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28 ноября 2022 20:20

📚a white lie




✍🏾Meaning
If you tell a white lie, you say something that isn't true in order to be polite or so as not to hurt someone's feelings.


❗️For example

🔸Sometimes it's better to tell a white lie than to tell someone a painful truth.

🔸I really didn't want to go to my boss's dinner party, so I told a white lie and said I had to go to a friend's wedding party that night.
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27 ноября 2022 21:36

📒zero in on




📖Meaning
If you zero in on something, you focus on it or put your attention on it.

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 The police tracked many suspects in the drug gang before they zeroed in on the gang's leader and arrested her.

💬 Before the missile was fired, it's built-in computer zeroed in on the target.
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26 ноября 2022 21:31

📚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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25 ноября 2022 09:52

📒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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24 ноября 2022 11:21

📚know your stuff



✍🏾Meaning
If you know your stuff, you're very good at what you do, and you know a lot about it.


❗️For example

🔸The technician who looks after the computers at our office really knows her stuff. She's great!


🔸When it comes to growing vegetables, Uncle Ken sure knows his stuff. He's been growing veggies in his back garden for forty years!
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23 ноября 2022 12:19

📒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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21 ноября 2022 20:56

📚just what the doctor ordered




✍🏾Meaning
You can say something was just what the doctor ordered when it was exactly what was needed.


❗️For example

🔸That was a great meal, Ken. Just what the doctor ordered!

🔸Kathie said she had a great time at the beach. After all those problems at work it was just what the doctor ordered.
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20 ноября 2022 12:22

📒clean out (2)



📖Meaning
If you have been cleaned out, all your money has been taken by someone, or spent on something.

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 Putting a deposit on this new apartment has just about cleaned us out.

💬 The settlement Cherie got for their divorce has nearly cleaned Bob out.
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19 ноября 2022 21:11

💠 rock 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
to be great, excellent


❕For example

🔺House" is one of the best TV shows ever! It totally rocks!

🔺My kids really love their new computer. Little Tommy said, "It rocks, Dad!"
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19 ноября 2022 11:25

📚a queer fish




✍🏾Meaning
If someone's a queer fish, they are a bit strange and can sometimes behave in an unusual way.


❗️For example

🔸Your great grandfather was a queer fish, Johnny. He used to write funny poems and then he'd read them aloud to everyone on the train on his way to work.

🔸Some of the characters described as "queer fish" in old novels might be called "weirdos" these days.
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18 ноября 2022 07:42

📒wait on (2)




📖Meaning
to wait for the results of something, or for information about something, before deciding what to do next

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 The investigators are waiting on the toxicology results before making their final report.

💬 Her family is in the next room waiting on the test results.

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17 ноября 2022 19:04

💠 can (1) 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
to reject or criticize something or someone


❕For example

🔺The show's ratings were so bad that the network canned it after just a few episodes.

🔺The English media cans the national football team whenever they lose a game.
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17 ноября 2022 07:20

📚(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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16 ноября 2022 09:57

📒put through (2)



📖Meaning
to pay for someone's education through school, college, university, etc.

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 It's costing her a lot of money to put herself through law school.

💬How much does it cost to put a kid through college these days?
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15 ноября 2022 20:16

💠 ill 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
good, excellent


❕For example

🔺The new Neo album is ill, man!

🔺Corrie's new jacket is ill. Where can I get one?
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28 ноября 2022 10:56

📒 The tide must be taken when it comes




📖Meaning
We should use all opportunities when they come, before it's too late.
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27 ноября 2022 10:13

💠 posh 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
high-class, stylish


❕For example

🔺Sarah's got a really posh accent. She must be from an upper-class family.

🔺I don't understand why Joanne wants to stay in posh hotels all the time. It's such a waste of money!
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25 ноября 2022 21:33

📒 Riches have wings




📖Meaning
Money can disappear easily. Money is like a bird with wings: it can fly away if you are not careful.
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24 ноября 2022 19:22

💠 xerox 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
to photocopy something


❕For example

🔺Hey, Judy. Have you xeroxed the report yet?

🔺How long would it take to xerox fifty pages?
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23 ноября 2022 22:45

📒 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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22 ноября 2022 20:18

💠 loaded (1) 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
wealthy, rich


❕For example

🔺All those Wall Street bankers are really loaded.

🔺Even though he's loaded, Rupert is very stingy with his money.
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21 ноября 2022 04:02

📒 All cats are grey in the dark




📖Meaning
The implication is that beauty, or physical appearance, is unimportant.
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19 ноября 2022 21:13

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📒 A word to the wise is enough



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📒 You can't tell a book by its cover



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You cannot judge what something or someone is like by looking at the exterior.
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