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05 декабря 2023 17:56

📔 lay hold of (someone or something)



📋Meaning
To grasp or grip someone or something.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Lay hold of that end of the sheet and pull it straight.

🗣I tried to lay hold of her before she fell off the step, but it happened too fast.
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04 декабря 2023 17:37

📔on the upswing

📋Showing or experiencing a noticeable or conspicuous increase, improvement, or expansion.

🗣The last few years were hard on our company, but we're finally starting to get back on the upswing.
🗣The small country has been one of the few economies in the region to be on the upswing since the recession.
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03 декабря 2023 17:12

📔 run a temperature



📋Meaning
To have an abnormally high body temperature (a fever), which is indicative of or caused by illness.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Dan: "How's Pete feeling?" Marshall: "Well, he ran a temperature last night, but he seemed a lot better this morning after some rest."

🗣I think I've started running a temperature. Maybe I should go lie down.
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02 декабря 2023 19:12

📔 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.
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30 ноября 2023 21:24

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29 ноября 2023 17:35

📔 talk twenty to the dozen


📋Meaning
To talk (to someone) very rapidly, hurriedly, and/or energetically.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣My aunt can get talking twenty to the dozen if you get her on a topic she's passionate about.
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28 ноября 2023 18:37

📔 within arm's reach


📋Meaning
Close enough to touch, either literally or hypothetically. Easily attainable.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Can you pass me that book over there? It's within arm's reach of you.

🗣Once I found out I had an A in Chemistry, I knew that 4.0 GPA was within arm's reach.
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27 ноября 2023 15:28

📔 be in pursuit


📋Meaning
Following or chasing someone or something.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣The burglar got away, but I called the police, and now they're in pursuit.
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26 ноября 2023 19:20

📔 quake like a leaf



📋Meaning
To tremble violently with fear or nervousness.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣My brother is so strong and scary-looking that he leaves people quaking like a leaf when he threatens them.

🗣I was quaking like a leaf when I went up to deliver my speech.
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25 ноября 2023 18:35

📔 the terrible twos


📋Meaning
A developmental stage of children, generally at or around the age of two, marked by increased rebelliousness and frequent tantrums.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Becca's been having really bad temper tantrums lately and just keeps saying "no" to everything we say to her. I guess she's going into the terrible twos.
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23 ноября 2023 07:56

📔 Sit tight



📋Meaning
  if a person tells you to sit tight they want you to wait patiently and take no action until you hear otherwise.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “Mrs. Carter, do you have any idea when the exam results are going to come out?”

“Who knows Johnny, sometimes they come out quickly but it could take some time. You’re just going to have to sit tight and wait.”


🗣 "we're advising our clients to sit tight and neither to buy nor sell"
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22 ноября 2023 09:13

📔 Pitch in



📋Meaning
  it means to contribute (give) to something or someone or to join in.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “What are you going to buy Sally for her birthday?”

“I don’t know. I don’t have much money.”

“Maybe we can all pitch in and buy her something great.”

🗣"donors had already pitched in $27 million to meet humanitarian needs"
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21 ноября 2023 06:16

📔 Go cold turkey




📋Meaning
  means to suddenly quit or stop addictive or dangerous behavior such as smoking or drinking alcohol.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “Shall I get your mom a glass of wine?”

“No, she’s stopped drinking.”

“Really, why?”

“I don’t know. A few months ago, she just announced one day she’s quitting drinking.”

“She just quit cold turkey?”

“Yes, just like that!”
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20 ноября 2023 07:43

📔 Face the music



📋Meaning
  It means to “face reality” or to deal with the reality of the situation and accept all the consequences, good or bad (but mostly bad).


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “I can’t understand why I failed math.”

“You know you didn’t study hard, so you’re going to have to face the music and take the class again next semester if you really want to graduate when you do.”

🗣 "we would later have to face the music over our bold moves"
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05 декабря 2023 08:33

📔 tighten one's belt



📋Meaning
  to spend less than usual in order to save money.



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🗣 I have a feeling my son will be tightening his belt this semester since we decided to give him a strict allowance rather then sending him money every time he asked.

🗣 We had to tighten our belts when my husband lost his job. 
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04 декабря 2023 08:05

📔 sweater up



📋Meaning
  to put on a sweater in order to stay warm in cold weather


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 I really love to sweater up in the winter. I can't wait to go shopping at LL Bean for a few new sweaters.

