📒deter from
📖Meaning
to make someone less likely to do something, or to discourage someone from doing something
🤓For example ⤵️
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💬 Did the stock market collapse of 2008 deter you from investing in shares again?
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💠 app 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a computer software application
❕For example
🔺Check out this killer app I downloaded last night!
🔺Karen found this amazing app that makes you look really good in photos. It's great for Facebook photos and stuff.
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📚beat the rap
✍🏾Meaning
If someone beats the rap, they avoid being found guilty of a crime.
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📒 A still tongue makes a wise head
📖Meaning
Someone who does not talk much, but listens to other people, probably has experience, knowledge and good judgement.
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📚a voice (crying) in the wilderness
✍🏾Meaning
You're a voice in the wilderness, or a voice crying in the wilderness, if you're expressing an unpopular opinion or insight.
❗️For example
🔸When Galileo stated that the sun was the centre of the solar system, he was a voice crying in the wilderness. Most people thought he was crazy or evil, or possibly both.
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📒 When the devil cannot come, he will send
📖Meaning
The implication is that the devil is very persistent. He will always find a way to tempt us. If the devil cannot bring temptation to us himself, he will find someone else to bring it.
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📚above the law
✍🏾Meaning
If someone is above the law, they are not subject to the laws of a society.
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🔸Just because his father is a rich and powerful man, he seems to think he's above the law and he can do whatever he likes.
🔸In a democracy, no-one is above the law - not even a president or a prime-minister.
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📒 Poor men go to heaven as soon as rich
📖Meaning
God makes no distinction between people with money and people without money.
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💠 ecofreak 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a person with strong views on the importance of protecting the natural environment
❕For example
🔺Before becoming Minister for the Environment, Peter was a rock star and an ecofreak.
🔺All these ecofreaks came and lay down in front of the bulldozers to stop them from clearing the forest.
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📒catch on (2)
📖Meaning
If you catch on, you suddenly understand something that you couldn't understand at first.
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Not all of my students understood the idea at first, but before long they all caught on.
💬 Most scientists now accept that global warming is really happening, but it took a while for a lot of them to catch on.
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💠 fart 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
to release gas from the anus (v.) | a release of gas from the anus (n.)
❕For example
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🔺We were driving home when someone did a fart. It smelled so bad that we had to open the windows.
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📒turn over (2)
📖Meaning
to change your body's position when lying down so that you are facing the opposite direction
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 My back was sore, and every time I turned over it hurt.
💬 I was sound asleep when my wife turned over and accidentally slapped my face.
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💠 poof | poofter 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
an offensive, derogatory word meaning a gay man
❕For example
🔺Everybody thought Gavin was a poof because he liked classical music and going to the ballet.
🔺Boys in my high school used to go "poofter bashing". They'd find a guy in the park they thought was gay, and they'd beat him up.
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📚a sight for sore eyes
✍🏾Meaning
If something or someone is a sight for sore eyes, you are glad to see them.
❗️For example
🔸It's been raining here for a week, so it sure was a sight for sore eyes when we saw the sun this morning.
🔸Hey, Ozzie! You're a sight for sore eyes, man. Haven't seen you for ages.
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📒 Still waters run deep
📖Meaning
Some rivers have rough surfaces with waves. That's usually because the water is shallow and there are rocks near the surface. But deep rivers have no rocks near the surface and the water is smooth and still. "Still waters run deep" means that people who are calm and tranquil on the outside, often have a strong, "deep" personality.
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📒run on (1)
📖Meaning
to use a particular type of fuel or a particular power source
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Why did it take so long for the big car companies to develop and market cars that run on electricity instead of fossil fuels?
💬 My new mobile phone runs on a battery that lasts for a month before it needs recharging.
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💠 ratty (2) 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
easily annoyed or upset, irritable
❕For example
🔺Laura got drunk last night, and now she's got a hangover and she feels a bit ratty.
🔺I had a really bad day at work today, so sorry if I seem a little ratty tonight.
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📒go after (2)
📖Meaning
to try to get something
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Are you planning to go after Alex's job when he retires?
💬 If Rupert thinks there's a chance to take over a profitable company, he'll go after it with everything he's got.
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💠 empty-nester 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a parent whose children have grown up and left home
❕For example
🔺After spending many years raising their children, Kevin and Joan are now empty-nesters after their youngest daughter went to live with some friends.
🔺We're still getting used to being empty-nesters. The house seems so quiet all the time.
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📒take up (3)
📖Meaning
to shorten a piece of clothing or a curtain to make it the right size
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 These jeans are a bit too long. Could you take them up for me?
💬 I have to take up the new curtains in the bedroom.
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💠 zine 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a cheaply produced magazine, usually related to music or the arts
❕For example
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🔺How much do you reckon it'd cost to publish a monthly zine?
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📒embark on
📖Meaning
to begin something, usually something that will be challenging and time-consuming
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 After quitting her job as a teacher, Sam embarked on a new career as a clothes designer.
💬 We're embarking on a campaign to encourage our young people to eat healthy food.
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📚lend someone a hand
✍🏾Meaning
If you lend someone a hand, you help them.
❗️For example
🔸Could you lend me a hand with these bags?
🔸Sue's husband is amazing. He'll even lend a hand in the kitchen when she's cooking for a dinner party!
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📒 All truths are not to be told
📖Meaning
Some truths are better left unspoken. It is not always necessary to repeat something even though it be true.
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📚a pipe dream
✍🏾Meaning
A pipe dream is a plan or a dream for the future that could never come true or be achieved.
❗️For example
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🔸Pipe dreams only ever come true in the movies.
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📒 Where there's a will there's a way
📖Meaning
If we have the determination to do something, we can always find the path or method to do it.
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📚zero-sum game
✍🏾Meaning
A zero-sum game is a situation in which any gain by one side or person is at the expense of a loss to another side or person involved in the situation.
❗️For example
🔸The stock market has become a giant zero-sum game in which one investor gains what another investor loses.
🔸In a zero-sum game, if you add the total gains of the participants and the total losses of the participants, the sum will always be zero.
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📒 Nothing ventured, nothing gained
📖Meaning
We can't expect to achieve anything if we never take any risks.
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