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27 марта 2024 14:38
📒chat up
📖Meaning
to talk to someone in the hope of beginning a romantic relationship with them
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Juan is very good at chatting up girls. He knows how to make them laugh.
💬 Mark finds it difficult to chat guys up because he often feels shy, and he doesn't know what to say.
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26 марта 2024 12:07
💠 goof off | goof around 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
waste time, play around
❕For example
🔺Whenever the teacher leaves the classroom she tells her students to keep working, but as soon as she leaves they start goofing off.
🔺It's the kids who goof around in college instead of taking their studies seriously who'll be in trouble when they try to join the workforce.
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25 марта 2024 09:54
📒factor in
📖Meaning
to include a certain item when calculating or planning something
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Don't forget to factor in transport costs when you make the quotation.
💬 You need to factor the political situation in when deciding on a country to invest in.
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24 марта 2024 10:31
💠 limo 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
limousine
❕For example
🔺Are we going to rent a limo and a driver for the wedding?
🔺The limo's got a TV, a computer, and a bar in the back, and about six people can sit in there.
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21 марта 2024 03:12
📚jockey for position
✍🏾Meaning
If you jockey for position, you try to get yourself in a good position in relation to others who're competing for the same opportunity or the same goal.
❗️For example
🔸Several of us are jockeying for position as we negotiate with the manager for the job of running the new branch office.
🔸Four candidates will jockey for position in the run-up to the Democratic convention next month.
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19 марта 2024 19:50
📒 Man proposes, God disposes
📖Meaning
Human beings can make any plans they want, but it's God that decides their success or failure.
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18 марта 2024 14:47
📚the moment of truth
✍🏾Meaning
The moment of truth is a time when the truth about something is revealed, or when an important decision is made.
❗️For example
🔸We're getting our exam results today so the moment of truth is nearly here.
🔸We've been at the tennis tournament all weekend, and now we're watching the last game in the last match, so the moment of truth is here at last.
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17 марта 2024 15:36
📒 If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys
📖Meaning
An employer who pays low wages will have bad staff.
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16 марта 2024 09:33
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14 марта 2024 12:05
📒 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
📖Meaning
It's better to have one of something for certain than to run after two of the same thing and not be sure of getting them.
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12 марта 2024 21:29
📚just the ticket
✍🏾Meaning
You can say something is just the ticket if it's the perfect thing or if it's exactly what's needed.
❗️For example
🔸That's just the ticket! Edna loves brooches, especially if they have bird designs, so she'll absolutely love this one.
🔸As soon as he saw the painting, grandpa said, "That one's just the ticket. It'll look lovely over the fireplace."
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11 марта 2024 21:07
📒 The best things in life are free
📖Meaning
We don't have to pay for the things that are really valuable, like love, friendship and good health.
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10 марта 2024 20:37
📚answer the call of nature
✍🏾Meaning
If you answer the call of nature, you go to the toilet.
❗️For example
🔸Could we stop somewhere? I need to answer the call of nature.
🔸Does anyone need to answer the call of nature before we set off?
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26 марта 2024 20:44
📚yellow journalism
✍🏾Meaning
Journalism in which sensational stories are used to boost sales, or biased reporting is used to change the reader's views on an issue. Both of these are unethical.
❗️For example
🔸Have you noticed how, during a war, normally trustworthy professionals start writing the worst sort of yellow journalism to justify their government's actions?
🔸Joe: "Is there any difference between yellow journalism and propaganda?" Kate: "I think yellow journalism can be even more dangerous than propaganda if it's being presented as objective reporting by well-known journalists."
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25 марта 2024 21:35
📒 Great oaks from little acorns grow
📖Meaning
The normal order of words would be "Great oaks grow from little acorns." We understand: sometimes small and modest things can become very large and impressive things with time.
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24 марта 2024 17:44
📚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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23 марта 2024 09:31
📒 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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21 марта 2024 22:10
📒take off (1)
📖Meaning
to remove a piece of clothing, or the top of a container
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 If you go to Asia, you should take off your shoes before going into someone's home.
💬 Can you take the top off a beer bottle with your teeth?
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20 марта 2024 09:42
💠 honky 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a derogatory term in black American slang for a white person
❕For example
🔺When we were visiting the Apollo Theater in Harlem in New York, a woman passing us on the street said, "What are you honkies doin' round here?"
🔺I have a lot of black American friends, and they all say they hate racist language, including anti-white words like "honky".
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19 марта 2024 10:24
📒put forward (1)
📖Meaning
to offer an idea, an opinion, a suggestion, etc. for other people to consider
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 He put forward an interesting argument, but no-one was really convinced by it.
💬 If you have any ideas or suggestions, please feel free to put them forward and they'll be given our full consideration.
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17 марта 2024 22:47
💠 emo 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a style of music and fashion that developed among American teens in the early 21st century
❕For example
🔺Emo kids love to wear tight black jeans, tight sweatshirts or T-shirts, and scarves, and they dye their hair black and grow long bangs to cover most of the face.
🔺My brother has decided he's an emo kid, so he's taken to moping around in silence while looking like a sulky teenage vampire.
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16 марта 2024 18:25
📒end with
📖Meaning
to have something act as the final part of something
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 The celebration ended with a spectacular fireworks display.
💬 After the main part of the seminar is over, it ends with each speaker giving a summary of their ideas.
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16 марта 2024 09:32
📚mend your ways
✍🏾Meaning
If you mend your ways, you improve your behaviour and stop doing things that cause trouble.
❗️For example
🔸Terry had better mend his ways or Rosie will leave him forever.
🔸It took him a long time to mend his ways, but these days Jack is a good father and husband.
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14 марта 2024 21:40
💠 rubber 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a condom
❕For example
🔺It's really important to use a rubber whenever you have sex. It'll stop you from getting nasty diseases like AIDS and gonorrhea.
🔺Cindy says vending machines that sell rubbers should be in schools, universities, department stores and public toilets.
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13 марта 2024 09:22
📒speak out
📖Meaning
If you speak out, you publicly state your position on an issue, or publicly oppose or defend someone or something.
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 He was arrested after he spoke out against the military government.
💬 The former Vice President has spoken out in defence of his policies on torturing political prisoners.
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12 марта 2024 08:59
💠 nerd 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a studious person with few social skills
❕For example
🔺The nerds at our school spent lunchtime in the library or in the computer lab.
🔺Bill might have been a nerd in high school, but he's certainly done well in his career.
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11 марта 2024 10:58
📒put back (2)
📖Meaning
to change the time or date of something to a later time
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 We could put the meeting back a week if you like.
💬 Would you mind if we put back your appointment until April the first?
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10 марта 2024 07:58
💠 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.
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