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💣 SET PHRASE
📙 not move a muscle
🔹Definition:
to remain perfectly motionless.
🔹Examples
Be quiet. Sit there and don’t move a muscle.
I was so tired I couldn’t move a muscle.
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📙 get to the bottom of something
🔹Definition:
to get an understanding of the causes of something.
🔹Examples
We must get to the bottom of this problem immediately.
There is clearly something wrong here, and I want to get to the bottom of it.
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💣 SET PHRASE
📙 pull one’s socks up
🔹Definition:
to make an effort to improve one’s behavior or performance.
🔹Examples
If you don’t want to be expelled from school, you’ll have to pull your socks up.
The firm will have to pull its socks up in order to stay in business.
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💣 SET PHRASE
📙 lovely weather for ducks
🔹Definition:
rainy weather
🔹Examples
It’s raining and it’s lovely weather for ducks.
I don’t like this weather, but it’s lovely weather for ducks.
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💣 SET PHRASE
📙 tumble to something
🔹Definition:
suddenly to understand or realize something.(Informal.)
🔹Examples
I suddenly tumbled to the reason for his behaviour.
When will Meg tumble to the fact that her husband is dishonest?
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🎬 How to Reassure & Encourage someone in their bad times?
In this Spoken English lesson, you would learn some useful English expressions to reassure someone. Problems are inevitable, there are problems at work, in personal life, with friends and colleagues, at home. No one in this world has escaped problems, So if you have to reassure someone to stay motivated and move on in life these English phrases are great and come handy while speaking English.
💣 SET PHRASE
📙 feel fit
🔹Definition:
to feel well and healthy.
🔹Examples
If you want to feel fit, you must eat the proper food and get enough rest.
I hope I still feel fit when I get old.
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📙 well up in something
🔹Definition:
having a great deal of knowledge about something.
🔹Examples
Jane’s husband is well up in computers.
Joan’s well up in car maintenance. She took lessons at night-school.
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🎬 6 reasons - Why is my English Speaking not improving? Improve your spoken English today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIVNFl6SVG8
🎬 In this lesson you'll practice your listening in English by hearing stories about university life.
This video is especially important if you are studying at an English university, if you plan to, or if you are going to take an English test like IELTS or TOEFL.
You will hear conversational English with university and academic vocabulary, including common slang and expressions that native English speakers use.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m54Vfvt_QD4
💣 SET PHRASE
📙 above someone’s head
🔹Definition:
too difficult or clever for someone to understand.
🔹Examples
The children have no idea what the new teacher is talking about. Her ideas are way above their heads.
She started a physics course, but it turned out to be miles above her head.
💣 SET PHRASE
📙 out of the picture
🔹Definition:
no longer considered or thought about
Someone or something who is out of the picture is no longer being considered. They are no longer in the photo
🔹Examples
Bet and I are no longer dating. She’s out of the picture.
That house is out of the picture, it’s too expensive.
💣 SET PHRASE
beat someone to the punch
🔹Definition:
to do something before another person
This idiom comes from boxing and means to punch your opponent before they hit you..
🔹Examples
Ahmad tried to ask Karen for a date, but I beat him to the punch.
Do you want to invent a digital music player? I think Apple beat you to the punch.
💣 SET PHRASE
dress down (up)
🔹Definition:
To dress in fancy clothes (dress up) or very casual clothes (dress down).
🔹Examples
Everyone in the office dressed up for the holiday party .
I wear a suit to the office every day , so on the weekend I like to dress down.
🎬 Learn 17 Business Abbreviations & Acronyms in English
Attn: everyone. Re: business writing. In this lesson we will look at common abbreviations and acronyms used in emails, memos, and other types of business writing. If you work in an office or want to be involved in business at any level in the future, this lesson is for you.
💣 SET PHRASE
📙 in clover
🔹Definition:
with good fortune; in a very good situation, especially financially. (Informal.)
🔹Examples
If I get this contract, I’ll be in clover for the rest of my life.
I have very little money saved, so when I retire I won’t exactly be in clover.
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🎬 IELTS – The 5 Step Study Plan
Your success on the IELTS is based on more than just practicing English skills.
In this video, Adam will show you the key steps you need to take to reach your target band score. He will talk about setting your objectives, building your studying plan, and studying for each section of the exam.
Many students get a low score on the IELTS and keep making the same mistakes over and over again. Save your time and your money by avoiding their mistakes. Watch this video and get it right the first time.
💣 SET PHRASE
📙 make someone’s hair stand on end
🔹Definition:
to cause someone to be very frightened. (Informal.)
🔹Examples
The horrible scream made my hair stand on end.
The ghost story made our hair stand on end.
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📙 catch someone’s eye
🔹Definition:
to establish eye contact with someone; to attract someone’s attention.
🔹Examples
Try and catch the barman’s eye.
The shiny red car caught Mary’s eye.
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Ways to wish someone good luck
🔹Fingers crossed!
🔹 Best of luck
🔹 You'll do great!
🔹Knock them dead!
🔹 Blow them away!
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💣 SET PHRASE
📙 make a name for oneself
🔹Definition:
to make oneself famous; to become famous.
🔹Examples
Sally wants to work hard and make a name for herself.
It’s hard to make a name for oneself without a lot of talent and hard work.
💣 SET PHRASE
📙 pipe-dream
🔹Definition:
a wish or an idea which is impossible to achieve or carry out. (From the dreams or visions induced by the smoking of an opium pipe.)
🔹Examples
Going to the West Indies is a pipe-dream. We’ll never have enough money.
Your hopes of winning a lot of money are just a silly pipe-dream.
💣 SET PHRASE
📙 let the chance slip by
🔹Definition:
to lose the opportunity (to do something)
🔹Examples
When I was younger, I wanted to become a doctor, but I let the chance slip by.
Don’t let the chance slip by. Do it now!
💣 SET PHRASE
📙 make an example of someone
🔹Definition:
to punish someone as a public warning to others.
🔹Examples
The judge decided to make an example of John, so he fined him the full amount.
The teacher made an example of Mary, who disturbed the class constantly with her whispering. She sent Mary out of the room.
🎬 Different ways to say 'I don't know..'
In this ESL lesson, Niharika will help you improve your spoken English.
She explains what are the different alternatives to the old phrase “I don’t know” which doesn’t sound very bright, we can use several other English phrases which sound much more conversational and smart.
We can use these English phrases while situations that we may not know the answers to.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCC8VLceedQ
💣 SET PHRASE
out of sorts
🔹Definition:
physically uncomfortable
When you feel out of sorts you feel physically uncomfortable.
🔹Examples
My stomach is out of sorts after eating that chili.
Barry felt out of sorts in his new apartment.
💣 SET PHRASE
can’t stand
🔹Definition:
strongly dislike
When you can’t stand something or someone you strongly dislike it or them. This idiom is only used in the negative.
🔹Examples
I can’t stand to be in the same room with them.
Peter can’t stand his sister.
🔊 What should you do when you come across new words?
When you are reading something in English, don't look up every new word or expression or you will soon get fed up. Only look up something that is really important for understanding the text. When you have finished reading, look back at what you have read and then perhaps look up some extra words and write down new expressions that interest you.
Similarly when you listen to English don't panic when you hear some new words or expressions that you don't know. Keep listening and the overall meaning will often become clear.
When you read or listen to English it is sometimes possible to guess the meaning of a word you don't know before you look up or ask its meaning. Decide first what part of speech the word is and then look for clues in its context or form.