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27 Feb 2017 22:51

Idiom of the Day

⭕️" Big fish in a small pond "

Meaning:
☑️An important person but only so within a small area of influence.

🔹Example:
✳️Alison is the queen of the post room. She's a big fish in a small pond though - no one in the rest of the company knows who she is.

🎯Where did it originate?:
USA, late 19th century.

🎯Where is it used?:
Worldwide.
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27 Feb 2017 08:51

Phrase of the day

🔘I've got to shoot off

☑️We use this expression to say you have to leave immediately


Written:
No✖️
Spoken:
Yes✔️
Formal:
No✖️
Informal:
Yes✔️

🔹Example 1
🅰Sorry, I can't talk right now. I've got to shoot off.
🅱Okay, bye, see you tomorrow.

🔹Example 2
🅰As I was saying, he told me I wasn't doing my job properly and I said..
🅱Oh my God, is that the time? I've got to shoot off. I'll talk to you some other time.
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27 Feb 2017 08:50

👌You are remembered for the rules you break.

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27 Feb 2017 08:50

Idiom of the Day

🔘life of the party | life and soul of the party

☑️Meaning: If you are the life of the party, or the life and soul of the party, you are the liveliest and most entertaining person at a social gathering.
🔸For example:

✳️Harry is normally pretty quiet, but after he's had a few beers he becomes the life of the party.

✳️Don't forget to invite your brother. He's always the life and soul of the party.

⭕️Note: "Life of the party" is more common in American English and "life and soul of the party" is more common in British English, and both are used in Australia.
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26 Feb 2017 04:36

Slang of the Day

🔘To be amped (adjective)

☑️If you’re amped about something, you’re super excited or you can’t wait for something to happen.

🔹Example 1)

🅰“I can’t wait to see Beyonce live!”

🅱“Me too, I’m amped.”

💥It can also mean you’re really determined and you want something to happen. With this meaning you can also replace amped with pumped. In other words you’re full of adrenalin!

🔹Example 2)

🅰“I’m so amped for the game tonight!”

🅱“Yeah, I’m sure you are! You guys need to beat the Sox.”
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26 Feb 2017 04:30

🍂All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.

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25 Feb 2017 17:09

Today's Phrasal Verb:

🔘cut out

🔹Meanings and Examples:

1⃣Remove using scissors.

✳️"She cut out a picture of the actor in a magazine."

2⃣Stop doing something.

✳️"I'm going to cut out eating sweet food."
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22 Feb 2017 04:24

Phrase of the day

⭕️Stick to...
☑️We say this phrase to say or suggest that somebody continues to do something and doesn't change.


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

💥Example 1
🅰I tried going to a Frecnh restaurant last night but I didn't enjoy it.
🅱That's a pity. I guess you should stick to fish and chips then.
🅰Yes, no more foreign food for me.

💥Example 2
🅰I heard David Beckham is going to make a movie.
🅱That's crazy. He should stick to what he's good at.
🅰Yes, he should stick to modelling sunglasses.
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20 Feb 2017 04:32

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17 Feb 2017 07:40

Phrasal Verb of the Day

➡️hang over⬅️

☑️Meaning: If you feel that you are facing a threat or a danger, we can say the threat or the danger hangs over you.
▶️For example:

🔘hang over sb/sth ✳️The threat of unemployment hangs over everyone in the company.

🔘hang over sb/sth ✳️After a fire had destroyed the old church, a sense of loss hung over the town.

Quick Quiz:
The threat of illness hung over the city because
🅰. a new hospital was being built
🅱. doctors were increasing their fees
🆑. the new virus was spreading quickly

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15 Feb 2017 08:07

🔴Today's phrasal verb

Verb:
📕snow under

✅Definition:
to give too much work to do

🔘Examples:
✳️Our history teacher snowed us under with work for the weekend.

✳️Sorry, we can't meeting tomorrow. I'm completely snowed under at the moment.

✳️I'd help you if I weren't so snowed under myself.

💥Note:
The expression is most often used as in the last two example sentences.
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13 Feb 2017 09:13

🔘Phrase of the day

💥That's another story💥
🎯We use this expression to say that we have more information about a new topic, but that we are not going to say what it is.

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

✳️Example 1
🅰How long have you been friends with Sam? I didn't know you knew her.
🅱We were more than friends, actually. But that's another story.

