English Language

13 Mar 2017 07:58

Phrase of the day

13th March 2017

✳️In a word, no

☑️We use this expression to summarise our negative feelings or to give a short negative answer

Written:
No❎
Spoken:
Yes✅
Formal:
No❎
Informal:
Yes✅

Example 1⃣
🅰Did you enjoy your meal?
🅱In a word, no. It was too hot, the vegetables were overcooked and the sauce was terrible.

Example 2⃣
🅰Is Marie going to help us this afternoon?
🅱In a word, no. She gave me a long explanation about why she can't be with us this time.
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11 Mar 2017 19:51

Phrase of the day

✳️Hit the sheets

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09 Mar 2017 21:44

Slang of the Day

Today: Fri, 10 Mar 2017

⭕️uncool

✅Meaning: not good, not acceptable, not fashionable

▶️For example:

🔹My kids think it's uncool to be dropped off at a party by their parents, so they get me to drop them off a few houses away so their friends can't see.

🔹Doesn't Kerry know that it's uncool to smoke in other people's apartments these days?
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09 Mar 2017 05:59

Phrasal Verb of the Day

make out (1⃣)

⏱Today: Thu, 09 Mar 2017

☑️Meaning: to see or hear something, but only with difficulty

▶️For example:

1⃣make sth out 💥This person's handwriting is really difficult to read. I can't understand this word here. Can you make it out?

2⃣make out sth 💥If you can't make out what someone's saying, ask them to repeat it.
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08 Mar 2017 04:04

Phrasal Verb of the Day

📕associate with

Today: Wed, 08 Mar 2017

☑️Meaning: If you associate with someone, you regularly spend time with them.

▶️For example:

1⃣associate with sb 🔹While my brother was in New York in the late 70's, he associated with lots of punk musicians and underground artists.

2⃣associate with sb 🔹If Terry associates with other criminals, he'll be sent back to jail again.
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07 Mar 2017 10:43

Phrase of the day

⏱7th March 2017

✳️And that's that/and that's final

☑️We use this expression to say we definitely won't change a decision we have made.

Written:
Yes✅
Spoken:
Yes✅
Formal:
No❎
Informal:
Yes✅

💥Example 1
🅰Can I go out with Kenny tonight? He's going to the cinema.
🅱No, you're going to stay and help me, and that's final.

💥Example 2
🅰Everybody has got an MP3 player at school! I want one.
🅱Well I'm not buying you one now, and that's that.
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06 Mar 2017 23:10

Phrasal Verb of the Day

⭕️believe in

✅Meaning: If you believe in something, you're sure that it's true or it really exists.

▶️For example:

1⃣believe in sth 🔹Not many people in Europe believe in ghosts, but many people in Asia do.

2⃣believe in sth 🔹Mahatma Gandhi believed in the power of non-violent protest.
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06 Mar 2017 04:18

Idiom of the Day

🔘have a heart-to-heart

☑️Meaning: If you have a heart-to-heart with someone, you have an honest talk and share your feelings with each other.

▶️For example:

🔹After we'd had a good heart-to-heart we understood each other much better.

🔹If you're not getting on well with someone, having a heart-to-heart can really help a lot.

🎯Note: "Heart-to-heart" can also be used as an adjective, as in "have a heart-to-heart talk".
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05 Mar 2017 10:53

⭐️Word of the Day
flatter /ˈflætɚ/ verb
flatters; flattered; flattering

💠The boy is flattering the girls with compliments.

☑️Learner's definition of FLATTER
[+ object]

1⃣ : to praise (someone) in a way that is not sincere

🔸He flattered her with comments about her youthful appearance.

🔸His comments flattered her.

🔸You're just flattering me.

2⃣
: to cause (someone) to feel pleased by showing respect, affection, or admiration

🔹It flattered her to be asked to sing at their wedding.
— usually used as (be) flattered

🔹She was flattered when they asked her to sing.

🔹I'm flattered that he asked me out, but he isn't my type.

3⃣
🅰 : to show or describe (someone or something) in a way that is very favorable or too favorable

🔸That portrait flatters him. [=that portrait makes him look better than he really does]

🅱 : to cause (someone or something) to look as attractive as possible

🔹That dress really flatters your figure.

