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07 Feb 2017 17:10

Phrasal Verb of the Day

pack away (1⃣)

📝Meaning: If you pack something away, you put it back where it's usually kept after you've finished using it.

✳️Synonym: put away
💥For example:

pack sth away 🔘Have you packed the fishing rods away or are they still in the car?

pack away sth 🔘How many times do I have to tell you to pack away your golf clubs after you've finished using them?
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06 Feb 2017 04:44

Idiom of the Day
Today: 6th February 2017
📚To have a lot on your plate


✅Having a lot on your plate is, quite simply, having too much to do.

You might have lots of reports to fill out, several meetings, and a number of new projects to start.

This would be considered having a lot on your plate.

💥In context: Sorry, I can’t take on this new project; I already have a lot on my plate.
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03 Feb 2017 12:50

Phrasal Verb of the Day
⏱Today: Fri, 03 Feb 2017

⚫️ pay off (1⃣)

📘Meaning: If you pay off a loan, you pay it back in installments over a period of time.
💥For example:

🔮pay sth off🔮
🔴They took out a loan to buy their house and they'll pay it off over the next twenty-five years.

🔮pay off sth🔮
🎾Have you paid off your car loan yet, or do you still owe some money to the bank?

🔮be paid off🔮
🔵If we keep giving the bank a thousand dollars a month, our credit cards will be paid off by the end of next year.
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02 Feb 2017 04:21

Idiom of the Day
⏱Today: 02 Feb 2017

✳️year dot | year one✳️

📘Meaning: You can say "the year dot", or "the year one", when you're talking about a very, very long time ago.
💥For example:

🔮There have been people living in Australia since the year dot, but Europeans have only been there for about two hundred years.

🔮People have been interested in the stars and the moon since the year one.

🔴Note: "The year dot" is more common in British and Australian English, while "the year one" is more common in American English.
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30 Jan 2017 08:56

🍂Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.
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26 Jan 2017 09:45

Phrase of the day
⏱Today: 26th January 2017

🌔I'll get back to you🌔
📝We use this expression to say that we need to find some information or do something and will contact the person later.

Written: ✔️ Spoken: ✔️Formal: ✖️Informal: ✔️

💥Example 1
🅰Can you tell me how many students are taking the exam next month?
🅱I'll find out. I'll get back to you.

💥Example 2
🅰Do you know what has been decided?
🅱Not yet. I'll get back to you on that.
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24 Jan 2017 08:25

🍂To think too long about doing a thing often becomes its undoing.
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20 Jan 2017 05:51

Phrase of the day
⏱Today: 20th January 2017

📒I can't put my finger on it📒

📝We use this expression to say that we can't explain or fully understand something.

Written: ✖️Spoken: ✔️Formal: ✖️Informal: ✔️

💥Example1⃣
🅰She looks different, doesn't she?
🅱Yes, I can't put my finger on it. Has she changed her hair?

💥Example 2⃣
🅰Why don't you like Sam?
🅱I don't know. I can't put my finger on it. I just feel we can't trust him.
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16 Jan 2017 05:59

Phrasal Verb of the Day
⏱Today: Mo, 16 Jan 2017

✔️run out on✔️

📝Meaning: to suddenly leave the person you're in a relationship with
💥For example:

🔸run out on sb 🔹After running out on her husband, Heather went to live in Bali with a younger man.

🔹run out on sb 🔸Just before my mother gave birth to my little sister, my father ran out on us.
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12 Jan 2017 22:29

Phrasal Verb of the Day
⏱Today: Fr, 13 Jan 2017

✔️butt in✔️

📝Meaning: to start talking when somebody else is already talking
✅For example:

🔹butt in🔸 David doesn't know how to join in a conversation without butting in.

🔸butt in🔹 Sorry for butting in, but does anyone know where Bill is? I have an urgent message for him.
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11 Jan 2017 04:53

Phrase of the day
⏱Today: 11th January 2017

➡️Might as well⬅️
📝We use this expression to agree to a suggestion or question about doing something - often if it was not our original plan.

Written:
No
Spoken:
Yes
Formal:
No
Informal:
Yes

💥Example 1
🅰We've been waiting for an hour. Shall we go for a drink?
🅱Might as well - I don't think Jane will come now.

