English Language

09 Jan 2023 20:40

📒put forward (1)



📖Meaning
to offer an idea, an opinion, a suggestion, etc. for other people to consider

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 He put forward an interesting argument, but no-one was really convinced by it.

💬 If you have any ideas or suggestions, please feel free to put them forward and they'll be given our full consideration.

💬 Many of the suggestions that have been put forward are excellent.
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08 Jan 2023 21:05

📚hard to come by



✍🏾Meaning
If something is hard to come by, it is difficult to find.


❗️For example

🔸A good cheap hotel is hard to come by in London these days.


🔸Good jobs in the airline industry have been hard to come by recently.
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07 Jan 2023 21:01

📒divide up


📖Meaning
If you divide something up, you separate it into smaller parts so that everyone gets a share.

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 We'll divide up any profits we make at the end of each month.

💬 If we divide the office space up into ten equal areas, we can create work stations for ten members of staff.
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06 Jan 2023 21:14

📚an ivory tower




✍🏾Meaning
You can say someone's in an ivory tower if they're in a place that separates them from everyday life, such as a university.


❗️For example

🔸People often complain that academics stuck in their ivory towers don't really understand the problems of the average person.

🔸Peter's dream is to get tenure in a university and spend the rest of his life hidden away in an ivory tower.
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05 Jan 2023 22:03

📒hand out



📖Meaning
to give something directly to a number of people

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 As the students filed into the classroom, their teacher handed out the examination booklets.


💬A couple of teenagers were standing in front of the department store handing flyers out to the people walking past.
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04 Jan 2023 19:56

📚a drop in the ocean




✍🏾Meaning
If an amount is a drop in the ocean, it's a very small portion of the amount that's needed.


❗️For example

🔸Our government's sending a thousand tons of food, but that's just a drop in the ocean compared to what's needed.

🔸I know twenty dollars is just a drop in the ocean, but if everyone gave that much it'd make a big difference.
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03 Jan 2023 19:04

📒describe as




📖Meaning
to say that something is a certain kind of thing or that someone is a certain type of person

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 Would you describe your music as rock or pop?

💬 I'd describe Uncle Ted as a fairly typical middle-aged man.
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02 Jan 2023 10:43

📚kick the habit




✍🏾Meaning
If you kick the habit, you manage to stop doing something that has become a bad habit.


❗️For example

🔸I wish I could stop smoking cigarettes but I just can't kick the habit.

🔸Rashid used to bite his fingernails but his girlfriend made him kick the habit.
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01 Jan 2023 11:11

📒stand out



📖Meaning
If somebody stands out, they are easy to see because there is something unusual about the way they look or the way they behave.

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 One of my sons says he likes people to notice him, and his green hair certainly makes him stand out in a crowd.

💬Most packaging is designed to stand out on the shelf and be easy to notice in a shop.
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29 Dec 2022 19:05

💠 zine 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
a cheaply produced magazine, usually related to music or the arts


❕For example

🔺This friend of ours has just started putting out his own zine. It's about music and the arts in Melbourne.

🔺How much do you reckon it'd cost to publish a monthly zine?
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28 Dec 2022 13:04

📒 None so blind as those who will not see




📖Meaning
Nobody is blinder than the person who decides he does not want to see. Often used in reference to prejudice and intolerance.

✍Note
none (pronoun): no person; no one | blind (adj.): unable to see; not having the power of sight | will (verb): intend; desire [this is "will" used as a main verb, not as a modal auxiliary verb] | Also: "There's none so blind as those who will not see."
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27 Dec 2022 11:59

💠 tight (2) 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
close, friendly


❕For example

🔺Jim and Tony have been tight ever since they started playing golf together.

🔺My cousin and I used to be tight, but we don't see each other so much since he got married.
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26 Dec 2022 12:50

📒 You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink



📖Meaning
You can show people the way to find something or to do something, but you cannot force them to act after that.
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25 Dec 2022 12:03

💠 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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24 Dec 2022 12:16

📒 If you can't beat 'em, join 'em



📖Meaning
If you cannot win against someone or something, it may be easier or better to join forces with them.
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09 Jan 2023 12:55

💠 fab 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
fabulous, wonderful


❕For example

🔺Harvey and Danny said they had a totally fab time at the Gay Mardi Gras in Sydney.

