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04 августа 2017 05:51

Idiom of the Day

📗the gift of the gab | the gift of gab

☑️Meaning: If you've got the gift of the gab, or the gift of gab, you have the natural ability to talk in a way that people find entertaining or persuasive.

✨For example:

▪️All good salespeople have the gift of the gab, so people trust them and believe whatever they say.

▪️If you want to be a politician, you'll do much better if you were born with the gift of gab.

✔️Note: "The gift of the gab" is used more in British and Australian English, while "the gift of gab" is used more in American English.
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03 августа 2017 04:02

Idiom of the Day

📗a quick study
🇺🇸American English

✔️Meaning: If you're a quick study, you can learn new things quickly.

✨For example:

🔺Albert was always a quick study, except when it came to learning languages.

🔺I only need to show Sue how to do something once, and she gets it. She's a quick study, that girl.

⚡️Variety: This idiom is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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02 августа 2017 11:17

Slang of the Day

🔰alky | alkie | alchy
⚡️Offensive

☑️Meaning: an alcoholic

✨For example:

🔺Poor old Bob turned into an alky after his business failed.

🔺Anyone who's an alchy should try going to Alcoholics Anonymous, or AA. It's helped millions of people who've been addicted to alcohol.

✔️Note: This word is offensive, so be very careful when using it.

💥Origin: short for "alcoholic"
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01 августа 2017 03:39

Slang of the Day

🔰tipsy

☑️Meaning: slightly drunk

✨For example:

🔺The ladies at the golf club sometimes get a little tipsy if they have a couple of drinks in the clubhouse after a game.

🔺My grandfather drank alcohol, but I don't remember ever seeing him tipsy, let alone drunk.
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31 июля 2017 07:44

Slang of the Day

📌total
American and Australian English

☑️Meaning: to completely destroy, to wreck

✨For example:

➖My son was in an accident last night, and thankfully he wasn't hurt. He totalled our car, though.

➖Mandy's car was totalled when a huge tree fell on it in the hurricane.

✔️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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29 июля 2017 21:47

Slang of the Day

🔰ill
🇺🇸American English

☑️Meaning: good, excellent

✨For example:

🔹The new Neo album is ill, man!

🔹Corrie's new jacket is ill. Where can I get one?

💥Note: This usage is fairly obscure U.S. teen slang and it's not widely known or understood in the larger community.

📌Variety: This slang term is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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28 июля 2017 03:51

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27 июля 2017 17:10

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📕The bottom line is quality !!!

Michelle So you think our quality give us an edge over our competitors ?
Dan That's right.
Michelle What do you think about TG Co. next to our booth ?
Dan I must say I'm quite impressed by their approach to business.
Michelle I feel the same way. Their way of doing business is quite aggressive.
Dan But I don't think they'll go very far if they don't improve the quality of their products.
Michelle So the bottom line is quality.

💥Explanation :

The bottom line - The most important fact in a situation


📌Example : The bottom line is that we need another ten thousand dollars to complete the project.

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27 июля 2017 08:10

🍂God will never give you anything you can't handle, so don't stress.
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25 июля 2017 06:49

🍂The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine.

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23 июля 2017 18:06

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22 июля 2017 04:02

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21 июля 2017 13:37

🍂You are remembered for the rules you break.

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21 июля 2017 07:46

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19 июля 2017 19:25

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04 августа 2017 00:30

Slang of the Day

🔰junkie | junky

☑️Meaning: a drug addict; a person obsessed with something

✨For example:

🔺A lot of junkies are still being sent to jail instead of being given treatment to overcome their addiction.

🔺It's sad to see people who start out in politics with high ideals turn into power junkies. They'll do anything to stay in power, from rigging elections to arranging violence to intimidate their opponents.

✔️Note: 1. When used in relation to drugs, "junkie" is usually applied to users of hard drugs only, like heroin, crack cocaine or amphetamines. 2. Also used in phrases such as power junkie, sugar junky, sci-fi junkie, computer-game junky, TV junkie, and so on.
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02 августа 2017 17:25

Word of the Day

📒Expostulate
✏️to reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done; remonstrate
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02 августа 2017 06:22

Idiom of the Day

📗put someone's nose out of joint

📍INFORMAL

✔️Meaning: If you put someone's nose out of joint, you upset them by not treating them with as much respect or consideration as they think they deserve.

📌For example:

🔺Brad had his nose put out of joint when he saw that he didn't get top billing on the movie poster. George's name was written above Brad's name.

🔺Our little boy had his nose put out of joint when we got a bicycle for his sister, so we got him one as well.
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31 июля 2017 17:20

Idiom of the Day

🔰under wraps

☑️Meaning: If something is under wraps, it's being kept secret.

✨For example:

🔺The organisers keep the name of the winner under wraps until it's announced on the show.

🔺Our new products are always under wraps until their official launch because we don't want other companies seeing them and copying them.

✔️Note:
The most common collocation for this idiom is "to keep (something) under wraps".
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29 июля 2017 21:54

Idiom of the Day

📗safe and sound

✔️Meaning: If you are safe and sound, nothing has harmed you even though you could have been in danger.

✨For example:

➖It was a dangerous journey but luckily we all got back safe and sound.

➖The package took a long time to get here, but it arrived safe and sound in the end.

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29 июля 2017 10:58

Idiom of the Day

🔰show your true colours | show your true colors

☑️Meaning: You show your true colours if you show what you're really like, or you reveal your true character.

✨For example:

🔹Bob always acts like he's a strong, brave guy, but when the hurricane hit he showed his true colors. He was too scared to go check on old Mrs Flowers, our next-door neighbour.

🔹The players showed their true colours when they came back from three goals down to win the match.

💥Note: 1. "Show your true colours" is British spelling and "show your true colors" is American spelling. 2. Variations on this idiom include "see somebody in their true colours" and "show somebody in their true colours".
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28 июля 2017 03:44

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27 июля 2017 15:35

Slang of the Day

🔰redneck
🇺🇸American English Offensive

✔️Meaning: a lower-class white person from a rural background

📌For example:

🔺We were driving through Alabama when we saw some rednecks riding in the back of a pick-up truck drinking whiskey from a bottle.

🔺If it wasn't for the redneck vote, the Republicans wouldn't have won the election.

✨Origin: Originally referred to working-class white people from the southeastern states of the USA. These people often worked outside as farmers or labourers, and they'd often have red necks as a result of sunburn.

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

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25 июля 2017 14:08

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24 июля 2017 03:49

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23 июля 2017 08:27

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21 июля 2017 17:10

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🔰That's quite something

💢We use this expression to show we are impressed by something special we have seen or heard.

💥Example 1
My cousin started his own company and was a millionaire by the age of 20.
That's quite something, isn't it?

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What do you think of this Van Gogh painting? Do you like it?
It's quite something, isn't it? I love the colours and the flowers.

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21 июля 2017 09:47

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19 июля 2017 19:52

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