English Language

17 Feb 2024 20:43

💠 hooker 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
a female prostitute, a woman who provides sexual services for payment

❕For example

🔺When we were in Amsterdam we went to this area with heaps of hookers sitting behind windows waiting for customers.

🔺One of the best things the government did was to educate hookers about the importance of getting their clients to wear condoms to stop AIDS from spreading.

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15 Feb 2024 21:03

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15 Feb 2024 10:47

📚kick the bucket


✍🏾Meaning
If someone kicks the bucket, they die.

❗️For example

🔸When I kick the bucket, you can just bury me under a tree at the bottom of the garden.

🔸Did you see the movie "Bucket List"? It's about these two old guys who make a list of all the things they want to do before they kick the bucket.

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14 Feb 2024 08:46

📒 He that wills the end wills the means


📖Meaning
If you are determined to do something you will find the way to do it.

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13 Feb 2024 09:36

📚so far, so good


✍🏾Meaning
You can say "so far, so good" when you're in the middle of doing something, and everything has been going well.


❗️For example

🔸Tom: "How's the new job going?" Jerry: "So far, so good."

🔸At half-time, the coach looked at his players and said, "So far, so good, but the job's not done yet. Get back out there and fight till the end."

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12 Feb 2024 08:46

📒 A good man is hard to find


📖Meaning
This saying talks about the difficulties for women in finding a suitable male partner.

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11 Feb 2024 07:32

📚cross that bridge when we come to it


✍🏾Meaning
You can say "we'll cross that bridge when we come to it" if someone mentions a problem that might occur in the future, but you want them to think about what's happening now instead.


❗️For example

🔸Martin asked what we'd do if our new company couldn't find good staff when we needed to expand, and I said we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

🔸Jenny worries too much about things that might happen in the future, so people are always saying "We'll cross that bridge when we come to it" to her.

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10 Feb 2024 09:27

📒 Necessity is the mother of invention


📖Meaning
If we absolutely need to do something that has never been done, we will find a way to do it. It is this need or necessity that forces people to invent things.

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08 Feb 2024 20:50

📒go down (2)


📖Meaning
to be received in a certain way, or to create a certain reaction

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 I think your speech went down really well. People looked really interested.

💬 The manager's request that workers help the company by doing overtime for no pay didn't go down very well.


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07 Feb 2024 20:53

💠 merry 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
slightly and happily drunk

❕For example

🔺We all got a little merry at the Christmas party, but luckily the booze ran out before anyone got properly drunk.

🔺After his third glass of wine he began to feel quite merry.

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06 Feb 2024 19:34

📒go down (3)


📖Meaning
When the sun or the moon goes down, it gets lower and lower in the sky until it disappears below the horizon.

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 What time does the sun go down?

💬 We sat on the beach and watched the sun go down.


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05 Feb 2024 20:17

💠 intro 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
introduction

❕For example

🔺When you read the book, don't skip the intro. It gives a lot of useful background information.

🔺What did you think of the intro to the song? Do you think it went on too long, or was it just about right?

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04 Feb 2024 20:00

📒make over (1)


📖Meaning
to officially transfer ownership of something to someone

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 Frank made most of his estate over to an educational foundation for homeless kids.

💬 Margaret agreed to make her collection of paintings over to the town's art gallery.


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03 Feb 2024 18:54

💠 geezer 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
an old person

❕For example

🔺I'm late because I got stuck behind some old geezer at the bank who took ages to sort out his stuff.

🔺One day I'll be one of those old geezers who sit in the park all day playing chess and checkers.

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01 Feb 2024 20:03

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17 Feb 2024 08:30

📒 Opportunity seldom knocks twice


📖Meaning
Take any opportunity or chance when it comes - it may not come again.

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15 Feb 2024 20:33

📒break down (1)


📖Meaning
If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working because of a mechanical problem.

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 Our bus broke down so we had to get out and wait for another one to come.

💬 Production has stopped because one of the machines at our factory has broken down.


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14 Feb 2024 20:24

💠 bottom 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
a man who takes the passive role in gay or homosexual sex

❕For example

🔺Joey made a page about himself on a gay community website and it said he preferred bottoms aged 20 to 40.

🔺When Pedro was in a gay bar he met a guy he really liked, but it soon became clear that they were both bottoms.

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13 Feb 2024 20:33

📒drop off (1)


📖Meaning
to drive someone to a place they need to go to and leave them there

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 Every morning I drop my kids off at school on my way to work.

💬 Sergio stopped at the mall and dropped off his mother, and then drove on to the golf course.


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12 Feb 2024 18:30

💠 yips 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
(in phrase the yips) nervous tension that causes mistakes

❕For example

🔺Tiger Woods never seems to get the yips. He always looks calm, even when he's playing a very important shot.

🔺A champion golfer needs to know how to avoid getting the yips.

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11 Feb 2024 19:22

📒inject into


📖Meaning
to add something positive in order to make something work better

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 The band had become a bit flat, but the introduction of a percussionist injected some much-needed dynamism into their sound.

💬 The government is trying to inject some confidence into the market.


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10 Feb 2024 18:31

💠 lardass 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
an overweight person, esp. one with large buttocks

❕For example

🔺Madge has become such a lardass since she stopped exercising and started eating too much.

🔺Bill and Jill get on really well. They're both lardasses who love watching TV all day and eating snacks non-stop.

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08 Feb 2024 21:57

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08 Feb 2024 08:26

📚(like) water off a duck's back


✍🏾Meaning
You can say an insult or criticism is like water off a duck's back if it doesn't upset you.


❗️For example

🔸I asked Amy if she got upset when journalists wrote negative things about her, and she said she didn't care what they wrote - it was like water off a duck's back.

🔸Terry said he was too sensitive about criticism and he wanted to be like one of those people for whom it's like water off a duck's back.

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07 Feb 2024 09:38

📒 Opportunity only knocks once


📖Meaning
We should take an opportunity (or chance) when it comes. According to this saying, it will not come again.

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06 Feb 2024 10:46

📚zero tolerance


✍🏾Meaning
If something is given zero tolerance, it won't be accepted even once.


❗️For example

🔸Because of the school's zero-tolerance policy, our boy was expelled for smoking just one cigarette.

🔸How can a society based on Christian morals and forgiveness of sin have a zero-tolerance approach to petty crime?

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05 Feb 2024 07:22

📒 Graves are of all sizes


📖Meaning
People die at all ages; no one is too young to die.

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04 Feb 2024 10:39

📚with flying colours | colors


✍🏾Meaning
If you pass a test with flying colours, you pass it easily and get high marks.


❗️For example

🔸Our daughter Rosie was really worried about her history exam, but in the end she passed it with flying colours. We're very proud of her.

🔸I was given a tough assignment at work this week, and today the boss told me it was really just a test. He also said I passed with flying colors.

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03 Feb 2024 07:24

📒 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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01 Feb 2024 19:39

📒speak up (1)


📖Meaning
to speak louder

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 I'm sorry, but I can't hear you. Would you mind speaking up a bit, please?

💬 If you can't hear her, just ask her to speak up a little.

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