🔺Jenny felt better about her new outfit when her hair-stylist said she looked absolutely fab in it.
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08 Jan 2023 11:27

📒 Charity begins at home



📖Meaning
Our first responsibility is to our own family and friends.
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07 Jan 2023 11:29

💠 pimp (2) | pimp out 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
to customize or renovate something; to make something flashier or more appealing


❕For example

🔺Hey, check it out! Jay's pimped his car. Let's get him to take us for a ride.

🔺I'm gonna pimp out my room in college. I'll get a coupla lamps and some pix and some other stuff to make it look cool.
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06 Jan 2023 10:42

📒 Dumb dogs are dangerous



📖Meaning
People who say little or nothing are more dangerous than people who speak a lot.
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05 Jan 2023 04:20

💠 beat box 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
to create rhythmic percussive sounds with your mouth, especially when accompanying rhymes or rapping


❕For example

🔺Last year there was a guy on American Idol who was really good at beat boxing.

🔺You do the beat box stuff and I'll bust some rhymes.
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04 Jan 2023 11:28

📒 Turn your wounds into wisdom



📖Meaning
Fittingly, wounds turn into scars, and you will have that remnant of what happened and a constant reminder of the progress you have made. So, turn your wounds into wisdom, and know that certain things that happen in your life are meant to be there in order to help you grow.
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03 Jan 2023 02:59

💠 upbeat 🇺🇸


✍🏾Meaning
bright, cheerful


❕For example

🔺The convention should have a lively, upbeat mood, so we need to start off with some upbeat music and an uplifting speech.

🔺The movie tells an upbeat story about starting a new life in a new country and finding love and happiness there.
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01 Jan 2023 21:11

📒 Poor men go to heaven as soon as rich



📖Meaning
God makes no distinction between people with money and people without money.

Note: heaven (noun) = (according to various religions) the home of God, and the place where good people go after death | as soon as = as easily as
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30 Dec 2022 23:43

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28 Dec 2022 21:36

📚in the dark



✍🏾Meaning
If you're in the dark about something, you don't know about it.


❗️For example

🔸The company is going to cut some jobs, but they're keeping the workers in the dark so they won't cause trouble.

🔸We were completely in the dark about Mark and Jenny and we still can't believe they're getting married next month.
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27 Dec 2022 22:04

📒take off (3)



📖Meaning
to have a period of time away from work

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 My doctor says I need to take the week off and rest.

💬 Ted needs to take a few days off work to be with his wife and newborn baby.
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26 Dec 2022 21:07

📚talk through your hat



✍🏾Meaning
If you're talking through your hat, you're talking about something without knowing much about it, or you claim something is true when it isn't.


❗️For example

🔸Evan says that quantum physics proves that space and time don't really exist, but Kathy says he's talking through his hat.

🔸I proved that George was talking through his hat by checking on the internet to find out if what he said is true - and it isn't.
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25 Dec 2022 20:08

📒break out


📖Meaning
to escape from somewhere like a jail or a detention centre

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 Have you seen that movie about prisoners of war who broke out of a prison camp by digging a tunnel?

💬 The prisoners knew they'd be punished if they tried to break out.
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24 Dec 2022 21:59

📚take a break



✍🏾Meaning
If you take a break, you have a short rest while doing something like working or playing sport.


❗️For example

🔸Let's take a break for ten minutes, and when we come back we can start a new section.

🔸What do you do when you take a break? I hope you don't go outside and have a cigarette!
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23 Dec 2022 22:16

📒show off



📖Meaning
to do something to get attention or admiration, but in a way that annoys some people

🤓For example ⤵️

💬 She only bought that expensive phone to show off, you know. She can't even use it properly.

💬 The main reason they formed the band was to show off in front of the girls at school.
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