English Language

15 Mar 2017 18:29

Phrase of the day

✳️Same here
✅We use this expression to say we agree with someone about something.

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

🔹Example 1⃣
🅰I thought the film was brilliant, and the music was great too.
🅱Same here.

🔹Example 2⃣
🅰I really like relaxing holidays where I just lie on the beach all day.
🅱Same here. I don't like visiting museums and stuff like that.
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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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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
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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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