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✳️flatter yourself

✅: to believe something about yourself that makes you feel pleased or proud

🔹Don't flatter yourself—you don't sing any better than we do.
🔸I flatter myself on my skill in dancing. = I flatter myself that I'm a good dancer.
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05 Mar 2017 10:53

Daily English Conversation

✳️Can you break a twenty-dollar bill?

👉 Jackie has a 20-dollar bill and wants to break it so that she may have some smaller bills and change for the laundry.

🔹Cashier: How can I help you, Miss?

🔸Jackie: Could you break a 20 for me?

🔹Cashier: Sure. How do you want it?

🔸Jackie: Could I have two 5's and the rest in ones?

🔹Cashier: Well, I have some 5's, but I don't have enough 1's. Are quarters fine with you?

🔸Jackie: Oh, that's even better! In that case, I won't have to worry about the small change for the laundry.

🔹Cashier: Here you go!

🔸Jackie: Thanks a million!
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04 Mar 2017 23:55

Idiom of the Day

📚stick out like a sore thumb | stand out like a sore thumb

✅Meaning: If someone sticks out like a sore thumb, or stands out like a sore thumb, everyone notices them because they're not the same as the people around them.

▶️For example:

🔸Kenny stuck out like a sore thumb at the party. He was the only person wearing a suit and a tie.

🔹When I was in the Nigerian countryside I stood out like a sore thumb. I was the only white person around.
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03 Mar 2017 09:06

Slang of the Day
☑️anxious and nervous about something,not able to relax.
✳️Uptight

🔹Don’t get uptight and worry about things that may or may not happen.
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01 Mar 2017 22:25

✳️go to bed with the chickens
Ⓜ️to go to bed very early
🔹My grandfather always goes to bed with the chickens because he works on a farm.
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01 Mar 2017 00:10

Phrasal Verb of the Day

⭕️part with

☑️Meaning: to give something to someone else, especially when you'd prefer to keep it

🔹For example:

🕳part with sth
✳️Mark hated parting with his collection of rare books, but he really needed the money he got by selling them.

🕳part with sth
✳️Mum didn't want to part with our baby clothes or our old school books, but we made her get rid of them.
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27 Feb 2017 22:52

Slang of the Day

🔘To be ripped (adjective).
☑️In normal everyday English ripped means ‘torn’ – you can rip your jeans or a piece of paper, but… …in slang it’s got nothing to do with that. If a person is ripped (usually men/guys, but not always) means they have great muscles and bodies – probably because they work out a lot the gym or are into sport.

🔹Example 1)

🅰“Dude, you’re so ripped! What’s your secret?”

🅱“Gym two hours a day!”

🔹Example 2)

🅰“Have you seen Martin lately?”

🅱“No, why?”

🅰“He’s done something to himself! He totally ripped!”

🅱“What? No way! He used to be so overweight!”
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11 Mar 2017 22:03

Phrasal Verb of the Day

⭕️work on

☑️Meaning: to spend time making, fixing or improving something

▶️For example:

1⃣work on sth 🔹Alfred would work on a movie's screenplay for months before starting to shoot the movie.

2⃣work on doing sth 🔹If you work on improving your English conversation skills, you should be ready for promotion in a couple of months.
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09 Mar 2017 21:49

Idiom of the Day

⏱Today: Fri, 10 Mar 2017

⭕️jump down your throat | jump all over you

☑️Meaning: If someone jumps down your throat, or jumps all over you, they strongly criticise you or scold you.

▶️For example:

🔹All I did was come twenty minutes late, and the manager jumped down my throat. I don't understand why he got so mad.

🔹Janie's parents jumped all over her for forgetting to call them and tell them she'd be getting home late.
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09 Mar 2017 06:07

Phrase of the day

⏱Today: Thu, 9th March 2017

📚(It's) about time

📝We use this expression to say we feel something should have happened much earlier.


Written:
Yes✅
Spoken:
Yes✅
Formal:
No❎
Informal:
Yes✅

▶️Example 1⃣

🅰Here's the letter you asked me to write.
🅱It's about time! I asked you for that ages ago!
Sorry.

