English Language

16 Apr 2017 06:34

Slang of the Day

❇️ump

☑️Meaning: umpire

📌For example:

🔰The umps have to make difficult decisions, and they usually get them right.

🔰"What's the matter with you, ump? Lost your seeing-eye dog, have ya?"

🛑Origin: short for "umpire"
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12 Apr 2017 12:04

Today's Idiom

❇️Make a mountain out of a molehill

☑️to cause something unimportant to seem important:
🔖Stop worrying! You're making a mountain out of a molehill.

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08 Apr 2017 18:34

Phrase of the day

📕Look on the bright side
✅We use this expression to encourage someone to think positively about a situation they believe is negative.

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

📌Example 1
🅰️It's so expensive living in New York.
🅱️Yes, but look on the bright side - you learn so much more here than by studying from books, so that's value for money!

📌Example 2
🅰️I've got four exams tomorrow!
🅱️Ok, but look on the bright side - once you've finished, you won't have any more exams for two years!
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03 Apr 2017 04:34

Phrasal Verb of the Day

❇️pull off

💢Meaning: to succeed in doing something difficult

🔺For example:

pull off sth 🔹James has just pulled off one of the biggest deals of his career.

pull sth off 🔹Nobody thought Lleyton could win the match, but he pulled it off with pure determination.
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31 Mar 2017 08:19

Slang of the Day

⭕️weed

☑️Meaning: marijuana, cannabis

🔺For example:

🎈You been smokin' that weed again? Your eyes are real red, dude!

🎈Smoking weed used to make me feel a bit scared and crazy sometimes, so I gave it up.
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29 Mar 2017 20:02

Phrase of the day

📕It's worth a try
☑️We use this expression to say that it's a good idea to try something.
👉Written: Yes✅ Spoken: Yes✅ Formal: No❎ Informal: Yes✅

🔺Example 1
🅰️Pete's not at home. Do you think I should call Ruth? He might be there?
🅱️It's worth a try. They are often together.

🔺Example 2
🅰️It would be great to have a day off next Monday. Shall we ask the boss if we can?
🅱️It's worth a try. He might say yes.

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26 Mar 2017 04:38

Slang of the Day

✳️threads
🇺🇸American English

☑️Meaning: clothes

For example:

🔹Check out Terry's new threads. He looks really sharp in that outfit.

🔹Those threads Jack's wearing look pretty expensive.

💥Note: usually refers to men's clothes

⭕️Variety: This slang term is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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24 Mar 2017 03:14

Idiom of the Day

📚ill at ease

✅Meaning: If you're ill at ease, you feel tense or you can't relax in a situation.

▶️For example:

✳️Liam always looks ill at ease when he's being interviewed on T.V.

✳️I don't mean to make people feel ill at ease, but I seem to have that effect on some people.
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19 Mar 2017 22:02

Phrase of the day
⏱20th March 2017

✳️Some hope
✅We use this expression to say we think something is pretty impossible.


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

Example 1⃣
🅰Do you think I can speak English perfectly in three months?
🅱Some hope! I've been learning for ten years and I still can't speak fluently.

Example 2⃣
🅰Do you think we'll win the match on Saturday?
🅱Some hope! Our team is playing rubbish at the moment.
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18 Mar 2017 04:00

Slang of the Day

🔘oi!
🇬🇧British English

☑️Meaning: a sound used to attract someone's attention, like "hey!"

▶️For example:

🔹The coach noticed that some of his players weren't listening, so he said, "Oi! Are you lads listening to me, or what?"

🔹"Oi, Benny! How you goin' mate?"

💥Note: "Oi!" (with an exclamation mark) is also the name of a style of British punk rock music enjoyed mostly by skinheads. Well-known Oi! bands include Cocksparrer, The Templars, The Press, Sham 69, Blitz, Cockney Rejects, Argy Bargy, The Bruisers and The Partisans.

🎯Origin: Possibly short for "hoi polloi", which is Greek for "the many" or "the masses". "Hoi polloi" was borrowed into English in the nineteenth century and now means "the working class" or "the lower class". Because "oi" has traditionally been used by working-class people, it's possible that it originated as an abbreviation of "hoi polloi" in order to signify a fellow member of the working classes.

⭕️Variety: This slang term is typically used in British English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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16 Mar 2017 03:52

Phrasal Verb of the Day

✳️knuckle down
⭕️INFORMAL

☑️Meaning: If you knuckle down, you start to take your work or your task seriously and do it properly.

