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01 марта 2023 16:30
📒 Fair exchange is no robbery
📖Meaning
Swapping one thing fairly in return for another is not the same as stealing.
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28 февраля 2023 16:30
💠 louse up 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
to spoil something or make it fail
❕For example
🔺She really wants this job, so I hope she doesn't louse up the interview.
🔺Don't worry. He won't louse it up. He's been doing these deals for years.
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28 февраля 2023 04:30
📚stick out like a sore thumb | stand out like a sore thumb
✍🏾Meaning
If someone sticks out like a sore thumb, or stands out like a sore thumb, everyone notices them because they're not the same as the people around them.
❗️For example
🔸Kenny stuck out like a sore thumb at the party. He was the only person wearing a suit and a tie.
🔸When I was in the Nigerian countryside I stood out like a sore thumb. I was the only white person around.
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27 февраля 2023 04:30
📒buy out
📖Meaning
to buy somebody's share of a company or a partnership in order to take control of it.
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Many workers weren't happy when a group of new investors bought the majority shareholder out and took control of the company.
💬 My sister wants to buy out my share of the family business.
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26 февраля 2023 04:30
📚a ballpark figure | a ballpark estimate
✍🏾Meaning
If you give a ballpark figure or a ballpark estimate, you give a number which you think is fairly close to the actual one.
❗️For example
🔸We don't know the exact cost, but a ballpark figure would be around six million dollars.
🔸I know you can't tell me exactly when it'll be finished, but can you give me a ballpark estimate?
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25 февраля 2023 04:30
📒fill up (2)
📖Meaning
to fill someone's stomach with food
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Sam says there's nothing like a big bowl of hot porridge to fill you up in the morning.
💬 Whenever I visit my mum, she fills me up with all the things she made for us when we were kids.
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24 февраля 2023 16:30
💠 bent 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
dishonest, corrupt
❕For example
🔺We always knew those cops were bent, but we've never had the evidence to prove it.
🔺Even though she'd been cheating on her taxes for years, Cathy didn't consider herself bent. She said everybody did it.
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23 февраля 2023 16:30
📒 First things first
📖Meaning
1) Be patient: do things in the logical order. 2) Do the most important things before the less important things.
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23 февраля 2023 04:30
📒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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22 февраля 2023 16:30
💠 chicken out 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
to change one's mind about doing something because of fear
❕For example
🔺I was going to go sky diving, but I chickened out at the last minute.
🔺Gary said he felt too sick to go bungee jumping, but his friends said he was just chickening out.
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21 февраля 2023 16:30
📒 The road to hell is paved with good intentions
📖Meaning
People who believe they are doing good can end up doing bad (the law of unintended consequences). 2) There is no value in simply planning to do good if you don't actually do it.
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20 февраля 2023 16:30
💠 turps 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
alcohol, alcoholic drinks
❕For example
🔺My mate Barry was on the turps for years before he started going to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.
🔺When I saw Bruce, I said "Geez mate, you don't look too hot. Get stuck into the turps last night, did ya?"
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19 февраля 2023 16:30
📒 Patience surpasses learning
📖Meaning
1) The ability to wait for a long time without getting angry is even better than education. 2) the capacity to accept delay without getting upset will achieve more than study in the end
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18 февраля 2023 16:30
💠 old school | old-school 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
from a previous period, and usually highly-regarded
❕For example
🔺I like the Nintendo games that are old school the best, like Mario.
🔺That song is an example of old-school rap at its best!
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02 марта 2023 04:30
📚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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01 марта 2023 04:30
📒queue up
📖Meaning
If you queue up, you join a line of people waiting for their turn to do something.
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 When we went to the bank we had to queue up at the counter.
💬 Don't you hate it when you've been queuing up for a ticket, and they run out just before you get to the counter?
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28 февраля 2023 04:33
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27 февраля 2023 16:30
📒 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
📖Meaning
Different people see beauty in different ways. What one person finds beautiful may not appeal to another person.
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26 февраля 2023 16:30
💠 mega 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
very big; extremely
❕For example
🔺Those guys who started software companies back in the seventies are mega rich by now.
🔺The Beatles were one of the mega bands of the century, for sure.
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25 февраля 2023 16:30
📒 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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24 февраля 2023 17:04
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24 февраля 2023 05:49
📚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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22 февраля 2023 18:13
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22 февраля 2023 04:30
📚chew the fat | chew the rag
✍🏾Meaning
If you chew the fat, or chew the rag, you have a long, friendly chat with someone.
❗️For example
🔸I sometimes call Wendy late at night and we chew the fat for an hour or so before going to sleep.
🔸Why don't you come over on Sunday morning and I'll make some breakfast and we can chew the rag for a couple of hours?
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21 февраля 2023 04:30
📒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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20 февраля 2023 04:30
📚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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19 февраля 2023 04:30
📒turn into
📖Meaning
to change from one thing into another
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Isn't it incredible how caterpillars turn into butterflies, and tadpoles turn into frogs? Nature really is amazing!
💬 This guy is a great businessman. He turned a small company into a huge global corporation.
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18 февраля 2023 04:30
📚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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