▶️Example 2⃣

🅰They've finished the new supermarket in the city centre.
🅱About time! They were working on it for years!
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08 Mar 2017 04:06

Phrase of the day

8th March 2017

✳️It's (just) not me

☑️We use this expression to say something does not suit us or is not right for us.


Written:
Yes✅
Spoken:
Yes✅
Formal:
No❎
Informal:
Yes✅

▶️Example 1⃣

🅰Don't you like those trousers?
🅱I tried them on, but they're just not me. Yellow is not my colour.

▶️Example 2⃣

🅰If you were a lawyer you could earn a fortune.
🅱Maybe, but that's just not me. I couldn't stand the stress of a job like that.
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08 Mar 2017 04:02

Idiom of the Day

✳️another string to your bow
🇬🇧British English

Today: Wed, 08 Mar 2017

☑️Meaning: If you have another string to your bow, you have another way of making a living.

▶️For example:

🔹Lots of people learn to teach English so they'll have another string to their bow.

🔹I've lost my job and I'll have to retrain for something else. I wish I already had another string to my bow.

💥Origin: Probably metaphorical, from the fact that if an archer has a spare string for their bow, they can still shoot an arrow even if their first string breaks.

🎯Variety: This idiom is typically used in British English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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07 Mar 2017 09:58

Slang of the Day

✳️Frenemy

▶️Example: Zack is John’s frenemy. They get a long in the office but both of them work on internal competing teams.

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06 Mar 2017 04:18

⭕️get away with

☑️Meaning: to do something illegal or immoral and not get caught or punished

▶️For example:

1⃣get away with sth 🔹Janet got away with shoplifting clothes the first few times, but she soon got caught and now she's stuck with a police record for the rest of her life.

2⃣get away with sth 🔹Bobby nearly got away with the robbery, but he spent the money too quickly and local police who knew him got suspicious.

🔴Nouns often used as objects with get away with: cheating, stealing, lying, robbery, theft, fraud, corruption, murder
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05 Mar 2017 13:12

Phrase of the day

✳️Suit yourself

☑️We use this expression to reply to someone who has made a decision we don't agree with or approve of.

Written:
Yes✅
Spoken:
Yes✅
Formal:
No❎
Informal:
Yes✅

💥Example 1
🅰I'm not going to the match this Saturday. I'm doing my homework instead.
🅱Suit yourself. It's going to be a great game, though.

💥Example 2
🅰I don't like violent films, so I don't think I'll go to the cinema with you tonight.
🅱Suit yourself. But everyone else is coming, so it'll be fun.

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05 Mar 2017 10:53

Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done.

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05 Mar 2017 10:52

Phrasal Verb of the Day

✳️get across

✅Meaning: to communicate something or make something understood by others

⭕️Synonym: get over, convey, put across

▶️For example:

🔹get sth across 💥I've studied English for years, but I still have trouble getting my ideas across in a conversation.

🔸get across sth 💥A good advertisement gets across whatever it is that makes a product seem essential to buyers.
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04 Mar 2017 04:15

Phrase of the day

✳️Make yourself at home
✅We use this expression to invite someone to sit down and relax or to do what they want when they visit our home.

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

🔹Example 1
🅰Can I have a glass of water?
🅱Sure, the kitchen is right there. Make yourself at home.

🔹Example 2
🅰Nice flat!
🅱Thanks. Sit down. Make yourself at home.
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03 Mar 2017 08:58

Phrasal Verb of the Day
✳️To brush up on
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01 Mar 2017 22:17

🔘Hush-Haush
Ⓜ️Very secret
▶️I want you to keep this hush-hush, but my wife is pregnant!
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27 Feb 2017 23:14

🍂“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.”

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27 Feb 2017 22:51

Phrase of the day

✳️Nice try
✅We use this expression to say that we won't do or believe what someone has said or tried to make us do, or to show that we appreciate something that did not work.


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

🔹Example 1
🅰I tried to get the teacher to drop our test by saying we were all ill. She refused.
🅱Nice try.

🔹Example 2
🅰You know I'm related to the queen on my mother's side? Actually we're distant cousins.
🅱Nice try - but I still won't let you borrow my coat! It was expensive.
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