▶️For example:

1⃣knuckle down 🔹The exams start next month, so I guess it's time I knuckled down and studied a bit harder.

2⃣knuckle down 🔹If Sammy wants to lose weight, he'll have to knuckle down and start exercising more at the gym.
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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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12 Apr 2017 18:41

Slang of the Day

🔘ocker
🇦🇺Australian English

☑️Meaning: a crude and obnoxious Australian

📌For example:

☢️Most Australians don't like ockers and the image of Australia they create.

☢️These ockers we met think getting drunk on beer and throwing up is cool. They were complete idiots!

🛑Note: usually refers to men, though female ockers do exist in small numbers

🔰Variety: This slang term is typically used in Australian English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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10 Apr 2017 11:35

Idiom of the Day

🔘itchy feet
🇬🇧British English INFORMAL

✅Meaning: If you have itchy feet, you feel the need to go somewhere different or do something different.

📌For example:

🔹It's no wonder Ken's got itchy feet. He's been doing the same job, in the same office, for nearly twenty years.

🔹Thanks to low-cost airlines, people with itchy feet who couldn't afford air fares in the past can now travel.

💥Variety: This idiom is typically used in British English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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04 Apr 2017 18:59

Phrase of the day
4th April 2017

❇️Put it this way
✅We use this expression to summarise a position that is probably quite extreme.

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

💧Example 1
🅰️Was she rude to you?
🅱️Put it this way - if she was a man, I would have punched her.

💧Example 2
🅰️Is it important?
🅱️Put it this way, if we don't do it, we'll go out of business.
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02 Apr 2017 16:46

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29 Mar 2017 21:56

Phrasal Verb of the Day

➡️let up⬅️

☑️Meaning: to become weaker or to become less intense

🔺For example:

let up 🔹The rain is still heavy, so let's wait here until it lets up a bit.

let up 🔹The pressure at work won't let up until we've signed the contract for this deal.

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27 Mar 2017 19:21

Idiom of the Day

✳️the upper hand
⏱ Mon, 27 Mar 2017

☑️Meaning: If you have the upper hand, you have the advantage or you're in the stronger position in a contest or a conflict.

🔺For example:

🔸With one race to go, the Ferrari team has the upper hand. If they get one of the top three places in the last race, they'll win this year's title.

🔸For many years Yahoo was the top search engine, but for the last few years Google has had the upper hand.
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25 Mar 2017 18:24

Phrase of the day

⭕️For a start / for starters
☑️We use this expression to give the main reason for something, either positive or negative, when there are several reasons for it.

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

Example 1⃣
🅰Why didn't you come out with us last night? We had a great time.
🅱Well, I don't have much money for a start. And I don't like some of the people there.

Example 2⃣
🅰Why don't you like that restaurant?
🅱The service is slow, for starters. And they don't have much variety.
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21 Mar 2017 21:38

Phrasal Verb of the Day

🔘lighten up
⭕️INFORMAL

☑️Meaning: to become less serious or more easy-going

▶️For example:

🔹My boss is so serious all the time. I wish she'd lighten up and joke around with us sometimes.

🔹Salima said that if Kareem doesn't lighten up and learn to have some fun, she'll stop seeing him and look for someone else.
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19 Mar 2017 13:45

Phrasal Verb of the Day

✳️Crowd Around

✍The phrasal verb 'crowd around' describes when people surround someone or something, especially because they want to see what is happening.
People usually 'crowd around' when someone has been injured, if there is something interesting or exciting to see, or if they are trying to hear someone speak.

🎈Here are some example sentences:

🔹The children were crowding around the small mouse, trying to see whether it was still alive or not.
🔹The followers crowded around their leader to hear him speak.
⭕️The noun 'crowd' is a group of people who have gathered together to do something.
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17 Mar 2017 14:44

Idiom of the Day

⏱Today: Fri, 17 Mar 2017

✳️right up your street
🇬🇧British English

☑️Meaning: If something is right up your street, it would be perfect for you or ideal for your skills and interests.

▶️For example:

💥I've found a job that should be right up Humphrey's street. It's writing for a cricket magazine, so he could use his writing skills and his knowledge of cricket.

💥I thought a tour of German castles would be right up your street, Sarah.

💠Note: The idioms "right down your alley" and "right up your alley" have the same meaning, but they're used more in American English.

🔰Variety: This idiom is typically used in British English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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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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