English Language

24 июля 2023 19:50

💠 empty-nester 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
a parent whose children have grown up and left home


❕For example

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🔺We're still getting used to being empty-nesters. The house seems so quiet all the time.

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23 июля 2023 20:16

📒read into



📖Meaning
to believe you've found more meaning in what someone says or does than others have found

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 You're reading too much into what he said. I don't think he meant to insult you.

💬 A lot can be read into what someone says, but it doesn't mean that it's all true.
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22 июля 2023 08:31

💠 beat it 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
go away


❕For example

🔺Some kids were smoking in the carpark, but when one of them saw a teacher coming they grabbed their stuff and beat it.

🔺When Peter came back from the bathroom, some guy was talking to Leanne. Peter said, "Beat it, pal! She's with me."

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21 июля 2023 11:54

📒go after (2)


📖Meaning
to try to get something

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 Are you planning to go after Alex's job when he retires?

💬 If Rupert thinks there's a chance to take over a profitable company, he'll go after it with everything he's got.

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20 июля 2023 17:34

📚talk turkey


✍🏾Meaning
If you talk turkey, you discuss something seriously, usually to do with business or money.


❗️For example

🔸After the owner had shown him around the apartment, Shane decided it was just what he wanted, so he said, "OK, I'm interested. Let's talk turkey."


🔸I started to say something about the deal, but Mr Hamilton said, "Not now, my boy. We never talk turkey at the dinner table."

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19 июля 2023 17:58

📒 Give credit where credit is due


📖Meaning
The implication is that even if we are reluctant to praise someone, we should do so if the praise is deserved.

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18 июля 2023 19:48

📚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.


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17 июля 2023 20:12

📒 “The secret of discipline is motivation. When a person is sufficiently motivated, discipline will take care of itself.”


📖Meaning
When you intrinsically have desire toward something you'll do it at any cost.

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16 июля 2023 19:46

📚out-of-date (1)


✍🏾Meaning
Something is out-of-date if it is old and therefore no longer useful or no longer accurate.


❗️For example

🔸Don't waste money on old textbooks because they could be out-of-date and the information might no longer be correct.

🔸I didn't know the timetable was out-of-date. I got it off the internet so I thought it'd be new, not an old one from the 1990's.

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15 июля 2023 19:34

📒 Silence is golden


📖Meaning
This saying emphasizes the value of saying nothing.

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14 июля 2023 17:43

📚a raw deal



✍🏾Meaning
If you think that you got a raw deal, you think you weren't treated fairly or as well as other people.


❗️For example

🔸Doctors in small hospitals in country towns get a raw deal. They earn less, and usually work longer hours, than doctors in big-city hospitals.

🔸If it wasn't for the transport workers union, drivers would still be getting low wages and a raw deal all round.
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13 июля 2023 19:35

📒 Variety is the spice of life


📖Meaning
Monotony is bad for us. We need plenty of change. It adds interest to our lives, just as spice adds interest to food.

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13 июля 2023 10:03

📒insist on


📖Meaning
If you insist on something, you say that you must have it or it must be done.

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 We used to sell on credit, but after not being paid a few times we now insist on payment in advance.

💬Our youngest son insists on putting tomato sauce on just about everything he eats.

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12 июля 2023 07:40

💠 funk 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
(in phrase be in a funk) an unhappy, depressed mood

❕For example

🔺He's been in a real funk since his girlfriend left him.

🔺Everyone in the office has been in a funk since we heard that our company might be going bankrupt.

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11 июля 2023 12:22

📒pull in


📖Meaning
If a train, a truck or a car pulls in, it arrives somewhere.

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 The train you want will be pulling in on platform 9.

💬 A truck pulled in to the yard and the driver jumped out.

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24 июля 2023 09:45

📒 It is best to be on the safe side



📖Meaning
1) Don't take risks. Be careful and cautious.
2) It's best to be sure. It's best to be absolutely certain.

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23 июля 2023 11:10

📚a quick study


✍🏾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.

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21 июля 2023 18:30

📒 The pen is mightier than the sword


📖Meaning
This proverb suggests that written material like books or poetry has more influence than fighting or war. We may also understand from it that ideas (as often set down in writing) are more effective than violence.

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20 июля 2023 17:45

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20 июля 2023 08:40

💠 empty-nester 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
a parent whose children have grown up and left home


❕For example

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19 июля 2023 07:02

📒keep up (2)


📖Meaning
If you keep up with someone, you stay at the same level and don't fall behind them.

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 Rafael can run very fast. When we go running together, it's hard for me to keep up.

💬 Jimmy takes a long time to learn new things, and sometimes he can't keep up with other kids in his class.

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18 июля 2023 10:54

💠 quad (2) 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
a quadruplet, one of four babies born together from the same mother


❕For example

🔺I'm teaching a set of quads in my kindergarten class this term, and I can't tell them apart. All four look exactly the same!

🔺After getting fertility treatment, Jill gave birth to a set of four healthy quads. She's been home with them for one week and she's already exhausted!

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17 июля 2023 09:00

📒pull in


📖Meaning
If a train, a truck or a car pulls in, it arrives somewhere.

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💬 A truck pulled in to the yard and the driver jumped out.

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16 июля 2023 11:07

💠 whack 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
to murder, esp. within the context of organised crime


❕For example

🔺There's a contract out to whack Tony B. because he'd whacked Jimmy S., and he'd whacked Jimmy because Jimmy had whacked Paulie T., and so on.


🔺If those Mafia informers don't get protection, they'll be whacked for sure.

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15 июля 2023 07:27

📒slip up



📖Meaning
to make a small mistake, usually because of carelessness

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 I'm usually pretty reliable, but sometimes I slip up, like everybody.


💬If our goalkeeper hadn't slipped up, we would have won the match.
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14 июля 2023 05:41

💠 louse up 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
to spoil something or make it fail


❕For example

🔺She really wants this job, so I hope she doesn't louse up the interview.


🔺Don't worry. He won't louse it up. He's been doing these deals for years.

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12 июля 2023 17:31

📚on your last legs | on its last legs


✍🏾Meaning
If you say you're on your last legs, it can mean you're close to exhaustion, or it can mean you're close to death. If a thing is on its last legs, it's close to breaking or wearing out.


❗️For example

🔸Bobby looks like he's on his last legs. Do you think he can make it to the top of the mountain?

🔸My old printer is on its last legs. It's time I got a new one.

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11 июля 2023 17:42

📒 There's no such thing as a free lunch


📖Meaning
We cannot get something for nothing. We must pay for everything. Nothing in life is free.

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10 июля 2023 18:29

📚wheeling and dealing


✍🏾Meaning
If you're wheeling and dealing, you're involved in the complex world of making deals and exchanging favours in business or politics, or both.


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🔸You'll need to be good at wheeling and dealing if you want to do well in politics.

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