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17 ноября 2022 19:05

📔 raise the roof



📋Meaning
make or cause someone else to make a great deal of noise, especially through cheering. 



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 "when I finally scored the fans raised the roof"
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17 ноября 2022 07:16

📔 window-shop


📋Meaning
To visit stores, typically only looking in their windows, to see what is available without buying anything.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣A: "Let's go shopping!" B: "I would, but my bank account is so sad these days." A: "OK, let's just window-shop then!"

🗣A: "You guys really went in that expensive boutique?" B: "Yeah, but we were only window-shopping. We know we can't afford anything in there!"
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16 ноября 2022 09:53

📔 silver surfer



📋Meaning
An elderly person who is a proficient user of the Internet.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣My grandmother has become a real silver surfer since we got her new computer hooked up to the Internet. She even keeps in touch with her friends on social media!
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15 ноября 2022 20:16

📔 stir the pot




📋Meaning
  To deliberately try to make a situation or people more tense and upset.

To unnecessarily create trouble or drama, often to get a reaction from someone.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 My old girlfriend was always trying to stir the pot and I really hated the drama.

🗣 I look fat in these jeans? Wow, you're really trying to stir the pot.
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15 ноября 2022 09:27

📔 the outside world



📋Meaning
The people, culture, ideas, or experiences beyond an enclosed, sheltered, or remote place, situation or environment.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Being raised out on the farm meant Jacob had little knowledge of the outside world.

🗣Anthropologists came upon an indigenous society that had had no previous contact with the outside world.
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14 ноября 2022 12:26

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13 ноября 2022 10:58

📔 Storm in a teacup (UK idiom)



📋Meaning
   A small event that has been exaggerated out of proportion.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 The whole controversy turned out to be a storm in a teacup.
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12 ноября 2022 10:33

📔 you've got me


📋Meaning
I don't know the answer to your question.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣A: "Is Bill coming in today?" B: "Hmm, you've got me."
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10 ноября 2022 21:18

📔 the butt of the joke


📋Meaning
Someone or something at whose expense an insulting or mocking joke is made.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I like hanging out with my brother and his friends, even though he likes to make me the butt of his jokes.

🗣Due to their disastrous advertising campaign last month, the company has been the butt of many jokes on the Internet lately.
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09 ноября 2022 20:59

📔 penguin suit


📋Meaning
slang A man's formal evening wear, i.e., a tuxedo.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I need to find somewhere I can rent a penguin suit for my brother's wedding this summer.
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08 ноября 2022 19:13

📔 catnap/take a catnap



📋Meaning
A very brief but restful period of sleep./To sleep for a very brief but restful period of time.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I'm going to try to squeeze in a catnap before my next shift starts, or else I'll be feeling sluggish for the entire evening.

🗣Julie gets up really early to do her writing before the kids wake up, then takes little catnaps throughout the day.
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07 ноября 2022 12:01

📔 to a turn


📋Meaning
For exactly the right amount of time necessary or desired. (Used almost exclusively in reference to how well meat is cooked).


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣My goodness, these steaks are so flavorful and have been cooked to a turn!

🗣Jeff is always the one manning the grill, because he makes sure everything on there is done to a turn!
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06 ноября 2022 09:02

📔 be tied (up) in knots


📋Meaning
To be confused, anxious, worried, and/or upset (about something).


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I've been tied up in knots trying to come up with a good topic for my term paper, but I just can't think of anything!

🗣James is tied in knots over how to break up with Danielle, but I think he needs to bite the bullet and just do it.
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05 ноября 2022 07:13

📔 scare story



📋Meaning
A story or rumor that makes something seem more serious, dreadful, or terrifying than it really is.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Every year around Halloween, there's some scare story in the news about razor blades being found in candy.

🗣You just can't listen to all the scare stories people love to spread or you'd end up being afraid of everything!
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03 ноября 2022 19:39

📔 take ill



📋Meaning
To be or become sick or unwell.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I heard your sister has taken ill recently. I hope that it isn't anything too serious?
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17 ноября 2022 07:21

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16 ноября 2022 20:55

📔 tickled pink




📋Meaning
to be very pleased or happy about something
to be very amused


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 We are tickled pink that our youngest daughter is getting married in June.

🗣 I was tickled pink when our dog pulled a blanket over the baby to keep it warm.
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15 ноября 2022 20:19

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15 ноября 2022 09:31

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14 ноября 2022 20:40

📔 Down to earth



📋Meaning
  To be practical and sensible.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “It’s a stereotype, but Dutch people are known for being down to earth.”
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13 ноября 2022 19:55

📔 squashed (in) like sardines



📋Meaning
Very tightly or snugly packed together, especially in a small space. Alludes to the way in which sardines are packed closely together during canning.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣We didn't want to take more than one car, so we had to drive for about four hours squashed like sardines in Jeff's little sedan.

🗣Having a concert in our friends café was such a good idea! Sure, we were squashed in like sardines, but everyone had a great time.
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12 ноября 2022 20:34

📔 Get over something



📋Meaning
  Imagine having a really difficult time, like breaking up with your girlfriend or boyfriend—it’s hard. But eventually once time passes and you no longer think about your ex, it means that you’ve gotten over him/her, you no longer worry about it and it no longer affects you in a negative way. It’s also possible to get over an illness, which would mean that you’ve fully recovered.



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“I think so. She’s already talking about getting a new one.”
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11 ноября 2022 08:11

📔 have / get one's ducks in a row




📋Meaning
get well prepared or organized for something that's going to happen




🤔For example ⬇️

🗣  I wish we could join you but we have to get our ducks in a row before our move this weekend.

🗣Too bad you didn't have your ducks in a row before you quit your job.


🗣Why didn't you have your ducks in a row before your retirement?
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10 ноября 2022 08:09

📔 A storm is brewing




📋Meaning
  There will be trouble or emotional upset in the near future.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “She decided to go ahead with their wedding, even though all they’ve been doing lately is arguing. I can sense a storm is brewing.”
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09 ноября 2022 11:10

📔 living on the edge



📋Meaning
 To have an adventurous or perilous lifestyle; to behave in a manner which creates risks for oneself.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 Despite the apparent respectability, he was a man who liked to live on the edge.
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07 ноября 2022 19:54

📔 In a nutshell




📋Meaning
  a brief / short summary of something.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 In a nutshell, my parents grounded me for five weeks after they caught me smoking behind the house.

🗣 I'm sorry to interrupt you but could you please give us your point in a nutshell?
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06 ноября 2022 19:35

📔 Lost at sea



📋Meaning
  To be confused about something or to feel unsure about what to do.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “I am lost at sea with this new system at work. I just can’t understand it.”
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05 ноября 2022 20:26

📔 the world is your oyster





📋Meaning
  used to say that you can do anything or go anywhere you want in life.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 That's awesome you're learning English. With English, the world is your oyster!

🗣 You're young and beautiful. Don't be sad, the world is your oyster.
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04 ноября 2022 16:02

📔 Make waves



📋Meaning
  To cause trouble, to change things in a dramatic way.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “She likes to make waves with her creative marketing campaigns. They get a lot of attention from customers.”
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03 ноября 2022 12:19

📔 wait tables



📋Meaning
  to serve customers food and beverages in a restaurant or cafe


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 I waited tables for five years to pay expenses while I was in college.


🗣 Waiting tables is a popular job for students and artists.
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