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19 июля 2017 06:47

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18 июля 2017 04:02

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17 июля 2017 09:14

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15 июля 2017 12:22

Phrase of the day

📒I can't put my finger on it📒

📝We use this expression to say that we can't explain or fully understand something.

Written: ✖️Spoken: ✔️Formal: ✖️Informal: ✔️

💥Example1️⃣
🅰️She looks different, doesn't she?
🅱️Yes, I can't put my finger on it. Has she changed her hair?

💥Example 2️⃣
🅰️Why don't you like Sam?
🅱️I don't know. I can't put my finger on it. I just feel we can't trust him.
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15 июля 2017 05:28

Slang of the Day

📌busted

☑️Meaning: to be charged with a criminal offence

💧For example:

➖Our neighbours were busted for possessing marijuana and speed pills after the cops raided their house last night.

➖The cops raided a bar in Washington and the president's daughter was busted for under-age drinking. She was let off with a warning.
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13 июля 2017 07:47

Slang of the Day

📌jet set

📝Meaning: a class of rich, fashionable people who travel for pleasure

📍For example:

🔺Ever since she saw Princess Caroline of Monaco and her friends at Cannes, Josephine's goal in life has been to join the jet set.

🔺He used to be proud of his working-class roots, but since becoming a super-rich rock star he's felt much more at home in the jet set.

✔️Note:
1. usually used with the definite article "the" 2. can also be used as an adjective, as in "the jet-set crowd" or "jet-set destinations"

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11 июля 2017 08:02

Slang of the Day

🔰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.

✔️Note: also used as a prefix, as in "megabucks" and "megastore"
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09 июля 2017 17:48

Slang of the Day

🔰cock-up
🇬🇧British English Offensive

☑️Meaning: a big mistake, something done badly

📍For example:

➖We got some guy in to fix the water heater, but he's made a total cock-up of it. We still haven't got any hot water.

➖Did you see our newspaper advertisement with the wrong phone number in it? What a cock-up!

💥Variety: This slang term is typically used in British English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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09 июля 2017 17:43

Idiom of the Day

🔰all hell broke loose
💧INFORMAL

☑️Meaning: You can say "all hell broke loose" if a situation suddenly became violent or chaotic.

📍For example:

🔺I was walking through the station on my way to work when I heard this huge explosion, and then all hell broke loose.

🔺Everything was fine in the club until someone yelled, "Fire!" and then all hell broke loose as people started running and screaming and pushing each other.
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09 июля 2017 05:34

Slang of the Day

💢okay | OK

📝Meaning: all right, acceptable

✔️For example:

🔹Tracey asked her boss if it was okay to go home early.

🔹The food was OK, but it wasn't great.
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08 июля 2017 04:10

Idiom of the Day

🔰think the world of

☑️Meaning: If you think the world of someone, you admire and respect them very much.

✨For example:

➖If there's one person most of us think the world of, I guess it'd be Nelson Mandela.

➖You're a wonderful teacher Miriam, and your students think the world of you, so please don't quit your job.
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07 июля 2017 12:11

Idiom of the Day

📗take the plunge

📝Meaning: If you take the plunge, you decide to do something you really want to do even though it's risky and possibly dangerous.

✨For example:

➖I'd always wanted to be a writer, so when I was thirty I took the plunge. I quit my nine-to-five job and worked full-time on my novel instead.

➖Bill decided to take the plunge and put all his money into the stock market - just before the market crashed. Now he wishes he'd left it in the bank.
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06 июля 2017 04:21

Idiom of the Day

🔰plain sailing

☑️Meaning: If something is plain sailing, it's very easy to do and there are no problems to overcome.

✨For example:

➖Golfer Tiger Woods hit a couple of bad shots early in his round, but it was plain sailing after that and he won the match easily.

➖I answered the first few questions in the exam without any problems, and I knew it'd be plain sailing from then on.

💥Origin: From sailing, in which plain sailing means to sail at good speed without facing any obstacles.
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05 июля 2017 15:20

Idiom of the Day

🔰a pat on the back

☑️Meaning: You've given someone a pat on the back if you've told them they've done something well, or done a good job.

✨For example:

➖Don't you think Salim deserves a pat on the back for his report? Why don't you tell him it was excellent work?

➖Our boss doesn't often praise us for our work, so if he gives you a pat on the back for something, you've really earned it.
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04 июля 2017 20:15

Idiom of the Day

📗a foregone conclusion

💢Meaning: You can say the result of something is a foregone conclusion if everyone knows what it's going to be before it happens.

✨For example:

➖Everyone thinks it's a foregone conclusion that Roger will win, but I'm not so sure.

➖The result of the election is a foregone conclusion thanks to the government's control of vote counting.

💥Note:
We can say "a foregone conclusion", but not "the foregone conclusion".
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18 июля 2017 04:03

🔰Idiom of the Day
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17 июля 2017 17:08

🔰Idiom of the Day
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16 июля 2017 03:29

Idiom of the Day

🔰at a loose end
🇬🇧British English

☑️Meaning: If you're at a loose end, you have nothing to do.

