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Here is the very first day of summer 😍 It isn't shiny but we still can share our radiant smiles with others!☀ The word radiant means 1) full of happiness and love, in a way that shows in your face and makes you look attractive; 2) very bright. ⃣Examples: She looked radiant in a white silk dress👰🏻. She looked at him with radiant eyes. The nurse brought Michael a cup of tea and he thanked her, giving her one of his radiant smiles. They were both radiant with happiness. It was a lovely day with clear blue skies and radiant sun🌅...
5 лет назад
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Hi, there! 😉Are you a chatterbox? 🗣Then this post about „talk“ phrases is for you 💬Talk is cheap - is said in response to smn who promises you smth and implies that you do not believe that person will keep the promise. Examples:  💬My boss keeps saying she'll give me a raise, but talk is cheap.  💬Talk is cheap. I need to see results. 📣To be all talk (and no action)- If smn is all talk, they never do the brave or exciting things they often say they will do.  Examples:  📣Don't count on Mary's help-she's all talk...
5 лет назад
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Hi, guys! 😊 If you have an important decision to make, then don’t jump 🤸🏽‍♀️the gun! The idiom "to jump the gun" means to do smth too soon, especially without thinking carefully about it🙄. The phrase comes from sport: If smn running in a race jumps the gun, they start running before the gun has been fired to start the race🏃🔫 Examples: 🔫They've only just met - isn't it jumping the gun to be talking about marriage already? 🔫I think it would be jumping the gun to sign the agreement at this stage...
5 лет назад
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Hi, guys! 😊 Today we are looking into a new spoken phrase "you name it." It means everything a person can think of. It is used after a list of things to mean that there are many more you could mention📜📝. Examples: 1️⃣Gin, vodka, whisky, beer - you name it, I've got it.  2️⃣There's plenty to do here – you can hike, bike, camp, canoe, you name it.  3️⃣Where have I been? You name it! 4️⃣Any questions you have about money, investments, law inheritance tax, you name it, they know it all! 5️⃣I like...
5 лет назад
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Hi,everyone! 👋🏻🌆Do you like playing tennis? You know, the one on a court. So what do you do when the ball is in your court🎾? The idiom "the ball is in smb's Court" means it is time for someone to deal...
5 лет назад
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Hi, there! Do you like taking pictures🌄📸? If so, then let's learn some "picture" idioms! 1️⃣"To get the picture" means to understand a situation, especially one which smn is describing to you; get the meaning/message of smth. Examples: 📸I did not get the picture of what my friend was saying about his new girlfriend. 📸OK... OK... Don't say anything more! I get the picture! 📸We don't want any trouble tonight. Do you get the picture? 2️⃣ "To paint a (grim, gloomy, bleak, rosy, etc.) ˈpicture of smth" means to describe or show smth in a particular way, portray smth with words...
5 лет назад
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Hi, guys 😉. Did you have enough sleep at the weekend? Get some more with our sleep idioms 😴. 🌓When smn says they're going to "sleep on it", they mean they're going to spend some time thinking about smth before making a final decision, wait until the next day so that they can think about smth carefully. Examples: 💤Don't give me an answer now - sleep on it and we can talk later in the week. 💤We couldn't decide which car to buy so we decided to sleep on it - we didn't want to buy the wrong one! 🌗One more "sleep" idiom is "to lose sleep over smth"...
5 лет назад
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Hi, everyone!😉If you want to sound emotional 💥in your speech, learn our today's phrase: "on earth". It's used as an intensifier after the question words❓how, what, when, where, who, and why and emphasizes that you are extremely suprised, confused or annoyed❗. Synonyms: really; indeed; in fact. ✍🏻Examples: ❗What on earth is he doing here? ❓What on earth does that mean? ❗Who on earth is he?  ❓How on earth do I know?  ❗How on earth did this happen? ❓What on earth was I to do? ❗Why on earth...
5 лет назад
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Hi, guys! 👋🏻 What are your days like? Eat, work, sleep, repeat?  If so, then you have a "Groundhog Day" situation. ♾Groundhog Day means doing the same things over and over again, a situation in which events that have happened before happen again. Btw, this meaning comes from on old movie of the same name starring Bill Murray. Example: 📍My life never changes. It's like a groundhog day every day/ I'm stuck in a groundhog day. 📍It's a groundhog day for me /I'm having a groundhog day with all these...
5 лет назад
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Hi, everyone! 🙏 Do you often suffer from pain in the neck? And how often are you pain in smb's neck🚷😤??  Today's idiom "pain in the neck"(informal) means someone who is very bothersome and annoying or something that causes troubles and is a source of unhappiness.    Synonyms: 🔞pain in the ass🙉, a nuisance, a pest.    Examples:  🚷That child is a real pain in the neck. He's never quiet!  😤This assignment ✍🏻😤is a pain in the neck.  😤Washing dishes 🍽was a pain in the neck before we got a dish washer...
5 лет назад
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Hey, guys! 👋🏻Here are new 👌🏻cool conversational phrases for you: 📞Now you're talking! - the phrase is used to indicate an improvement in a situation and said when smn makes a suggestion or offer that is better than one that they have already made; when you like what smb is saying, shows that you agree very much with that. Examples: 📞-Can you lend me £100 until tomorrow? -Take 50£. -Come on, buddy. I'll give them back! - OK, I’ll give you £100. -Now you’re talking! 🗣Tell me about it!...
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Hi, there! 😌📢 Today’s phrases are really useful for discussions and negotiations. •to have a point• (to have got a point) is used for showing that you think smn has made an important statement, that smb's opinion is right and makes sense👌🏻. Examples: •You have a point —it would be better to wait till this evening. •I'm afraid she has a point. You should put an end to it. One more „point“ phrase used to agree with the speaker is:  •That’s a good point☝🏻• it shows that what smn has just said is true or important...
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