💥Example 2
🅰There's only one piece of cake left - shall we finish it?
🅱Might as well - it won't keep, anyway.
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07 Jan 2017 04:10

Phrasal Verb of the Day
⏱Today: 7th Jan 2017
➡️run on 1⃣⬅️

📝Meaning: to use a particular type of fuel or a particular power source
💥For example:

🔸run on sth🔹 🔶Why did it take so long for the big car companies to develop and market cars that run on electricity instead of fossil fuels?

🔸run on sth🔹 🔷My new mobile phone runs on a battery that lasts for a month before it needs recharging.

☑️Nouns often used as objects with run on (1): oil, petrol, gasoline, gas, electricity, battery, solar power, nuclear power
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03 Jan 2017 03:44

Phrasal Verb of the Day
⏱Today: 3rd January 2017


➡️plug away ⬅️/ˈplʌg əˈweɪ/

💢: to continue doing something even though it is difficult or boring
— often + at
💥For example:

🔷 The kids are plugging away at their homework.

🔶She kept plugging away at her homework.
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31 Dec 2016 07:48

Phrasal Verb of the Day
⏱Today: Sat, 31 Dec 2016

➡️come of⬅️

💢Meaning: to be the result of an event or situation
💥For example:

🎾come of sth🎾
🔷 Did anything come of your job interview at the bank?

🎾come of sth🎾
🔶They should stop seeing each other behind her husband's back. No good can come of it.

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27 Dec 2016 09:35

⏱27th December 2016
➡️Running around like headless chickens⬅️

💢We use this expression to describe a group of people who are disorganised and possibly all panicking.
▶️Example 1
🅰How was the first day in your new school.
🅱Not great. It was very disorganised - all the staff were running around like headless chickens.

▶️Example 2
🅰How was your meal last night?
🅱The food was great. But I think one of the staff was off sick because they were all running around like headless chickens.
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06 Feb 2017 23:23

Phrase of the day
Today: 7th February 2017

📙Have it your way📙
📝We use this expression to say we agree - perhaps reluctantly - with the other person's idea, opinion or choice.

Written:✅Spoken: ✅Formal: ❌Informal:✅

💥Example 1
🅰We always go shopping on Saturday. I want to stay at home for a change.
🅱OK - have it your way. We'll stay at home on Saturday if you prefer.

💥Example 2
🅰They're married.
🅱No, they are just friends.
🅰OK, have it your way. They're friends - but friends who are always together.
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04 Feb 2017 04:59

🍂Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.
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02 Feb 2017 19:31

Phrase of the day
⏱Today: 02 Feb 2017

✅A hot potato✅
📘The phrase ‘ a hot potato’ usually means: a delicate subject which people have different opinions and feel very emotional about.

💥Example of use: “I never ask about anyone’s marital status; it can be a hot potato.”

🤔Interesting fact
It's not too hard to understand this phrase, try holding a hot potato and you'll drop it immediately!
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31 Jan 2017 04:57

Phrase of the day
⏱Today: 31th January 2017

🔴By the sound of it🔴

📝We use this expression to make a guess about something.

Written: ✅Spoken: ✅Formal: ✅Informal: ✅

💥Example 1
🅰Do you know what Stef did this weekend?
🅱She tried bungee jumping for the first time. By the sound of it she head great time.

💥Example 2
🅰I just got a postcard from Mike.
🅱Oh, really. Is he enjoying his holiday?
🅰By the sound of it, he's not having very good weather.
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29 Jan 2017 04:31

Phrasal Verb of the Day
⏱Today: 29th January 2017

✅object to✅
📝Meaning: If you object to something, you don't think it's a good thing or a good idea, so you oppose it or you are against it.

🍁Synonym: oppose

💥For example:
🔸object to sth🔹 ➡️Most people object to the huge bonuses that banks and financial companies pay their top executives.

🔹object to sth🔸 ➡️Some politicians object to the new law that will improve health care for children because it might mean lower profits for big drug companies.

🔮Nouns often used as objects with object to: decision, verdict, plan, idea, proposal, law
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25 Jan 2017 04:46

Phrasal Verb of the day
⏱25th January 2017
✅boil down to something✅

📝Meaning: This is the most important part of something

💥Examples:

⚫️It all boils down to money in the end. (Money is the most important part of this)
🔴What it all boils down to is, can they do the work before the end of November?
🔵This promotion will only be successful if we can sell 50,000 units. It all boils down to sales at the end of the day.

