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30 сентября 2024 10:24
English idiom - “get the hang of (something)”
This idiom means to learn how to do something correctly after some practice.
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29 сентября 2024 13:21
English idiom - “I take it” ❔
This idiom is used to say “I assume” and is often used as a question to confirm or clarify something.
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28 сентября 2024 14:00
English phrasal verb - “act up”
Act up has 2 meanings.
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26 сентября 2024 13:25
English idiom - “old flame” 🔥
An old flame refers to a romantic partner from the past.
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24 сентября 2024 20:04
📔 In for a penny, in for a pound
📋Meaning
That someone is intentionally investing his time or money for a particular project or task.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣When Athlead was booming, Jim was in for penny in for pounds, that’s how much dedicated he was.
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23 сентября 2024 22:36
📔 Left out in the cold
📋Meaning
Being ignored
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣The changes benefit management but leave the workers out in the cold.
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22 сентября 2024 22:33
📔 Blow Hot and Cold
📋Meaning
“blow hot and cold” is used to describe someone who constantly changes their opinion, attitude, or behaviour towards a particular thing or person.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣The changes benefit “Tom has been blowing hot and cold in his relationship with Lisa. Sometimes he showers her with affection and attention, and other times he acts distant and uninterested.”
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21 сентября 2024 22:08
📔 a bit of a stretch
📋Meaning
A mild exaggeration beyond the truth or what is likely the case.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣I'm not too fond of taxes either, but it's a bit of a stretch to claim they are the cause of all our problems.
🗣A: "The government is covering up all sorts of extraterrestrial activity." B: "Come on now, don't you think that's a bit of a stretch?"
🗣He still doesn't have the votes? Then I guess it was a bit of a stretch for him to say he'd get the bill passed this week.
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18 сентября 2024 12:09
📔 To be in the doldrums
📋Meaning
To be in a low spirit
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣When I got to know about the increasing cases of COVID 19 in my area, I was in the doldrums.
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17 сентября 2024 10:45
📔 In the fast lane
📋Meaning
A life filled with excitement.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣When Chris turned forty, he decided to live his life in the fast lane and quit his job for his hobbies.
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16 сентября 2024 09:04
📔 brood over
📋Meaning
To worry anxiously or be despondent about something or someone, especially at great length and in isolation.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣I know you're upset about failing your exam, but don't brood over it all weekend.
🗣Tom's been brooding over our financial situation ever since he got laid off last month.
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14 сентября 2024 20:48
📔 cloud the issue
📋Meaning
To obfuscate or distract from the topic at hand by introducing irrelevant or misleading information.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣Politicians are always clouding the issue during debates by pointing out their opponents' history in other issues.
🗣Don't cloud the issue with talk about your past achievements, stick to the question I'm asking you.
🗣His muddled explanation only served to cloud the issue further for his students.
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30 сентября 2024 21:36
English idiom - “go for broke” 🎰
This idiom means to risk everything on one big effort to possibly achieve success.
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29 сентября 2024 22:41
English idiom - “old flame” 🔥
An old flame refers to a romantic partner from the past.
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28 сентября 2024 20:24
English idiom - “spin/turn/roll in (one’s) grave” 🔄🪦
This idiom is used to say that someone who is dead would be angry or upset about something happening now.
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25 сентября 2024 11:16
📔 backpedal
📋Meaning
To quickly and often abruptly reverse or retreat from one's position or opinion on a given subject. Refers to pedaling backwards on a bicycle (done to apply the brakes on fixed-gear bikes), or to taking quick, backward steps, as in football or boxing.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣The actor had to backpedal when he let slip a racist remark during the press conference.
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24 сентября 2024 11:26
📔 bare (one's) teeth
📋Meaning
To display an angry, violent, or threatening reaction to or against something or someone, as does a dog or wolf when threatened.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣I will bare my teeth to anyone who tries to take away my land.
🗣We seemed to be getting along just fine, but she suddenly bared her teeth when I brought up religion.
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23 сентября 2024 11:01
📔 a bit of a stretch
📋Meaning
A mild exaggeration beyond the truth or what is likely the case.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣I'm not too fond of taxes either, but it's a bit of a stretch to claim they are the cause of all our problems.
🗣A: "The government is covering up all sorts of extraterrestrial activity." B: "Come on now, don't you think that's a bit of a stretch?"
🗣He still doesn't have the votes? Then I guess it was a bit of a stretch for him to say he'd get the bill passed this week.
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22 сентября 2024 12:53
📔 Beside yourself with joy
📋Meaning
To be extremely happy.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣I can see that you are beside yourself with joy on being selected for the job, congratulations.
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21 сентября 2024 11:50
📔 Fair and square
📋Meaning
Being direct or fair.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣To tell you fair and square, I did everything that I was meant to do, but I still feel unfulfilled.
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📔 beauty queen
📋Meaning
A woman who has won, or looks as if she could win, a beauty pageant.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣When that beauty queen walked in, everyone's heads turned.
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17 сентября 2024 21:54
📔 boots and all
📋Meaning
With maximum effort or enthusiasm; completely and without restraint. Primarily heard in Australia, New Zealand.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣If we set about digging that trench boots and all, then we should be finished before lunchtime.
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16 сентября 2024 20:21
📔 broken record
📋Meaning
A person or thing that repeats itself over and over again. Likened to vinyl records that when severely scratched (i.e., "broken") can loop over the same recorded segment endlessly.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣I feel like a broken record having to tell you this each day, but please clean your room!
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15 сентября 2024 10:19
📔 with (one's) head held high
📋Meaning
Displaying pride and confidence, often (but not always) after something has gone wrong.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣Even though I knew I blew the presentation, I walked out of the conference room with my head held high… and then cried in my car.
🗣After hearing that he had been named to the all-star team, Paul walked through the halls with his head held high.
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📔 lap up
📋Meaning
To ingest something, usually a liquid, by licking. A noun or pronoun can be used between "lap" and "up."
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣Those kittens must have been hungry—they've already lapped up all the milk in the saucer.
Someone visiting you 🏠 - Ways to knock on the door 🚪
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12 сентября 2024 10:06
📔 bystander effect
📋Meaning
A social psychological phenomenon in which the more people there are viewing a crisis or crime, the less likely they are to offer aid to the victim(s). Also known as bystander apathy.
🤔For example ⬇️
🗣Over 30 people saw the mugging take place, but due to the bystander effect, none of them intervened.
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