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31 октября 2024 10:36
💠 ace (1) 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
very skillful, very good at something
❕For example
🔺My little brother was never interested in sports when he was young, but now he's an ace basketball player.
🔺 If you want to be an ace fighter, you should learn hand-to-hand combat skills like karate or Muay Thai.
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30 октября 2024 10:30
📒 Give a thief enough rope and he'll hang himself
📖Meaning
A bad person will sooner or later be the cause of his own downfall.
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29 октября 2024 07:35
💠 dis | diss 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
to show disrespect to someone by saying or doing something insulting
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🔺Make sure you don't dis any of these guys or they could get really mad with you.
🔺 This guy said I dissed him, but I didn't show him any disrespect. I just didn't treat him like he was better than me.
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28 октября 2024 12:33
📒 He that complies against his will, is of his own opinion still
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If you force someone to do something or agree with something, it doesn't mean that they really agree.
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27 октября 2024 12:08
💠 yakuza 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a Japanese criminal organisation, or a member of such an organisation
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🔺 Everyone knew Hideki was a yakuza because the tip of his left little finger had been cut off.
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26 октября 2024 13:36
📒 Every dog has his day
📖Meaning
1) Even the lowest of us at some time has a chance to get revenge on an oppressor, no matter how powerful that oppressor may be.
2) We will all have good luck or success at some point in our lives.
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24 октября 2024 13:00
📚under the weather
✍🏾Meaning
If you are under the weather, you're not feeling well.
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🔸Hiroko's feeling a bit under the weather. He thinks he might have the flu.
🔸Sorry, but I don't think I'll be able to make it to work today. I'm feeling a bit under the weather.
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23 октября 2024 14:12
📒turn out (1)
📖Meaning
to make a light go off
🤓For example ⤵️
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💬 The bathroom light was on this morning. Who forgot to turn it out?
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22 октября 2024 11:41
📚under a cloud
✍🏾Meaning
If someone is under a cloud, they are suspected of having done something wrong.
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🔸Ever since the rumours of corruption started, the president has been under a cloud and he probably won't win another election.
🔸Henry has been under a cloud since the money disappeared and he bought a new car.
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21 октября 2024 10:56
📒note down
📖Meaning
If you note down something, you write it on a piece of paper or in a notebook.
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💬 Can I borrow your pen, please? I just need to note down this address in case I forget it.
💬 Leon took a moment to note the number down.
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20 октября 2024 10:16
📚cook the books | cook the accounts
✍🏾Meaning
If someone cooks the books, or cooks the accounts, they keep inaccurate accounts for a business, usually in order to pay less tax.
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🔸Their accountant was charged with cooking the books, and now he's in jail.
🔸I found this website that shows you how to cook the accounts, but I'd never try doing it.
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19 октября 2024 11:45
📒march on
📖Meaning
to walk in a group towards a place in order to protest against something or to demand something
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💬 We saw hundreds of protesters marching on government house.
💬 Why don't you come and join us as we march on the headquarters of the World Bank?
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17 октября 2024 12:47
📒Barking dogs seldom bite
📖Meaning
Don't be afraid of dogs that bark or people that threaten you (say they will do something bad to you) - in both cases they rarely take action.
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16 октября 2024 11:58
💠 veejay | VJ 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a presenter of music videos, usually on television
❕For example
🔺My niece has just got a job as a veejay on MTV.
🔺People who work as VJ's don't have to know much about music, but they have to look good on TV and know the latest teenage slang.
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15 октября 2024 10:10
📒Beware of a silent man and still water
📖Meaning
A large expanse of water that is still and does not move is often deep and dangerous. We should be careful of it. In the same way, we should be careful with a person who does not talk much.
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30 октября 2024 19:48
📒set back (2)
📖Meaning
If something has set you back fifty dollars, it has cost you fifty dollars.
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💬 His new TV must have set him back at least $2,000.
💬 How much would a ticket to The Bahamas set me back?
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29 октября 2024 21:53
📚whet your appetite
✍🏾Meaning
If something whets your appetite, it makes you want something, or it stimulates your desire for something.
❗️For example
🔸My wife has been listening to reggae music all day. She heard a song by Bob Marley on the radio this morning, and it really whetted her appetite for reggae.
🔸Those ads on TV really whet my appetite for pizza. I even ordered one once, just because of the ad. And I wasn't even hungry!
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28 октября 2024 21:36
📒rope in
📖Meaning
If somebody ropes you in, they persuade you to do something you don't really want to do.
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💬 We're having a charity fun run, so I'm trying to rope in as many of my friends as I can.
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27 октября 2024 20:18
📚quid pro quo
✍🏾Meaning
If you do something as a quid pro quo, you do it on the understanding that something will be done for you in return.
❗️For example
🔸I have this quid pro quo with my flatmate where I do his washing for him and he lets me use his computer for an hour a day.
🔸Let's make it a quid pro quo in which you contribute to our party's election fund and we give you a big government contract if we win the election.
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26 октября 2024 22:23
📒sign in
📖Meaning
to sign a register when you visit a place, or to log in when you visit a website
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💬 Don't forget to sign in when you get to the office in the morning.
💬 If you want to upload a picture to your EnglishClub page, you'll have to sign in first.
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23 октября 2024 22:12
💠 savvy 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
awareness of how to succeed in competitive pursuits such as politics or business
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🔺Do you think he has the political savvy needed to get elected party chairman?
🔺 She used her business savvy to finance her political ambitions, and now she's a very powerful politician.
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22 октября 2024 21:58
📒 A word to the wise is enough
📖Meaning
A very brief warning or explanation is enough for an intelligent person.
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21 октября 2024 23:27
💠 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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20 октября 2024 22:17
📒 There is safety in numbers
📖Meaning
You are safer as part of a group of people than as an individual. Being in a group makes people more confident about taking action.
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19 октября 2024 21:14
💠 ice (2) 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
to kill someone
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🔺Joey was iced by a mafia hit man after he stole some of their money.
🔺The informer has been protected by the police since someone threatened to ice him.
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16 октября 2024 21:23
📚blow your own horn | blow your own trumpet
✍🏾Meaning
If you blow your own horn, or blow your own trumpet, you proudly boast about your own talents and successes.
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🔸I hate the way Barry always blows his own horn, and I get sick of hearing about all the amazing things he's done.
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15 октября 2024 21:29
📒pass on
📖Meaning
If you pass something on, you give it to another person after receiving it yourself.
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 You should wear a mask over your mouth so that you don't pass on the disease.
💬 After taking your piece of cake, pass the plate on to the next person.
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14 октября 2024 20:43
📚at sea | all at sea
✍🏾Meaning
If you're at sea, or all at sea, you're confused about something and not sure what to do.
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🔸I'm all at sea with our new spreadsheet software. I just can't understand it.
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