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✔️This phrasal verb is not used in the progressive tense - e.g. it's all boiling down to money* WRONG

✔️This phrasal verb often comes with 'all' at the beginning
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21 Jan 2017 04:40

Phrasal Verb of the Day
⏱Today: Sa, 21st January 2017

✔️offer up✔️

📝Meaning: to give thanks, praise or prayers to God or gods
💥For example:

🔸offer up sth🔹 ➡️After the accident, Nola offered up prayers for her child's recovery.

🔹offer up sth to sth/sb🔸 ➡️In a traditional ceremony, the villagers offered up sacrificed animals to their gods.
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19 Jan 2017 04:42

🍂The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
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14 Jan 2017 03:41

Phrase of the day
⏱Today: 14th January 2017

📘📙📗By the way
📝We use this expression to introduce a different topic or new idea which may be only partly related to what we were talking about.

Written:
Yes
Spoken:
Yes
Formal:
Yes
Informal:
Yes

💥Example 1
🅰Is it Alicia's birthday next week?
🅱Yes, it is. By the way, she's split up with her boyfriend, so don't say anything about him.

💥Example 2
🅰See you on Saturday evening at 7.00, then.
🅱Right. Oh, by the way, where's the best place to park?
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12 Jan 2017 05:17

Slang of the Day
Today: Th, 12 Jan 2017

➡️ripped (1⃣)⬅️

💯Meaning: to have well-defined muscles
💥For example:

🔷After I'd been working out in the gym for a year or so, people started saying, "You're gettin' ripped, dude."

🔶We watched a show about prisons last night, and I swear every single guy in there was ripped.
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10 Jan 2017 06:39

Phrasal Verb of the Day
Today: Tu, 10 Jan 2017

➡️laugh off⬅️

📝Meaning: to joke about something in order to make it seem less serious
▶️For example:

✔️laugh sth off ✔️
🔸Everyone makes mistakes, and sometimes the best thing to do is just laugh them off.

✔️laugh sth off✔️
🔹If you come to work late again, you mightn't be able to laugh it off so easily. I heard the boss say he might fire you.
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05 Jan 2017 04:57

Phrase of the day
⏱Today: 5th January 2017

➡️I wouldn't dream of it⬅️

📝We use this expression to say that we completely refuse a suggestion or idea - often to be polite.
Written: Yes⭕️Spoken: Yes⭕️Formal: Yes⭕️Informal: Yes
▶️Example 1
🅰If you found £100 in the street, would you keep it?
🅱I wouldn't dream of it. I'd go straight to the police with the money.

▶️Example 2
🅰Here, you can drop me here and I can walk the rest of the way home.
🅱No. I wouldn't dream of it - it's dark and it's late, so I'll drive you home.
🅰Thanks, that's so kind of you.
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02 Jan 2017 04:31

Phrase of the day
⏱2nd January 2017

➡️Count me in / out⬅️
📝We use this expression to say that we want to join in an activity (IN) or not join in an activity (OUT).
💢Written: ✔️ Spoken: ✔️ Formal:✖️ Informal:✔️💢
▶️Example 1
🅰We're having a picnic tomorrow. Are you interested?
🅱Count me in! I love picnics.

▶️Example 2
🅰I think we should complain to the director.
🅱Count me out. I don't want to make him angry.
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30 Dec 2016 04:22

⏱30th December 2016
➡️I wish⬅️
💢We use this expression to say that something is not true, but we wish it were true.
▶️Example 1
🅰You're all right. You've got a great job and can take as many holidays as you like.
🅱I wish! I only get ten days in August most years.

▶️Example 2
🅰Look at this picture. It's a great car - the new Maserati. You've got one, haven't you?
🅱I wish! I drive an old VW!
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26 Dec 2016 00:53

⏱Today: Mo, 26 Dec 2016
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📕point out

📝Meaning: to tell someone something you think they should know
💥For example:

💠point out sth💠 Cassie pointed out a few mistakes in the article that no-one had noticed.

💠point sth out💠 Thanks for pointing these things out to us.
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