English Language
10 Jun 2024 20:05
📚as soon as possible | asap
✍🏾Meaning
If you do something as soon as possible (sometimes abbreviated to "asap"), you do it at the first possible opportunity.
❗️For example
🔸She said she'll be here as soon as possible, so there's no point calling her again. She's coming as quickly as she can.
🔸I'm in a meeting now, but I'll call you back asap.
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09 Jun 2024 20:55
📒 The tide must be taken when it comes
📖Meaning
We should use all opportunities when they come, before it's too late.
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08 Jun 2024 20:15
📚for my money
✍🏾Meaning
You can say "for my money" to mean the same as "in my opinion".
❗️For example
🔸For my money, the best restaurant in town is the "Ahaan Aroy" Thai restaurant in Prescott Street.
🔸Leo reckons Sony make the best TVs, but for my money the new Panasonics are much better than Sonys.
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05 Jun 2024 21:41
📚under the table
✍🏾Meaning
If something is done under the table, it's done secretly, usually because it's illegal or unethical.
❗️For example
🔸If I do any overtime, can you pay me under the table so I won't have pay tax on it.
🔸If you make under-the-table payments to customs officials, you can get goods through the port without having them inspected.
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04 Jun 2024 20:34
📒 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
📖Meaning
Different people see beauty in different ways. What one person finds beautiful may not appeal to another person.
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03 Jun 2024 20:25
📚easy as pie | easy as abc
✍🏾Meaning
If something's as easy as pie, or easy as abc, it's very easy.
❗️For example
🔸Setting up the printer was as easy as pie.
🔸You'll have no trouble finding your way around the website. It's easy as abc.
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02 Jun 2024 22:02
📒 A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse
📖Meaning
A very small hint is enough to convey our meaning. It is not always necessary to say what we want explicitly.
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01 Jun 2024 20:45
📚answer the call of nature
✍🏾Meaning
If you answer the call of nature, you go to the toilet.
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🔸Could we stop somewhere? I need to answer the call of nature.
🔸Does anyone need to answer the call of nature before we set off?
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30 May 2024 11:00
📒give up (1)
📖Meaning
If you give up, you stop trying to do something because it's too hard or because it can't be done.
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 I know it's hard to find a job these days, but don't give up. Keep trying and sooner or later you'll get one.
💬 I decided to fix my printer myself, but the problem was too serious so I gave up trying and took it to the repair shop.
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29 May 2024 09:49
💠 footy 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
Australian Rules Football, Aussie Rules Football
❕For example
🔺I grew up in Melbourne in Australia, so when I was kid I was crazy about footy and about my favourite club, St. Kilda. And I still love footy today!
🔺Hey Mark! You wanna go to the footy on Saturday? Collingwood's playing St. Kilda at the M.C.G., so it should be a beauty!
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28 May 2024 10:02
📒take up (1)
📖Meaning
to fill an area of space or a period of time
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 We're selling the dining table because it takes up too much room in our new apartment.
💬 I don't have much spare time, and exercising takes most of that up anyway.
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26 May 2024 23:42
💠 kef | kif 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
plant material that's smoked or ingested for its mind-altering effects, such as cannabis, marijuana or hashish
❕For example
🔺While he was in Lebanon, Johanne smoked kef through a hookah with his Lebanese friends.
🔺Our history professor said that kif has been smoked in India and the Middle East for thousands of years.
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10 Jun 2024 12:54
💠 fall apart 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
If something falls apart, it breaks into pieces or parts start falling off.
❕For example
🔺My old shoes are falling apart, so I'll have to get some new ones.
🔺If the model plane falls apart, get some stronger glue and put it together again.
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09 Jun 2024 10:03
📒factor in
📖Meaning
to include a certain item when calculating or planning something
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Don't forget to factor in transport costs when you make the quotation.
💬 You need to factor the political situation in when deciding on a country to invest in.
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08 Jun 2024 10:35
💠 dag 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
an unfashionable or socially awkward person
❕For example
🔺It's weird how Greg's one of the coolest guys in the school, but his brother's such a dag.
🔺Try not to be such a dag, Kenny. And stop wearing those daggy old clothes while you're at it.
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06 Jun 2024 20:12
📒 Ignorance of the law is no excuse
📖Meaning
It is no defence to say that we didn't know that something we did was illegal.
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06 Jun 2024 11:20
📒date from
📖Meaning
If something dates from a certain time, it was made at that time.
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 These antique glasses date from the mid-eighteenth century.
💬 How can I found out if these coins really date from the period he claims they were from?
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05 Jun 2024 09:02
💠 kook 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
a strange or eccentric person
❕For example
🔺There's this kook in my apartment building with snake tattoos on his face and he keeps these giant pythons as pets.
🔺Why did Margaret marry a kook like that guy Jim? He thinks he's some sort of Indian holy man or something.
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04 Jun 2024 12:50
📒cross out
📖Meaning
If you cross something out, you draw a line through it with a pen or a pencil, usually because it's wrong or is no longer necessary.
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 If you make a mistake, cross it out and write down what you think is correct instead.
💬 When guests arrive, cross out their names on the guest list so that we know they're here.
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03 Jun 2024 09:14
💠 fix (1) 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
to influence the result of a contest, a vote, or a race by illegal or unethical means
❕For example
🔺The result of the football game was fixed by a group of gamblers who bribed the referee to make decisions that favoured one team.
🔺The fixing of matches, or match-fixing, has been a problem in sports such as boxing and soccer.
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02 Jun 2024 11:13
📒pack up (2)
📖Meaning
If something packs up, it stops working and needs to be fixed.
🤓For example ⤵️
💬 Why does my air conditioner have to pack up on Friday? I can't get it fixed til Monday, and it's going to be a really hot weekend!
💬 Stan's printer has packed up again! Why doesn't he just get a new one?
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01 Jun 2024 12:05
💠 juicy 🇺🇸
✍🏾Meaning
very interesting in a scandalous or lurid way
❕For example
🔺I love reading Lucy's blog about Hollywood movie stars. It's full of juicy gossip about the private lives of all the biggest stars.
🔺Harry writes a newspaper column about juicy scandals in Washington. There's corruption and crime and drugs and sex, and it's great fun to read, of course.
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30 May 2024 23:44
📒 Women will have the last word
📖Meaning
A man cannot win an argument with a woman. Women talk more than men. They can always add something more to what they are saying.
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29 May 2024 20:19
📚in a nutshell
✍🏾Meaning
You can say "in a nutshell" if you're about to describe something as briefly as possible, or you're going to sum something up.
❗️For example
🔸It's a very complex situation, but the problem is, in a nutshell, a lack of sales.
🔸The president's in trouble and the reason, in a nutshell, is that people no longer trust him.
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28 May 2024 19:48
📒 Waste not, want not
📖Meaning
If we do not waste things we will not be short of things. If we use our resources carefully, we shall never be in need.
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27 May 2024 19:56
📚find your feet
✍🏾Meaning
If you're still finding your feet, you're still adjusting to a new place or a new situation.
❗️For example
🔸It takes a while to find your feet when you start a new job, but you'll soon figure out who's who and what's what.
🔸Gary's been studying here for three months and he still hasn't found his feet. Maybe he should try something else.
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26 May 2024 11:35
📒 Facts are stubborn things
📖Meaning
We cannot avoid the truth, even when it is not what we want to hear or express.
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