️Meaning: Someone is young at heart if they still feel young even though they're getting old.

✨For example:

📍Terry's nearly seventy but he's still young at heart. He's always trying new things and going to new places.

📍No matter how old I get, I'll always be young at heart.
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16 мая 2017 10:09

Phrasal Verb of the Day

🔰root out

☑️Meaning: to uncover and punish criminals, especially those abusing positions of trust or authority

💧For example:

🔹root out sb ➡️The president has promised to root out corrupt politicians and send them to jail.

🔸root sb out ➡️The bank's investigation team targeted several workers suspected of stealing money, and it succeeded in rooting them out.

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12 мая 2017 18:17

Slang of the Day

📗knuckle sandwich

☑️Meaning: a punch in the mouth

❄️For example:

🔹Vince turned around and said, "Shut up, pal, or you'll get a knuckle sandwich to chew on."

🔹After he'd punched the thief, the shopkeeper said, "Knuckle sandwiches are free, loser. But you gotta pay for that stuff in your pockets."
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10 мая 2017 09:49

Idiom of the Day

🔰the cream of the crop

☑️Meaning: If something or someone is in the cream of the crop, they are among the best of a class of things or people.

💧For example:

🔹The cream of the crop of this year's high-school graduates will get into the best universities, as usual.

🔹We're only interested in the cream of the crop, so don't send us any second-rate samples.
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04 мая 2017 16:43

Phrasal Verb of the Day

🔘wind down

💢Meaning: If you wind something down, you gradually reduce it or end it.

〽️For example:

▫️wind down sth ◽️We're winding down production of gasoline-powered cars and increasing production of battery-powered cars.

▪️wind sth down ◾️Even if the army started winding the operation down tomorrow, it'd be another six months before all the troops had left.

✍️Note: "wind" is pronounced as in "wind the clock", not as in "the wind blew"
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