🗣 My brother took a really cute picture of our kids sweatered up and playing in the leaves. I think I'll use that one for our Christmas cards this year.
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03 декабря 2023 09:18

📔 little slice of heaven



📋Meaning
  Something or someone that a person loves so much that they have the feeling they can't live without it.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 Listening to her playing the piano is a slice of heaven.

🗣 Staying in on a cold winter night and watching TV is a slice of heaven for me.
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02 декабря 2023 08:00

📔 hungry eye



📋Meaning
experiencing pain, weakness, or nausea through lack of food.

A glare that a man or woman gives to someone of the opposite sex, characterized by extreme sexual lust and desire.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 She stared at me with hungry eyes.

🗣  That creepy man over there looks like he has the hungry eye for that hot lady at the bar.
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30 ноября 2023 09:50

📔 jam session



📋Meaning
  an often impromptu performance by a group especially of jazz musicians that is characterized by improvisation.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 The musical siblings then invite Lisa over to Billie’s studio for a special jam session.

🗣 Playing some favorites by The Allman Brothers Band during a jam session led to the birth of tribute group Midnight Rider.
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29 ноября 2023 09:42

📔 fork in the road



📋Meaning
  Literally, the point at which one road splits or separates off into other roads.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 There's a fork in the road up ahead—which way should I go?

🗣 OK, keep going straight until you reach the fork in the road, then turn right.
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28 ноября 2023 09:30

📔 hit the books



📋Meaning
 this is a commonly used expression among students, especially American college students who have a lot of studying to do. It simply means “to study,” and is a way of telling your friends that you’re going to study.


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🗣“Sorry but I can’t watch the game with you tonight, I have to hit the books. I have a huge exam next week!”

🗣 “Danny was in danger of failing, so before his last math test he left the show early to go home and hit the books.”
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27 ноября 2023 12:03

📔 Twist someone’s arm



📋Meaning
   If your arm has been twisted it means that someone has done a great job of convincing you to do something you might not have wanted to to do.



🤔For example ⬇️

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“You know I can’t, I have to hit the books (study).”

“C’mon, you have to come! It’s going to be so much fun and there are going to be lots of girls there. Please come?”

“Pretty girls? Oh all right, you’ve twisted my arm, I’ll come!”
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26 ноября 2023 09:55

📔 Stab someone in the back



📋Meaning
  to hurt someone who was close to us and trusted us by betraying them secretly and breaking their trust. We call the person who does this a back stabber.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “Did you hear that Sarah stabbed Kate in the back last week?”

“No! I thought they were best friends, what did she do?”

“She told their boss that Kate wasn’t interested in a promotion at work and Sarah got it instead.”

“Wow, that’s the ultimate betrayal! No wonder they’re not friends anymore.”
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25 ноября 2023 08:56

📔 Lose your touch




📋Meaning
   to lose your touch actually means that you lose an ability or talent you once had when dealing with things, people or situations.

We use this when you’re usually good at a certain skill or talent, but then things start to go wrong.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “I don’t understand why none of the girls here want to speak to me.”

“It looks like you’ve lost your touch with the ladies.”

“Oh no, they used to love me, what happened?”
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23 ноября 2023 19:44

📔 out of humour


📋Meaning
In an irritable, grouchy, or unhappy mood; not feeling well or in good spirits. Primarily heard in UK.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I think something is bugging John because he's been rather out of humour lately.

🗣After living in Gibraltar for so long, these awful London winters leave me feeling me out of humour.
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22 ноября 2023 18:24

📔 roll (one's) eyes



📋Meaning
To turn one's eyes upward or around in a circle, usually as an expression of exasperation, annoyance, impatience, or disdain.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Don't you roll your eyes at me, young lady! You will finish your homework this instant, or you can kiss your weekend goodbye!

🗣I just rolled my eyes as my dad told another one of his corny jokes.
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21 ноября 2023 15:48

📔laze about

📋To relax or spend time idly; to do nothing or very little.

🗣I can't wait to go on my vacation and laze about the beach for two weeks!
🗣It's a gorgeous day outside, so you kids get off your butts and quit lazing about!
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20 ноября 2023 19:20

📔 talk twenty to the dozen


📋Meaning
To talk (to someone) very rapidly, hurriedly, and/or energetically.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣My aunt can get talking twenty to the dozen if you get her on a topic she's passionate about.
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19 ноября 2023 19:20

📔 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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