📍For example:

🔺If I'm ever at a loose end, I look for a good book to read.

🔺Give me a call if you're at a loose end and we'll go and do something.

💥Note: This is similar to the American idiom "at loose ends", though the American idiom seems to indicate a state of unhappy restlessness that results from having nothing to do, while the British idiom simply means having nothing to do.

✨Variety: This idiom is typically used in British English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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15 июля 2017 05:29

Idiom of the Day

🔰quaking in your boots

☑️Meaning: If you're quaking in your boots, you are very frightened.

📍For example:

🔺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 2017 03:45

Idiom of the Day

🔰in deep water

☑️Meaning: If you're in deep water, you're in some sort of trouble or in a difficult situation.

📍For example:

➖The company's in deep water now that the tax inspectors have decided to check over the accounts.

➖Many families are in deep water because of the mortgage crisis, and some might even lose their homes.

💥Origin: Probably metaphorical, and related to the fact that deep water can be very dangerous, especially if someone can't swim.
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11 июля 2017 19:12

Idiom of the Day

🔰quality time

🖍Meaning: If you spend quality time with someone, you spend time doing things that enrich your lives and improve your relationship.

💧For example:

➖This book says parents should spend quality time with their kids every day, and not just sit in the same room watching TV with them before sending them to bed.

➖Most people work so much these days that they don't have the chance to spend enough quality time with their friends and family.
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10 июля 2017 03:56

Idiom of the Day

📌at your wits' end

〽️Meaning: If you're at your wits' end, you're upset and frustrated because you've tried everything you can think of to solve a problem, and nothing has worked.

✔️For example:

🔺I'm at my wits' end! I've been trying to solve a problem with some software all morning and I still haven't got it to work!

🔺Kelvin says he's been trying to get tickets for the game all day, but he's at his wits' end. Nobody's got any left.
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09 июля 2017 17:47

Phrasal Verb of the Day

📗factor in

📝Meaning: to include a certain item when calculating or planning something

➕Synonym: consider, include

📌For example:

🔸factor in sth ▪️Don't forget to factor in transport costs when you make the quotation.

🔹factor sth in ▫️You need to factor the political situation in when deciding on a country to invest in.
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09 июля 2017 05:37

Phrase of the day

〽️Take five.
📝We use this expression to tell people to stop doing an activity and relax for a period of about five minutes.

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

📌Example 1
🅰️Can we stop for a break soon, please?
🅱️Sure, take five, everybody.

📌Example 2
🅰️Well done, guys. You’ve worked hard. Let’s take five.
🅱️Anyone want a drink of water?
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09 июля 2017 05:33

Idiom of the Day

🔰leave well enough alone | let well enough alone
🇺🇸American English

☑️Meaning: If you leave well enough alone, or let well enough alone, you don't try to improve or change something that's already good enough.

📌For example:

🔺he kids seem happy enough now so let's just leave well enough alone and forget about finding a new school for them.

🔺Unless there's a problem, I'd suggest you just let well enough alone and let your staff get on with their work.

🔘Note: "Leave well alone" and "let well alone" are also used, esp. in Australian and British English.

✔️Variety: This idiom is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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07 июля 2017 17:12

Phrase of the day

📕Straight over my head

✍️We use this expression to say we have not understood something or we have misinterpreted a situation because it is too difficult to understand.


Written: No🎗Spoken: Yes🎗Formal: No🎗Informal: Yes

✨Example 1
🅰️Did you understand that documentary about European politics?
🅱️No, it went straight over my head.

✨Example 2
🅰️Did he really believe Kate when she said she would never have children again?
🅱️Yes, he did. The joke went straight over his head!
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07 июля 2017 05:39

Slang of the Day

👁‍🗨noggin
American and Australian English

💬Meaning: a person's head

✔️For example:

🔺Use your noggin! Think before you say something!

🔺I sometimes wonder what goes on in that noggin of yours!

〽️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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05 июля 2017 16:12

Slang of the Day

📌geezer
Offensive

📝Meaning: an old person

📍For example:

🔺I'm late because I got stuck behind some old geezer at the bank who took ages to sort out his stuff.

🔺One day I'll be one of those old geezers who sit in the park all day playing chess and checkers.
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05 июля 2017 05:31

Slang of the Day

🔰antsy
📍American and Australian English

☑️Meaning: restless, impatient, unsettled

💧For example:

➖While he waited for the guy to get back with the dope, Greg was feeling antsy. He kept rubbing his hands and he couldn't sit still.

➖Many of the students were getting antsy as the exams got nearer.

💥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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04 июля 2017 04:17

Slang of the Day

🔰in the know

☑️Meaning: If someone is "in the know", they know something that only a few people are aware of.

✨For example:

➖Maggie is close to the Prime Minister, so she's usually in the know when it comes to the government's latest plans.

➖Before you buy your new computer, ask David about getting a good deal. He's in the know about all that stuff.
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