✳️Example 2
🅰Did you have a good weekend?
🅱Great. The hotel was fantastic. And I met a nice man, but that's another story.
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11 Feb 2017 22:02

Phrasal Verb of the Day

🔘get ahead🔘

✅Meaning: If you get ahead, you make progress in your career.
💥For example:

🎯get ahead 🔹Peter says he got ahead by working hard and listening to people who knew more than he did.

🎯get ahead 🔹She won't get ahead unless she quits this job and starts working for a bigger company.
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10 Feb 2017 04:45

🎯Conversation

🔘Expedite your payment !!!🔘

🅰Max Hello, Reiner. How are you ?
🅱Reiner Oh, hi Max. I'm good. Thanks.
🅰Max Sorry to bother you, but I'd like to know when we can receive your payment. It's a bit late since it's supposed to be made a month ago.
🅱Reiner I'm sorry about the delay. This simple job gets complicated because we are switching bank accounts. We've got tons of paperwork to work on and need another ten days to finish all the procedures.
🅰Max Is it possible that you pay it earlier by the end of this month ?
🅱Reiner The next payment run we're doing will be ten days later. This is when the invoice will be paid, not earlier. Please understand.
🅰Max We understand. But still, please expedite the payment as soon as possible. Thanks you

📕Explanation :

✳️Expedite - To cause to be done more quickly; to hurry

▶️Example : Something needs to be done to expedite the process.
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09 Feb 2017 09:35

🌎Phrasal Verb of the Day
🕰Today: Thu, 09 Feb 2017

🎯mouth off🎯
⭕️INFORMAL

💢Meaning: to speak in a loud and annoying way, especially when criticizing or complaining about something
💥For example:

🔹mouth off 🔘Some guy in the pub got punched because he was mouthing off about something and I guess he upset someone.

🔸mouth off 🔘After he'd had a couple of beers Robert started mouthing off about the evils of big government again last night.
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27 Feb 2017 22:50

Phrasal Verb of the Day

⭕️get away

☑️Meaning: to leave a place
🔹For example:

🔸get away
✳️I had the fish on the line, but just as I was getting it out of the water, it fell back in and got away.

🔸get away
✳️I wanted to join you for dinner, but I just couldn't get away. There was too much going on in the office.

🔸get away from sth
✳️We left the pub to get away from the noise.
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27 Feb 2017 08:51

🗣Conversation

⭕️You have to walk a dog every day !!!

🅰Tania Why is your dog whining and looking at you so expectantly ?

🅱Barry It's the time of day. He always does that around now.

🅰Tania What does he want ?

🅱Barry He wants me to take him out for a walk.

🅰Tania Are you going to ?

🅱Barry Oh yes, but I like to tease him a bit by pretending not to notice.

🅰Tania Do you take him out every day ?

🅱Barry Of course, you have to walk a dog every day because it needs the exercise to stay healthy.

🔹Explanation :

If you walk your dog, you take it for a walk in order to keep it healthy.

💥Example : I walk my dog each evening around my local streets.
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27 Feb 2017 08:50

Phrasal Verb of the Day

🔴muscle in

☑️Meaning: to use your power or influence to force your way into a situation even if you're not wanted
For example:

🔹muscle in 💥As soon as oil was discovered in the country, the big oil companies muscled in and soon had most of the exploration rights.

🔸muscle in on sth 💥When the major airlines saw how well the new route was doing, they muscled in on it and got a piece of the action.
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26 Feb 2017 04:45

🎯Conversation

🔘You look really chic !!!🔘

🅰Gina Where are you off to ?
🅱Alison I'm going to a civic reception at the town hall.
🅰Gina Who's it for ?
🅱Alison It's for a delegation from our sister city in Germany.
🅰Gina Well I must say that outfit really suits you. You look really chic.
🅱Alison Thank you. I want to look my best for the foreign guests.

⭕️Explanation :

Something or someone that is chic is fashionable and sophisticated.

▶️Example : Her gown was very French and very chic.
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26 Feb 2017 04:32

Phrase of the day

🔘Try me
☑️We use this expression to invite someone to ask us something or ask us to do something with them.


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

🔹Example 1
🅰I wanted to ask you a favour, but I think you'll say no.
🅱Try me. I'm feeling generous.

🔹Example 2
🅰You haven't read the book, so I don't think you can answer this question.
🅱Try me - you might be surprised.
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26 Feb 2017 04:24

Phrasal Verb of the Day

⭕️to mess about

Definition ☑️to treat someone badly (often by being unreliable or unfaithful)

🔹Examples
✳️If you don't stop messing me about, I'm going to walk right out on you.

✳️Don't let her mess you about like that. Show her who's boss!
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23 Feb 2017 21:05

Phrasal Verb of the Day

🔴run off with🔴

☑️Meaning: If you run off with somebody, you leave home secretly in order to be with them.
🔹For example:

⭕️run off with sb 🔘Anna ran off with her sweetheart Lucas after their parents had tried to stop them from seeing each other.

⭕️run off with sb 🔘Can you believe it? Stan has run off with his secretary and they're living in Hawaii.
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21 Feb 2017 16:06

Phrasal Verb of the Day

🔘clear up🔘

☑️Meaning: If an illness or a condition like acne clears up, it improves until it's no longer a problem.
For example:

🔹clear up 💥As soon as I stopped swimming in the pool my skin cleared up, so something in the water must have been causing the rash.

🔹clear up sth 💥I bought some special vitamin E cream to get rid of my pimples, and within a couple of weeks most of them had cleared up.
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19 Feb 2017 14:33

Slang of the Day

🔴arty | artsy🔴

☑️Meaning: displaying an interest in the arts or high culture
For example:

💥Most Hollywood actors are careful not to sound too arty when they're being interviewed.

💥Mark says most Americans are insecure, so they don't like "artsy" people because deep down inside they feel inferior to them.
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16 Feb 2017 04:53

Today's idiom:

📕a close shave📕

☑️a near accident or disaster

💥I had a close shave driving home last night. A deer ran across the road in front of me and I almost drove into a tree.

💥I was walking in the mountains when a rock crashed down onto the path behind me. I don't need another close shave like that!
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14 Feb 2017 04:55

Idiom of the Day
🎯to beat a dead horse.🎯

Definition: ☑️to keep on doing something after there is no point in doing so

🔘Examples
✳️You're just beating a dead horse. He's never going to change his mind.
✳️I finally realized that I was beating a dead horse. Nothing I could say was going to make any difference.
✳️Relying on new or existing manufacturing jobs to save the day down the road isn't just beating a dead horse, it's laying down beside it.
✳️I also think that we may have reached the point of beating a dead horse ... so with thanks and love to all, I now respectfully close this thread.

Explanation: 📝The word beat in this idiom means hit. An alternative expression is to flog a dead horse. (Hitting a dead horse is not going to make it move!)
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12 Feb 2017 04:46

🔘on exhibit /ˈɑːn ɪgˈzɪbət / idiom

✅Definition of ON EXHIBIT: being publicly shown in an exhibition

✳️The photographs are on exhibit in the museum's west wing.

✳️The painting went on exhibit last week.

✳️The painting was put on exhibit.
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11 Feb 2017 06:56

Slang of the Day

✅redneck✅
🇺🇸American English Offensive
Today: Sat, 11 Feb 2017

🎯Meaning: a lower-class white person from a rural background
For example:

✳️We were driving through Alabama when we saw some rednecks riding in the back of a pick-up truck drinking whiskey from a bottle.

✳️If it wasn't for the redneck vote, the Republicans wouldn't have won the election.

🔘Origin: Originally referred to working-class white people from the southeastern states of the USA. These people often worked outside as farmers or labourers, and they'd often have red necks as a result of sunburn.

🔘Variety: This slang term is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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09 Feb 2017 09:48

📘Phrase of the day

✳️The other way round/around✳️
✍We use this expression to say that some information was backwards.

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

🔘Example 1
🅰So you invited Karen to your party?
🅱No, the other way round - she invited me to her party.

🔘Example 2
🅰You said the plane leaves at four and arrives at six?
🅱No, the other way round. It leaves at six and arrives at four the next morning.
🅰I see.
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07 Feb 2017 22:12

✅Conversation

📘Give me the rundown !!!📘

🅰Renee: We need to book a meeting room. But the meeting rooms are almost booked out. I'm still working on that.
🅱Michelle: Please try your best to get us a room. Your know we cannot reschedule the rehearsal.
🅰Renee : I'll do my best. And I'll make sure all the presentation slides are ready on the computer.
🅱Michelle: Good. And don't forget to give me the rundown on the rehearsal.
Ⓜ️Sam: No problem. Renee and I will see to it.
🅱Michelle: Then that concludes our meeting today. Let's roll.

🔘Explanation :

Rundown - A detailed report

💥Example : Here's a rundown on/of the activities of our ten biggest competitors.
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